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34 <helpdocument version=
"1.0">
36 <topic id=
"textsdrawguidecross_fadingxml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">Cross-Fading Two Objects
</title>
38 <filename>/text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp
</filename>
41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
42 <lastedited date=
"2004-08-17T14:23:34">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
46 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3150715"><bookmark_value>draw objects; cross-fading two objects
</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>cross-fading; two draw objects
</bookmark_value>
49 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150715" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"17"><variable id=
"cross_fading"><link href=
"text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp" name=
"Cross-Fading Two Objects">Cross-Fading Two Objects
</link>
50 </variable></paragraph>
51 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154754" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"18">Cross-fading creates shapes and distributes them by uniform increments between two drawing objects.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"note" id=
"par_id3155112" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"41">The cross-fading command is only available in $[officename] Draw. You can, however, copy and paste cross-faded objects into $[officename] Impress.
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3149209" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"3" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"20">To cross-fade two objects:
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3150370" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"45">Hold down Shift and click each object.
</paragraph>
59 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3166428" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"22">Choose
<emph>Edit - Cross-fading
</emph>.
</paragraph>
62 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3156450" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"44">Enter a value to specify the number of objects between the start and end of the cross-fade in the
<emph>Increments
</emph> box.
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"listitem" id=
"par_id3149405" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"23">Click
<emph>OK
</emph>.
</paragraph>
68 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3151240" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"24">A group containing the two original objects and the specified number (increments) of cross-faded objects is displayed.
</paragraph>
69 <table id=
"tbl_id3156016">
71 <tablecell colspan=
"" rowspan=
"">
72 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3159203" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"E">
73 <image id=
"img_id3150210" src=
"res/helpimg/ueberblenden.png" width=
"74.88mm" height=
"65.62mm"><alt id=
"alt_id3150210" xml-lang=
"en-US">Illustration for crossfading
</alt>
76 <tablecell colspan=
"" rowspan=
"">
77 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3154766" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"25">You can edit the individual objects of a group by selecting the group and pressing F3. Press
<switchinline select=
"sys"><caseinline select=
"MAC">Command
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl
</defaultinline></switchinline>+F3 to exit the group editing mode.
</paragraph>
81 <section id=
"relatedtopics">
82 <embed href=
"text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp#duplicate_object"/>
83 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155760" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"42"><link href=
"text/simpress/01/02150000.xhp" name=
"Editing - Cross-fading">Editing - Cross-fading
</link></paragraph>