Zodd:
Here's another really helpful piece of information:
For items such as Brushes, Styles, Symbols and Swatches, the information is stored in a regular Illustrator file. This means, that you can access those files as libraries, by going to Window>Bla Bla Libraries>Other Library, then simply navigate to the file where the brush, swatch, whatever is stored. You can access any Illustrator file this way, regardless of whether it has any other content. Try navigating to the road style file from a new document, and opening the palette in that new doc. As soon as you click on the style in the new palette, it will be added to the regular styles palette.
In versions after ai10, you don't have to go through Window>Yada Yada, you can directly access the file through the "Open Library" option in the palette dropdown menu of various palettes.
To add the style permanently to the startup document, do this:
1. Open a new document (You'll have to perform this operation for both RGB and CMYK separately);
2. From the styles palette, navigate to the file that contains the style;
3. Click on the desired style to bring it into the regular styles palette;
4. Save the document as "Adobe Illustrator Startup_CMYK.ai" without the quote marks into the Plug-ins folder in the main Illustrator directory. When it asks, OK to overwrite the one that's already there.
Now, restart Illustrator, and when you create a new doc, the style will always be there.
HTH
Bert
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