14. Working with Symbols

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Apply symbol instances.

• Create a symbol.

• Modify and redefine a symbol.

• Use the symbolism tools.

• Store and retrieve artwork in the Symbols panel.

• Work with symbols and Adobe Flash.

This lesson will take approximately an hour to complete. If needed, remove the previous lesson folder from your hard disk and copy the Lesson14 folder onto it.

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The Symbols panel lets you apply multiple objects by painting them on the page. Symbols used in combination ...

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