Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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Group
Affects all objects and text in the group. (Use the Direct Selection tool to apply effects to objects within a
group.
Stroke
Affects only the object’s stroke (including its gap color).
Fill
Affects only the object’s fill.
Text
Affects only text inside the object, not the text frame. Effects you apply to text affect all the text in the object;
you can’t apply an effect to individual words or letters.
You can also choose a level setting in the Control panel: Click the Apply Effect To Object button
and select
Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text.
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Do any of the following to open the Effects dialog box:
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In the Effects panel or Control panel, click the FX button
and choose an effect from the menu.
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From the Effects panel menu, choose Effects and then an effect name.
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From the context menu, choose Effects and then an effect name.
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Choose Object > Effects, and then choose an effect name.
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On the Effects panel, click the triangle to display level settings if necessary, and then double-click a level setting—
Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text—on the Effects panel. By double-clicking, you both open the Effects dialog box and
choose a level setting.
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Choose options and settings for the effect. (See “Common transparency settings and options” on page 398.)
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Click OK.
See also
“Set the opacity of an object” on page 399
Edit a transparency effect
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Do one of the following to open the Effects dialog box.
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On the Effects panel, double-click the FX icon. (You may need to click the triangle next to the word Object to
display the FX icon.)
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Select the level with the effect you want to edit, click the FX button
in the Effects panel, and choose the name
of an effect.
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Edit the effect.
Copy transparency effects
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Do any of the following to copy transparency effects:
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To copy effects between objects, select the object with the effect you want to copy, select the object’s FX icon
in the Effects panel, and drag the FX icon to the other object. You can drag and drop effects between objects only
to and from the same level.
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To copy effects between objects selectively, use the Eyedropper tool
. To control which transparency stroke, fill,
and object settings are copied with the Eyedropper tool, double-click the tool to open the Eyedropper Options
dialog box. Then select or deselect options in the Stroke Settings, Fill Settings, and Object Settings areas.
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To copy effects from one level to another in the same object, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the
FX icon from one level to another (Stroke, Fill, or Text) on the Effects panel.