Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 - Managing Swatches

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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2

User Guide

To create gradient swatches

1 Create a gradient using the Gradient palette, or select an object with the gradient you want.

2 Do one of the following:

• Click the New Swatches button in the Swatches palette.

• Drag the gradient from the toolbox or Color palette to the Swatches palette. Or, if you selected an object, drag the

object to the Swatches palette.

• Select New Swatch from the Swatches palette menu. Enter a swatch name, and click OK.

See also

“To use the Swatches palette” on page 189

To replace, merge, or delete swatches

• To replace a swatch, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and drag the color or gradient from the Color

palette, Gradient palette, an object, or the toolbox to the Swatches palette, highlighting the swatch you want to

replace.

Replacing an existing color, gradient, or pattern in the Swatches palette globally changes objects in the file containing

that swatch color with the new color, gradient, or pattern. The only exception is for a process color that does not have

the Global option selected in the Swatch Options dialog box.

• To merge multiple swatches, select two or more swatches, and select Merge Swatches from the Swatches palette

menu. The first selected swatch name and color value replaces all other selected swatches.

• To delete a swatch, select one or more swatches. Select Delete Swatch from the palette menu, click the Delete

Swatch button, or drag the selected swatches to the Delete Swatch button.

When you delete a spot-color or global process-color swatch (or a pattern or gradient containing a spot or global

process color), all objects painted with those colors are converted to the non-global process color equivalent.

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