Choosing Shape Colors and Fill Effects

When you create a closed drawing object such as a square, it uses two colors from the color scheme: the Fill color and the Line color. When you create a line drawing object, it uses the color scheme Line color. You can change the Fill and Line color settings for drawing objects using the same color tools for changing a document's background or text color. An easy way to apply the current fill color to any object is to select the object and then click the Fill Color button.

Change a Drawing Object's Fill Color

Click the drawing object whose fill color you want to change.

Click the Fill Color button list arrow on the Drawing toolbar.

Select the fill color you want.

Click Fill Effects if you want to change the fill effect.

Remove a Fill

Click the drawing object whose fill you want to change.

Click the Fill Color button list arrow on the Drawing toolbar.

Click No Fill.

Create a Fill Effect

Click the drawing object whose fill you want to change.

Click the Fill Color button list arrow, and then click Fill Effects.

• Click the Gradient tab to select a gradient color and shading style.

• Click the Texture tab to select a texture.

• Click the Pattern tab to select a pattern, foreground, and background color.

• Click the Picture tab to select a picture.

Select the fill pattern you want.

Click OK.

Change Colors and Lines in the Format Dialog Box

Click the drawing object you want to modify.

Click the Format menu, and then click AutoShape.

Click the Colors And Lines tab.

Set fill, line, and arrow options.

Click OK.

Did You Know?

You can set the color and line style for an object as the default . Right-click the object, and then click Set AutoShape Defaults. Any new objects you create will use the same styles.