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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicating Objects</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-17T14:24:35">FPE: Reformatted. This should be rewritten to be more of an instruction. We should get rid of the screen shot</lastedited>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145750"><bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value>
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<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>
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<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>
<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>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Enter the values shown on the following illustration.</paragraph>
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<image id="img_id3155092" src="res/helpimg/duplizieren.png" width="188.91mm" height="94.46mm"><alt id="alt_id3155092" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicate Dialog</alt>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150213" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Positive values shift the x-axis to the right and the y-axis down.</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">To define a color transition for the coins, select a color 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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3146880" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="52">Objects created with the <emph>Duplicate</emph> command are not grouped.</paragraph>
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<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>
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