Operation Manual

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Working with color | 293
To disable the automatic adding of color to the Document palette
On the Document palette, click the flyout button , and click Automatically update.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.
You can also disable the automatic adding of color by clicking Tools Customization, clicking Color palette in the Customization list
of categories, and disabling the Automatically update the document palette check box.
To manually add colors to the Document palette
To Do the following
Add a color from another color palette Drag a color from an open color palette to the Document palette.
Add a color from a bitmap image On the Document palette, click the Eyedropper button, and click a
color in the image.
Add multiple colors from an image
On the Document palette, click the Eyedropper button , hold
down Ctrl, and then click the image until you add the colors that
you want.
Add multiple colors from an image or object by dragging Drag an image or object from the drawing window to the
Document palette.
Add colors from a selection Select an object or multiple objects. On the Document palette, click
the flyout button , and click Add from selection.
Add a color from a color-related dialog box In the dialog box, click a color swatch, click the arrow next to Add
to palette, choose Document palette, and then click Add to
palette.
Move a color swatch Drag a color swatch to a new position on the Document palette.
When dragging most vector objects to the palette, you add all object colors to the palette. When dragging a bitmap, you can specify
the number of colors that you want to be added to the palette. If an object includes a fountain fill, texture fill, or pattern fill, only
colors that are defined during the fill creation are supported. Colors from PostScript fills are not supported.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.
To add colors from an existing drawing to the Document palette
1 Open a drawing.
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On the Document palette, click the flyout button , and click Add from document.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.