How to colour the dots in an"i" a different colour than the stroke? 1

[junglist]

This has remained one of the eternal mysteries of illustrator for me. If someone can answer this I'll be impressed!

Whenever I convert a lower case "i" to outlines to try to colour the fill of the dot a different colour to the stem of the "i", illustrator changes the colour of both the dot and the stem.

This happens no matter how many times I do "expand appearance" and it also happens when I've only got the four points of the dot of the"i" selected, using the direct selection tool.

Why?

 

[barehug]

Right click on the 'i', 'Ungroup' then 'Release Compound Path'. The select the dot to change the attributes. Group again to move the dot with the rest.

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.

 

[junglist]

Thanks!

for Mac users, the "right click" isn't necessary, just use a normal mouse click.