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2 Select the symbol stainer tool
Click or drag over the symbol instances you want to stain with the colorization color.
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The amount of colorization gradually increases, and the symbol instance's color
gradually changes to the colorization color.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you click or drag to decrease the colori-
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zation amount and reveal more of the original symbol color.
Hold down Shift as you click or drag to keep the colorization amount constant, while
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gradually changing the color of the symbol instances to the colorization color.
Using the symbol screener tool
Use the symbol screener tool to increase or decrease the transparency of the symbol
instances in a set.
You can use one of the following Method options when using the symbol screener tool:
User Defined gradually increases or decreases the transparency.
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Random gradually adds random transparency.
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Average gradually smooths out the transparency values.
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To adjust transparency:
Select the symbol screener tool
Click or drag where you want to increase the symbol's transparency.
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Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag where you want to
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decrease the symbol's transparency.
Using the symbol styler tool
The symbol styler tool applies the selected style to the symbol instance.
You can switch to the symbol styler tool when using any other symbolism tool,
by clicking a style in the Styles palette.
You can use one of the following Method options when using the symbol styler tool:
User Defined gradually increases the application of the selected style. Hold down
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Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to decrease the style amount and reveal more of the
original unstyled symbol. Hold down Shift to keep the amount of style applied
constant.
Random gradually changes the amount of style applied to symbol instances by a
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random amount.
Average gradually averages the styles and style amounts of the symbol instances in the
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set. Hold down Shift to keep the style amounts constant.
To apply a style to a symbol:
1 Select the symbol styler tool .
2 Select a style in the Styles palette, and do one of the following:
Click or drag where you want to apply the style to the symbol set. The amount of style
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applied to the symbol instances increases, and the style gradually changes.
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag where you want to
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reduce the amount the style applied.
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