Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 171)

Chapter 7 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 171
Filling Objects with Colors or Images
You can fill shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with a solid color, color
gradients (colors that shade into each other), or an image.
To learn how to Go to
Add a solid-color background to an object “Filling an Object with a Solid Color” on page 171
Add a background of colors that blend into
each other “Filling an Object with Blended Colors
(Gradients)” on page 171
Place an image inside an object “Filling an Object with an Image” on page 173
Filling an Object with a Solid Color
You can fill shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with a solid color.
Use the format bar to quickly add a fill color to an object. Select the object, click the
Fill well, and then choose a color from the color matrix or click Show Colors to
open the Colors window for more choices. Use the Opacity control to adjust the
degree of transparency.
You can also use the Graphic inspector to fill an object with a solid color.
To change an object’s fill color using the Graphic inspector:
1 Select the object.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic button.
3 Choose Color Fill from the Fill pop-up menu.
4 Click the color well below the Fill pop-up menu to open the Colors window, and then
select a color in the Colors window.
To learn more about using the Colors window, see “The Colors Window” on page 26.
Filling an Object with Blended Colors (Gradients)
You can fill shapes, tables, table cells, and chart elements with colors that blend into
each other, called color gradients.
To create color gradients in an object fill, use the options in the Graphic inspector. The
basic Gradient Fill options provide the easiest way to blend two colors in a straight
line. The Advanced Gradient Fill options allow you to blend multiple colors in your
gradient and to create a circular (radial) gradient.