Fill a shape
You can fill the inner area of a shape, except lines, with colors or images.
To fill a shape with color, follow these steps: 1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode. 2.To fill the shape with the last color used to fill objects earlier, on the Toolbar, in the Shape section, click 3.To fill the shape with a different color, click the arrow to the right of the 4.In the color selection pane that opens, specify the fill color of the shape in one of the following ways: •Choose a color from one of the color sets provided. •Specify the color code manually. •Copy the color with an eyedropper. Choose a color from the color sets provided The following colors sets are available in the color selection pane: •Theme Colors: This block contains the color palette of the current document's theme. •Standard Colors: This block contains the colors that users most often choose when formatting a document. •Recent Colors: This block contains up to the last ten colors that you selected when formatting the document earlier. The Recent Colors set is displayed if you have selected at least one color.
Hovering the mouse cursor over any color displays the value of that color in the RGB color model. For example, RGB 192,80,77. Left-click a color to select it. The color will be added to the Recent Colors set and checked. The color selection pane will close. The shape will be filled with the selected color. Specify the color code manually If you do not find the appropriate color in the listed color sets, specify the color code manually: 1.Click More Colors. 2.In the Select Color window that appears, specify the desired color as a HEX code or in RGB format. 3.Click OK.
The manually specified color will be added to the Recent Colors set and checked. The color selection pane will close. The shape will be filled with the selected color. Copy the color with an eyedropper You can use the eyedropper to simultaneously copy a color from a text or object located in the main window's workspace and filling the shape with this color. To copy a color using the eyedropper, follow these steps: 1.Click 2.Hover the cursor over the color you want to fill the shape with. For more accurate color selection, refer to the area to the right of the cursor. It displays the color of the pixel that the cursor is currently hovering over. 3.Left-click the color.
The shape will be filled with the specified color, and the cursor returns to its standard appearance. The specified color is added to the Recent Colors set and checked in the color selection pane. If you want to disable the eyedropper without selecting a color, press Esc. |
To fill a shape with an image, follow these steps: 1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode. 2.On the Toolbar, select the Shape section and click the arrow to the right of the 3.In the color selection pane, in the Image block, click the Select button. 4.In the File manager window, select the desired image and click Open. |
To remove the shape fill, follow the steps below: 1.Single-click to select a shape or double-click to select a shape to enter its editing mode. 2.On the Toolbar, select the Shape section and click the arrow to the right of the 3.In the color selection pane, click No Fill. |
