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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Duplicating Objects</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3145750"><bookmark_value>doubling draw objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>draw objects; duplicating</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>duplicating draw objects</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>multiplying draw objects</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145750" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="duplicate_object"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/duplicate_object.xhp" name="Duplicating Objects">Duplicating Objects</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US">You can create duplicate or multiple copies of an object. The copies can be identical or can differ in size, color, orientation and location.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US">The following example creates a stack of coins by making multiple copies of a single ellipse.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149129" xml-lang="en-US">Use the <emph>Ellipse</emph> tool to draw a solid yellow ellipse.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149209" xml-lang="en-US">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145585" xml-lang="en-US">Enter 12 as <emph>Number of copies.</emph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151192" xml-lang="en-US">Enter a negative value for the <emph>Width</emph> and <emph>Height</emph> so that the coins decrease in size as you go up the stack.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151387" xml-lang="en-US">To define a color transition for the coins, select different colors in the <emph>Start</emph> and <emph>End</emph> boxes. The <emph>Start</emph> color is applied to the object that you are duplicating.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149947" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>OK</emph> to create the duplicates.</paragraph>
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