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|| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Fill Objects with Color in LibreOffice Draw.

|| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Fill Objects with Color in LibreOffice Draw.

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|| In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

|| In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

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|| Fill objects with color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps

|| Fill objects with color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps

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||Set page backgrounds

||Set page backgrounds

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||Create new colors  

||Create new colors  

   

   

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|| Let us begin by opening the file WaterCycle.

|| Let us begin by opening the file WaterCycle.

   

   

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|| You can fill objects with:

|| You can fill objects with:

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||Colors

||Colors

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||Gradients

||Gradients

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||Line patterns or hatching and

||Line patterns or hatching and

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||Pictures

||Pictures

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|| Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.

|| Here we are using Ubuntu Linux version 10.04 and LibreOffice Suite version 3.3.4.

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|| Let us color the WaterCycle diagram.

|| Let us color the WaterCycle diagram.

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|| Let’s begin by coloring the two clouds next to the sun. We shall fill them with white.

|| Let’s begin by coloring the two clouds next to the sun. We shall fill them with white.

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|| Select the cloud next to the sun.

|| Select the cloud next to the sun.

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||Right-click to view the context menu and click “Area”.

||Right-click to view the context menu and click “Area”.

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|| The “Area” dialog box is displayed.

|| The “Area” dialog box is displayed.

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||Click the “Area” tab and under the “Fill “option, select “Color”.

||Click the “Area” tab and under the “Fill “option, select “Color”.

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||Scroll down and click on “white”.

||Scroll down and click on “white”.

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||Click OK. <Pause>

||Click OK. <Pause>

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|| In the same way, we will colour the other cloud, too.

|| In the same way, we will colour the other cloud, too.

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||Right click under area color and white.

||Right click under area color and white.

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|| Coloring each cloud will take a long time.

|| Coloring each cloud will take a long time.

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||An easier way to do this is to group them.

||An easier way to do this is to group them.

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|| Let’s color the other two clouds, in “gray” as they are rain-bearing clouds.

|| Let’s color the other two clouds, in “gray” as they are rain-bearing clouds.

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|| First let’s group them.

|| First let’s group them.

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||Press the Shift key and click the first cloud and then click on the second.  

||Press the Shift key and click the first cloud and then click on the second.  

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|| Right-click for the context menu and click Group.

|| Right-click for the context menu and click Group.

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||The clouds are grouped.  

||The clouds are grouped.  

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|| Again, right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

|| Again, right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

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|| In the “Area” dialog box  Click the “Area” tab  under the “Fill “option, select “Color” and scroll down and click on the colour “Gray 70%”.

|| In the “Area” dialog box  Click the “Area” tab  under the “Fill “option, select “Color” and scroll down and click on the colour “Gray 70%”.

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||Click OK. <Pause>

||Click OK. <Pause>

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|| Let’s color the triangle “brown 3” in the same way.  

|| Let’s color the triangle “brown 3” in the same way.  

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||Now let’s color the rectangle in “brown 4” in the same way, again.  

||Now let’s color the rectangle in “brown 4” in the same way, again.  

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|| Similarly,lets colour the sun yellow.

|| Similarly,lets colour the sun yellow.

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|| Next, let’s color the other triangle and curve that represent water with the colour “turquoise 1”.

|| Next, let’s color the other triangle and curve that represent water with the colour “turquoise 1”.

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||As they require the same formatting, let’s group them ,If they are not already grouped.

||As they require the same formatting, let’s group them ,If they are not already grouped.

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|| To color them, let’s follow the same steps as in the previous ones - right-click, area, area tab, fill, color, turquoise 1.

|| To color them, let’s follow the same steps as in the previous ones - right-click, area, area tab, fill, color, turquoise 1.

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|| Observe that in the object “water”, the outlines of the triangle and the curve are  displayed.

|| Observe that in the object “water”, the outlines of the triangle and the curve are  displayed.

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||Let’s make these outlines invisible so that the picture looks better.

||Let’s make these outlines invisible so that the picture looks better.

