Specifying a Document Color and Pattern or Blend

In addition to specifying colors for graphs, objects, and text, you can also specify a color and pattern or a color blend for a graph document.

Specifying a Color and Pattern

Step 1
Choose Document Color from the View menu.

Step 2
In the Document Color dialog, select foreground and background colors and a fill pattern from the pop-up palettes.

Step 3
Click the Show button to preview your selections, then click OK.

Specifying a Color Blend

Step 1
Choose Document Color from the View menu.

Step 2
In the Document Color dialog, choose Blend from the pop-up menu under Fill Type.

Step 3
Select blend starting and ending colors from the Start Color and End Color pop-up palettes.

Step 4
Choose a style (Linear or Radial) from the Style pop-up menu.

Step 5
Choose a step (Constant or Log) from the Step pop-up menu to determine color progression from the blend's starting color to its ending color.

Step 6
Choose a transition percentage from the Transition pop-up menu.

Step 7
For a linear blend, do one of the following to specify a blend angle:

• Choose an angle from the Angle pop-up menu.

• Enter an angle value in the space provided.

Step 8
For a radial blend, do one of the following to specify the blend's offset from the upper-left corner of the graph document:

• Choose values from the Horizontal and Vertical pop-up menus.

• Enter horizontal and vertical values in the spaces provided.

Step 9
Click the Show button to preview your selections, then click OK.

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