User Guide

Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 221
4 Set the angle for the shadow using the Angle controls.
5 To set how far the shadow is from the object, use the Oset controls.
A high shadow oset value makes an object’s shadow appear longer and slightly
separated from the object.
6 To adjust the softness of the shadow’s edge, use the Blur controls.
A high blur value makes the object’s shadow appear more diuse; a low value gives
the shadow more sharply dened edges.
7 To change the shadow’s transparency, set a percentage in the Opacity eld. Don’t use
the Opacity slider at the bottom of the Graphic inspector, which changes the opacity
of the object (not the object’s shadow).
8 To change the color for the shadow, click the Shadow color well and select a color.
Adding a Reection
You can add a reection to an object that reects vertically downward.
To quickly add or remove a reection, select the object and then select or deselect
Reection in the format bar. The Graphic inspector gives you more control over
reection formatting.
To add a reection to an object using the Graphic inspector:
1 Select the object.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic inspector button.
3 Select Reection and drag the slider to increase or decrease the amount of reection.