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|| Select the object, right-click to view the context menu and click “Line”.

|| Select the object, right-click to view the context menu and click “Line”.

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||  The “Line” dialog box is displayed.

||  The “Line” dialog box is displayed.

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||Click the “Line” tab .

||Click the “Line” tab .

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|| In “Line properties”, click on the “Style” drop-down box and select “Invisible”.

|| In “Line properties”, click on the “Style” drop-down box and select “Invisible”.

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||Click OK.

||Click OK.

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||The outline of water object becomes invisible.

||The outline of water object becomes invisible.

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|| Now, let us color the trees.

|| Now, let us color the trees.

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|| Let us select the left-most tree.

|| Let us select the left-most tree.

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||Right-click to view the context menu and click on “Enter Group”.

||Right-click to view the context menu and click on “Enter Group”.

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||Now, let’s edit the tree.

||Now, let’s edit the tree.

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|| Select the leaves on the right.  

|| Select the leaves on the right.  

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||Right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

||Right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

   

   

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||In the  “Area” dialog box.

||In the  “Area” dialog box.

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||Click the “Area” tab.

||Click the “Area” tab.

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||Under “Fill “, select Color.

||Under “Fill “, select Color.

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||Scroll down and click on “Green 5”.

||Scroll down and click on “Green 5”.

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||Click OK.

||Click OK.

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||Let us do the same for the leaves on the left.

||Let us do the same for the leaves on the left.

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|| Let’s color the trunk of the tree next.

|| Let’s color the trunk of the tree next.

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|| Select the Y-shaped arrow, right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.  

|| Select the Y-shaped arrow, right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.  

   

   

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||Notice that all the selection are retained in the "Area" dialog box.

||Notice that all the selection are retained in the "Area" dialog box.

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||So let's  select “Color”.

||So let's  select “Color”.

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||Scroll down and click on “Brown 1”.

||Scroll down and click on “Brown 1”.

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||Click OK.

||Click OK.

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||We have colored the tree!

||We have colored the tree!

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|| To exit the group, right-click and select “Exit Group”.

|| To exit the group, right-click and select “Exit Group”.

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|| We can color the other trees in the same way.

|| We can color the other trees in the same way.

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|| We can also delete the other trees, copy paste the colored tree and move it to the desired location.

|| We can also delete the other trees, copy paste the colored tree and move it to the desired location.

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||It is much easier this way, isn’t it?

||It is much easier this way, isn’t it?

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||Now let us add a "shadow" to the cloud next  to the "Sun".

||Now let us add a "shadow" to the cloud next  to the "Sun".

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|| Let’s click Select from the Drawing toolbar to select and then group them.

|| Let’s click Select from the Drawing toolbar to select and then group them.

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|| Select the white cloud group and right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

|| Select the white cloud group and right-click for the context menu and click “Area”.

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|| In the “Area” dialog box, click the “Shadow” tab.  

|| In the “Area” dialog box, click the “Shadow” tab.  

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||In Properties, check the Use Shadow box.  

||In Properties, check the Use Shadow box.  

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||The other fields now become active.

||The other fields now become active.

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|| In “Position”, click the bottom-right corner option.

|| In “Position”, click the bottom-right corner option.

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||“Position” defines where the shadow will appear.

||“Position” defines where the shadow will appear.

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|| In the Color field, select Gray.

|| In the Color field, select Gray.

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||Click OK.

||Click OK.

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|| A shadow is displayed behind each white cloud.

|| A shadow is displayed behind each white cloud.

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|| Now let’s make the clouds look more realistic.

|| Now let’s make the clouds look more realistic.

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|| Select the gray cloud group and right-click to view the context menu and select “Area”.

|| Select the gray cloud group and right-click to view the context menu and select “Area”.

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|| In the “Area” dialog box, select “Area” tab. Under “Fill”, click “Gradient”.

|| In the “Area” dialog box, select “Area” tab. Under “Fill”, click “Gradient”.

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||Now select Gradient1.

||Now select Gradient1.

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||Click OK.

||Click OK.

