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3. If the Dimensions Include Stroke Weight option is checked, click that
item to toggle the option off.
When this option is active, the size of an object’s stroke is factored as part of the overall
object size. Consider, for example, a frame that is 72 points wide with a 1-point stroke.
If you remove the stroke from the frame, the frame would then be only 71 points wide.

Customize Control
Panel button
Note:
Click here to open the
Control panel Options menu. These options remember
This option should be the last-used settings.
unchecked (inactive).

4. At the bottom of the Tools panel, click the Swap Fill and Stroke button.
The object now has a black fill and a stroke of none. Because you turned off the Dimensions
Include Stroke Weight option, removing the stroke has no effect on the object’s size.

The bounding
box marks the
outermost edges
of the object.
Swap Fill and
Stroke button

The object’s size
is not changed.

5. Open the Color panel (Window>Color>Color).
Remember, all panels can be accessed in the Window menu. Because workspace
arrangement is a matter of personal preference, we won’t tell you where to place panels.

6. Click the Fill swatch to bring it to the front (if it isn’t already).
When you apply color from any of the Swatches panels (including the ones in the
Control panel), the Color panel shows a swatch of that color as a single slider. You can
use this slider to easily apply a percentage of the selected swatch.

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