Graphics Programs Reference
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Breaking a link to a symbol
At times, you need to edit specific instances on the artboard—but not all instances. Because
you can only make changes, like scaling, opacity, and flipping, to a symbol
instance,
you may
need to break the link between a symbol and an instance. This breaks the instance into the
original objects or group, if the symbol content was originally grouped, on the artboard.
Next, you will break the link to one of the Food instances.
1.
With the Selection tool ( ) selected, click to select the Food symbol instance to the
right of the EAST AVE label on the artboard. In the Control panel, click the Break Link
button.
This object is now a series of paths, as indicated by the word “Path” on the left side of
the Control panel. You should be able to see the anchor points of the shapes. This
content will no longer update if the Food symbol is edited.
Tip
