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  34 <helpdocument version="1.0">
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  36 <topic id="textsdrawguideeyedropperxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  37 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Replacing Colors</title>
  38 <filename>/text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp</filename>
  39 </topic>
  40 <history>
  41 <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
  42 <lastedited date="2005-09-05T13:06:01">FPE: Reformatted, removed screenshot
  43 </lastedited>
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  46 <body>
  47 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147436"><bookmark_value>eyedropper tool</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>colors; replacing</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>replacing;colors in bitmaps</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>metafiles;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>bitmaps;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>GIF images;replacing colors</bookmark_value>
  53 </bookmark>
  54 <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>
  55 </variable></paragraph>
  56 <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>
  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Up to four colors can be replaced at once.</paragraph>
  58 <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>
  59 <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>
  60 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="28">To replace colors with the Eyedropper tool</paragraph>
  61 <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>
  62 <list type="ordered">
  63 <listitem>
  64 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150202" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Choose <emph>Tools - Eyedropper</emph>.</paragraph>
  65 </listitem>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <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>
  68 </listitem>
  69 <listitem>
  70 <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>
  71 </listitem>
  72 <listitem>
  73 <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>
  74 <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>
  75 </listitem>
  76 </list>
  77 <list type="ordered" startwith="5">
  78 <listitem>
  79 <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>
  80 </listitem>
  81 <listitem>
  82 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Click <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph>
  83 </listitem>
  84 </list>
  85 <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 or decrease the tolerance of the <emph>Eyedropper</emph> tool and repeat your selection.</paragraph>
  86 <section id="relatedtopics">
  87 <embed href="text/sdraw/guide/color_define.xhp#color_define"/>
  88 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39"><link href="text/shared/01/06030000.xhp" name="Eyedropper">Eyedropper</link></paragraph>
  89 </section>
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  91 </helpdocument>