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9. Choose Select > Deselect.
Changing stroke width and alignment
So far in this lesson, you've edited the fill of shapes, but haven't touched the strokes (a
visible outline or border of an object or path). Every shape and path, by default, is created
with a 1-point black stroke. You can easily change the color of a stroke or the weight of a
stroke to make it thinner or thicker. Strokes are also aligned to the center of a path edge by
default, but you can change the alignment as well using the Stroke panel.
1. Click to select the bottom rectangle beneath the circle.
2. Select the Zoom tool ( ) in the Tools panel, and click that rectangle once to zoom
in. You may need to move the Transform panel out of your way.
Note
You can also open the Stroke panel by choosing Window > Stroke, but
you may need to choose Show Options from the panel menu (
).
3. Click the word “Stroke” in the Control panel to open the Stroke panel. In the
Stroke panel, change the Stroke weight to 5 pt . Notice that the stroke of the rect-
angle is centered on the edge of the shape by default.
Note
Going forward, you will find that by opening a panel in the Control panel
(such as the Stroke panel in this step), you will need to hide it before mov-
ing on. You can do this by pressing the Escape key.
4. Click the Align Stroke To Inside button (
) in the Stroke panel. This aligns the
stroke to the inside edge of the rectangle.
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