Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 121)

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Last updated 6/5/2015
Move symbols from a library into the Symbols panel
A symbol is automatically added to the Symbols panel whenever you use it in a document.
❖ Click a symbol in a library.
Create symbol libraries
1 To add all the symbols from a library, Shift select all the symbols and choose Add to Symbols from the Symbol
Library option menu. Add the symbols you want in the library to the Symbols panel, and delete any symbols you
don’t want.
To select all symbols that aren’t used in a document, choose Select All Unused from the Symbols panel menu.
2 Choose Save Symbol Library from the Symbols panel menu.
3 Save the new library to the default Symbols folder. The library name will automatically appear in the User Defined
submenu of the Symbol Libraries and Open Symbol Library menu.
If you save the library to a different folder, you can open it by choosing Open Symbol Library > Other Library from
the Symbols panel menu. Once you open it using this process, it will appear in the Symbol Libraries submenu with
the other libraries.
Import a symbol library from another document
1 Choose Window > Symbol Libraries > Other Library or choose Open Symbol Library > Other Library from the
Symbols panel menu.
2 Select the file from which you want to import symbols, and click Open.
The symbols appear in a symbol library panel (not the Symbols panel).
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Symbolism tools and symbol sets
Symbolism tools and symbol sets
Symbolism tools and symbol sets
About symbol sets
A symbol set is a group of symbol instances that you create with the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can create mixed sets of
symbol instances by using the Symbol Sprayer tool with one symbol and then using it again with another symbol.