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31*cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0">
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33*cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsdrawguideduplicate_objectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
34*cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicating Objects</title>
35*cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp</filename>
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37*cdf0e10cSrcweir<history>
38*cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
39*cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2004-09-27T11:22:15">FPE: Reformatted. This should be rewritten to be more of an instruction. We should get rid of the screen shot
40*cdf0e10cSrcweirYJ: checked</lastedited>
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44*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145750"><bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value>
45*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value>
46*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value>
47*cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value>
48*cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark>
49*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="3"><variable id="duplicate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp" name="Duplicating Objects">Duplicating Objects</link>
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51*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">You can create duplicate or multiple copies of an object. The copies can be identical or can differ in size, color, orientation and location.</paragraph>
52*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">The following example creates a stack of coins by making multiple copies of a single ellipse.</paragraph>
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55*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149129" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Use the <emph>Ellipse</emph> tool to draw a solid yellow ellipse.</paragraph>
56*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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58*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph>
59*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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61*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Enter 12 as <emph>Number of copies.</emph>
62*cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph>
63*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
64*cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem>
65*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Enter a negative value for the <emph>Width</emph> and <emph>Height</emph> so that the coins decrease in size as you go up the stack.</paragraph>
66*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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68*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">To define a color transition for the coins, select different colors in the <emph>Start</emph> and <emph>End</emph> boxes. The <emph>Start</emph> color is applied to the object that you are duplicating.</paragraph>
69*cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem>
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71*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph>
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74*cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics">
75*cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153935" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="50"><link href="text/simpress/01/02120000.xhp" name="Edit - Duplicate">Edit - Duplicate</link></paragraph>
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