Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Did You Know?
You can arrange symbols on the Symbols panel.
In the Symbols pan-
el, you can drag a symbol to a new spot.
Working with Symbols
With the Symbols panel you can create, edit, rename (
New
!
), duplicate, and delete sym-
bols. You can use any object (path, type, and graphics to name a few) in Illustrator to cre-
ate a symbol. There are two types of symbols: Graphic and Movie Clip (used for Flash,
more later). As you create symbols in the Symbols panel or add them into the Symbols
panel from other symbol libraries, it's important to save them in a symbol library if you
want to use them again in the future. The Save Symbols command saves all the symbols
currently in the Symbols panel, so you need to delete the ones that you don't want in the
library.
Create a Symbol from an Object
Create the object that you want to use, and then select it using the
Selection
tool
on the Tools panel.
