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We should get rid of the screen shot 36cdf0e10cSrcweirYJ: checked</lastedited> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</history> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145750"><bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Enter 12 as <emph>Number of copies.</emph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/cross_fading.xhp#cross_fading"/> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/rotate_object.xhp#rotate_object"/> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/align_arrange.xhp#align_arrange"/> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 78