Modifying gradient swatches

Hi,
Simple task: I've got a few gradients in the swatches palette, and want to modify their colours. By choosing the swatch, I can modify the colours, but can only seem to add it back in as a new swatch, - but I want to update the existing one...
thanks

Press and hold Alt. Drag the modified grad from the Gradient Fill Palette and drop it onto the existing Swatch in the Swatches Palette. Objects should update accordingly.
JET

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