Selecting or deselecting using selection commandsSelection commands let you select objects that share the same blending mode, fill and stroke, fill color, opacity, stroke color, stroke weight, style, or symbol instance. In addition, selection commands let you select objects of the same type, including brush strokes, clipping masks, text objects, or stray points. You can also inverse a selection, select all objects on a layer, and select objects relative to their stacking order. You deselect objects when you no longer want to edit them. You can deselect one object, several objects, or all objects in your artwork. To select all objects in a file: Choose Select > All. To deselect all objects in a file:
Do one of the following: To repeat the last selection command used: Choose Select > Reselect. To select all unselected objects, and deselect all selected objects: Choose Select > Inverse. To select an object above or below a selected object in the stacking order:
Do one of the following: (For more information on stacking orders, see Stacking objects.) To select all objects with the same attributes:
Note: You can also use the Magic Wand tool to select all objects with the same color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or blending mode. (See Using the Magic Wand tool and palette.) To select all objects of a certain type:
To select the directional points and lines of an object:
To select all the objects within a layer: Select any object that's in the layer, and then choose Select > Object > All On Same Layers. If the object is within a sublayer, all objects within the sublayer and the parent layers are selected.
To select all stray anchor points in the document window: Choose Select > Object > Stray Points. |