User Guide

Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 223
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 223
Add a background of colors that blend into each
other
“Filling an Object with Blended Colors
(Gradients)” on page 224
Place an image inside an object “Filling an Object with an Image” on page 225
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 a selected 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 inspector 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 24.