Apply a graphic style, Work with graphic styles – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual

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Duplicate a graphic style

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Choose Duplicate Graphic Style from the panel menu, or drag the graphic style onto the New Style button.

The new graphic style appears at the bottom of the list in the Graphic Styles panel.

Apply a graphic style

Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).

Select a style in the Control panel, the Graphic Styles panel, or a graphic style library.

You can also drag the graphic style onto an object in the document window. (The object does not have to be selected
first.)

Note: To preserve the color of type when applying a graphic style, deselect Override Character Color in the Graphic Styles
panel menu.

Work with graphic styles

In the Graphic Styles panel, you can rename or delete graphic styles, break the link to a graphic style, and replace
graphic style attributes.

Rename a graphic style

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Choose Graphic Style Options from the panel menu, rename the file, and then click

OK.

Delete a graphic style

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Choose Delete Graphic Style from the panel menu and click Yes, or drag the style onto the Delete icon.

Any objects, groups, or layers that used the graphic style retain the same appearance attributes; however, these
attributes are no longer associated with a

graphic style.

Break the link to a graphic style

Select the object, group, or layer that has the graphic style applied to it.

Do one of the following:

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Choose Break Link To Graphic Style from the Graphic Styles panel menu, or click the Break Link To Graphic Style
button

in the panel.

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Change any appearance attribute of the selection (such as a fill, stroke, transparency, or effect).

The object, group, or layer retains the same appearance attributes and is now independently editable. However, these
attributes are no longer associated with a graphic style.

Replace graphic style attributes

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Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the graphic style you want to use onto the graphic style you want
to replace.

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Select an object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel) that has the attributes you want to use. Then
Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the thumbnail at the top of the Appearance panel onto the graphic
style you want to replace in the Graphic Styles panel.

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Select the graphic style you want to replace. Then select artwork (or target an item in the Layers panel) that has
the attributes you want to use, and choose Redefine Graphic Style “Style name” from the Appearance panel menu.