Working with fills

There are a number of tasks that are common to all types of fills. You can choose a default fill color so that every object you add to a drawing has the same fill. You can also remove any fill, copy it to another object, or use it to fill an area surrounded by an open curve.

To choose a default fill color

Click a blank area on the drawing page to deselect all objects.

In the toolbox, click the Uniform fill tool

In the Uniform fill dialog box, enable any of the following check boxes:

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Graphic — applies the default fill color to shapes you draw

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Artistic text — applies the default fill color to artistic text you add

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Paragraph text — applies the default fill color to paragraph text you add

Specify any fill settings.

To remove a fill

Select an object.

In the toolbox, click the None button

To copy a fill to another object

Using the Pick tool

, select the object that has the fill you want to copy.

Right-click the first object, and then drag over the destination object, to which you want to apply the fill.

A blue outline of the first object follows the pointer to the destination object.

When the pointer changes to a crosshair pointer

, release the mouse button, and choose Copy fill here from the context menu.

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You can also use the Eyedropper

and Paintbucket

tools to copy a fill. For more information, see “To copy fill, outline, or text properties from one object to another.”

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You can also sample the color of an existing object and apply the sampled color to another object as a uniform fill. For more information, see “To sample a color.”

To show fills in open curves

Click Tools

Options.

In the list of categories, double-click Document, and click General.

Enable the Fill open curves check box.

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