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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Replacing Colors</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="38"><variable id="eyedropper"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp" name="Replacing Colors">Replacing Colors</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156286" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">You can replace colors in bitmaps with the <emph>Eyedropper</emph> tool.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Up to four colors can be replaced at once.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">You can also use the <emph>Transparency</emph> option to replace the transparent areas of an image with a color.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Similarly, you can use the <emph>Eyedropper</emph> to make a color on your image transparent.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="28">To replace colors with the Eyedropper tool</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">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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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150202" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Choose <emph>Tools - Eyedropper</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Click the Eyedropper 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 eyedropper icon.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, select the new color.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">This replaces all occurrences of the <emph>Source color</emph> in the image.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151191" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">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>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Click <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">If you want to expand or contract the color selection area, increase of decrease the tolerance of the <emph>Eyedropper</emph> tool and repeat your selection.</paragraph>
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