Chapter 28. Symbols

In this chapter you’ll learn how to work with symbols—Illustrator objects that are stored on the Symbols panel and can be placed singly or in multiples in any document. You’ll learn how to place symbol instances into a document, either by dragging or by using the Symbol Sprayer tool; edit those instances using the Symbol Shifter, Scruncher, Sizer, Spinner, Stainer, Screener, and Styler tools; and use the Symbols panel to create, rename, duplicate, edit, and delete symbols.

Using the Symbols panel

Any object that you can create in Illustrator can be stored on the Symbols panel Using the Symbols panel (Cmd-Shift-F11/Ctrl-Shift-F11) . Symbols on the panel ...

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