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72 Chapter 4 Changing Object Properties

3 Set the angle for the shadow using the Angle wheel.

4 Adjust the shadow offset by typing a number in the Offset field (or click the arrows to

increase or decrease the number).

A high shadow offset value makes an object’s shadow appear longer and slightly

separated from the object.

5 Set the shadow blur by typing a number in the Blur field (or click the arrows).

A high blur value makes the object’s shadow appear more diffuse; a low value gives

the shadow more sharply defined edges.

6 Set the shadow opacity by typing a number in the Opacity field. (Shadow opacity is

separate from object opacity, which is set using the Opacity slider at the bottom of

the Graphic Inspector.)

7 To change the color for the shadow, click the color well and select a color.

Adjusting Opacity

You can create interesting effects by making objects more opaque or less opaque.

When you put a low-opacity object on top of another object, for example, the bottom

object shows through the top object. Depending on how high or low you set the

opacity, the objects beneath can be highly visible, partly obscured, or completely

blocked from view (at 100-percent opacity). You can change opacity settings for any

visual object on the slide canvas, including drawn shapes, pictures and other image

files, and movies. Set object opacity using the Graphic Inspector.

To change an object’s opacity:

1 Select the object.

2 In the Graphic Inspector, drag the Opacity slider.

Note: For drawn shapes, you can set fill-color opacity separately from object opacity. If

you move the Opacity slider in the Colors window to modify a fill color, the opacity

value becomes equivalent to 100-percent object opacity. Then, when you change the

object opacity in the Graphic Inspector, you are changing it relative to the opacity you

set in the Colors window.

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