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29<topic id="textsdrawguidecross_fadingxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Cross-Fading Two Objects</title>
31<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp</filename>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-08-17T14:23:34">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3150715"><bookmark_value>draw objects; cross-fading two objects</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>cross-fading; two draw objects</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150715" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="17"><variable id="cross_fading"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp" name="Cross-Fading Two Objects">Cross-Fading Two Objects</link>
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44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Cross-fading creates shapes and distributes them by uniform increments between two drawing objects.</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="note" id="par_id3155112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="41">The cross-fading command is only available in $[officename] Draw. You can, however, copy and paste cross-faded objects into $[officename] Impress.</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="20">To cross-fade two objects:</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150370" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">Hold down Shift and click each object.</paragraph>
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52<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3166428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Choose <emph>Edit - Cross-fading</emph>.</paragraph>
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55<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3156450" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">Enter a value to specify the number of objects between the start and end of the cross-fade in the <emph>Increments</emph> box.</paragraph>
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58<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151240" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">A group containing the two original objects and the specified number (increments) of cross-faded objects is displayed.</paragraph>
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66<image id="img_id3150210" src="res/helpimg/ueberblenden.png" width="74.88mm" height="65.62mm"><alt id="alt_id3150210" xml-lang="en-US">Illustration for crossfading</alt>
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70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154766" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">You can edit the individual objects of a group by selecting the group and pressing F3. Press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline>+F3 to exit the group editing mode.</paragraph>
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76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42"><link href="text/simpress/01/02150000.xhp" name="Editing - Cross-fading">Editing - Cross-fading</link></paragraph>
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