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Symbol spinner tool allows us to rotate the symbols and symbol sets in various directions. It quickly resizes entire sets of symbols by selecting the symbol sizer tool and then clicking or dragging on the symbols in the set that you want to resize. You can move symbol instances together also, so select the Symbol Scruncher Tool and then click or drag in the areas between symbols. It is helpful when we want to adjust the space between symbols in a set. Just select the symbol and drag it to the tool. To use the entire sets of symbols, use the symbol shifter tool. To spray symbol instances onto the artboard, select the symbol from the panel, select the Symbol Sprayer tool from the toolbar, and click to add one symbol at a time, or drag to spray several symbols. With the symbol sprayer tool, we can add single instances, multiple sets of instances, and delete individual or multiple symbol instances. Symbol set is a group of symbol instances, often sprayed onto the artboard using the symbol sprayer tool. From the drop-down menu, select 'replace symbol'. To replace a symbol with another, we simply need to select the symbol on the artboard, then select the symbol icon that you want to use in its place. To rename a symbol, select the symbol in the symbol panel, choose symbol options from the panel menu and then type a new name in the symbol options dialogue box. However, you cannot add, delete or edit the items from the library.

You can select, sort and view items in the symbol library. Symbol libraries are collections of the present symbols of various categories. Click the exit isolation mode button at the upper left corner of the artboard or press Esc.Double-clicking on an instance of the symbol and then clicking on ok serves the same purpose.Select an instance of the symbol and click edit symbol in the control panel.However, if we edit the original symbol, it will change it in all instances.

We can move, scale, skew or reflect symbol instances in the same way the other objects are done. In the symbol options dialogue box type the name of the symbol.Then drag the artwork to the symbols panel.Create any shape that you want to use as a symbol.

Symbols can be used multiple times in an artboard.

Now there may be 4-5 symbols that are already pre-loaded into the palette.

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Click on windows menu from the menu bar and then from the drop-down menu click on symbols.Using symbols can save time and can reduce the file size greatly because we can add a symbol multiple times to our artwork without actually adding the object multiples times. A symbol can even be modified in Adobe Illustrator. For example, if we create a flower symbol, we can add that same symbol multiple times in a single artboard. Not only this but a symbol can even be created in illustrator. Types of Symbols and their Use in Adobe Illustrator CCĪ symbol is an object that we can use in a document multiple times.

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