Adobe Illustrator CS2 (12.0.0) and gradient colors?

Question

Im not sure the best way to word this as im not a genius, but im not a complete idiot either! so i will give this my best shot.....

How would I go about taking and plain colored swatch and turning into a gradient?
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Change a blue gradient into a pantone 6202 gradient?

Heres the deal:
A friend designed something for me and used a blue radial gradient. he is now in london and I dont have a way to contact him for some time and I need to change the color blue (gradient) to pantone 6202 (in a gradient) and i cant figure out how to change the color. Any advice on turning pantone 6202 into a gradient or changing the blue gradient to the color pantone 6202 in a gradient would be great help!! THANK YOU!

Answer 1

OK, hold on tight, cause here we go.

Open your file.
Open your swatches/color palette.
And open the gradient palette.

Select what you want to change the gradient color on. (Box, circle, type, whatever.)
When you make your selection, in the gradient palette, at the bottom, a bar shows up. This is the gradient slider box (at least thats what I call it). On the bottom left (the box) is 1 side of the gradient 0 - 100% color, on the bottom right (the box) is the other side of the gradient 0 - 100% color. And the diamond at the top of the bar (usually in the center, but it can be moved as well) is the gradient slider (again, just what I call it).

Now, with your gradient still selected, see the box on the bottom of the bar, 1 will have the color you want to change (blue to PMS 6202), from your swatches palette, just drag your PMS 6202 swatch into the box you want to change.

Presto-changeo, youre all done.

If you are having trouble, let me know, and I'll see if I can make it a little more clear.

Answer 2

Illustrator Cs 2