Filling Objects

It is time to fill the column. We will use the Fill Color tool to do this. Before filling, make sure all your objects are ungrouped.

The Fill Color tool:

In order to use this tool you must first select the object you want to be filled. You are going to fill the column with two different patterns. Patterns is a choice you can select from within the Fill Color tool.

Let's fill one of the grooves with a pattern.

Select a groove. While your groove is selected, click on the arrow to the right of the Fill Color tool button and then select Fill Effects in the drop-down menu that will appear. Click on the Patterns tab.

The following window will appear:

Choose a pattern and click on the Preview button to see if you like it. When you find a pattern you like click on the OK button.

For example:

With the Shift key pressed, select the four remaining grooves and fill with the same pattern.

Starting with the outermost circle, select the fourth circle in and fill it with the same pattern. Repeat this on the other side.

Your drawing should look similar to the following:

If your image happens to look similar to this:

then, the larger circle is stacked upon the two underlying circles. PowerPoint stacks all of its drawn objects. An object covers up all overlapping parts of other object on which it is stacked on top of. There are tool buttons that can bring the two smaller circles forward and put them on top of the stack. These buttons will be explained later in the tutorial. An easier approach is to fill the smaller circles with white.

Select the larger of the two circles you want to fill with white and fill it with white.

Your spiral ornamentation should be filled appropriately now.

Let's fill the rectangle (abacus), the second band in from the outermost band, and the region surrounding the five grooves with a different pattern.

Select the rectangle (abacus) and choose a pattern of your choice.

If your image happens to look similar to this:

then the stacking order has to be adjusted. In this case we will use the Send Backward button.

Next: Using Foward and Backward

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