Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 234)

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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
You can apply stroke options to an entire object, or you can use Live Paint groups and apply different strokes to different
edges within the object.
Layers Magazine instructor Dave Cross shows you how to apply fill and stroke in Illustrator and some handy shortcuts
to work with fill and stroke in this
video .
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Live Paint groups
Workspace basics
Apply a stroke color, width, or alignment
1 Select the object. (To select an edge in a Live Paint group, use the Live Paint Selection tool.)
2 Click the Stroke box in the Tools panel, the Color panel, or the Control panel. Doing so indicates that you want to
apply a stroke rather than a fill.
3 Select a color from the Color panel, or a swatch from the Swatches panel or Control panel. Alternatively, double-
click the Stroke box to select a color using the Color Picker.
If you want to use the current color in the Stroke box, you can simply drag the color from the Stroke box onto the
object. Dragging does not work on Live Paint groups.
4 Select a weight in the Strokes panel or Control panel.
5 If the object is a closed path (and not a Live Paint group), choose an option from the Stroke panel to align the stroke
along the path:
• Align Stroke To Center
• Align Stroke To Inside
• Align Stroke To Outside
Note: If you try to align paths that use different stroke alignments, the paths may not exactly align. Make sure the path
alignment settings are the same if you need the edges to match up exactly when aligned.