Changing the properties of a shape
Quattro Pro lets you modify any shape you create or insert. You can change the border style of a shape and add a shadow to the border.
Quattro Pro lets you fill a shape with a pattern, gradient, texture or picture. Once you fill a shape with a picture, or texture, you can modify the fill settings.
You can make shapes in a spreadsheet transparent. One way to use a transparent shape is for creating a watermark on a spreadsheet. If you mark the shape as transparent, the background color won’t display.
To change the border style of a shape |  |
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Select a shape.
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Click Format
 Selection properties. |
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Click the Line tab.
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Open the Style picker, and click a border style.
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picker, and click a starting cap.
picker, and click an ending cap.To add a shadow to the border of a shape | |
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Select a shape.
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Click Format
Selection properties. |
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Click the Shadow tab.
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Click a direction on the Direction of shadow palette.
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Open the Shadow color picker, and click a color.
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If you want a transparent shadow, enable the Use a transparent shadow check box.
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You can change the width of the shadow offset by typing a value in the Side-to-side offset box or the Up-and-down offset box.
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To fill a shape | |
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Select a graphic.
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lick Format Selection properties. |
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Click the Fill tab.
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Click Pattern
 in the Fill styles area. |
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Click a pattern on the palette.
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Open the Fill color picker, and click a color.
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Open the Pattern color picker, and click a color.
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If you want to reverse the colors of the pattern, click Reverse colors.
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in the Fill styles area.
in the Fill styles area.To modify texture settings of a texture-filled shape | |
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Select a shape.
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Click Format
Selection properties. |
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Click the Fill tab.
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Click Texture
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Click Texture settings.
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In the Texture settings dialog box, enable one of the following options:
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Anchor the texture to the page — repeats the texture in relation to the entire page so that as you move or size the object, it shows a different part of the texture
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Anchor the texture to the object — repeats the texture in the object so that the texture remains with the object as you size or move it
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In the Fill method area, click one of the following buttons:
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Alternating — fills every other enclosed area
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Winding — fills the enclosed areas, including overlapping areas
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To modify the picture settings of a bitmap image in a shape | |
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Click a shape.
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Click Format
Selection properties. |
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Click the Fill tab.
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Click Picture
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Click Picture settings.
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In the Picture settings dialog box, enable one of the following options in the Layout area:
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Tile — displays the bitmap image in a tiled pattern
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Brick horizontal — displays the bitmap image in a horizontally offset brick pattern
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Brick vertical — displays the bitmap image in a vertically offset brick pattern
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Stretch/shrink to fit area — enlarges or reduces the bitmap image to fill the shape
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Scale to fit area — adjusts the bitmap image proportionally to fit the shape
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Stack — stacks the bitmap image on top of itself
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In the Fill method area, click one of the following buttons:
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Alternating — fills every other enclosed area
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Winding — fills the enclosed areas, including overlapping areas
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To make a shape transparent | |
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Click a shape.
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Click Format
Selection properties. |
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Click the Fill tab.
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Click Pattern
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Click Pattern settings.
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In the Pattern settings dialog box, enable one of the following options in the Transparent color area:
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Fill color — makes the fill color transparent
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Pattern color — makes the pattern color transparent
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In the Fill method area, click one of the following buttons:
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Alternating — fills every other enclosed area
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Winding — fills the enclosed areas, including overlapping area
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You can make only one color in a pattern transparent.
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