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With the Pointer tool, select the third group. |
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In the Fill inspector, choose Gradient from the Fill Type pop-up menu and set the Rotation value to 120 degrees. |
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In the Swatches panel, drag the Base color swatch to the left color swatch on the Fill inspector color ramp. |
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In the Swatches panel, drag the Highlight color swatch to the right of the Base color swatch on the Fill inspector color ramp to create a new swatch.
![](images/metalgradient.gif) |
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In the Swatches panel, drag the Base color swatch to the right of the Highlight color swatch on the Fill inspector color ramp to create a new swatch and drag another Highlight color swatch to the rightmost color swatch on the color ramp. |
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Drag the swatches to arrange them left to right in this order: Base, Highlight, Base, Highlight. Space them apart as desired, but approximately evenly.
![](images/basehilitebasehilite.gif) |
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With the Pointer tool, Shift-click the first and third groups and choose Modify > Align > Center Horizontal. |
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Choose Modify > Align > Center Vertical. |
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The text now looks like metal.
![](images/metal.gif) |
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