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Set page or pasteboard background color (seen when you drag a color onto the
page or pasteboard).
Instead of drag & drop, if you have an object selected, you can just click on the Color
Line. This opens the Color Line context menu .
In any other case, you can alter the line color by "Shift + clicking" on the Color Line.

If a photo or a bitmap-filled shape is selected, then clicking on the Color Line shows the
context menu with contone options included. Contoning means - the bitmap is converted
to greyscale (black and white) and the selected color is used as a contone light color.
The contone dark color is usually black. You can set both contone colors via the Color
Line context menu (see above). See Bitmap coloring (on page 272) for more information.

To set a fill or line to no color (clear), perform the operations
as outlined above but use the "No color" option instead of a
color.

Editing an object’s color

To edit the fill color of the selected object(s):

• Choose "UTILITIES" > "COLOR EDITOR" ("Ctrl + E").
• Or click the EDIT COLOR icon on the Color Line.
• Or right click the object and choose FILL COLOR
• Or double click on the current line and fill color icon on the Color Line (the edge of the
leftmost panel).

To edit the line color of the selected object/s

• "Shift + click" on the EDIT COLOR icon
• Or double click on the current line and fill color icon (the edge of the leftmost panel).

This displays the COLOR EDITOR which allows you to select from any color of the
spectrum. Unlike most graphics programs the Color Editor can remain on screen while
you continue to work. It changes to reflect the color of the selected objects, and the fact
that you can also drag the lower right corner to resize the COLOR EDITOR window means
that you can easily and precisely adjust the color of the selected object.

Applying a Text or paragraph background color

There are two options when applying a background color to text - TEXT BACKGROUND &
PARAGRAPH BACKGROUND. The former, Text Background will apply a background to just
the text whereas Paragraph Background will apply it to the whole paragraph.