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• Center X, Y: for some types of gradient, you can specify the

position of the center in percentage points.

• Angle: the angle of the gradient, applicable to all but the radial

type of gradients.

• Border: the percentage of the shape (measured from the edge)

that is not subject to the gradient settings.

• Start value: the transparency value of the start point of the

gradient: 0% is fully opaque, 100% means fully transparent.

• End value: the transparency value of the end point of the

gradient: 0% is fully opaque, 100% fully transparent.

Formatting text

Impress provides two separate dialog boxes related to text formatting.

• To modify the formatting such as font, font effects and so on,

select the text in the shape and then go to Format > Character.

This is covered in Chapter 3.

• To determine how the text which is added to a line or a shape

behaves, use the settings on the Text dialog box, as described in

this section.

Before formatting text, add it to the object (a shape or a line):

1) Select the object to which text will be added.

2) With the green (or blue) resizing handles showing, double-click on

the object and wait for the cursor to become an I-beam or just

start typing.

3) Type the text. When finished, click somewhere outside the object

or press

Esc.

To format the text in a shape:

1) Select the object to which text was added.

2) Select Format > Text or right-click on the shape and select Text

from the pop-up menu. The Text dialog box (Figure 112) is

displayed.

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