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| <topic id="textsdrawguideduplicate_objectxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> |
| <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicating Objects</title> |
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| <bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value> |
| <bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value> |
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| <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="duplicate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp" name="Duplicating Objects">Duplicating Objects</link> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">The following example creates a stack of coins by making multiple copies of a single ellipse.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149129" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Use the <emph>Ellipse</emph> tool to draw a solid yellow ellipse.</paragraph> |
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| <listitem> |
| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Enter 12 as <emph>Number of copies</emph>. |
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| </listitem> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">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> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">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> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153935" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><link href="text/simpress/01/02120000.xhp" name="Edit - Duplicate">Edit - Duplicate</link></paragraph> |
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