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You can use the color wheel in the Colors window to select colors. The color you select
appears in the box at the top of the Colors window. You can save that color for future
use by placing it in the color palette.
To apply the colors you select in the Colors window to an object on the page, you must
place the color in the appropriate color well in an Inspector pane. You can select a color
well in one of the Inspectors, and then click a color in the color wheel. Or you can drag
a color from the color palette or color box to a color well in one of the Inspectors.
To select a color:
1 Open the Colors window by clicking the color well in the Format Bar and choosing
Show Colors, or click Colors in the toolbar, or click a color well in one of the inspectors.
2 Click anywhere in the color wheel. The selected color is displayed in the color box at
the top of the Colors window.
3 To make the color lighter or darker, drag the slider on the right side of the Colors
window.
4 To make the color more transparent, drag the Opacity slider to the left or enter a
percentage value in the Opacity field.
5 To use the color palette, open it by dragging the handle at the bottom of the Colors
window. Save a color in the palette by dragging a color from the color box to the color
palette. To remove a color from the palette, drag a blank square to the color you want
to remove.
6 To match the color of another item on the screen, click the magnifying glass to the left
of the color box in the Colors window. Click the item on the screen whose color you
want to match. The color appears in the color box. Select the item you want to color in
the document window, and drag the color from the color box to the item.
Filling an Object with an Image
You can fill a shape, text box, table, table cell, chart background, or chart series with an
image.
To fill an object with an image:
1 Select the object you want to fill with an image.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and click the Graphic Inspector button.
3 In the Graphic Inspector, choose Image Fill or Tinted Image Fill from the Fill pop-up
menu, and then choose an image.
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