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20. In the Control panel, change the Stroke Weight fi eld to 3 pt.
Note:
21. Click the arrow button to the right of the Stroke swatch to open the
attached Swatches panel. Choose Paper from the pop-up panel. Paper is basically white

Because the active selection is a group, the new stroke weight and color apply to every but more accurately
object in the group. named because the
paper for a specific job

There is a difference between no fill and 0% of a color. The “None” option essentially might not be white.

removes color from that attribute; underlying objects will be visible in areas where
None is applied. Using 0% of a color — or using the Paper color — effectively creates

a solid “white” fill. (In printing, white areas knock out or hide underlying shapes.)

Fill color
Stroke color

The stroke of each object Swatches Color Gradient
in the group is affected.
Click the icons to open
You can also use the Properties panel to change the pop-up panels.
an object’s stroke and fill attributes. Clicking

the fill or stroke swatch opens a pop-up panel
where you can define the color of the related

attribute. The pop-up panel defaults to show
saved swatches; you can click the Color button
at the top to show the same options as you see
in the stand-alone Color panel or click the
Gradient button to show options from the
Gradient panel.
22. Save the fi le and continue to the next exercise.

Understanding Object Distribution

The Distribute Objects options in the By default, objects are equally distribut- Distribute Spacing options place equal
Align panel control the positions of ed within the dimensions of the overall space between objects,using the value
multiple objects relative to each other. selection. You can check the Use Spac- defi ned in the Use Spacing fi eld.
ing option to space edges or centers by
Original position a specifi c amount. Distributed Spacing with 0.25” spacing

Distribute Horizontal Centers with 1” spacing

Distribute Horizontal Centers position
Distribute Horizontal Centers position

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