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separations in an application other than Illustrator. To prevent problems in these cases,
you should first convert the spot colors to process colors.
Comparing global and non-global process colors
Illustrator lets you specify a process color as either global or non global. Global process
colors remain linked to a swatch in the Swatches palette, so that if you modify the swatch
of a global process color, all objects using that color are updated.
Global process colors make it easier to modify color schemes without locating and
adjusting each individual object. This is especially useful in standardized, production-
oriented documents such as magazines.
Non-global process colors do not automatically update throughout the document when
the color is edited. Process colors are non-global by default; a non-global process color can
be changed to a global process color using the Swatch Options dialog box.
Global and non-global process colors only affect how a particular color is applied to
objects, never how colors separate or behave when you move them between applications.
Working with swatches and unnamed colors
You must create spot colors as named swatches stored in the Swatches palette, so that you
and your prepress service provider can uniquely identify each resulting spot color printing
plate. In comparison, printing any process color requires no more than four inks, so you
can use process colors either as swatches or as unnamed colors.
Swatches A swatch appears in the Swatches palette with a name you specify, making a
color, gradient, pattern, or tint easy to locate and edit.
Note: Although colors from swatch libraries are named, they aren't saved as named
swatches in your document unless you add them to the Swatches palette before you apply
them to objects.
Unnamed colors You can create colors faster when you don't have to name them.
However, unnamed colors are more difficult to edit later because they do not appear on
the Swatches palette. When many objects use unnamed colors, document colors can be
difficult to maintain because you must locate and select each individual object to edit
its color.
You can create a swatch from any unnamed color. See
swatches" on page 162.
Applying color
When you create an object or when you want to change the paint attributes of an existing
object in Illustrator, you use a combination of the Fill and Stroke boxes in the toolbox,
the Color palette, the Gradient palette, and the Swatches palette.
To apply colors to artwork:
1 Select an object's fill or stroke using one of the following:
Select the object and then click the Fill or Stroke box in the toolbox. (See
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