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||The cloud now has a more realistic shade of gray!  

||The cloud now has a more realistic shade of gray!  

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|| Select a shape - say a cloud group.  Right-click for the context menu and click " Area".   

|| Select a shape - say a cloud group.  Right-click for the context menu and click " Area".   

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||The Area tab options are visible.

||The Area tab options are visible.

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||Under Fill, you will see the 4 options -  

||Under Fill, you will see the 4 options -  

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||Colors, Gradient, Hatching and Bitmap.

||Colors, Gradient, Hatching and Bitmap.

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|| Notice that there is a corresponding tab in the dialog box for each of these options.

|| Notice that there is a corresponding tab in the dialog box for each of these options.

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|| These tabs allow us to create and save new styles.

|| These tabs allow us to create and save new styles.

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|| Let’s click on the Colors tab.

|| Let’s click on the Colors tab.

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|| Under Properties, let’s select Red 3 from the Color drop-down.  

|| Under Properties, let’s select Red 3 from the Color drop-down.  

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|| Then, select RGB and enter the values for R, G and B as shown.

|| Then, select RGB and enter the values for R, G and B as shown.

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||R,G and B stands for the proportion of red, green and blue in any color.

||R,G and B stands for the proportion of red, green and blue in any color.

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|| We will enter 200 for R, 100 for G and 50 for B.

|| We will enter 200 for R, 100 for G and 50 for B.

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|| Here we are changing the proportion of red, green and blue to change the color.

|| Here we are changing the proportion of red, green and blue to change the color.

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|| Look at the preview box above the RGB field.  

|| Look at the preview box above the RGB field.  

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|| The first preview box displays the original color.

|| The first preview box displays the original color.

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|| The second preview box next to the Color field shows the changes that we made.   

|| The second preview box next to the Color field shows the changes that we made.   

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|| Let’s type a name for this in the Name field.

|| Let’s type a name for this in the Name field.

   

   

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||Let’s enter the name “New red”.

||Let’s enter the name “New red”.

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||Click on the Add button.

||Click on the Add button.

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||The new color is added to the list.

||The new color is added to the list.

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|| Click OK.

|| Click OK.

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||We have created a new color!

||We have created a new color!

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|| Let’s undo this action, by pressing CTRL and Z.  

|| Let’s undo this action, by pressing CTRL and Z.  

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||The colour of the cloud reverts to white, again.

||The colour of the cloud reverts to white, again.

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|| You can create your own gradients and hatching, too, using the tabs in the “Area” dialog box.

|| You can create your own gradients and hatching, too, using the tabs in the “Area” dialog box.

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|| Gradients are shades that blend from one color to the other.  

|| Gradients are shades that blend from one color to the other.  

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|| For example, the color shade moves from blue to green.

|| For example, the color shade moves from blue to green.

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|| Hatching is a shading or texture in drawing that is created using fine parallel lines.

|| Hatching is a shading or texture in drawing that is created using fine parallel lines.

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|| Now let’s learn how to import a bitmap into Draw.

|| Now let’s learn how to import a bitmap into Draw.

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|| From the Main menu, select Format and click Area.  

|| From the Main menu, select Format and click Area.  

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|| As seen earlier the Area dialog box opens, click on the Bitmaps tab.

|| As seen earlier the Area dialog box opens, click on the Bitmaps tab.

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|| Now click on the Import button.  

|| Now click on the Import button.  

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|| The Import dialog box appears.

|| The Import dialog box appears.

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|| Browse and select a bitmap.

|| Browse and select a bitmap.

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|| Click on the  Open button.

|| Click on the  Open button.

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|| Draw prompts you to enter a name for the Bitmap.

|| Draw prompts you to enter a name for the Bitmap.

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|| Let’s enter the name “NewBitmap”.

|| Let’s enter the name “NewBitmap”.

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|| Click OK.

|| Click OK.

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|| The Bitmap now appears in the drop-down list.

|| The Bitmap now appears in the drop-down list.

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|| Click OK to exit.

|| Click OK to exit.

