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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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ILEMAKER PRO HELP 314
2. Do one or more of the following.
To Do this
Change the fill of the front-most
tab, the area of a slide control
below the slide panels, or objects
on a tab panel or slide panel
In Layout mode, select the tab control, slide control, or objects
you want to change. (See
Selecting and working with objects on
panel controls.) Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click
Appearance, and choose a fill in the Graphic area. See Setting
the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the
layout background, Filling objects, layout parts, or the layout
background with a color gradient, or Filling objects, layout parts,
or the layout background with an image.
Tip To apply the same fill to all tabs on a tab control, drag the
arrow pointer to make a selection box that surrounds the tab
control, then apply a fill.
Change the style and color of the
border around a panel control
Select the tab control or slide control, then:
• Click Inspector in the layout bar, click Appearance,
then choose Line options in the Graphic area.
• Or, choose Line options in the formatting bar. If you don’t
see the formatting bar, click Formatting in the layout
bar.
For more information, see Setting the fill, line style, and borders
for objects, layout parts, and the layout background.
Change the shape of the corners
of a tab control or slide control
Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector in the
layout bar, then click Appearance. In the Graphic area, for
Corner radius, choose each corner that you want to have a
rounded appearance and specify a value in points. The larger
the value, the more a corner is rounded.
Place all tabs on tab panels to the
far left, center, or far right, or
spread them across the tab panels
Double-click the tab control. In the Tab Control Setup dialog
box, choose from the Tab Justification drop-down list.
Change the format of a tab panel’s
name
Select a tab control, then:
• Click Inspector in the layout bar, click Appearance,
and choose options in the Text area.
• Or, use the text options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see
the formatting bar, click Formatting
in the layout bar.
See Formatting text.
Change the width of all tabs in a
tab control
Double-click the tab control. In the Tab Control Setup dialog
box, choose from the Tab Width drop-down list.
For Label Width + Margin of, Minimum of, or Fixed Width of,
choose Inches, Centimeters, or Points, then enter a value.