If you want to apply the same fill to other objects or simultaneously modify the fill attributes of multiple objects in a drawing, you can save the fill settings as a style. For more information about styles, see Styles and style sets. You can search for objects based on their fill and replace the existing fill with a new one.
| To choose a default fill color |
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| 1 . | Click a blank area on the drawing page to deselect all objects. |
| 2 . | Click any rectangle or circle tool. |
| 3 . | On the property bar, click the Fill button  , and choose Fill color dialog  . |
| 4 . | In the Uniform fill dialog box, specify any fill settings. |
You can also change the default fill color by editing the default style sets in the Object Styles docker. For more information, see Manage and apply default object properties.
| To remove a fill |
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| 1 . | Select an object. |
| 2 . | Click the Interactive fill tool in the toolbox, and then click the No fill button  on the property bar. |
You cannot remove mesh fills by following this procedure. To remove a mesh fill from an object, select the object by using the Mesh fill tool 
, and click Clear Mesh on the property bar.
| To copy a fill to another object |
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| 1 . | Using the Pick tool  , select the object from which you want to copy the fill. |
| 2 . | With the right mouse button, drag the object over the destination object to which you want to apply the fill. |
| A blue outline of the first object follows the pointer to the destination object. |
| 3 . | When the pointer changes to a crosshair pointer  , release the mouse button, and choose Copy fill here from the context menu. |
You can also click the Interactive fill tool , select the object to which you want to copy a fill, click the Copy fill button on the property bar, and click the object from which you want to copy the fill.
You can also use the Attributes eyedropper tool 
to copy a fill. For more information, see To copy object properties from one object to another.
| To show fills in open curves |
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| 1 . | Click Layout  Document Options. |
| 2 . | In the left pane of the dialog box that appears, click General. |
| 3 . | Enable the Fill open curves check box. |
| To find and replace fill colors |
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| 1 . | Click Edit Find and Replace. |
| 2 . | In the Find and Replace docker, choose Replace Objects from the list box at the top of the docker. |
| 3 . | Enable the Color option. |
| 4 . | In the Find area, enable the Fills option. |
| 5 . | Choose the color to find in the Find color picker. |
| 6 . | Choose the replacement color to find in the Replace color picker. |
| 7 . | Click Find, and click any of the following: |
| • | Find Next > or Find Previous < to scroll through objects that meet the outline-search criteria. |
| • | Find All to select all objects that meet the fill-search criteria. |
| • | Replace to replace the fill color on the selected object. |
| • | Replace All to replace the color of all fills that meet the fill-search criteria. |
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Enable the Apply to monochrome bitmaps check box.
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Enable the Apply to fountain fills check box.
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Enable the Apply to 2-color fills check box.
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Enable the Color model or palette option, enable the Specific color model option in the Find area, choose the color model to find, and choose the replacement color model from the Replace with list box.
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Enable the Color model or palette option, enable the Specific color palette option in the Find area, choose the color model to find, and choose the replacement color model from the Replace with list box.
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