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: Saving text effects as graphic styles in illustrator I created text effects a few times before and tried to save them as graphic styles by sliding the finished text into the graphic styles

@Gloria351

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I created text effects a few times before and tried to save them as graphic styles by sliding the finished text into the graphic styles panel. But when I do this I just get a blank white box. Its the same when I try to load it back into the graphic styles panel from the library.

I recently watched a tutorial on creating graphic styles and I noticed the style was created using the appearance panel which I'm still learning to use.

What am I doing wrong?
Is creating in the appearance panel the only way I can save a graphic style?

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@Turnbaugh909

A Graphic Style is essentially a saved Appearance Panel setting.

So, yes, using the Appearance Panel is the only way to save a Graphic Style.

Be aware the Appearance Panel can be hugely powerful. This was created using a single circle path and the Appearance Panel:

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