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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <html><head><title>Duplicating Objects</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css"> table.Tabelle2{ margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm;} span.Tabelle2A{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle2B{ width:17.02cm;} td.Tabelle2A1{ } table.Tabelle1{ margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm;} span.Tabelle1A{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle1B{ width:17.02cm;} td.Tabelle1A1{ } table.Tabelle3{ margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm;} span.Tabelle3A{ width:0.979cm;} span.Tabelle3B{ width:17.02cm;} td.Tabelle3A1{ } p.P1{ } span.T1{ font-weight:bold;} span.fr1{ } </style></head><body> <p class="P1"/> <p class="Head1"><help:key-word value="doubling; objects" tag="kw68213_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="objects; duplicating" tag="kw68213_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="duplicating; objects" tag="kw68213_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="multiplying; objects" tag="kw68213_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:to-be-embedded Eid="duplicate_object" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68213">Duplicating Objects</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p> <p class="Paragraph">Duplicating an object allows you to easily make a set number of copies of an object which differ in consistent degrees from one copy to the next in position, orientation, size, and color.</p> <p class="Paragraph">If you want to draw a stack of coins, for instance, you can use the duplicate function. Your basis consists of the bottom coin:</p> <table><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph">1.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">Draw an ellipse or circle at the bottom of the slide.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph">2.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">Choose the <span class="T1">Edit - Duplicate...</span> command to open the <span class="T1">Duplicate</span> dialog.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph">3.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph">Enter the following values:</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td class="Tabelle2A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle2B"> <p class="Paragraph"><draw:image draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="Grafik2" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="12.801cm" svg:height="6.399cm" draw:z-index="0" xlink:href="67525" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" draw:filter-name="GIF - Graphics Interchange" xmlns:draw="http://openoffice.org/2000/drawing" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/></p> </span></td></tr></table> <table><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle1A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td><td class="Tabelle1A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph"/> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle1A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1A"> <p class="Paragraph">4.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle1A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle1B"> <p class="Paragraph">Select 30 as the number of copies. The x-axis is the horizontal axis from left to right. If you enter positive values in the field for the x-axis placement, this causes a shift to the right. If the stack of coins should increase from the bottom up, enter a negative value in the (vertical) y-direction.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <table><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3A"> <p class="Paragraph">5.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3B"> <p class="Paragraph">If you want the coins to become smaller the higher they get, enter a negative value for the width and height.</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3A"> <p class="Paragraph">6.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3B"> <p class="Paragraph">Finally, define a color scheme from bottom to top. Select, for example, a darker yellow for the beginning color (bottom) and a lighter yellow color for the end color (top).</p> </span></td></tr><tr class=""><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3A"> <p class="Paragraph">7.</p> </span></td><td class="Tabelle3A1" style="text-align:left;"><span class="Tabelle3B"> <p class="Paragraph">Click <span class="T1">OK</span> to create the duplicates.</p> </span></td></tr></table> <p class="Paragraph"/> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="65598" Eid="related" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:link Id="67162" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Edit - Duplicate</help:link></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="68214" Eid="cross_fading" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="68209" Eid="rotate_object" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> <p class="ParaList"><help:embedded Id="68210" Eid="align_arrange" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p> </body></html>