Copying Appearance Attributes Between Objects - Adobe ILLUSTRATOR CS2 User Manual

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Drag the appearance attribute onto the Duplicate Selected Item button in the palette.
To change the stacking order of appearance attributes
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Drag an appearance attribute up or down in the Appearance palette. (If necessary, click the toggle triangle next to
an item to display its contents.) When the outline of the appearance attribute you are dragging appears in the desired
position, release the mouse button.
Pointillize effect applied to stroke (top) compared to same effect moved to fill (bottom)
To remove appearance attributes
1 Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers palette).
Do one of the following:
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To remove a specific attribute, select the attribute in the Appearance palette, and click the Delete icon
natively, select Remove Item from the palette menu, or drag the attribute to the Delete icon.
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To remove all appearance attributes except a single fill and stroke, click the Reduce To Basic Appearance
button in the Appearance palette or choose Reduce To Basic Appearance from the palette menu. Alterna­
tively, drag the target icon for an item in the Layers palette onto the Delete icon
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To remove all appearance attributes, including any fill or stroke, click the Clear Appearance button
Appearance palette or choose Clear Appearance from the palette menu.

Copying appearance attributes between objects

To copy appearance attributes between objects
Select the object or group (or target the layer in the Layers palette) whose appearance you want to copy.
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2 Do one of the following:
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Drag the thumbnail at the top of the Appearance palette onto an object in the document window. If a thumbnail
isn't showing, choose Show Thumbnail from the palette menu.
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