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                    Set the opacity of an object
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                <div><div class="section"><p>You can apply transparency to a single
object or selected objects (including graphics and text frames),
but not to individual text characters or layers. However, imported
graphics with those types of transparency effects will appear and
print correctly.</p>
<p>For videos on adding opacity, see <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0087" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0087</a> and <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/vid0088" target="_blank">www.adobe.com/go/vid0088</a>.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the object or objects.</span> <p>The word <i>mixed</i> appears in the Effects panel if you
select multiple objects and their opacity settings conflict. For
example, if the Fill opacity setting is different in objects you
selected, the Transparency palette reads, “Fill: Opacity (mixed).” </p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Object, Stroke, Fill, or Text with any of these
techniques:</span><ul><li><p>Click the Apply Effects button&#160;<img src="images/apply_effect_object_N.png" /> on
the Control panel and choose an option.</p>
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<li><p>Click an option on the Effects panel (click the
triangle next to the word Object, if necessary, to see the options).</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>On the Control panel or Effects panel, type a value for
Opacity or click the arrow next to the Opacity setting and drag
the slider. As the opacity value of objects is reduced, the transparency
increases.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If you direct-select and cut or copy
an object from a transparent group in InDesign, and then paste the
object somewhere else in the document, the pasted object won’t be
transparent unless it was previously selected individually and had transparency
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