Manage fills and transparencies


The Fill and Transparency pickers let you manage the list of your local packs and aliases (links to local folders, network locations, and secondary storage devices). For example, you can rename the local packs or aliases, and you can remove aliases from the list. If an alias no longer works because the fill folder has been moved, you can browse to the new location to restore the link.

To find the fills and transparencies you like with ease, you can mark them as favorites. In addition, you can view and change the properties of a fill or transparency. For example, you can change its name and language; and you can add new tags and delete existing tags. When you no longer need a fill or transparency, you can delete it.

To update the list of fill packs in the Fill and Transparency pickers

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1 Open the Fill picker or the Transparency picker from the property bar or the Fill or Transparency section of the Properties docker.
2 Choose a fill pack from the Choose content source list box under All content.
3 Click the Options button , and perform a task from the following table.
 
To
Do the following
Rename a fill pack
Click Rename, and in the Rename dialog box, type a name in the Name box.
Open the fill pack in Windows Explorer
Click Open folder location.
Delete a fill pack
Click Open folder location. Select the folder that contains the pack in Windows Explorer, right-click it, and click Delete.
This action deletes the fill pack and removes it from the list in the Fill and Transparency pickers.

To update the list of aliases in the Fill and Transparency pickers

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1 Open the Fill picker or the Transparency picker from the property bar or the Fill or Transparency section of the Properties docker.
2 Choose an alias from Choose content source list box.
3 Click the Options button , and perform a task from the following table.
 
To
Do the following
Browse to a folder that has been moved or renamed
Click Browse, and navigate to the folder that contains the fills.
Rename the alias
Click Rename, and in the Rename dialog box, type a name in the Name box.
Remove the alias from the list
Click Remove.
Open the folder in Windows Explorer
Click Open folder location.

To manage fills and transparencies

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1 Select an object.
2 Click Edit Properties.
3 In the Properties docker, click one of the following buttons in the Fill or Transparency section:
Fountain fill or Fountain transparency
Vector pattern fill or Vector pattern transparency
Bitmap pattern fill or Bitmap pattern transparency
4 Open the Fill picker or the Transparency picker.
5 Perform an action from the following table.

 

To
Do the following
Mark a fill or pattern as a favorite
Right-click a thumbnail, and click Favorite.
Change the name of a fill or pattern in your local library, or the tags associated with it
Right-click a thumbnail, and click Properties. In the Properties dialog box, do any of the following:
Choose a language from the Language list box.
Type a new name in the Title box.
Choose a category from the Category list box to categorize the fill or pattern.
Add to or delete tags from the Tags box.
Delete a fill or pattern from your local library
Right-click a thumbnail, and click Delete.

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This procedure applies only to vector patterns, bitmap patterns, and fountain fills and transparencies.

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