Saving time using Illustrator symbols

- Hi, I'm Sue Jenkins, and welcome to…"Productivity Tips for Web Designers".…In this installment we'll be talking about…saving time with Symbols.…So let's take a look at how Symbols work.…If your Symbols Panel isn't already showing…in the Panel dock, you can open it by choosing…Window, Symbols.…Mine's showing here, it's just not active,…so I'll click on my Symbols tab…so we can see the actual Symbols.…The Symbols Panel has a bunch of…handy free presets that are ready for you to use,…and working with Symbols is super easy.…

All you need to do to use one is drag it out…from the Panel right on to your Artboard.…So I'll take this plus Symbol,…I'll drag it here, there it is.…It's just a Symbol instance,…it's a copy of the original artwork…in the Symbols Panel,…and you can make as many copies as you want,…as many instances as you want.…Now, there's an easy way to tell…the difference between a Symbol…and regular artwork.…So if you have two things side by side,…with the Symbol it always has the registration point,…whereas regular artwork does not.…