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- [Instructor] In this

movie, I'll show you how to



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create and replace instances.



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So for example, let's say I want to create



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this sun shape right here.



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I'll go ahead and click

on it to select it,



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and then I'll go up to

the Window menu and choose



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the Symbols command to

bring up the Symbols panel.



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And I'm mostly doing

this just so I can see



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where this thing is located

inside this big list.



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It's Sun 1.



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Alright, so let's get

rid of it by pressing



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the backspace key, or the

delete key on the Mac,



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and I'll recreate it

in two different ways.



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Now it's not really a drawing experience



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the way it is inside Illustrator.



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Rather, it's drag and drop.



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So you can either drag and drop the symbol



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from the Symbols panel, in which case,



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you're going to be able

to position that instance



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when you release.



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And notice it's coming in very small.



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We'll take care of that in just a moment.



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So that's one way to work.



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I'm going to go ahead and delete that guy.



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Another way is to select the

Sun 1 symbol, in our case,



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and then drop down to this

icon, Place Symbol Instance,



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and that's going to place the sun



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directly in the center of the artwork.



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Alright now I'll go ahead and

hide the panel for a moment.



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Now I just happen to know

that each one of these squares



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measures a 168 points wide



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by a 168 points tall,



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and so to move this guy

into the proper position,



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we need to work in increments of 168.



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With the black arrow tool selected,



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I'll press the Enter key or

the Return key on the Mac



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to bring up the Move dialog box.



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And as you can see here, my last movement



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happens to be accurate, but

this is how I figured it out.



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I changed the Horizontal

value to 168 times 1.5,



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because after all, we're

moving that artwork



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one and a half squares.



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Now we need to move it a half square down,



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and so I'll go ahead and change

the vertical value to 168



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times 0.5 if you like,



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or you could just do 168 divided by 2.



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Either way you're going to get

a horizontal move of 252 points



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and a vertical of 84 points.



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After which, just go ahead and click OK



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in order to accept that change.



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Now I want to make the darn thing larger



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by selecting the Scale tool.



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And because the registration

point has been set



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to the center in advance,

that is going to be



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the origin point for the Scale tool.



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I could always change that,



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but this happens to be

exactly what I want,



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so I'll just press the Enter key,



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or the Return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the Scale dialog box.



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And I came up with the

uniform value of 800%,



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which produces this effect here,



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at which point I'll click OK.



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Alright, so there we have

a couple of different ways



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to create a new instance of a

symbol inside your document.



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You also have the option of

replacing an existing instance.



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And so, let's say I'm

just not that impressed



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by this flower, for whatever reason.



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Then I'll switch to the

black arrow tool by pressing



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the V key, and I'll go

ahead and click on this guy.



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Again, we have two

different ways of working.



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One is to bring up the

Symbols panel once again.



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and then locate your preferred symbol,



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which might be this guy right here.



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Let's say Leaf 5, it's

a kind of maple leaf.



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And then you want to click on

the flyout menu icon in the



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top right corner of the panel

and choose Replace Symbol.



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And that's going to go ahead

and switch that instance of



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Flower 2 with this guy,



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Leaf 5.



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Another way to work is to

give the Symbols panel a slip,



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and then make sure the

instance you want to replace



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is selected, and go up

here to the control panel



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to this Replace option, click

on the downpointing arrowhead



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and notice you can expand

this guy if you want.



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But I'm going to leave it a little smaller



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so we can see what happens here.



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Notice if I select this

symbol, Leaf Ornament 3,



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that's all it takes.



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That immediately replaces

one instance with another.



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Alright, I'll press the Escape

key to hide that popup panel,



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and then I'll once again

switch to the Scale tool,



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and I'll make this guy a

little smaller by pressing



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the Enter key, or the

Return key on the Mac,



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to bring up the Scale dialog box.



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That's not smaller,

but if I were to change



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the Uniform value to 90%,



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then I get the effect I'm looking for,



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at which point I'll click

OK to accept that change.



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And there you have it, two

ways to create a new instance



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of a symbol, as well as two

ways to replace one instance



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with another here inside Illustrator.