Illustrator CS5 Recolor Artwork question

I was passed down a file of a old logo from a friend in .ai format. He wants me to change the colors from Red to Blue. Seems pretty easy, but it has 2082 colors in it!!!
I am a fairly novice user and wondered if someone could help me with an easier way to accomplish this without losing the details of the gradients this logo has.
I have atteched a image of the Recolor Artwork screen in edit mode that shows the color wheel.
Is there any way to just rotate the entire wheel thus moving all colors at once?
What is the best way to accomplish this color change?
Thanks in advance for anyones help.

Am 21.10.2012 um 19:33 schrieb Przemek Fabisiak:
Is there any way to just rotate the entire wheel thus moving all colors at once?
Click on the link-icon to connect all colors. Then move them together by dragging one of them. You might want to read in the manual (press F1). You might want to reduce the number of colors, which is also possbile with "Recolor art"

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