Specify how appearance attributes are applied to new objects
You can specify whether you want new objects to inherit appearance attributes or have only basic attributes.
- To apply only a single fill and stroke
to new objects, click the New Art Maintains Appearance button
in
the Appearance panel to change it to the New Art Has Basic Appearance
button 
, or
choose New Art Has Basic Appearance from the panel menu. - To apply all of the current appearance attributes to
new objects, click the New Art Has Basic Appearance button in
the Appearance panel to change it to New Art Maintains Appearance
button , or
deselect New Art Has Basic Appearance from the panel menu.