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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="paragraph" id="par_id3149400" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">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" l10n="U" oldref="5">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" l10n="U" oldref="6">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" l10n="U" oldref="8">Select the ellipse and choose <emph>Edit - Duplicate</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151192" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">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" l10n="CHG" oldref="39">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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