creating a symbol in illustrator

[davikokar]

hallo,
In my illustration there are few objects but they are repeated many times. I'm not an expert in illustrator but I know in Macromedia Flash you can create a symbol out of an object so that every change you make to the symbol it will be automatically applied on every istance of the symbol. Is there something similar in Illustrator? thanks for help

 

[itchybug]

K:

Yes, Illustrator (Version 10 and newer) has Symbols. Open the Symbols Palette by going to Window>Symbols, or Ctrl-Shift-F11. You can drag and drop your artwork into the palette, or select the artwork and use the buttons on the palette to create a new Symbol.

To update (redefine) a Symbol in the palette, Alt-Drag the new artwork directly onto the existing Symbol you wish to replace. There's also a button for that.

Read up on Symbolism in the Help files, to get familiar with what you can and cannot do with them.

HTH

Bert