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Using the Transparency palette


    Use the Transparency palette to specify the opacity and blending mode of objects, to create opacity masks, or to knock out a portion of one object with the overlying portion of a transparent object (see About opacity masks and About transparency knockouts).

    Displaying the Transparency palette

    Choose Window > Transparency.

    Using the Transparency palette menu

    Click the triangle  the triangle in the upper right corner of the palette to access commands for working with transparency.

    Displaying transparency options

    Choose Show Options from the Transparency palette menu.