Impress Guide

Creating gradients
To create a new gradient or to modify an existing one, select the Gradients tab from
the Area dialog box. 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 107: The Gradients page of the Area dialog box
It is highly recommended that you create a new gradient even if you just want to
change the two colors, rather than modifying the predefined ones, which should be
used only as starting points.
To create a new gradient:
1) First choose the From and To colors.
Figure 108: Gradient transition color selection
2) Then choose a type of gradient from the list: Linear, Axial, Radial, Ellipsoid,
Square or Rectangular.
A preview of the gradient type is shown under the available gradients list in
the middle of the dialog box. Figure 107 shows an example.
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