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Use 9-slice scaling
You can use 9-slice scaling (scale-9) to specify component-style scaling for graphic style and movie clip symbols. This
type of scaling lets you create movie clip symbols that scale appropriately for use as user interface components, as
opposed to the type of scaling typically applied to graphics and design elements.
The symbol is conceptually divided into nine sections with a grid-like overlay, and each of the nine areas is scaled
independently. To maintain the visual integrity of the symbol, corners are not scaled, while the remaining areas of the
image are scaled (as opposed to being stretched) larger or smaller, as needed.
The 9-slice scaling grid is visible only in isolation mode. By default, the grid’s guides are placed at 25% (or 1/4) of the
symbol’s width and height from the edge of the symbol, and appear as dotted lines superimposed on the symbol.
Note: For more information on using 9-slice scaling in Flash, see Flash Help. For videos on using 9-slice scaling in Illustrator,
see
www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5210_ai_en.
In Illustrator, you can create 9-slice grid for symbols with rotation, shear, and complex transformations. When you scale
a symbol, all the nine areas of the symbol can be scaled independently.
Enable 9-slice scaling
1 Select the symbol on the artboard or in the Symbols panel and choose Symbol Options from the panel menu.
2 In the Symbol Options dialog box, select Movie Clip or Graphic for Type, and then select Enable Guides For 9-Slice
Scaling.
Note: You can also enable this option in the Symbol Options dialog box when creating a new symbol.
Edit the 9-slice scaling grid for a symbol
1 To edit the scaling grid for a symbol, open the symbol in isolation mode by doing one of the following:
• Double-click the symbol in the Symbols panel.
• Select the symbol in the Symbols panel and choose Edit Symbol from the panel menu.
2 To edit the scaling grid for a symbol instance, open the instance in isolation mode by doing one of the following:
• Double-click the symbol instance on the artboard.
• Select the symbol instance on the artboard and click Edit Symbol in the Control panel.
3 Move the pointer over any of the four guides. When the pointer changes to the move pointer, drag the guide.
Note: Scaling still occurs if you move a guide away from the symbol boundaries (thus dividing the symbol into less than
9 slices). The symbol scales according to the slice in which it falls.
4 Exit isolation mode by clicking the Exit Isolation Mode button at the upper-left corner of the artboard or in the
Control panel .
Work with symbol instances
You can move, scale, rotate, shear (or skew), or reflect symbol instances in the same way you can other objects. You can
also perform any operation from the Transparency, Appearance, and Graphic Styles panels and apply any effect from
the Effect menu. However, if you want to modify the individual components of a symbol instance, you must first expand
it. Expanding breaks the link between the symbol and the symbol instance and converts the instance to regular artwork.
For videos on selecting and aligning objects, including symbols, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0034 and
www.adobe.com/go/vid0035.
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