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Change the fill of the front-most tab, the area of a slide control below the slide panels, or objects on a tab panel or slide panel | In Layout mode, select the tab control, slide control, or objects you want to change. (See Selecting and working with objects on panel controls.) Click Inspector ![]() ![]() Tip To apply the same fill to all tabs on a tab control, drag the arrow pointer to make a selection box that surrounds the tab control, then apply a fill. |
Change the style and color of the border around a panel control | Select the tab control or slide control, then: •Click Inspector ![]() ![]() •Or, choose Line options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see the formatting bar, click Formatting ![]() For more information, see Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout parts, and the layout background. |
Change the shape of the corners of a tab control or slide control | Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector ![]() ![]() |
Place all tabs on tab panels to the far left, center, or far right, or spread them across the tab panels | Double-click the tab control. In the Tab Control Setup dialog box, choose from Tab Justification. |
Change the format of a tab panel’s name | Select a tab control, then: •Click Inspector ![]() ![]() •Or, use the text options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see the formatting bar, click Formatting ![]() Text options for a tab panel’s name apply to all panels. See Formatting text. |
Change the width of all tabs in a tab control | Double-click the tab control. In the Tab Control Setup dialog box, choose from Tab Width. For Label Width + Margin of, Minimum of, or Fixed Width of, choose Inches, Centimeters, or Points, then enter a value. |
Change the fill or the color and style of the border around slide control dots | Select the slide control and click Inspector ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Add outer shadows to a tab control or slide control | Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Add inner shadows to slide panels | Click Inspector ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Adjust the padding of a tab control or slide control to change its dimensions | Select the tab control or slide control, click Inspector ![]() ![]() |