Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom In A Book Lesson 14 - Working with Symbols
exam review questions
(p.401) The ________ panel lets you apply multiple objects by painting them on the page.
(p.401) Symbols used in combination with the symbolism tools offer options that make creating ________ shapes, such as grass, easy and fun.
(p.401) You can also use the Symbols panel as a ________ to store artwork and map symbols to 3D objects.
(p.403) A symbol is a(n) ________ art object that is stored in the Symbols panel.
(p.403) A symbol instance is linked to the associated symbol in the Symbols panel, so you can easily alter them using ________ tools.
(p.403) When you edit the original symbol, all instances that are linked to it are ________.
(p.403) Symbols save time and greatly reduce ________.
(p.403) Illustrator comes with a series of symbol ________ that you can use.
(p.404) Although you can transform symbol instances in many ways, specific properties of instances cannot be edited; for example, the fill color is locked because it is controlled by the original symbol in the Symbols panel.
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(p.405) You can edit the original symbol by ________ an instance on the page.
(p.405) When you ________ a symbol, all other instances of that symbol reflect the changes you made..
(p.406) You can make symbols from objects, including paths, compound paths, text, raster images, mesh objects, and ________ of objects.
(p.406) Symbols can even include ________ objects, such as brush strokes, blends, effects, or other symbol instances.
(p.406) You can only use placed art that is ________ to create a symbol.
(p.411) A ________ is a group of symbol instances that you create with the Symbol Sprayer tool.
(p.413) As you spray with the Symbol Sprayer, the instances are ________ together as a single object.
(p.413) If a symbol set is ________ when you begin to spray with the Symbol Sprayer, the symbol instances that you are spraying are added to the symbol set.
(p.415) The Symbol Sprayer tool has ________ symbolism tools.
(p.415) The Symbol Screener symbolism tool increases or decreases the ________ of the symbol instances in a set.
(p.416) A symbol set is treated as a ________.
(p.409) You may sometimes need to ________ the link between a symbol and an instance.
(p.409) Breaking the link between a symbol and an instance creates a ________ of unlinked instances; you can then ungroup them and edit the individual objects.
(p.408) With the Selection tool, press the Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) key and ________ one of the instances already on the artboard to create a copy of the instance.
(p.417) Saving frequently-used logos or other artwork as symbols lets you access them ________.
(p.417) When you first open the Save Symbols As Library dialog box, Illustrator takes you to the default Symbols folder, where you can store the libraries that you create. Illustrator recognizes any libraries stored here and lets you choose them from the Symbol Libraries menu later.
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(p.418) You can apply any 2D artwork stored as a symbol in the Symbols panel to selected surfaces on a ________ object.