IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting the fill options for drawing objects

Set the fill options for the selected drawing object.

You can save collections of colors, gradients, hatchings, and bitmap patterns as lists that you can later load and use.

To access this command...

Choose Layout - Drawing Object - Area - Area tab

Choose Layout - Style List - open context menu and choose Modify... or New... - Area tab (IBM Lotus Symphony Presentations)

Choose Layout - Title - Area tab (chart documents)

Choose Layout - Legend - Area tab (chart documents)

Choose Layout - Chart Wall - Area tab (chart documents)

Choose Layout - Chart Floor - Area tab (chart documents)

Choose Layout - Chart Area - Area tab (chart documents)

Choose Layout - Properties - Page Properties - Background tab (in Lotus® Symphony™ Presentations

Fill

None

Does not apply a fill to the selected object. If the object contains a fill, the fill is removed.

Color

Fills the selected object with the color that you click in the list.

Gradient

Fills the selected object with the gradient that you click in the list.

Hatching

Fills the selected object with the hatching pattern that you click in the list. To apply a background color to the hatching pattern, select the Background color box, and then click a color in the list.

Bitmap

Fills the selected object with the bitmap pattern that you click in the list.

Area Fill

Click the fill that you want to apply to the selected object.

Increments (Gradients)

Set the number of steps for blending the two end colors of a gradient.

Automatic

Automatically determines the number of steps for blending the two end colors of the gradient.

Increment

Enter the number of steps for blending the two end colors of the gradient.

Size (Bitmaps)

Specify the dimensions of the bitmap.

Relative

Rescales the bitmap relative to the size of the selected object by the percentage values that you enter in the Width and Height boxes . Clear this checkbox to resize the selected object with the measurements that you enter in the Width and Height boxes.

Original

Retains the original size of the bitmap when filling the selected object. To resize the bitmap, clear this checkbox, and then click Relative.

Width

Enter a width for the bitmap.

Height

Enter a height for the bitmap.

Position (Bitmaps)

Click in the position grid to specify the offset for tiling the bitmap.

X Offset

Enter the horizontal offset for tiling the bitmap.

Y Offset

Enter the vertical offset for tiling the bitmap.

Tile

Tiles the bitmap to fill the selected object.

Instantly Fit

Stretches the bitmap to fill the selected object. To use this feature, clear the Tile box.

Offset

Specify the offset for tiling the bitmap in terms of rows and columns.

Row

Horizontally offsets the original bitmap relative to the bitmap tiles by the amount that you enter.

Column

Vertically offsets the original bitmap relative to the bitmap tiles by the amount that you enter.

Percent

Enter the percentage to offset the rows or columns.

Background Color (Hatching)

Background color

Applies a background color to the hatching pattern. Select this checkbox, and then click a color in the list.

List of colors

Click the color that you want to use as a background for the selected hatching pattern.

Preview Field

Displays a preview of the current selection.


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