Creating Attribute Styles

Creating Attribute Styles

Creating Attribute Styles

Illustrators and designers may often find themselves applying the same attributes to various vector objects within a layout. An attribute style is a set of attributes that you save and then apply to other objects. These styles help you maintain consistency and facilitate applying attributes.

If you want to use the same attributes for all vector objects, see Setting Default Attributes.

Attribute Styles Palette

With the Attribute Styles palette, you can create attribute styles and edit saved attribute styles and then reapply them to objects, rather than editing each individual attribute. You can even share attribute styles with others.

To Open the Attribute Styles Palette:

Choose Window | Palettes | Attribute Styles.

To Create an Attribute Style:

  1. Open the Attribute Styles palette.
  2. Select an object on which you want to base a style.
  3. Click the Create button.
  4. In the Define Style dialog box, enter a name for the style.
  5. Select all the attributes that will be included in the style.
  6. Click OK to save the style.

To Apply an Attribute Style:

  1. Open the Attribute Styles palette.
  2. Select the vector object to which you wish to apply the style.
  3. Click on the style name in the palette to apply it.

To Save Attribute Styles:

  1. Open the palette menu and select Save Styles.
  2. Enter a name for the file.
  3. Select a folder.
  4. Click Save.

To Load or Append Attribute Styles:

  1. Open the palette menu and select Load or Append Styles.
  2. Navigate to the folder and select the file.
  3. Click Open.

To Modify an Attribute Style:

Press Esc twice to ensure that no object is selected.

  1. Select the style in the Attributes palette.
  2. Click the Edit icon.
  3. In the Edit Style dialog box, modify the existing attributes. Selected checkboxes indicate an existing attribute.
  4. Define and add other attributes by first selecting their checkboxes and then using the popup palettes.
  5. Click OK when finished.

To Delete an Attribute Style:

Press Esc twice to ensure that no object is selected.

  1. Select the attribute style to be deleted.
  2. Click the Trash Can icon.

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