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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, Customize Control
the size of an object’s stroke is Panel button
factored as part of the overall
Click here to open the
object size. Consider, for Control panel Options menu.
example, a frame that is 72
points wide with a 1-point This option should be
stroke. If you remove the unchecked (inactive). Note:
stroke from the frame, the These options remember
frame would then be only the last-used settings.
71 points wide.

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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