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7. With the rounded rectangle selected, change the Stroke Weight field in the
Control panel to 3 pt. Press Return/Enter to apply the change.
The Stroke icon in the Tools
panel does not need to be active Change the Stroke
to change the stroke weight. Weight field to 3 pt.
The Tools panel icons relate
only to color changes made The Stroke icon
with the stand-alone Swatches doesn’t need to be
or Color panels. on top to change an
object’s stroke weight.

8. With the rectangle still selected, click the Swap Fill and Stroke button in
the Tools panel.
This button makes it easy to reverse the fill and stroke colors of an object; the stroke
weight remains unaffected when you swap the colors.

Note:
Swap Fill and You can press Shift-X to
Stroke button
swap the active Stroke
and Fill colors.

9. Using the Selection tool, click the second rectangle on the artboard.

The Fill and Stroke icons change to reflect the colors of the selected objects.

Note:
Click these swatches
to open a pop-up Fill Color, Stroke Color,
Swatches panel. and Stroke Weight fields
are also available in the
Control panel.
10. In the Appearance section of the Properties panel, change the Stroke
Weight value to 3 pt.
11. Click the Fill color swatch to open the pop-up Swatches panel. Choose the light
brown swatch in the third row to change the fill color for the selected object.
When an object is selected with the Selection
tool, the Properties panel provides quick
access to the stroke and fill colors for the
selected object; you don’t need to worry
about which icon is active in the Tools panel.

Clicking the Fill color swatch opens an
attached Swatches panel so you can change
the fill for the selected object without
opening the separate Swatches panel.

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