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<helpdocument version="1.0">
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<meta>
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<topic id="textsdrawguidegradientxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Creating Gradient Fills</title>
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<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/gradient.xhp</filename>
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</topic>
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<history>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<lastedited date="2004-10-12T14:13:24">FPE: Reformatted, deleted screenshots. Changed description to the "menu way"
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yj:checked</lastedited>
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</history>
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<body>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150792"><bookmark_value>gradients; applying and defining</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>editing;gradients</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>defining;gradients</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>applying;gradients</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>custom gradients</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>transparency;adjusting</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="gradient"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/gradient.xhp" name="Creating Gradient Fills">Creating Gradient Fills</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154012" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">A gradient fill is an incremental blend of two different colors, or shades of the same color, that you can apply to a drawing object.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="61">To apply a gradient:</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146974" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">Select a drawing object.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Choose <emph>Format - Area</emph> and select <emph>Gradient</emph> as the <emph>Fill</emph> type.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Select a gradient style from the list and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Creating Custom Gradients</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145791" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="9">You can define your own gradients and modify existing gradients, as well as save and load a list of gradient files.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145384" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="62">To create a custom gradient:</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151242" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Choose <emph>Format - Area</emph> and click the <emph>Gradients</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150046" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Select a gradient from the list to use as the basis for your new gradient and click <emph>Add</emph>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145116" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="13">Type a name for the gradient in the text box and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6535843" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The name appears at the end of the gradient list and is selected for editing.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150391" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Set the gradient properties and click <emph>Modify</emph> to save the gradient.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156396" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Click <emph>OK.</emph>
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</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="40">Using Gradients and Transparency</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157905" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">You can adjust the properties of a gradient as well as the transparency of a drawing object with your mouse.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150653" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="63">To adjust the gradient of a drawing object:</paragraph>
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<list type="ordered">
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154844" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="42">Select a drawing object with the gradient that you want to modify.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145592" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">Choose <emph>Format - Area</emph> and click the <emph>Gradients</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Adjust the values for the gradient to suit your needs and click <emph>Ok</emph>.</paragraph>
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</listitem>
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</list>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3150659" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="46">To adjust the transparency of an object, select the object, choose <emph>Format - Area</emph> and click the <emph>Transparency</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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<section id="relatedtopics">
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<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/color_define.xhp#color_define"/>
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