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Modifying brushed paths

After you have applied a brush to a path, you can modify the attributes of the path in
several ways.

To convert brushes in artwork to outlined paths:

1 Select the object or objects to convert.

2 Choose Object > Expand Appearance.

To remove a brush from a path:

1 Select the path to change.

2 Do one of the following:

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In the Brushes palette, choose Remove Brush Strokes from the palette menu or click the

Remove Brush Strokes button .

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In the toolbox or the Color palette, click the Stroke box and apply a stroke of None.

The brush is removed and the path remains.

Managing brushes

You can use the Brushes palette to organize your brushes.

To display the Brushes palette:

Choose Window > Brushes.

To display brushes by name:

Choose List View from the Brushes palette menu. A picture of the brush displays to the left
of the name. The picture to the right of the name indicates the brush type.

To display brushes by thumbnail only:

Choose Thumbnail View from the Brushes palette menu. A picture of the brush displays.

To modify the type of brushes displayed:

From the Brushes palette menu, choose the type of brush to display in the palette. You can
choose more than one brush.

To select all brushes not currently used in the file:

Choose Select All Unused from the Brushes palette menu. Only brushes that are not
currently used in the active file are selected.

To move a brush in the Brushes palette:

Drag a brush to the new location in the Brushes palette. You can move brushes only within
their type. (For example, you cannot move a Calligraphic brush to the Scatter brush area.)

To duplicate a brush in the Brushes palette:

1 Select a brush to duplicate. To select multiple brushes, Ctrl-click (Windows) or
Command-click (Mac OS) each brush to duplicate. To select a range of brushes, Shift-click
to define the range.