appear round, experiment with lighter inside colors and darker out-
side colors.
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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; seeCreat-
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.
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B
A
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