All colors, including white, are opaque both in print and on the screen. For example, if you apply a solid white color to a rectangle, you cannot see what is underneath the rectangle.

Most shapes are constructed from a combination of lines, fills, shadows, or text, and for a selected shape or shapes, you can set the transparency of these elements individually (in the Text, Line, Fill & Shadow dialog boxes, accessible from the Shape menu) or all at once (in the Transparency dialog box, accessible from the Transparency drop-down list on the Format Shapes toolbar.)

Note  If you want to make some text or a line, fill, or shadow fully transparent so that another shape shows through it, set the transparency to 100%.

 

You can apply a collection of text, line, fill, and shadow styles to your drawing that are all based on a particular scheme of colors. When you apply a color scheme, all the shapes in the drawing are formatted at once.

Note  When a color schemes is applied to the drawing, all the shapes in the drawing will be formatted, but the new shapes added to the drawing after using color schemes will still use the page default style and colors.

You can create your own color scheme. For example, you can create a color scheme that matches your company's logo colors. You also can edit, delete and load a color scheme.

Read also Color Schemes.

Change text color

1. Select the shape with the text you want to modify.

2. Click Text Color on Format toolbar.

3. Do one of following:

   • Select a color from the color palette.

   • Click More Text Colors to select new color you want.

Also, you can use Text dialog box to change a text color.

1. Select the shape with the text you want to modify.

2. On Shape menu, click Text.

3. In the Text dialog box, click Color, then select new color you want.

Change line color

1. Select the shape you want to modify.

2. Click Line Color on Format toolbar.

3. Select colors you want according to the line fill pattern.

Also, you can use Line dialog box to change a text color.

1. Select the shape you want to modify.

2. On Shape menu, click Line.

3. In the Line dialog box, click Color to select the colors according line's fill pattern.

Read also Lines and Line Ends.

Change fill color

1. Select the shape you want to modify.

2. Click Fill Color on Format toolbar.

3. Select colors you want according to the fill pattern.

Also, you can use Fill & Shadow dialog box to change a text color.

1. Select the shape you want to modify.

2. On Shape menu, click Fill & Shadow.

3. In the Fill & Shadow dialog box, click Pattern to select the colors according fill pattern.

Read also Fills, Shadows and Patterns.

Change shadow color

1. Select the shape you want to modify.

2. On Shape menu, click Fill & Shadow.

3. In the Fill & Shadow dialog box, click Pattern to select the colors according fill pattern.

Read also Fills, Shadows and Patterns.