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The color appears in the box next to the icon.</paragraph> 60</listitem> 61<listitem> 62<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> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<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> 66<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> 67</listitem> 68</list> 69<list type="ordered" startwith="5"> 70<listitem> 71<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> 72</listitem> 73<listitem> 74<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149876" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Click <emph>Replace</emph>.</paragraph> 75</listitem> 76</list> 77<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> 78<section id="relatedtopics"> 79<embed href="text/sdraw/guide/color_define.xhp#color_define"/> 80<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> 81</section> 82</body> 83</helpdocument> 84