Copying Strokes And Fills With The Eyedropper Tool - MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING FLASH Use Manual

To scale a linear gradient or a fill, drag the square handle at the center of the bounding box.
To change the radius of a circular gradient, drag the middle circular handle on the
bounding circle.
To skew or slant a fill within a shape, drag one of the circular handles on the top or right
side of the bounding box.
To tile a bitmap inside a shape, scale the fill.
Note: To see all the handles when working with large fills or fills close to the edge of the Stage,
select View > Work Area.

Copying strokes and fills with the Eyedropper tool

You can use the Eyedropper tool to copy fill and stroke attributes from one object and
immediately apply them to another object. The Eyedropper tool also lets you sample the image in
a bitmap to use as a fill. See
To use the Eyedropper tool to copy and apply stroke or fill attributes:
Select the Eyedropper tool and click the stroke or filled area whose attributes you want to apply
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to another stroke or filled area.
When you click a stroke, the tool automatically changes to the Ink Bottle tool. When you click
a filled area, the tool automatically changes to the Paint Bucket tool with the Lock Fill modifier
turned on. See
Click another stroke or filled area to apply the new attributes.
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"Breaking apart groups and objects" on page
"Locking a gradient or bitmap to fill the Stage" on page
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