- Appearances and Layers
- To target appearances to a group or layer:
- To apply appearance attributes:
- To edit or restack appearance attributes:
- To apply multiple stroke or fill attributes:
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To apply multiple stroke or fill attributes:
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Target a layer, group, or object 1.
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Choose Add New Stroke or Add New Fill from the Appearance palette menu.
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Click Stroke or Fill on the Appearance palette, then click the Duplicate Selected Item button at the bottom of the palette 2.
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Drag Stroke or Fill over the Duplicate Selected Item button at the bottom of the Appearance palette.
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A new Stroke or Fill attribute will appear on the palette 3-4. Now modify its attributes.
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Make sure narrower strokes are stacked above wider strokes on the palette list. If the narrower strokes are on the bot-tom, you won't see them. Similarly, apply opacity and blending modes to the upper fill attributes, not lower ones.
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If a layer, group, or object has multiple Fills or Strokes, be careful about clicking the attribute you want to modify. If you want to target the whole item, on the other hand, click the word "Object," "Group," or "Layer" at the top of the Appearance palette.
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To duplicate an appearance attribute:
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Target a layer, group, or object.
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Choose Duplicate Item from the Appearance palette menu.
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Click an attribute, then click the Duplicate Selected Item button at the bot-tom of the palette. Or drag an attribute over that button.
To remove an appearance attribute:
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Target a layer, group, or object.
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On the Appearance palette, click the attribute you want to remove.
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Choose Remove Item from the palette menu.
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Click the Delete Selected Item (trash) button at the bottom of the palette, or drag the attribute over that button. Š The last remaining stroke and fill appear-ance attribute cannot be removed. Clicking the Delete Selected Item (trash) button for this appearance attribute will produce a stroke or fill of None.