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Changing objects’ properties

You can change an object’s properties. The properties you can change depend on the object you select. You can also select several objects and change their properties at the same time.

Changing the fill

You can change an object’s fill by selecting the object and then setting the fill in the Properties tab or by clicking Fill, setting the fill, and then selecting the object.

To change an object’s fill by first selecting the object

Select the object.
If the Properties tab isn’t visible, press Properties.
Press Fill Effects.

Select a fill style:

Fill style	Procedure
None (transparent)	Select No fill.
Solid color	Select Solid fill. Do one of the following: Select one of the 40 colors in the palette. Press More, and then select a color in the dialog box. Press the eyedropper, and then select a color on the screen.
Gradient of two colors	Select Gradient fill. For each color, do one of the following: Select one of the 40 colors in the palette. Press More, and then select a color in the dialog box. Press the eyedropper, and then select a color on the screen. Select an option in the Style drop-down list.
Pattern	Select Pattern fill. Select a pattern.
Picture	Select Image fill. Press Browse. Browse to and select the picture you want to use as a background, and then press Open. Note If you insert a large picture, a dialog box may appear and prompt you to either reduce the picture’s file size or retain the picture’s file size. For more information, see Setting image optimization preferences. Select Keep image size to keep the picture’s size, regardless of whether the picture is larger or smaller than the object. OR Select Scale image to fit to resize the picture to fit the object.

Optionally, drag the Object transparency slider to the right to make the object transparent.

Tip

You can also change an object’s properties using the property selectors on the toolbar.

To change an object’s fill by first pressing the Fill button

Filling digital ink drawings

In addition to filling shapes, regular polygons and irregular polygons, you can fill areas enclosed by digital ink using the Fill button.

Notes

To fill an area, you must enclose it with a single digital ink path.
You’re unable to fill an enclosed area if that area is part of a group (see Grouping objects).
When you fill an enclosed area, the fill becomes a separate object, which you can move away from the original enclosed area. You can fill the enclosed area and move the resulting fill object multiple times.

Changing other properties

In addition to fill, you can change objects’ line style and text style.

To change an object’s line style

To change an object’s text style

Saving tool settings

When you select a tool in the toolbar, you can change its default settings using the Properties tab and then save your changes by clicking Save Tool Properties.

When you save your changes to a tool’s default settings, the tool’s button displays those changes:

Tool with saved settings

To restore the default settings, see Customizing the toolbar.

Also in this section

Using gestures

Selecting objects

Positioning objects

Cutting, copying and pasting objects

Changing a table’s properties