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See the License for the 20 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21 * under the License. 22 * 23 ***********************************************************--> 24 25 26 27<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28<meta> 29<topic id="textsdrawguideeyedropperxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Replacing Colors</title> 31<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp</filename> 32</topic> 33</meta> 34<body> 35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147436"><bookmark_value>eyedropper tool</bookmark_value> 36<bookmark_value>colors; replacing</bookmark_value> 37<bookmark_value>replacing;colors in bitmaps</bookmark_value> 38<bookmark_value>metafiles;replacing colors</bookmark_value> 39<bookmark_value>bitmaps;replacing colors</bookmark_value> 40<bookmark_value>GIF images;replacing colors</bookmark_value> 41</bookmark> 42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="38"><variable id="eyedropper"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/eyedropper.xhp" name="Replacing Colors">Replacing Colors</link> 43</variable></paragraph> 44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156286" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="24">You can replace colors in bitmaps with the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> tool.</paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Up to four colors can be replaced at once.</paragraph> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147344" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">You can also use the <emph>Transparency</emph> option to replace the transparent areas of an image with a color.</paragraph> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148488" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="27">Similarly, you can use the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> to make a color on your image transparent.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150205" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG" oldref="28">To replace colors with the Color Replacer tool</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154656" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Ensure that the image you are using is a bitmap (for example, BMP, GIF, JPG, or PNG) or a metafile (for example, WMF).</paragraph> 50<list type="ordered"> 51<listitem> 52<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150202" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="30">Choose <emph>Tools - Color Replacer</emph>.</paragraph> 53</listitem> 54<listitem> 55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3155531" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="31">Click the Color Replacer icon and position the mouse pointer over the color you want to replace in the image. The color appears in the box next to the icon.</paragraph> 56</listitem> 57<listitem> 58<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Click the color in the image. The color appears in the first <emph>Source color</emph> box and the check box next to the color is selected.</paragraph> 59</listitem> 60<listitem> 61<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3148866" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">In the <emph>Replace with</emph> box, select the new color.</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3145362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">This replaces all occurrences of the <emph>Source color</emph> in the image.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64</list> 65<list type="ordered" startwith="5"> 66<listitem> 67<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3151191" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">If you want to replace another color while the dialog is open, select the check box in front of <emph>Source color</emph> in the next row and repeat steps 3 to 5.</paragraph> 68</listitem> 69<listitem> 70<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Click <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph> 71</listitem> 72</list> 73<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3157871" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">If you want to expand or contract the color selection area, increase or decrease the tolerance of the <emph>Color Replacer</emph> tool and repeat your selection.</paragraph> 74<section id="relatedtopics"> 75<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/color_define.xhp#color_define"/> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39"><link href="text/shared/01/06030000.xhp" name="Color Replacer">Color Replacer</link></paragraph> 77</section> 78</body> 79</helpdocument> 80