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|| Observe the clouds, now.

|| Observe the clouds, now.

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|| Let’s undo this by pressing CTRL and Z keys.

|| Let’s undo this by pressing CTRL and Z keys.

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|| Let us use bitmaps to fill the object “water”.

|| Let us use bitmaps to fill the object “water”.

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|| Now let us make the water look more realistic.

|| Now let us make the water look more realistic.

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|| To do this, select the grouped triangle and curve.

|| To do this, select the grouped triangle and curve.

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|| Right-click for the context menu, and select “Area”.

|| Right-click for the context menu, and select “Area”.

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|| In the “Area” dialog box, click the “Bitmaps” tab.

|| In the “Area” dialog box, click the “Bitmaps” tab.

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|| Scroll down the list of bitmaps and select “Water”.

|| Scroll down the list of bitmaps and select “Water”.

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|| Click OK.

|| Click OK.

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|| The water looks more realistic now!

|| The water looks more realistic now!

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|| Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.

|| Pause this tutorial and do this assignment.

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|| Draw objects and fill them with color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps.

|| Draw objects and fill them with color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps.

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|| Use the Transparency tab and see its effects on the objects.

|| Use the Transparency tab and see its effects on the objects.

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|| Let’s color the sky now. This is simple!

|| Let’s color the sky now. This is simple!

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|| We just apply a background to the whole page.  

|| We just apply a background to the whole page.  

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|| Click the cursor on the page, to ensure no objects are selected.

|| Click the cursor on the page, to ensure no objects are selected.

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|| Right-click for the context menu.  

|| Right-click for the context menu.  

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|| The “Page setup” dialog box is displayed.

|| The “Page setup” dialog box is displayed.

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|| Click the “Background” tab and under “Fill” and select “Color”.

|| Click the “Background” tab and under “Fill” and select “Color”.

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|| Let’s scroll down  and select the color “Blue 8”.

|| Let’s scroll down  and select the color “Blue 8”.

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|| Click OK.

|| Click OK.

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|| Draw asks you if this background setting should be for all pages.

|| Draw asks you if this background setting should be for all pages.

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|| Click NO.

|| Click NO.

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|| Now only the selected page has a background color.

|| Now only the selected page has a background color.

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|| You can also choose not to fill the object with colors.  

|| You can also choose not to fill the object with colors.  

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|| Let us select the mountain.

|| Let us select the mountain.

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|| Right-click for the context menu and select “Area”.

|| Right-click for the context menu and select “Area”.

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|| In the “Area” dialog box, select the “Area” tab.  

|| In the “Area” dialog box, select the “Area” tab.  

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|| Under “Fill” and select “None”.

|| Under “Fill” and select “None”.

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|| Click OK.

|| Click OK.

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|| The object is not filled with any color and only the outline is seen against the background.

|| The object is not filled with any color and only the outline is seen against the background.

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|| To undo the action, press CTRL+Z keys.

|| To undo the action, press CTRL+Z keys.

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|| You can also access all these options from the Format menu.  

|| You can also access all these options from the Format menu.  

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|| Remember to save your file by pressing CTRL+S keys together, every time you make a change.

|| Remember to save your file by pressing CTRL+S keys together, every time you make a change.

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|| Alternately, set the Automatic Save option so that the changes are saved automatically.

|| Alternately, set the Automatic Save option so that the changes are saved automatically.

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|| Here is another assignment for you.

|| Here is another assignment for you.

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||Color this picture you created.

||Color this picture you created.

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||Give a background to the page.

||Give a background to the page.

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||Create some new colors.

||Create some new colors.

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|| This brings us to the end of this tutorial on LibreOffice Draw.

|| This brings us to the end of this tutorial on LibreOffice Draw.

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||In this tutorial, we have learnt how to use color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps to:

||In this tutorial, we have learnt how to use color, gradients, hatching and bitmaps to:

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||Fill objects

||Fill objects

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||Create backgrounds and

||Create backgrounds and

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||Create new styles

||Create new styles

   

   

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