Impress Guide

Select Gradient in the drop-down list on the Area page and pick the
gradient from the list (see Figure 99). To manually input the number of
steps (increments) that should be applied, deselect the Automatic
option and enter the number of steps required.
Figure 99: Selecting a gradient fill
Creating gradients
To create a new gradient or to modify an existing one, select the
Gradients page from the Area dialog box (shown in Figure 100).
Several types of gradients are predefined and in most cases changing
the From and To colors will be sufficient to obtain the desired result.
Figure 100: The Gradients page of the Area dialog box
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