Overlapping colors and patterns – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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Painting

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Tip Save combinations of fill and pen attributes as a style, and then apply the
style to change the palette settings in one step. (To open the stylesheet, click

on the Default button bar, or choose Show Stylesheet from the Window

menu.) For more information on styles, see “Using styles” on page 9-5.

You can customize palettes by editing the colors, patterns, gradients, and
textures. You can also load new color palettes. See “Creating custom colors,
patterns, gradients, and textures” on page 5-18.

Overlapping colors and patterns

The paint mode determines how patterns and colors interact when they
overlap. To set the paint mode to opaque, transparent pattern, or tint, choose
Paint Mode from the Options menu, or click the corresponding button on the
Default button bar.

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Choose Index from the

or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from

the list and click Go To Topic.

To see a style’s properties, click Edit and
then select the style

Create a style, and

then select it to

change the palette

settings

Properties of the style Checked
Fill/Borderless

In the Help index,

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see:

E

Paint Mode command

Opaque

Transparent
pattern

Tint

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