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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.

The black fill is a saved Click here to
(default) swatch; it appears in open the panel
the panel as a single slider. Options menu.

The top swatch indicates which attribute Click the back swatch to
you can change (in this case, Fill). adjust the other attribute.

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

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