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18. In the Control panel, change the Stroke Weight field to 3 pt.
19. Click the arrow button to the right of the Stroke swatch to open the
attached Swatches panel. Choose Paper from the pop-up panel.
Because the active selection is a group, the new stroke weight and color apply to every
object in the group.

Stroke color

The stroke of each object
in the group is affected.
Note:
There is a difference between no fill and 0% of a color. The “None” color option
essentially removes color from that attribute; underlying objects will be visible in areas Paper is basically white,
where None is applied. but more accurately
named because the paper
Using 0% of a color — or using the Paper color — effectively creates a solid “white” fill. for a specific job might
(In printing, solid white areas knock out or hide underlying shapes.)
not be white.
20. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

CreAte A rounded reCtAngle
In addition to basic rectangles, you can create frames with a number of special corner
treatments. In this exercise, you modify one corner of the right-most graphics frame to
more smoothly blend with the curve of the underlying background shape.
1. With gcm-letterhead.indd open, make sure nothing is selected in the layout.

2. Using the Selection tool, double-click the right-most graphics frame in the group.

Double-clicking a group allows you to select only one object in a group, without
ungrouping the various objects. This is called “entering into the group.”

Corner Radius
Corner Shape

The Selection Only one object in Option/Alt-click this icon to
tool is active. the group is selected. open the Corner Options
dialog box.

Project 1: Letterhead Design 51