appear round, experiment with lighter inside colors and darker out- side colors. 4 Click Apply to apply the current stroke to selected objects or to make it the current stroke if no objects are selected. Customizing parallel line strokes You can create custom parallel line strokes using the Parallel man- ager in the Strokes palette. You can specify the number of lines, the color, dash pattern, and pen size of each line, and the spacing of lines. To create custom parallel line strokes:  With the Strokes pal- ette floating, click the Parallel tab to bring it to the front and open the Parallel manager, if necessary. Configure the settings in the manager, described below. Parallel manager Use these controls to create custom parallel line strokes. A    Enter the number of parallel lines you want. B    Choose a number in the pop-up menu to select a line to edit (“1” is the bottom line). You can also click a line in the pre- view window (C) to select it. C   Previews the current set- tings and indicates which line is selected by displaying handles. D   Use these pop-up menus to apply pen width (Pen), pen color (Color), and dashes (Dash) to the selected line. The pop-up menus contain preset strokes and colors. You can also specify custom pen colors; see“Creat- ing custom colors in pop-up palettes” on page 18.320. Spacing. Enter a number to specify the distance between the selected line and the one below it. For Line #1, this set- ting defines the space between this line and Line #2. Use pen ink. Turn on this option to apply a color to the spaces between the parallel lines. Equidistant. Turn on this option to apply the spacing setting for the selected line to all lines. Identical. Turn this option on to give all parallel lines the same pen size, color, and dash as the selected line. Orientation. Choose Center, Outside, or Inside to specify the placement of parallel lines relative to the path of the object. C B A D
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