eyedropper-type tool?

[Stephanie Hornung]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Greg Titus wrote:

>
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 3:58 PM, Trevor Harmon wrote:
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>> On Jan 19, 2006, at 3:34 PM, Stephanie Hornung wrote:
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>>> has anyone found a good way to approximate an eyedropper tool for  
>>> copying colors?  i assume i'm supposed to use the stamp tool, but  
>>> that never seems to work right  -- i.e., if you have shapes grouped.
>>
>> The Mac OS X color picker has an eyedropper built-in. That is,  
>> when you click the Inspector button to choose a color, you can  
>> click the magnifying glass, then point at the color you want and  
>> click to select it.
>
> Also, the "Summary" inspector will show you the fill and stroke  
> colors for the selected object. You can drag the little color chit  
> from the display in the inspector over any other object to color it  
> the same way.
>
> Hope this helps,
> 	- Greg


wow thanks!  i never realized the magnifying glass was like an  
eyedropper!