Illustrator :: How To Turn Path Back To Stroke

Jan 22, 2014

i have a line art drawing and have expanded the strokes to paths. now i'd need to turn part of the paths back to strokes and can't find an (easy) way to do it.
 
inserted is an example of the situation. instead of closed path i'd like the form to be a stroke.

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Nov 2, 2013

I'm actually about to punch my computer screen. Ok so say I draw up a triangle with the pen tool

Then i hit the colour option

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Dec 28, 2013

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Illustrator :: How To Adjust Stroke Weight On Path

Jul 21, 2012

I'm unable to adjust the weight of a path. Here's a 40 sec video (no audio, 1920x1080) that demonstrates I know how to adjust the stroke weight on a path, followed by a demo of it not working when I try to adjust it:

[URL]....
 
Here's what I do in the video:

First, on a path that allows the change:

Select an elipse.Increase the stroke weight of the elipse.Control-Z to undo.Decrease the stroke weight of the elipse.The above demonstrates I know how to adjust the path weight (at least I think it does).Next, on the path that doesn't allow the stroke width to be reduced: Select path. Increase stroke weight to demonstrate it increases.Control-Z to undo.Decrease the stroke weight to .25 to demonstrate it does not reduce in size. 

What do I need to do to decrease the weight of the path I am trying to adjust?

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I'm having trouble making adjustments to my compound path/shape, as I'd like to outline the inside of the shape with a stroke - but this doesn't seem possible as the stroke always surrounds the outside too.

So: I've got a simple rectangle with white fill, with a rectangle-window hole cut out of it using the compound path action so you can see the layers beneath. Now I want to stroke the window hole, but NOT the outside of the entire rectangle. I'd be happy to split the shape up and tried various options like divide, edit in isolation mode, expand (button is greyed out), all the pathfinders - but none of them allow me to do this only to the inside part of the path.
 
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Aug 12, 2013

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Sep 3, 2012

I got this error many different times and the problem still continues.
 
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If you use the Create Envelope from Top Shape feature, and then later Release the Envelope you at first appear to get your original shape back.

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