<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">In the color bar you can see the colors of the current color palette. The first symbol at top left is the color <span style="font-weight:bold;">Invisible</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="HID_COLOR_CTL_COLORS" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The color bar allows you to select individual colors without having to open a dialog.</help:help-text> <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Click a color in order to assign this color to the selected object.</help:case><help:default>By clicking the desired color with the left mouse button the selected object is assigned a new fill color. A click with the right mouse button assigns a new line color to the object selected. You can also assign the color <span class="T1">Invisible</span> by clicking the icon at top left of the color bar.</help:default></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can drag colors directly from the color bar to draw objects. Allow the color to fall beyond the area or the border, to change the fill or line color.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW">If the cursor is positioned within a text frame, select a new color for the text from the Color bar.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="IMPRESS">When you are in a text field and you find yourself in a text frame you can assign a new color in a marked text through clicking in a color in the color bar.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">The Color bar <help:popup Id="65619" Eid="andocken" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">floating window</help:popup> can be left open while you edit a document.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can toggle the color bar by <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">(Command)</help:case><help:default>(Ctrl)</help:default></help:switch>-Double clicking in a gray area of the bar, between a docked toolbar and a free window. If the color bar is a free window, then the width and height of it can be changed.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">In order to change the colors shown, choose <span class="T1">Format - Area</span> and select the <help:link Id="66226" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Colors</span></help:link> tab. There you can load another color palette or create your own color pallets and store these as files.</p>