- Click the Group button in the Properties panel to group them together.
By grouping the objects before applying an effect, the effect is applied to the group, not the
individual objects. You’ll see later that if you ungroup, the effect will be removed.
- Click the Add New Effect button ( ) at the bottom of the Appearance panel, or click the
Choose An Effect button ( ) in the Appearance section of the Properties panel. Choose
Stylize > Drop Shadow from the Illustrator Effects section of the menu that appears.
