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- [Instructor] In this

movie, I'll introduce you to



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symbols and their instances,



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and we'll also take a first

look at the Symbols panel.



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Now, notice that we have

a couple of varieties



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of repeated objects inside this file.



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One are these Macintosh

Command key characters,



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and the others are these arrowheads.



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It's important to bear in mind



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that I'm just repeating the arrowheads.



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The shafts of the arrows

are actually expressed



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as em dashes in order to

force all the characters



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into the proper alignment.



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I'll just go ahead and undo that move.



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Now, we know that these are symbols



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because when one of these

arrowheads are selected,



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you can see the word symbol

up here on the far-left side



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of the Control panel.



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It's going to be followed by another word,



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either static or dynamic, depending on



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what kind of symbol it is.



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We'll see more about

that in a future movie.



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What I want you to know is

that technically the symbol



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is the original definition of

each one of these arrowheads,



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whereas the thing we're

actually seeing in the document



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is an instance of that symbol.



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I'm going to go ahead and

select one of these guys,



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and I'm going to zoom in

by pressing Ctrl + Plus,



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or Command + Plus on the Mac,

and it's important to note



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that you're going to have an easier time



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selecting instances of a symbol



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if you go ahead and turn off that checkbox



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that I told you to turn on

for the previous chapter.



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By that I mean press Ctrl +

K, or Command + K on the Mac,



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to bring up the Preferences dialog box,



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and then advance down to

Selection & Anchor Display



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in the left-hand list.



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Then, you want to turn off

this checkbox right here,



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Object Selection by Path

Only, and then click OK.



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Otherwise, you're going to have to click



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exactly on the path outline,

which you can't even really see



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when you're working with an instance.



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With that checkbox off,

you can just go ahead



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and click in the arrowhead.



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You don't click in a

rectangle, by the way,



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you want to click in the arrowhead.



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Now, imagine that I have

a problem with these guys.



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I don't want this side of

the arrowhead to be flat,



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I want it to bend inward.



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In which case, you want to

edit the original symbol.



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One way to do that is to

double-click on the arrowhead,



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at which point you'll see an alert message



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that's telling you that

you're about to edit



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the original symbol, any edits

to the symbol will be applied



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to all instances, is that okay.



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The answer is yes, that's

exactly what you want,



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at which point you will see

the arrowhead in context



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inside the illustration.



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Now, notice that you're

in an isolation mode



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so that you can edit the

arrowhead but nothing more.



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You know that because you

can see the word arrowhead



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up in this middling gray bar

here at the top of the screen.



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Now, what you want to do

is go up to the View menu



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and turn on your Smart Guides,



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and then go ahead and grab the Pen tool,



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which you can get by pressing the P key,



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and move your cursor over to



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this vertical segment right here



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so that you're seeing a plus

sign next to the Pen tool.



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You also want to see the

word intersect right there,



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which is telling you that you're aligned



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to the center of the shape.



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At which point, go ahead and click



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in order to add an anchor point.



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Then, you want to move

it over to the right



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by tapping the right Arrow key



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one, two, three four, five, six times,



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I think is going to work nicely.



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Once you're finished editing the symbol,



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all you have to do is press the Escape key



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in order to exit the isolation mode



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and apply that change to every

arrowhead in the document.



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So, it's an enormous

time-saver as you can see.



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Now, let's take a look at

the cloverleaf symbols here.



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What I want you to notice about these guys



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is they're way too lightweight,



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especially when positioned

next to these letters,



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which are set in Myriad Pro

Regular, so not even bold.



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What we need to do is edit that

original symbol definition.



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But, if I were to grab my

Black Arrow tool once again,



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which I can get by pressing the B key,



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and I were to double-click,

and I were to select this guy,



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and notice that I'm seeing



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these perpendicular edges,

and that's because I assigned



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the Dynamic Round Corner

effect, but, in any event,



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if I were to double-click

on the cloverleaf,



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I would get that warning again.



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And, if you don't like it,

then you can turn on the



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Don't Show Again checkbox.



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But, here's the problem.



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I apparently scaled every

one of the instances,



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so it really doesn't do me any good



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to see this Command key in context.



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In fact, I might make a big mistake.



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I might select this path outline



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and think it's way too big,



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and so I'd go ahead and

select the Scale tool,



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which you can get by pressing the S key,



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then I'll press the Enter key



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in order to reduce the size of this thing,



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and apparently 28.3% is about right.



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Notice that I'm really

messing up the Stroke



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and the Round Corner effect.



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Fortunately, I can take care of that



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by just turning on this Scale

Strokes & Effects checkbox.



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At which point, I'd

notice that I'd made it



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a little too small because

it's supposed to fit there



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in those guides.



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I could take care of that by turning on



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the Scale Strokes & Effects checkbox.



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At which point, I might click OK,



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and then press the Escape key



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in order to update all the instances.



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You can see that I've

done a very bad thing.



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The solution is a kind

of pain in the neck.



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All you can do is press Ctrl +

Z, or Command + Z on the Mac,



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as many times as it

takes in order to restore



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the original symbol,

although not too many times



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because I apparently

made a dreadful mistake,



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now I'm looking at the

arrowhead symbol once again,



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which is someplace over here I guess,



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I've kind of lost sight of it.



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So, what I need to do

is press the Escape key



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to make sure that I

don't do any more damage.



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All right, so the arrowheads are fine.



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The cloverleafs are fine once again.



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The better way to work, in this case,



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is to go up to the Window menu



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and choose the Symbols

command in order to bring up



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the Symbols panel right here.



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At which point, you'll see

the two symbols at work



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inside this document.



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Then, just go ahead and

double-click on Command key



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in order to open that

symbol all by itself.



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By the way, you're not going

to see it in context this time,



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which, as we found,

can be very misleading.



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So, I'll press the V key to switch back



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to my Black Arrow tool, I'll

click on this guy to select it,



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and let's increase the line

weight, I found, to nine points.



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It's going to work nicely.



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At which point I'll just

press the Escape key



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in order to apply that change

to every single instance



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of the symbol here inside the document.



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Now, the only problem

is they're actually now



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a little bit too big.



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Notice that I've

established these guidelines



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at the top and the bottom of

the first capital letter S.



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That's going to show me where

those curved edges should lie.



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Notice they go a little bit farther



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than the flat edges of the A.



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I'm going to go ahead and

click on this first instance.



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Then, I'll go up to the

Select menu, choose Same,



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and choose Symbol Instance

in order to select



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all of those Command keys.



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Then, as opposed to

switching to the Scale tool,



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which, of course, would

scale all the shapes



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with respect to a common origin point,



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you want to go up to the

Object menu, choose Transform,



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and choose Transform Each.



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I found that setting

the scale values to 95%



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worked out quite nicely.



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You want to make sure the

center point is selected



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inside this little reference point matrix,



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and then click OK, and you'll get



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the effect you're looking for.



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I'm going to go ahead and

hide the Symbols panel,



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and I'll press Ctrl + Zero,



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or Command + Zero on the Mac, to zoom out.



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And, that is my first look

at the world of symbols



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and their instances

here inside Illustrator.