# Instances

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances/29462>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances/29462 "2003-08-27T02:38:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![something369](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@something369](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/something369)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances/29462/1 "2003-08-27T02:38:57Z")

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Here’s Basic Question…

I have a button which is a symbol. When I bring out the same button from the library and make changes to it they also occur to the orginal button. How do I get changes to only happen to the copy of the button I bring out of the library?

thanx for the time…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances/29462/2 "2003-08-27T02:48:47Z")

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duplicate the button to have it as a new symbol

any changes in any symbol will be reflected in every instance of that symbol. If you want a single instance to be different, it will need to be its own symbol

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/instances/29462/3 "2003-08-27T02:49:56Z")

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I c. Thank you… appreciate it.