Trouble using "knockout" features

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I have tried for the last 2 hours to try and get the holes in a custom letter B to be "knocked out" all the way through the red body of the B so that the background (artboard) of the project shows through the B. EVERY time I do it, it only shows me the red color of the body of the B so every time I export it to use on shirts I have the change the color of the holes of the B to match EXACTLY. Please help me. I feel like this used to be FAR easier in previous versions but maybe I'm just getting old.

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Knockout groups are for transparency interactions in groups or appearance stacks. All you need here is a compound path. Select the 'B' outline and the counters and press Ctrl + 8.

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Doug A Roberts

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Knockout groups are for transparency interactions in groups or appearance stacks. All you need here is a compound path. Select the 'B' outline and the counters and press Ctrl + 8.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH! I searched for on obscene amount of time to no avail. I still dont understand what the difference is or what ctrl+8 actually does, but it 100% fixed my issue. You are the best.

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I finally found an teeny tiny menu symbol in the opacity options that allowed me to check "Page Knockout Group"... it did absolutely nothing checked or unchecked. WHY DOESNT THIS WORK?!

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