Illustrator

Use graphic style libraries

Graphic style libraries are collections of preset graphic styles. When you open a graphic style library, it appears in a new panel (not the Graphic Styles panel). You select, sort, and view items in a graphic style library the same as you do in the Graphic Styles panel. However, you can’t add items to, delete items from, or edit the items in graphic style libraries.

Open a graphic style library

 Select a library from the Window > Graphic Style Libraries submenu or the Open Graphic Style Library submenu in the Graphic Styles panel menu.
To automatically open a library when you start Illustrator, choose Persistent from the library’s panel menu.

Create a graphic style library

  1. Add the graphic styles you want to the Graphic Styles panel, and delete any graphic styles you don’t want.
    To select all graphic styles that aren’t used in a document, choose Select All Unused from the Graphic Styles panel menu.
  2. Choose Save Graphic Style Library from the Graphic Style panel menu.

    You can save the library anywhere. However, if you save the library file in the default location, the library name will appear in the Graphic Style Libraries submenu and the Open Graphic Style Library submenu when you restart Illustrator.

Move graphic styles from a library to the Graphic Styles panel

  • Drag one or more graphic styles from the graphic styles library to the Graphic Styles panel.
  • Select the graphic styles you want to add, and select Add To Graphic Styles from the library’s panel menu.
  • Apply a graphic style to an object in the document. The graphic style is automatically added to the Graphic Styles panel.