Recent content by JohnKgreek

<i>"how to I turn off the graphic styles, symbols, swatches etc?"</i> You must delete them. They cannot be turned off.

From the help menu: To change the color of the artboard: 1 Choose File > Document Setup. Then choose Transparency from the pop-up menu at the top left of the Document Setup dialog box. 2 Select Simulate Colored Paper. 3 Click the top color swatch, and select a new color using the Color...

Apply .1pt black stoke to text with NONE as the fill. You will need to elaborate more as to the desired transparent background and use so that intelligent response can be made and not guesswork.

>If I save it as an eps to preserve the transparency, I can not colorize it EPS is a flat format. It does not retain 8bit transparency. It will only support clipping paths. If using CS, open in Photoshop, select all and cut the image. Change mode to CMYK and add the spot channel in channels...

If your goal is the artboard only, you can save as step. Withe nothing selected, object>crop area>make. When nothing is selected, the crop area is based upon the artboard dimension and position.

Removing the graphic styles, symbols and unused swatches while saving as a .ai file will yield the smallest file size.

This is a known issue with Illustrator CS and the cause is corrupted preferences. Delete your preferences. Shortcut to deleting preferences in CS. Command+Option+Shift (Control+Alt+Shift for Windows) when the application is started. (must be done before the splash screen and answer yes)

> how can I adjust the corner radius without having to start over with a new radius? Effects>Convert to shape>rounded rectangle (adjust the corner radius with 0,0 for extra width and extra height_