Using Symbols to Create a Map - Adobe Illustrator CC - page 756

2 . How do you update an existing symbol?
3 . Name something that cannot be used as a symbol.
4 . Name the Symbolism tool that is used for sizing symbol instances in a symbol set.
5 . If you are using a Symbolism tool on an area that has two different symbols ap-
plied, which one is affected?
6 . How can you access symbols from other documents?

Review answers
1 . Three benefits of using symbols are:
• You can edit one symbol, and all instances are updated.
• You can map artwork to 3D objects (we didn't discuss this in the lesson).
• Using symbols reduces file size.
2 . To update an existing symbol, double-click the symbol icon in the Symbols panel,
double-click an instance of the symbol on the artboard, or select the instance on
the artboard, and then click the Edit Symbol button in the Control panel. Then you
can make edits in Isolation mode.
3 . A linked image cannot be used as a symbol.
4 . The Symbol Sizer tool ( ) allows you to resize symbol instances in a symbol

set.
5 . If you are using a Symbolism tool over an area that has two different symbol in-
stances, the symbol active in the Symbols panel is the only instance affected.
6 . You can access symbols from saved documents either by clicking the Symbol
Libraries Menu button ( ) at the bottom of the Symbols panel and by choosing
Other Library from the menu that appears; by choosing Open Symbol Library >
Other Library from the Symbols panel menu; or by choosing Window > Symbol
Libraries > Other Library.