Operation Manual

Colour, Fills, and Transparency 137
To adjust the gradient fill path on a selected object:
1.
Display the Swatches tab and ensure either Fill, Line,
or Text is selected (for an object's fill, outline, or text fill
respectively).
Note that the colour of the underline reflects the colour of your
selected object.
2. Click the
Fill Tool on the Attributes toolbar. The fill path
appears on the object's fill, outline, or text content.
3. Use the Fill Tool to drag the start and end path handles, or click on
the object for a new start handle and drag out a new fill path. The
gradient starts where you place the start handle, and ends where you
place the end handle.
Each gradient fill type has a characteristic path. For example, Linear fills
have single-line paths, while Radial fills have a two-line path so you can
adjust the fill's extent in two directions away from the centre. If the
object uses a bitmap fill, you'll see the fill path displayed as two lines
joined at a centre point. Handles mark the fill's centre and edges.
Working with transparency
Transparency effects are great for highlights, shading and shadows, and
simulating "rendered" realism. They can make the critical difference
between flat-looking publications and publications with depth and snap.
PagePlus fully supports variable transparency and lets you apply solid,
gradient, or bitmap transparency to an object's fill or outline easily.
For example, in the illustration below, the butterflies have a solid (100%
opaque) transparency, a gradient (100% to 0% opaque) transparency
and a solid (50% opaque) transparency from left to right.