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Applying fill & line colors by drag & drop
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To apply a fill color to an object (selected or unselected), drag a color from the Color Line and
drop it into the center of the shape.
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To set the line or outline color, drop it on the outline, not the center.
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To change the current fill color, drag a color into a blank space.
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To change the page background color, "Ctrl + drag" a color onto the page background.
When dragging colors an indicator beside the pointer tells you what effect dropping the color will have:
Set flat fill color (seen when you drag over an object) or the intermediary
colors of a multi-color fill
Set line color (seen when you drag over a line).
Set the current fill color (seen when you drag over an empty space).
Set start color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over start of fill).
Set end color of graduated fill (seen when dragged over end of fill).
Set page background color (seen when you drag a color onto the page).
Instead of drag & drop, if you have an object selected, you can just click on the Color Line. This opens
the Color Line context menu where you can set the line or fill color.
In any other case, you can alter the line color by "Shift + clicking" on the Color Line.
If a photo or a bitmap-filled shape is selected, then clicking on the Color Line will contone the bitmap.
That means, the bitmap is converted to greyscale (black and white) and the selected color is used as a
contone light color. The contone dark color is usually black. You can set both contone colors via the
Color Line context menu (see above). See Bitmap coloring
for more information.
To set a fill or line to no color (clear), perform the
operations as outlined above but use the "No color"
option instead of a color.
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