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# Area

Set the fill options for the selected drawing object.

You can add custom colours, gradients, hatchings, two-colour patterns and bitmap patterns to the default lists for later use.

To access this command...

Choose Format - Object - Graphic -
Area - Area tab.

Choose View - Styles - open context menu and choose Modify/New - Area tab (presentation documents).

Choose Format - Title - Area tab (chart documents).

Choose Format - Legend - Area tab (chart documents).

Choose Format - Chart Wall - Area tab (chart documents).

Choose Format - Chart Floor - Area tab (chart documents).

Choose Format - Chart Area - Area tab (chart documents).

Choose Slide - Properties - Background tab (in LibreOffice Impress).

Choose Page - Properties - Background tab (in LibreOffice Draw).

Choose Table - Properties - Background tab.

### Cell, Row or Table background selector

Select the table object which background area is to be filled.

### None

Do not fill the selected object.

### Colour

Fills the object with a colour selected on this page.

### Gradient

Fills the object with a gradient selected on this page.

### Bitmap

Fills the object with a bitmap pattern selected on this page. To add a bitmap to the list, open this dialogue box, click the Bitmaps tab, and then click Add / Import.

### Pattern

Fills the object with a simple two-colour pattern selected on this page.

### Hatch

Fills the object with a hatching pattern selected on this page. To apply a background colour to the hatching pattern, select the Background colour box, and then click a colour in the list.

You can quickly select fill options from the list boxes on the Drawing Object Properties toolbar.

Area Style / Filling

Select the type of fill that you want to apply to the selected drawing object.