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significant light source throughout a layout and making drop shadows seem more
natural.
Incorporating drop shadows with items
Additional options control how drop shadows interact with items, including handling
opacity and text runaround. As with the other controls, these options are located in
the Measurements palette, or on Windows, the Drop Shadow tab of the Modify dialog
box (Item menu) .
• Use Inherit Item's Opacity to have the drop shadow reflect different opacities in the
item, such as differences in the box background and frame.
• Use Item Knocks Out Drop Shadow to prevent a shadow from displaying through
semi-opaque areas of an item — to keep a shadow from peeping through its box, for
example.
• Use Runaround Drop Shadow to include a drop shadow with the text wrap contour.
• Use Inherit Item's Opacity and Item Knocks Out Drop Shadow combined to achieve
different results based on the combination of these settings, as shown here.
At far left, both Inherit Item's Opacity and Item Knocks Out Drop Shadow are unchecked.
Second from left, only Inherit Item's Opacity is checked. At far right, both options are
checked.
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