Selecting Graphics

Selecting Graphics

The other tab of the Find and Replace dialog box opens the Select panel. Although not quite as powerful as the other side of the panel, the Select commands let you find many more types of objects. Once you have found the objects, you can manually change them, or move them to separate layers, or apply styles to them.

To select objects by attribute:

Choose Edit > Find & Replace > Graphics to open the Find & Replace Graphics dialog box.

Click the Select tab to open that section of the dialog box 15.

Figure 15. The Select section of the Select Graphics dialog box.

Use the Attribute menu to select those features you want to sele 757t197h cted . Each attribute displays different choices to control what objects are selected. See the exercises that follow for specifics on how to set each attribute.

Figure 16. The Attributes choices that can be selected using the Select Graphics.

Set the Search-in menu as follows:

o        Selection searches through the selected objects.

o        Active page searches through just the current page.

o        Document searches through all the pages and the pasteboard.

Click the Add to option to add the selected object to the objects currently selected.

Click Find. The objects that fit the search criteria are selected.

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The number of objects found in a search are listed at the bottom of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select color attributes:

With Color chosen, use the list to select a color that you want to find

Figure 17. The Color options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

Set the Find in list to find only fills, only strokes, or fills and strokes.

Check Include tints to include tints of the color:

To set the Select style attributes:

With Style chosen, use the list to select a style that you want to find . (See the sidebar on the previous page for how to work with text attributes.)

Figure 18. The Style options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select same as selection attributes:

Select the object that you want to use as the model for the selection.

With Same as selection chosen, use the Match list to choose which attributes should be the same in the final selection

Figure 19. The Select same as selection options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select fill type attributes:

With Fill type chosen, use the list to select the type of fill that you want to find

Figure 20. The Fill type options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select stroke type attributes:

With Stroke type chosen, use the list to select the type of stroke that you want to find

Figure 21. The Stroke type options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select stroke width attributes:

With Stroke width chosen, enter a value in the Min field to specify the smallest stroke width to find

Figure 22. The Stroke width options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

Enter a value in the Max field to specify the largest stroke width to find.

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Leave the Max field blank to select a specific stroke width.

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Use the greater than (>) or less than (<) signs to find strokes larger or smaller than the specified weight. (See the exercise on page 277 on changing stroke width for examples of using these characters.)

To set the Select font attributes:

With Font chosen, set a typeface that you want to find

Figure 23. The Font options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

Set the style that you want to find.

Set the point sizes to search for in the Min and Max fields in the From side.

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Leave the point size fields empty to find all type sizes.

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Use the < or > characters to search for point sizes less than or greater than a specific size. (See the sidebar on page 280 for how to work with text attributes.)

To set the Select text effect attributes:

With Text effect chosen, use the list to select the text effect that you want to find

Figure 24. The Text effect options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select object name attributes:

With Object name chosen, enter the name of the object that you want to find in the object name field

Figure 25. The Object name options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

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The object name is applied using the Set Note command (covered on page 284).

To set the Select object type attributes:

With Object type chosen, use the list to choose the type of object you want to find

Figure 26. The Object type options of the Select Graphics dialog box.

If you choose Paths, you can choose to find open paths only or paths with a certain number of points

Figure 27. The Paths options in the Object type section of the Select Graphics dialog box.

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Use the greater than (>) or less than (<) signs to find objects with a larger or smaller number of points.

To set the Select path shape attributes:

Copy the path that has the shape you want to find.

With Path shape chosen, click the Paste in button . The path appears in the preview box.

Figure 28. The Paths options in the Object type section of the Select Graphics dialog box.

Select the options as follows:

o        Shape searches for objects with the same shape.

o        Fill searches for objects with the same fill.

o        Stroke searches for objects with the same stroke.

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These options let you search for objects that have a specific shape but may not have the same fill or stroke.

To set the Select halftone attributes:

Choose Halftone from the attributes list to select all objects that have a custom halftone applied . (See page 363 for more information on working with custom halftone screens.)

Figure 29. The Halftone options in the Object type section of the Select Graphics dialog box.

To set the Select overprint attributes:

Choose Overprint from the attributes list to select all objects that have an overprint applied . (See page 177 for more information on working with overprinting.)

Figure 30. The Overprint options in the Object type section of the Select Graphics dialog box.