Formatting the background of a panel

You can format the background of individual panels in a panel stack.

To format the background of a panel

  1. Open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. Select the panel stack and pass your cursor under its title bar. A toolbar of icons is displayed.

  3. Use the Previous Panel Previous Panel icon and Next Panel Next Panel icon icons to select the panel you want to format.

  4. Click the arrow to the right of the Fill Color icon Fill Color icon.

  5. Specify the background color. To access additional colors, select More Colors.

  6. To apply a color gradient (a combination of two colors) to the panel, select Gradients. From the Color 1 and Color 2 drop-down lists, select the two colors to use for the gradient. Then select a Shading Style to determine the direction in which the two colors are blended together. You can also select a Variant, which is the direction of the shading between the two colors. The Flash-only variant is a mirror-like gradient only displayed in Flash Mode.

  7. Click OK to apply the formatting changes to the document.