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Chapter 8 Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 157
To quickly add or remove a shadow, you can select the object and then select or
deselect Shadow in the Format Bar. The Graphic Inspector gives you more extensive
control over shadow formatting.
To add a shadow to an object using the Graphic Inspector:
1 Select the object.
2 Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic Inspector button.
3 Select Shadow to add a shadow to the object. Deselect Shadow to make a shadow go
away.
4 Set the angle for the shadow using the Angle controls.
5 To set how far the shadow is from the object, use the Offset controls. A high shadow
offset value makes an object’s shadow appear longer and slightly separated from the
object.
6 To adjust the softness of the shadow’s edge, use the Blur controls. A high blur value
makes the object’s shadow appear more diffuse; a low value gives the shadow more
sharply defined edges.
7 To change the shadow’s transparency, use the Opacity controls. Don’t use the Opacity
slider at the bottom of the Graphic Inspector, which is for controlling the opacity of the
object itself.
8 To change the color for the shadow, click the Shadow color well and select a color.
You can also use the Graphic Inspector shadow controls to add shadows to text. Select
the text to which you want to add shadows, and use the controls as described above.
Change the shadow
color in the color well.
Select the checkbox
to add a shadow to a
selected object.
Change the angle of
the shadow with the
Angle wheel.
Offset, Blur, and Opacity
values can change the
look of the shadow.
This object has
the default shadow
properties.
This object’s shadow is
set to a different angle.
This object’s shadow has
a high offset value.
This object’s shadow has
the lowest blur factor.
This object has a different
shadow color.
This object’s shadow has
a high blur factor.