Illustrator CS6 Pattern Creation Question

PLeAsE, can anyone at Adobe (or anyone) say that the new Pattern Creation tool allows for use of symbols? I use them all the time for repeats and are a HUGE help when it comes to changes.
Please, will Pattern Creation utilize this? Just yes/no…
Thanks!

I have no idea. In the mean time, have you thought of building your pattern as a symbol and draging the symbol to the swatch panel. The symbol will expand, but you can always updated it by editing your symbol and updating the pattern. I use this technique for editing brushes. It sure beats dragging the brush out each time it needs to be updated and I can use blends, which are automatically expanded when converted to a brush (since brushes don't accept gradients, at least in CS5).

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I found out that it was not possible to create a patern swatch with a single copy of 1x1. The preview window kept showing at least a 3x3 version and if you drag the swatch from your swatches pallet it copies 3x3 swatch.
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Hi Wayne,
I'll show you in 5 steps what I mean (see images):
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Let me try to help you further:
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