User Guide

Chapter 9 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 225
4 If you want to remove a color control, drag it downward and away from the inspector.
It vanishes.
You must have at least two color controls under the gradient strip.
5 To change how sharply or subtly the colors blend along the gradient, drag the blend
point controls (on top of the gradient strip in the inspector).
6 To change the direction of a linear gradient, use the Angle wheel or eld.
7 To create a radial gradient, click the radial gradient button. You can further adjust the
look of a radial gradient by doing any of the following:
To recenter the gradient in the object, drag the small, blue, circular blend point Â
control (in the center of the gradient within your object) to where you want the
center to be.
To change how sharply or subtly the colors blend along the gradient, drag the Â
circular blend point control outside your object, closer to or farther from the
gradient’s center.
Experiment with the circular blend point controls attached to your object and the
blend point controls above the gradient strip in the Graphic inspector, dragging
them until you create the look you want.
8 To invert the gradient, click the double-headed arrow next to the color wells.
Filling an Object with an Image
You can ll a shape, text box, table, table cell, chart background, or chart series with
an image.
To ll an object with an image:
1 Select the object you want to ll with an image.
2 If the Graphic inspector isn’t open, click Inspector in the toolbar and click the Graphic
inspector button.
3 In the Graphic inspector, choose Image Fill or Tinted Image Fill, and then choose
an image.