Breaking a link to a Symbol
You can break the link from a Symbol instance to a Symbol, thus converting the instance to an ordinary object.
Converting a Symbol instance to a standard object
- Click Selection Tool
on the Tool Palette.
- Select the Symbol instance you want to convert.
- On the drop-down menu of the Symbols tab of the Symbols window, select [Break Link to Symbol].
- The link between the instance and the Symbol is broken, and the instance turns into a standard path object.