Modifying symbol instancesYou can move, scale, rotate, shear (or skew), or reflect symbol instances as you do other objects. You can also perform any operation from the Transparency, Appearance, and Graphic Styles palettes and apply any effect from the Effect menu. However, if you want to modify the individual components of a symbol instance, you must first expand it. This breaks the link between the symbol and the symbol instance. You can also modify a symbol instance by associating it with a different symbol. To expand symbol instances:
Illustrator places the components of the symbol instance in a group. To associate a new symbol with an instance:
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