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Applying styles


    You can apply styles to objects, groups, and layers. When you apply a style, the new style overrides any style that the item had before.

    When you apply a style to a group or layer, every object on the group or layer takes on the attributes of the style. For example, assume you have a style that consists of 50% opacity. If you apply the style to a layer, all objects in or added to that layer will appear 50% opaque. However, if you move an object out of the layer, the object's appearance reverts to its previous opacity. (See Changing the appearance of artwork using the Layers palette.)

    Note: You can't apply styles to type objects that use outline-protected fonts or bitmap fonts.

To apply a style:

  1. Select artwork on the artboard, or target an item in the Layers palette. (See Changing the appearance of artwork using the Layers palette.
  2. Note: If you selected a type object, select Override Character Color from the Styles palette menu to apply the style's fill, stroke, and transparency attributes to the characters; or deselect Override Character Color from the Styles palette menu to preserve the current color of the characters.

  3. Apply the style from the Styles palette:
    • Click a style in the list.
    • Drag the style onto an object on the artboard. The object does not have to be selected first.
    • Copy and apply a style using the eyedropper and paint bucket tools. Depending on what you specify in the Paint Bucket/Eyedropper Options dialog box, you can copy and paste the entire style or selected attributes.