tonyk11 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Hey folks. I am having trouble getting symbols to function. I am following the instructions in the guide, but when I drag the symbol from the Symbols tab and drop them onto the page (I'm making business cards), they will not sync up for changes. I have the "Sync" button pressed, but they do not sync up at all. Any help would be appreciated. I've watched YouTube videos, followed along and tried the steps, but I just can't seem to get them to work. Is there some requirement for items that are grouped? Do they need to be flattened or something? I'm just stumped. Thanks y'all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Hi @tonyk11, Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Could you please provide a screen recording of this issue, making sure that the Layers Studio is shown so that we can investigate this further for you? Many thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyk11 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 Please find a screen cap attached. Thanks for the help. TonysSymbolProblem.mkv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Many thanks for your recording, this certainly helps! When creating a Symbol, or adding a new instance to your document, then by default you're only editing that specific symbol instance. If you want to change the size of your objects and have other Symbol instances copy these transforms, then you need to select the layers that are nested to the Symbol layer. As you start with a Group, this is actually removed for the Symbol layer, however you can simply select all child layers of the Symbol and re-group them, then apply your transformations. Please see my below screen recording - 2020-10-02 14-25-50.mp4 I hope this helps! Old Bruce and tonyk11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyk11 Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share Posted October 2, 2020 AAAaaaah! Thank you Dan. I was able to get it to work. I wasn't selecting the nested layers and grouping them after creating the Symbol. Works correctly now. Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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