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The Fill Tool 275

To display the FILL GALLERY:

To display the FILL GALLERY click its tab in the galleries bar to the right of the
Web Designer Premium window. Or you can toggle display of the FILL GALLERY
by choosing UTILITIES > GALLERIES > FILL GALLERY or pressing "Shift + F11".

IMPORT - imports the selected bitmap into the document. A copy of the bitmap then
appears in the BITMAP GALLERY. You can also drag-and-drop the bitmap onto a blank part
of the page. This is usually easier than clicking IMPORT.

FILL - imports and applies the selected bitmap as:

• A bitmap fill to the selected object (if any).
• Or, if no objects are selected, it inserts the bitmap into the document as a new photo
object.
You can also drag-and-drop the bitmap onto an object to apply a bitmap fill.

There are some differences between either dragging a bitmap from the BITMAP or FILL
GALLERY: When dragging bitmaps from the FILL GALLERY and dropping on shapes to
create a bitmap fill, the fill will be tiled and the bitmap won’t be best-fitted into the shape.
This different behavior to that seen when dragging from the BITMAP GALLERY is because