Apple numbers User Manual

    Working with Shapes, Graphics, and Other Objects 

 

You can lock objects to avoid inadvertently moving them as you work. 

After you lock individual or grouped objects, you can’t move, delete, or modify them 
until you unlock them. A locked object can be selected, copied, or duplicated; when 
you copy or duplicate a locked object, the new object is also locked.

Hold down the Command (or Shift) key as you select the objects you want to lock.

Choose Arrange > Lock.

To unlock an object, select the object, and then choose Arrange > Unlock.

Filling Objects

Fill an object with a solid color, a color gradient, or an image.

Use the Format Bar to quickly add a fill color to a selected object. Click the Fill well and 
then choose a color from the color matrix or click Show Colors to open the Colors 
window for more choices. Use the Opacity control to adjust the degree of color 
transparency.

Use the Graphic Inspector to fill an object with a solid color or a color gradient, in 
which two colors gradually blend with each other. 

Select the object.

Click Inspector in the toolbar, and then click the Graphic Inspector button.

To apply a solid fill color, choose Color Fill from the Fill pop-up menu. Click the color 
well below the Fill pop-up menu to open the Colors window, and then select a color in 
the Colors window.

To fill an object with a color gradient, choose Gradient Fill from the Fill pop-up menu. 
Click each color well and choose each color in the Colors window.

To set a direction for the gradient, use the Angle wheel or field. To flip it horizontally or 
vertically, click the Angle arrow buttons.