In Illustrator CS4, you can select an object and see a preview of how it will look with any Graphic Style applied before you actually apply it. To see what I mean, draw an object with a drawing tool other than the Rectangle tool. Open the Graphic Styles panel if it’s not already open (Window>Graphic Styles). With your object still selected, Control-click (Mac) or right-click on the Style in the panel you’d like to preview. The selected object will be seen in a preview that pops up over the Graphic Styles panel.

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