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Color Mode Buttons

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The Color Mode buttons lets you choose what aspect of the current selection the Color Palette buttons will reflect.

Color Mode Buttons

The Color Mode buttons
Line, Fill, Text and Background

In Windows, there are four colors that can control how an object is drawn. Not all objects use all four colors.

Type of Color

Where It Is Used

Line

Lines, Polylines, and edges of Rectangles, Ellipses and Polygons

Fill

Interior of Rectangles, Ellipses and Polygons

Text

Text and monochrome bitmap fills

Background

Opaque text, dashed lines, hatch fills

So, for example, to change the line color of some selected objects first make sure the Line Color Mode button is depressed, then press a Color Palette button to apply a new line color.

 


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