1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsdrawguideduplicate_objectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicating Objects</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2004-09-27T11:22:15">FPE: Reformatted. This should be rewritten to be more of an instruction. We should get rid of the screen shot 36*b1cdbd2cSJim JagielskiYJ: checked</lastedited> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145750"><bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="duplicate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp" name="Duplicating Objects">Duplicating Objects</link> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can create duplicate or multiple copies of an object. The copies can be identical or can differ in size, color, orientation and location.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">The following example creates a stack of coins by making multiple copies of a single ellipse.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149129" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Use the <emph>Ellipse</emph> tool to draw a solid yellow ellipse.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Enter 12 as <emph>Number of copies.</emph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Enter a negative value for the <emph>Width</emph> and <emph>Height</emph> so that the coins decrease in size as you go up the stack.</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">To define a color transition for the coins, select different colors in the <emph>Start</emph> and <emph>End</emph> boxes. The <emph>Start</emph> color is applied to the object that you are duplicating.</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153935" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50"><link href="text/simpress/01/02120000.xhp" name="Edit - Duplicate">Edit - Duplicate</link></paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp#cross_fading"/> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/rotate_object.xhp#rotate_object"/> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp#align_arrange"/> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 78