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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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Notes
• You can’t format a locked object. See Protecting objects from change.
• You can’t change the fill or border of individual slide panels.
• You can’t apply outer shadows to slide panels or inner shadows to tab controls or slide
control dots.
• Format changes applied to panel controls do not affect the objects on tab panels or slide
panels unless you select objects before applying formatting. See
Selecting objects.
• You can format the appearance of one or more tab panels or slide panels to be conditional
(for example, format a tab panel to appear red when a certain condition is met). See
Defining conditional formatting for layout objects.
Related topics
Making text bold, italic, highlighted, or setting other styles
Aligning or distributing objects
Change the fill or the color and
style of the border around slide
control dots
Select the slide control and click Inspector in the layout
bar. Click Appearance, then choose Slide Control: Dots in the
object type drop-down list (near the top of the Appearance tab).
In the Graphic area, choose a fill and choose Line options. Or,
choose Line options in the
formatting bar. If you don’t see the
formatting bar, click Formatting in the layout bar.
Add outer shadows to a tab control
or slide control
Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector in the
layout bar, then click Appearance. In the Advanced Graphic
area, select Outer
Shadow. Click to change shadow
effects.
Add inner shadows to slide panels
Click Inspector in the layout bar, click Appearance, then
choose Slide Control: Panel in the object type drop-down list
(near the top of the Appearance tab). In the Advanced Graphic
area, select Inner Shadow. Click
to change shadow
effects.
Adjust the padding of a tab control
or slide control to change its
dimensions
Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector in the
layout bar, then click Appearance. In the Advanced Graphic
area,
for Padding, specify values (in points) for Left, Right,
Top, and Bottom.
• Adjusting the padding for a tab control changes the size of
the tab label area.
• Adjusting the padding for a slide control changes the size
and orientation of slide panels. Changing the bottom
padding of a slide control increases or decreases the height
of the area containing the dots. Objects placed in the slide
control area outside the panels remain displayed when you
switch between panels.
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