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26<topic id="textsdrawguideeyedropperxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Replacing Colors</title>
28<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp</filename>
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31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147436">
33<bookmark_value>eyedropper tool</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>colors; replacing</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>replacing;colors in bitmaps</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>metafiles;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>bitmaps;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>GIF images;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
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40<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="eyedropper"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp" name="Replacing Colors">Replacing Colors</link>
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42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156286" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">You can replace colors in bitmaps with the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> tool.</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Up to four colors can be replaced at once.</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">You can also use the <emph>Transparency</emph> option to replace the transparent areas of an image with a color.</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Similarly, you can use the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> to make a color on your image transparent.</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG">To replace colors with the Color Replacer tool</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Ensure that the image you are using is a bitmap (for example, BMP, GIF, JPG, or PNG) or a metafile (for example, WMF).</paragraph>
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49<listitem>
50<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150202" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Choose <emph>Tools - Color Replacer</emph>.</paragraph>
51</listitem>
52<listitem>
53<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the Color Replacer icon and position the mouse pointer over the color you want to replace in the image. The color appears in the box next to the icon.</paragraph>
54</listitem>
55<listitem>
56<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Click the color in the image. The color appears in the first <emph>Source color</emph> box and the check box next to the color is selected.</paragraph>
57</listitem>
58<listitem>
59<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, select the new color.</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">This replaces all occurrences of the <emph>Source color</emph> in the image.</paragraph>
61</listitem>
62</list>
63<list type="ordered" startwith="5">
64<listitem>
65<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151191" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If you want to replace another color while the dialog is open, select the check box in front of <emph>Source color</emph> in the next row and repeat steps 3 to 5.</paragraph>
66</listitem>
67<listitem>
68<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Click <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph>
69</listitem>
70</list>
71<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">If you want to expand or contract the color selection area, increase or decrease the tolerance of the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> tool and repeat your selection.</paragraph>
72<section id="relatedtopics">
73<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/color_define.xhp#color_define"/>
74<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><link href="text/shared/01/06030000.xhp" name="Color Replacer">Color Replacer</link></paragraph>
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