Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 357)

350 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Creating special effects
Reveal additional items in the Appearance panel
When you select items that contain other items, such as a layer or group, the Appearance panel displays a Contents
item.
❖ Double-click the Contents item.
List character attributes for a text object in the Appearance panel
When you select a text object, the panel displays a Characters item.
1 Double-click the Characters item in the Appearance panel.
Note: To see individual character attributes for text with mixed appearance, select the individual character.
2 Click Type at the top of the panel to return to the main view.
Turn an attribute on or off for selected object
• To turn an individual attribute on or off, click the eyeball icon next to the attribute.
• To turn all hidden attributes on, choose Show All Hidden Attributes from the Appearance panel menu.
Edit an attribute
• Click in the attribute row to display and set values.
• Click the underlined text and specify new values in the dialog box that appears.
Show or hide thumbnails in the Appearance panel
❖ Choose Show Thumbnail or Hide Thumbnail from the Appearance panel menu.
Specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects
You can specify whether you want new objects to inherit appearance attributes or have only basic attributes.
• To apply only a single fill and stroke to new objects, choose New Art Has Basic Appearance from the panel menu.
• To apply all of the current appearance attributes to new objects, deselect New Art Has Basic Appearance from the
panel menu.
Targeting items for appearance attributes
Before you can set an appearance attribute or apply a style or an effect to a layer, group, or object, you must target the
item in the Layers panel. Selecting an object or group using any selection method also targets the object or group in
the Layers panel, but layers can be targeted only by using the panel.