Symbolism tool gallery, Graph tool gallery – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual

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Symbolism tool gallery

The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances. You create a symbol set using the Symbol
Sprayer tool. You can then use the other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation,
transparency, and style of the instances in the set.

Graph tool gallery

Illustrator provides nine graph tools, each one for creating a different type of graph. The type of graph you choose
depends on the information you want to communicate. See

Create a graph

.

The Symbol Sprayer tool (Shift+S)
places multiple symbol instances as
a set on the artboard. See

Create

symbol sets

.

The Symbol Shifter tool moves
symbol instances and change
stacking order. See

Change

stacking order of symbol instances
in a set

.

The Symbol Scruncher tool moves
symbol instances closer together or
farther apart. See

Gather or scatter

symbol instances

.

The Symbol Sizer tool resizes
symbol instances. See

Resize

symbol instances

.

The Symbol Spinner tool rotates
symbol instances. See

Rotate

symbol instances

.

The Symbol Stainer tool colorizes
symbol instances. See

Stain symbol

instances

.

The Symbol Screener tool applies
opacity to symbol instances. See

Adjust transparency of symbol
instances

.

The Symbol Styler tool applies the
selected style to symbol instances.
See

Apply a graphic style to symbol

instances

.

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