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3. If the Dimensions Include Stroke Weight option is checked, choose 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 by 72 points high with
a 1-point stroke. If you remove the stroke from the frame, the frame would then be only
70 points by 70 points.

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