Use a Docker window to add a fill

In CorelDRAW® 10, you will sometimes use Docker windows. These offer another convenient way to edit graphics.

Docker windows contain the same kinds of controls found in dialog boxes, such as command buttons, options, and list boxes. However, unlike most dialog boxes, you can keep Docker windows open as you work.

In the procedure below, you can add either a uniform fill or a fountain fill to the rectangle by using a Docker window. A uniform fill is a solid color. A fountain fill contains a gradation of two or more colors. Click here to view uniform and fountain fill examples.

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If you have not tiled your browser, CorelTUTOR^TM displays in an HTML browser that displays on top of the Docker window area. To see the Docker again, click the Docker window's tab on the right side and drag.

To add a uniform fill

1. Click Window menu DockersProperties.
2. Click the Fill tab .
3. Click the rectangle. On the Object properties Docker window, the tab message reports that the object has no fill.
4. Click the Uniform fill button .
5. Click the cyan color swatch from the color palette.

To add a fountain fill

1. Click Window menu DockersProperties.
2. Click the Fill tab .
3. Click the rectangle. On the Object properties Docker window, the tab message reports that the object has no fill.
4. Click the Fountain fill button .
5. Click a fountain fill button for a pattern of your choice.
6. Open the First color picker, and click the cyan color swatch.
7. Open the Last color picker, and select the white color swatch.

As you can see on the Fill tab, CorelDRAW provides pattern, texture, and PostScript fills in addition to uniform and fountain.

You can keep the Object properties Docker window open for as long as you need it. To close a Docker window, click the X in the upper-right corner of the window.

Next, you will group the rectangle and text into a single object by using the Mouse.

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