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Chapter 7 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 171
Filling Objects with Colors or Images
You can ll shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with a solid color, color
gradients (colors that shade into each other), or an image.
To learn how to Go to
Add a solid-color background to an object “Filling an Object with a Solid Color” on page 171
Add a background of colors that blend into
each other
“Filling an Object with Blended Colors
(Gradients)” on page 171
Place an image inside an object “Filling an Object with an Image” on page 173
Filling an Object with a Solid Color
You can ll shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with a solid color.
Use the format bar to quickly add a ll color to an object. Select the object, click the
Fill well, and then choose a color from the color matrix or click Show Colors to
open the Colors window for more choices. Use the Opacity control to adjust the
degree of transparency.
You can also use the Graphic inspector to ll an object with a solid color.
To change an object’s ll color using the Graphic inspector:
1 Select the object.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic button.
3 Choose Color Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.
4 Click the color well below the Fill pop-up menu to open the Colors window, and then
select a color in the Colors window.
To learn more about using the Colors window, see “The Colors Window” on page 26.
Filling an Object with Blended Colors (Gradients)
You can ll shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with colors that blend into
each other, called color gradients.
To create color gradients in an object ll, use the options in the Graphic inspector. The
basic Gradient Fill options provide the easiest way to blend two colors in a straight
line. The Advanced Gradient Fill options allow you to blend multiple colors in your
gradient and to create a circular (radial) gradient.
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- User Guide 1
- Contents 3
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- Chapter 5: Working with Text 5
- 6 Contents 6
- Contents 7 7
- Chapter 8: Using Tables 8
- Contents 9 9
- Numbers Data 10
- Contents 11 11
- Welcome to Pages ’09 13
- Pages Tools and Techniques 15
- Word Processing Templates 17
- Page Layout Templates 17
- Document Viewing Aids 18
- Document Page Views 19
- Layout View 19
- The Toolbar 21
- The Format Bar 23
- The Inspector Window 23
- The Media Browser 24
- The Fonts Window 25
- The Colors Window 26
- Rulers and Alignment Guides 27
- The Styles Drawer 27
- Research and Reference Tools 30
- The Warnings Window 31
- Document 32
- Opening an Existing Document 34
- Saving A Document 37
- Undoing Changes 39
- Saving a Copy of a Document 39
- Past document versions 41
- Viewing Document Information 43
- Working with Document Parts 44
- Managing Document Settings 45
- Setting Document Margins 46
- Using Page and Line Breaks 47
- Using Layouts 49
- Dening Columns 50
- Dening Column Breaks 51
- Dening Layout Breaks 51
- Dening Layout Margins 52
- Using Headers and Footers 54
- Adding a Footnote 55
- Creating Sections 59
- Viewing Thumbnails 60
- Adding and Deleting Sections 60
- Reorganizing Sections 61
- Reusing Sections 63
- Using a Table of Contents 64
- Styling a Table of Contents 65
- Reviewing and Revising 69
- Documents 69
- To learn about Go to 70
- Controlling Tracked Changes 72
- Viewing Tracked Changes 73
- Using Comments 76
- Click to delete the comment 77
- Working with Text 78
- Placeholder text 79
- The entire text area is 79
- Adding New Template Pages 80
- Deleting Pages 80
- Selecting Text 81
- Creating Outlined Text 84
- Changing Text Size 84
- Changing Text Capitalization 85
- Changing Fonts 86
- Adjusting Font Smoothing 86
- Adding Accent Marks 87
- Using Smart Quotes 89
- Aligning Text Horizontally 90
- Aligning Text Vertically 91
- Changing Text Color 93
- Setting a New Tab Stop 94
- Changing a Tab Stop 95
- Deleting a Tab Stop 96
- Changing Ruler Settings 96
- Setting Indents 97
- Creating an Outline 98
- Creating Lists 100
- Formatting Bulleted Lists 101
- Formatting Numbered Lists 102
- Formatting Ordered Lists 103
- Adding a Floating Text Box 104
- Adding an Inline Text Box 105
- Linking Floating Text Boxes 106
- Select a fill color 107
- Select to place a fill 107
- Adding Borders and Rules 108
- Presenting Text in Columns 108
- Putting Text Inside a Shape 109
- Linking to a Webpage 110
- Type the email address of 111
- Type the message subject 111
- Editing Hyperlink Text 113
- Using Automatic Hyphenation 116
- Inserting a Nonbreaking Space 118
- Checking for Misspelled Words 118
- Proofreading Documents 120
- Finding and Replacing Text 120
- Type the word or phrase 121
- Working with Styles 123
- Applying Styles 125
- Creating New Styles 126
- Renaming a Style 127
- Deleting a Style 127
- Modifying Character Styles 127
- Modifying Paragraph Styles 129
- Finding and Replacing Styles 134
- Other Objects 137
- Working with Images 138
- Masking (Cropping) Images 141
- Reducing Image File Sizes 142
- Creating Shapes 145
- Adding a Predrawn Shape 146
- Adding a Custom Shape 146
- Editing Shapes 147
- You can also drag a point 149
- Drag a control handle or 149
- Drag to straighten or 150
- Using Sound and Movies 152
- Adding a Sound File 153
- Adding a Movie File 154
- Selecting Objects 157
- Deleting Objects 158
- Modifying Objects 164
- MathType 174
- Using Tables 176
- Using Table Tools 177
- Resizing a Table 179
- Moving Tables 180
- Converting Text to a Table 181
- Selecting a Table 182
- Selecting a Table Cell 182
- Selecting Table Cell Borders 184
- Adding Rows to a Table 185
- Adding Columns to a Table 186
- Adding Table Footer Rows 188
- Alternating Table Row Colors 189
- Sorting Rows in a Table 190
- Working with Table Cells 191
- Autolling Table Cells 193
- Merging Table Cells 198
- Splitting Table Cells 199
- Formatting Table Cell Borders 199
- Copying and Moving Cells 200
- Format field 208
- Drag the elements to 208
- Creating Charts from Data 221
- These squares indicate 225
- Formatting Charts 228
- Resizing or Rotating a Chart 230
- Formatting Chart Axes 230
- Showing Error Bars in Charts 235
- Showing Trendlines in Charts 236
- Separate a pie wedge by 240
- Using Scatter Charts 243
- Personalizing Documents with 246
- Address Book and Numbers Data 246
- Dening Your Own Merge Fields 249
- Merge Field Names 250
- Printing Your Document 253
- Pages document 253
- Printing Comments 256
- Emailing Your Pages Document 264
- Designing Your Own Document 265
- Templates 265
- Saving a Custom Template 272
- Index 275 275
- 276 Index 276
- Index 277 277
- 278 Index 278
- Index 279 279
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