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Design Illustrator Foundations Adding Color and Type Colors, Patterns and Selecting Objects

Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points
Posted by Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points

Illustrator - I can't see the fill on my shapes

All of the the sudden, all i can see is the outline of new shapes that I create. The only way I can see the fill and strokes on the shape is if I right click on the shape and click "Isolate Selected Path." I'm having trouble finding an option to reverse this. Does anyone know what my problem is?

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Go to menu item "View" and make sure the first item says "Outline". If it says "Preview" it means you are in outline mode. You can simply click to be able to toggle between preview and outline views.

Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points
Heath Hughes
Heath Hughes
19,766 Points

That's was it! Thanks, Kevin!