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12. Select the Eyedropper tool in the Tools panel, and then click the first or
second rectangle on the artboard.
The Eyedropper tool copies fill and stroke attributes from one object (the one you click)
to another (the one you first selected).

Note:
You can double-click
the Eyedropper tool in
the Tools panel to define
which attributes are
picked up and applied by
clicking with the tool.
Eyedropper tool The Eyedropper tool copies the Fill and This is the
Stroke attributes of the clicked object selected object.
and applies them to the selected object.

13. Press Command/Control and click anywhere on the artboard away from the
three rectangles.
Pressing Command/Control temporarily switches to the Selection tool. By clicking
on the empty artboard area, you can quickly deselect the selected object(s). When you
release the Command/Control key, the tool reverts to the one you last used.

The Eyedropper
tool is still active.

Pressing Command/Control
temporarily switches to the
Selection tool.

The Fill and Stroke swatches
remember the last-used options.
The next object you create will
have these same attributes.

14. Choose the Rounded Rectangle tool in the Tools panel.

15. To the right of the third shape on the artboard, use any method you learned in the
previous exercise to draw a fourth rounded rectangle that is 108 pt square.
The new rectangle has the same heavy black stroke and gold fill as the others. Don’t
worry if your shapes aren’t entirely on the artboard; you will define their precise position
in the next exercise.

16. Save the file (File>Save or Command/Control-S) and continue to the
next exercise.

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