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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 to change the stroke
weight. The Tools panel icons relate only to color changes made with the stand-alone
Swatches or Color panels.

Change the Stroke
Weight field to 3 pt.

The Stroke icon
doesn’t need to be
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:
You can press Shift-X to
swap the active Stroke
Swap Fill and and Fill colors.
Stroke button

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:
Fill Color, Stroke Color,
and Stroke Weight fields
Click these swatches are also available in the
to open a pop-up
Swatches panel. 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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