<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible">After selecting an object, you can modify a predefined gradient variant or add new gradients.</help:help-text></p>
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<p class="Paragraph">You can also load or create a new gradient list. The gradient assigned to an object rotates correspondingly if the object is rotated.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the list box, choose among the gradient types <span class="T1">Axial</span>, <span class="T1">Linear</span>, <span class="T1">Radial</span>, <span class="T1">Ellipsoid</span>, <span class="T1">Square</span> or <span class="T1">Rectangular</span>.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the horizontal distance from the left border of the object to the color center.</help:help-text> The distance is specified in %, relative to the entire width of the surface. 0 % sets the center at the left border, and 100 % sets the center at the right border. This setting is only active for the <span class="T1">Radial</span>, <span class="T1">Ellipsoid</span>, <span class="T1">Square</span> or <span class="T1">Rectangle</span> gradient types.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the value for the vertical distance between the upper border of the object and the center of the color center.</help:help-text> The distance is specified in %, relative to the entire height of the area. 0 % sets the center at the upper border, and 100 % sets the center at the lower border. This setting is only active for the <span class="T1">Radial</span>, <span class="T1">Ellipsoid</span>, <span class="T1">Square</span> or <span class="T1">Rectangle</span> <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>gradient types.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter here the proportion of the area of the starting color against the gradient.</help:help-text> The dimension is expressed as a % of the total area. At a value of 0% the gradient occupies the entire area, and at 100% the gradient is suppressed.</p>
<p class="Head3">From</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVX_LISTBOX_RID_SVXPAGE_GRADIENT_LB_COLOR_FROM" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the list box, select the initial color for the gradient.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVX_METRICFIELD_RID_SVXPAGE_GRADIENT_MTR_COLOR_FROM" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the spin box you can define the intensity of the initial color.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3">To</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVX_LISTBOX_RID_SVXPAGE_GRADIENT_LB_COLOR_TO" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the list box, select an end color for the gradient.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVX_METRICFIELD_RID_SVXPAGE_GRADIENT_MTR_COLOR_TO" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the spin box you can define the intensity of the end color.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this button to add a self defined gradient to the current gradient list.</help:help-text> Assign the gradient a name in the <span class="T1">Name</span> dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this button to replace the existing grading settings <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>with the current settings.</help:help-text> Select the gradient you want to replace in the <span class="T1">Name</span> dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this icon to acess the <help:link Id="65703"><span class="T1">Open</span></help:link> dialog.</help:help-text></p>