Using the symbol sizer tool

Use the symbol sizer tool to increase or decrease the size of symbol instances in an existing symbol set.

When setting options for the symbol sizer, you can select Proportional Resizing if you want to keep each symbol instance shape uniform as you resize. You can also select Resizing Affects Density to move symbol instances away from each other when they are scaled up and move them toward each other when they are scaled down. You can use one of the following Method options when using the symbol sizer tool:

• User Defined gradually increases or decreases the size.
• Random modifies the scale randomly in the area under the cursor.
• Average gradually smooths out the sizes of the symbol instances.

To change the size of symbol instances:

Select the symbol sizer tool  and do one of the following:

• Click or drag in the set where you want to increase the size of the symbol instances.
• Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag where you want to decrease the size of the symbol instances.