You can fill shapes created in Keynote with solid colors, color gradients, or an image (see the next section for image fills). A color fill replaces the interior of the object with a solid color, picked from the Colors window. A gradient fill creates a smooth blend from one color that you set to a second color. You can fill any of the drawing objects created in the Keynote Shapes menu, and you can also fill the shapes (bars, columns , pie slices, and so on) in Keynote charts . You use the Graphic Inspector to apply fills to shapes ( Figure 5.31 ).
1. | Display the Graphic Inspector. |
2. | Display the Colors window. |
3. | Select the shape you want to fill. |
4. | In the Fill section of the Graphic Inspector, choose Color Fill from the pop-up menu ( Figure 5.32 ). |
5. | Click the color well in the Fill section of the Graphic Inspector to select it. |
6. | In the Colors window ( Figure 5.33 ), select the color that you want to use for the fill. The color will appear in the color well in the Graphic Inspector, and will fill the selected shape. |
1. | Display the Graphic Inspector. |
2. | Display the Colors window. |
3. | Select the shape you want to fill. |
4. | In the Fill section of the Graphic Inspector, choose Gradient Fill from the pop-up menu ( Figure 5.34 ). The Gradient Fill section has two color wells, for the beginning and end colors of the gradient, plus controls that allow you to swap the two colors and change the angle of the gradient. |
5. | In the Colors window, select the color that you want to use for the fill. The color will appear in the color well at the top of the Colors window. |
6. | Click in the color well in the Colors window, and drag the color to the first color well in the Gradient Fill section of the Graphic Inspector. |
7. | Repeat steps 5 and 6, but drag the color to the second color well in the Graphic Inspector. The shape is filled with the gradient ( Figure 5.35 ). |
8. | (Optional) To swap the two gradient colors, click the swap arrow in the Gradient Fill section of the Graphic Inspector. |
9. | To change the gradient angle, use the angle controls. |