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Strategy: Towards the right side of the Drawing toolbar there are three buttons to control the Fill Color, Line Color, and Text Color of the AutoShape.
The Fill Color icon is the paint bucket. Touch the paint bucket to use the most recently used color. Otherwise, use the dropdown to access 40 different colors, as shown in Fig. 1368.
The No Fill option will make a transparent AutoShape. The More Fill Colors option will take you to the Colors dialog, where you can select from 127 standard colors and 16 shades of gray, as shown in Fig. 1369.
On the Color dialog, you can also use the Custom tab to create any of 16.5 million possible colors, as shown in Fig. 1370.
If you choose Fill Effects, you can choose any gradient, texture, pattern, or picture to fill the AutoShape, as shown in Fig. 1371.
The Line Color icon in the Drawing toolbar is used to change the line color, as shown in Fig. 1372.
Choosing No Line will remove the line. More Line Colors offers the same custom color choices as the Fill Area dialog. The Patterned Lines option allows for various color combinations from one of 48 patterns, as shown in Fig. 1373.
If you have an AutoShape with Text, you can adjust the text color by using the Font Color dropdown, as shown in Fig. 1374.
Summary: To change the color format of an AutoShape, use the three buttons on the right side of the toolbar.
Commands Discussed: Drawing – Fill Color
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