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areas; styles fill patterns for areas fill colors for areas invisible areas Area 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.

Fill Select the type of fill that you want to apply to the selected drawing object. List boxes on the Drawing Object Properties toolbar: None Color Fills the selected object with the color that you click in the list. To add a color to the list, choose Format - Area, click the Colors tab, and then click Edit. To add a color to the list, choose Format - Area, click the Colors tab, and then click Edit. 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. To add a bitmap to the list, open this dialog in %PRODUCTNAME Draw, click the Bitmaps tab, and then click Import. 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. AutoFit 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.