Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 359)

352 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Creating special effects
Change the stacking order of appearance attributes
❖ Drag an appearance attribute up or down in the Appearance panel. (If necessary, click the toggle triangle next to an
item to display its contents.) When the outline of the appearance attribute you are dragging appears in the desired
position, release the mouse button.
Drop Shadow effect applied to stroke (top) compared to same effect moved to fill (bottom)
Remove or hide appearance attributes
1 Select the object or group (or target a layer in the Layers panel).
2 Do one of the following:
• To temporarily hide an attribute applied to your artwork, click the Visibility icon in the Appearance panel.
Click it again to see the attribute applied again.
• To remove a specific attribute, select the attribute in the Appearance panel, and click the Delete icon .
Alternatively, select Remove Item from the panel menu, or drag the attribute to the Delete icon.
• To remove all appearance attributes except a single fill and stroke, choose Reduce To Basic Appearance from the
panel menu. Alternatively, drag the target icon for an item in the Layers panel onto the Delete icon in the Layers
panel.
• To remove all appearance attributes, including any fill or stroke, click the Clear Appearance button in the
Appearance panel or choose Clear Appearance from the panel menu.
Copy appearance attributes between objects
You can copy or move appearance attributes by dragging or by using the Eyedropper tool.