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Finding and replacing graphics
The Find & Replace Graphics feature lets you search for and automatically change attributes including color, stroke width, transformations, path shapes, and blend steps. The feature lets you modify every occurrence of a specific attribute, including all occurrences of the attribute in hidden objects.
You can replace a selection or object in a page or document. The stroke width, simplify, rotate all, scale all and blends step attributes can be calculated mathematically.
For more information on searching for printing attributes (halftones and overprinting), see Applying halftone settings to selected objects and Overprinting. For more information on replacing colors, see Making global color changes.
To find and replace graphics:
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Choose Edit > Find & Replace > Graphics or click the Find Graphics button in the Main toolbar.
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Click the Find & Replace tab. Under Change in, choose Page, Document, or Selection to specify the search. |
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Choose a category from the Attribute pop-up menu: |
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Choose Color to select a color to change. Specify the colors using the pop-up menus under From and To. Select Include Tints to search for tints of the From base color. For more information on color, see Color, strokes, and fills overview. |
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Choose Stroke Width to find strokes within the width range you specify using the Min and Max pop-up menus. For example, to search for widths from 2 to 8 points, you would enter 2 points in the Min text box and 8 points in the Min text box. To search for a specific width, enter the width in the Min text box and leave the Max text box empty. |
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Choose Font to search for a specific font and size. |
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Choose Remove to search for and remove Invisible Objects, Overprinting, Custom Halftones, or Contents. |
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Choose Path Shape to search for all paths of a designated shape, fill, and stroke. To specify the path to search for, copy the path and click Paste In to the right of the From box. Do the same in the To box for the path you wish to replace the original path. |
If you choose Path shape, you can select Transform to Fit Original to keep the original object's dimensions for the new object. |
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Choose Simplify to specify the number of points a path must contain; for Allowable Change, enter a value or drag the slider to set the replacement number of points. |
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Choose Rotate to set the rotation angle to rotate objects around their individual center points. |
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Choose Scale to enter a scale factor to scale objects. To scale objects proportionally, enter the same percentage in both the X and Y text boxes. |
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Choose Blend Steps to enter the number of steps to search for. In the pop-up menu, choose Resample At to resample at the current printer output resolution. |
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Click Change. |
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