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Edit Individual Grouped Elements

Th e client has decided that the icons should be white artwork on green backgrounds,
so the fi nal step in this exercise requires changing the colors of both the background
shapes and the icon artwork. Th is is a fairly easy process, but because each of the
icons are grouped, it will require a few extra steps.

1. With icons.ai open, change your view percentage so you can see all the
artwork in the fi le.
2. In the Layers panel, unlock all layers and sublayers in the fi le.

3. Choose the Selection tool, then click the picnic table artwork.
Because the artwork is grouped, the Selection tool selects the entire group. You need
to use a diff erent method to select only certain elements within the group.

The smaller icon indicates
that only some objects on
the layer (or in the group)
are selected.
The large icon indicates
that the entire group is
selected.

Clicking with the Selection
tool selects the entire group.
4. Click anywhere outside the rectangle shapes to deselect the group, then
choose the Direct Selection tool in the Tools panel.
Th e Direct Selection tool selects pieces of an object — specifi c paths, anchor points,
or individual elements in a grouped object.

5. Click the brown fi ll of the background shape behind the picnic table
artwork to select it.
Because you clicked the fi ll, you selected the entire object. If you had clicked along the
object’s stroke, you would have selected that particular segment of the shape’s edge.

Only some objects in
the group are selected.

Clicking with the Direct Selection
tool selects only that object.

Project 1: Campground Icons 95