• Adobe Illustrator

  Select layers with same name?

  Posted by Greg Howell on February 9, 2017 at 10:08 pm

  Hi all,

  Here’s my problem…

  I have several hundred symbols as sublayers in layer 1. All the symbols are either Symbol 1’s, Symbol 2’s or Symbol 3’s. I want to split all the symbols into just 3 layers (layer 1 for symbol 1’s, layer 2 for symbol 2’s etc..) The thing is, is there all mixed up. How to I select all Symbol 1’s so i can move the layer order without having to go through and select each one individually?

  thanks in advance.

  Greg

  Vincent Rosati replied 9 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Vincent Rosati

  February 11, 2017 at 3:33 pm

  Select a symbol and try..
  Select > Same > Symbol Instance.

  Vince

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  Vincent Rosati

  February 11, 2017 at 3:38 pm

  Also, once an item or items is selected, in the Layers palette, a selected item indicator appears on the right side of the layer. It’s a small colored square. You can click and drag this indicator to the desired layer. This will move all items that are currently selected.

  Vince

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