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7. Click the Options button in the top-right corner of the Color panel and
choose CMYK from the Options menu.
This option converts the single swatch slider to the four process-color sliders. You can
change any ink percentage to change the object’s fill color.

Click here to open the
panel Options menu.

The top swatch indicates
which attribute you can
change (in this case, Fill).
Click the back swatch to
adjust the other attribute.
The black fill is a saved
(default) swatch; it appears in
the panel as a single slider.

8. Highlight the C (cyan) field and type 85%. Note:
You do not need to type the “%” character; we include it here for clarity.
You can change the color
by typing a specific value
9. Press Tab to highlight the M (magenta) field, then type 50%.
or by dragging the slider
10. Repeat the process from Step 9 to define the Y (yellow) value as 85% and below the color gradient.
the K (black) value as 40%.

Note:

If you change the fill or
stroke color value with
no object selected, you
define the values for the
next object you create.

11. With the object selected and the Fill swatch on the top of the stack, open
the Color panel options menu and choose Add to Swatches.
This command creates a saved swatch from the
active values; the new swatch will appear in the
standalone Swatches panel as well as in the pop-
up panels attached to the Control panel. After
saving the swatch, the Color panel shows the fill
color as a single slider of that swatch.
Note:
You are going to use this
color again later when
you format text. By
creating a saved custom
color swatch, you will be
able to apply the same
color values in a single
click.
12. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

44 Project 1: Letterhead Design