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Big Bird

2006-11-19, 6:21 pm

I've done it before but for the life of me I can't remember how. I want to
overlap several rectangles, select them all and end up (through some
function/keystroke/effect?) with only a single outline of all the combined
rectangles. What do I do?


cmp

2006-11-19, 6:21 pm

In article <12lrhtlffpur5ad@corp.supernews.com>, Big Bird
<bigbird@vfr.net> wrote:

> I've done it before but for the life of me I can't remember how. I want to
> overlap several rectangles, select them all and end up (through some
> function/keystroke/effect?) with only a single outline of all the combined
> rectangles. What do I do?


Window>Pathfinder - in the Pathifinder palette (which should come up
combined with Align and Transform) choose the first "button" on the
left - Merge - it will have a tiny symbol of two shapes making one.

Cheers! : )

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cmp
cmp

2006-11-19, 6:21 pm

In article <171120060922437075%cmNOpierce@creativeNOveritasSPAM.com>,
cmp <cmNOpierce@creativeNOveritasSPAM.com> wrote:

> In article <12lrhtlffpur5ad@corp.supernews.com>, Big Bird
> <bigbird@vfr.net> wrote:
>
>
> Window>Pathfinder - in the Pathifinder palette (which should come up
> combined with Align and Transform) choose the first "button" on the
> left - Merge - it will have a tiny symbol of two shapes making one.
>
> Cheers! : )


Forgot to mention - make sure you "Expand" the shapes - click the far
right "Expand" button. Otherwise, you won't necessarily like what you
see! : )

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cmp
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