With the help of expand appearance option

Hi, I'm new to Illustrator CC (I last used on an average iMac in 1994 - OS.9 as it was then). I work almost exclusively in Photoshop & Muse, but I'm trying to follow an Illustrator tutorial on creating buttons. Here are the instructions verbatim so far:

Choose the Rectangle (M) tool and click on your work plan. Enter the area width and 32 93 in the height box, and then click OK. This will create a 93 by 32px form. Fill it with R = 0 G = 182 = 241 and go to effect > esthetics > rounded corners. Enter a 17px RADIUS, and then click OK.

Now, your form should look like the following image. Select it and press Ctrl + C, and then press CTRL + F. This will add a copy to the front. Have a look in your layers panel (window > layers) and make sure that you have the two forms created so far.

Select the copy made in the previous step and go to object > decaying appearance. Select shape then object > path > offset. Enter one - 1px Offset, and then click OK. Fill the shape with white and then reselect the form extended, blue and delete it.


  • Seems very simple but places a duplicate on the same layer Ctrl + F (I think!). Why not control + J?
  • What selection tool is not specified.
  • Tool selection and object > decaying appearance translates into an option greyed out. Expand... is active, but happens when nothing selected.


Where am I going wrong or the wrong tutorial?

Please link to the tutorial. Please show a screenshot of what you expect and what is happening instead.

CTRL-F puts the contents of the Clipboard in front of what is selected. If nothing is selected, it puts forward.

Control-J joins paths.

There are many commands expand in Illustrator, which one to take depends on the situation. If an effect is applied, Expand appearance should do the job.

You should bother me that not every tutorial on the Internet is written by someone who really knows more than you.

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