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Area (Background, Highlighting)

Set the fill options for the selected drawing object or document element. This is not only for drawing objects, but pages, paragraphs and others too. Need better wording

You can add custom colors, gradients, hatchings, two color patterns and image patterns to the default lists for later use.

None

Do not fill the selected object.

Gradient

Fills the object with a gradient selected on this page.

Hatch

Fills the object with a hatching pattern selected on this page. You can quickly select fill options from the list boxes on the Drawing Object Properties toolbar.

TODO: This para doesn't belong here anymore, but as several places include it, can't remove yet. Find a better place for it in a later commit.

Use Background

Use the slide background as a fill. This differs from "None" in that the area is actually filled with the slide background at that location, instead of simply showing what is behind the shape.

Illustration of different fill styles. Use Background: the object area is filled with the background fill. The object covers the blue circle. Fill: The object uses the same gradient fill of the background. The object covers the blue circle. None: the object does not have a fill. The blue circle is visible though the object. Select the type of fill that you want to apply to the selected drawing object.

Chart does not have an Apply button