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To duplicate a symbol in the Symbols palette:
In the Symbols palette, do one of the following:
Drag a symbol to the New Symbol button.
Select a symbol, and choose Duplicate Symbol from the Symbols palette menu.
Placing symbol instances
You place instances of symbols in your document in one of two ways: using the Symbols
palette to place individual instances of a symbol, or using the symbol sprayer tool to
create multiple symbol instances as a set. When you use the symbol sprayer, all of the
symbols that appear from each spray become one instance set that you manipulate and
edit as a whole. (See
"Using symbolism tools" on page
Symbol instances placed using the Symbols palette are exact replicas of the original.
When selected in the artboard, symbol instances have a bounding box around them,
similar to grouped artwork.
To place a symbol instance using the Symbols palette:
1 Select a symbol from the palette.
2 Do one of the following:
Click the Place Symbol Instance button in the Symbols palette to place the instance in
the center of the artboard.
Drag the symbol to the artboard where you want it to appear.
Choose Place Symbol Instance from the Symbols palette menu.
To duplicate a symbol instance:
1 Select the instance on the artboard.
2 Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the symbol instance to another location
on the artboard.
Deleting symbols and symbol instances
You can easily delete the symbol from the palette. You can also choose to delete or expand
any instances of the symbol.
To delete a symbol in the Symbols palette:
1 In the Symbols palette, do one of the following:
Select a symbol and click the Delete Symbol button .
Drag a symbol icon to the Delete Symbol button.
Select a symbol and choose Delete Symbol from the Symbols palette menu.
2 To avoid deleting existing symbol instances (if any were created), select Expand
Instances in the message that appears.
To select all instances of a symbol in the document:
Select a symbol in the Symbols palette, and then choose Select All Instances in the
palette menu.
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