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## Dynamic symbols (2026-11-01)
Symbols area (#4938), from the public symbol documentation ([create and place symbols](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/traces-mockups-symbols/create-and-place-symbols.html), [edit symbols](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/traces-mockups-symbols/edit-symbols.html)). Symbol Options has Symbol Type (Dynamic Symbol / Static Symbol; the dialog's default is Dynamic, `symbol.new`'s `type` defaults to static so scripts behave as before). An instance of a dynamic symbol keeps its own opacity and blend for any object of the symbol's art, and its own fill and stroke for an object that draws them, named by a child-index path (`symbol.instance.setAppearance`), and stays an instance: the canvas, SVG, PDF, EPS, legacy `.ai`, EMF/WMF and DXF writers, effects and Expand draw the art with those changes. Redefining the symbol reshapes every instance and keeps each change whose object the new art still has; Break Link bakes the changes into the art; Edit Symbol expands the symbol's own art; Reset (`symbol.instance.reset`: the Properties panel's Quick Actions and the Symbols panel menu) and making the symbol static drop them, and Replace Symbol drops them when it gives the instance a different symbol. The type is stored on the symbol and the changes on the instance in the native format, both left out when unset, so documents without them save byte for byte as before. Remaining: on-canvas editing beyond a solid fill and stroke on a path, compound path or type object inside a dynamic instance; reading and writing the type and changes in `.ai` files. Evidence: `crates/engine/src/tests/dynamic_symbols.rs`, `crates/doc/src/symbol_overrides.rs` tests. Score unchanged at 87% (estimated); hours 5–9 → 4–8.
Symbols area (#4938), from the public symbol documentation ([create and place symbols](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/traces-mockups-symbols/create-and-place-symbols.html), [edit symbols](https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/manage-objects/traces-mockups-symbols/edit-symbols.html)). Symbol Options has Symbol Type (Dynamic Symbol / Static Symbol; the dialog's default is Dynamic, `symbol.new`'s `type` defaults to static so scripts behave as before). An instance of a dynamic symbol keeps its own opacity and blend for any object of the symbol's art, and its own fill and stroke for an object that draws them, named by a child-index path (`symbol.instance.setAppearance`), and stays an instance: the canvas, SVG, PDF, EPS, legacy `.ai`, EMF/WMF and DXF writers, effects and Expand draw the art with those changes. Redefining the symbol reshapes every instance and keeps each change whose object the new art still has; Break Link bakes the changes into the art; Edit Symbol keeps the instances linked and keeps each change whose object the edited art still has; Reset (`symbol.instance.reset`: the Properties panel's Quick Actions and the Symbols panel menu) and making the symbol static drop them, and Replace Symbol drops them when it gives the instance a different symbol. The type is stored on the symbol and the changes on the instance in the native format, both left out when unset, so documents without them save byte for byte as before. Remaining: on-canvas editing beyond a solid fill and stroke on a path, compound path or type object inside a dynamic instance; reading and writing the type and changes in `.ai` files. Evidence: `crates/engine/src/tests/dynamic_symbols.rs`, `crates/doc/src/symbol_overrides.rs` tests, `crates/engine/src/tests/symboledit.rs`. Score unchanged at 87% (estimated); hours 5–9 → 4–8.
## Document Tools add-on: Export All Open Documents (2026-11-01)