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USER GUIDE
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CorelDRAW® 2017 User Guide
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Contents
Getting started.................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Installing CorelDRAWGraphicsSuite.....................................................................................................................................................21
System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................21
Preparing for installation................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications...........................................................................................................................22
Installation options......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Modifying and repairing installations..............................................................................................................................................24
Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.......................................................................................................................................... 25
Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................................................................................ 25
Corel accounts and services..................................................................................................................................................................27
Authenticating CorelDRAW Graphics Suite..................................................................................................................................... 27
Checking account settings and product details...............................................................................................................................28
Updating Corel products................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Upgrade Program........................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Changing user credentials...............................................................................................................................................................28
Corel Support Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 29
About Corel....................................................................................................................................................................................29
What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?..........................................................................................................................................31
Jump in.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Craft............................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Personalize......................................................................................................................................................................................39
Finding out what was new in previous versions............................................................................................................................. 44
Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................45
Getting help................................................................................................................................................................................... 45
Using the Help and tooltips........................................................................................................................................................... 46
Using Hints.....................................................................................................................................................................................48
Learning tours................................................................................................................................................................................ 48
Welcome screen............................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Accessing eBooks............................................................................................................................................................................49
Quick Start Guide........................................................................................................................................................................... 50
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Insights from the Experts................................................................................................................................................................50
Video learning resources.................................................................................................................................................................50
Community website for developers.................................................................................................................................................51
Network deployment guide............................................................................................................................................................ 51
Web-based resources......................................................................................................................................................................51
Starting and setting up........................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Starting and quitting CorelDRAW...................................................................................................................................................53
Changing the language.................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Changing startup settings...............................................................................................................................................................54
CorelDRAW basics................................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps...................................................................................................................................55
Starting and opening drawings...................................................................................................................................................... 56
Scanning images............................................................................................................................................................................ 59
Working with multiple drawings.................................................................................................................................................... 60
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions....................................................................................................................................... 61
Zooming, panning, and scrolling....................................................................................................................................................62
Previewing drawings.......................................................................................................................................................................64
Choosing viewing modes................................................................................................................................................................66
Working with views........................................................................................................................................................................67
Saving drawings............................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Working with locked files............................................................................................................................................................... 70
Backing up and recovering files......................................................................................................................................................71
Adding and accessing drawing information....................................................................................................................................72
Closing drawings............................................................................................................................................................................ 72
Exploring basic tasks.......................................................................................................................................................................73
CorelDRAW workspace tour..................................................................................................................................................................75
CorelDRAW terms........................................................................................................................................................................... 75
Application window....................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Standard toolbar............................................................................................................................................................................ 79
Exploring the toolbox..................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Property bar....................................................................................................................................................................................96
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Dockers...........................................................................................................................................................................................96
Status bar.......................................................................................................................................................................................99
Choosing a workspace....................................................................................................................................................................99
Finding and managing creative tools and content..............................................................................................................................101
Acquiring applications, plug-ins, and extensions...........................................................................................................................101
Finding content with the Get More docker.................................................................................................................................. 103
Accessing content.........................................................................................................................................................................106
Browsing and searching for content.............................................................................................................................................108
Viewing content........................................................................................................................................................................... 111
Using content...............................................................................................................................................................................112
Installing fonts..............................................................................................................................................................................114
Managing content........................................................................................................................................................................114
Syncing trays with OneDrive......................................................................................................................................................... 116
Content types............................................................................................................................................................................... 117
Touch and Surface Dial.......................................................................................................................................................................121
Using touch..................................................................................................................................................................................121
Using Microsoft Surface Dial........................................................................................................................................................ 123
Lines, shapes, and outlines................................................................................................................................................................125
Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes...................................................................................................................................127
Drawing lines................................................................................................................................................................................127
Drawing calligraphic and preset lines........................................................................................................................................... 136
Sketching naturally with intelligent stroke adjustment.................................................................................................................. 138
Formatting lines and outlines....................................................................................................................................................... 143
Adding arrowheads to lines and curves........................................................................................................................................147
Copying, converting, and removing outlines.................................................................................................................................149
Applying brushstrokes.................................................................................................................................................................. 150
Applying brushstrokes that respond to pen pressure, tilt, and bearing......................................................................................... 151
Spraying objects along a line........................................................................................................................................................153
Drawing connector and callout lines............................................................................................................................................ 155
Drawing dimension lines.............................................................................................................................................................. 158
Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices.................................................................................................................................... 161
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Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 165
Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................165
Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes.............................................................................................................................. 168
Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 170
Drawing spirals.............................................................................................................................................................................172
Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................172
Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 173
Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 174
Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 177
Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 178
Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 178
Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 180
Joining curves............................................................................................................................................................................... 181
Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 183
Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes............................................................................................................................ 183
Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................185
Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 186
Breaking the path of curve objects...............................................................................................................................................187
Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................188
Skewing and stretching objects.................................................................................................................................................... 189
Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 190
Roughening objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 193
Smoothing objects........................................................................................................................................................................195
Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................196
Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................197
Adding twirl effects...................................................................................................................................................................... 200
Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 200
Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................203
Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................206
Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 209
Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 211
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Welding and intersecting objects..................................................................................................................................................213
Creating PowerClip objects........................................................................................................................................................... 214
Setting options for nodes, handles, and previews........................................................................................................................ 220
Objects, symbols, and layers............................................................................................................................................................. 223
Working with objects......................................................................................................................................................................... 225
Selecting objects...........................................................................................................................................................................226
Transforming objects.................................................................................................................................................................... 229
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects................................................................................................................................... 232
Creating objects from enclosed areas........................................................................................................................................... 235
Creating a boundary around selected objects............................................................................................................................... 235
Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects.................................................................................................................. 236
Copying object properties, transformations, and effects............................................................................................................... 244
Cloning objects.............................................................................................................................................................................245
Positioning objects........................................................................................................................................................................246
Aligning and distributing objects..................................................................................................................................................248
Applying object hinting................................................................................................................................................................ 251
Snapping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 251
Using dynamic guides.................................................................................................................................................................. 254
Using alignment guides................................................................................................................................................................258
Changing the order of objects......................................................................................................................................................262
Sizing and scaling objects............................................................................................................................................................ 263
Rotating and mirroring objects.....................................................................................................................................................264
Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects.................................................................................................................. 266
Grouping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 267
Combining objects........................................................................................................................................................................269
Locking objects.............................................................................................................................................................................270
Finding and replacing objects.......................................................................................................................................................270
Hiding and displaying objects.......................................................................................................................................................271
Constraining objects..................................................................................................................................................................... 272
Inserting bar codes.......................................................................................................................................................................273
Inserting and editing QR codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 275
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Inserting QR codes....................................................................................................................................................................... 275
Editing QR codes..........................................................................................................................................................................276
Validating QR codes..................................................................................................................................................................... 278
Working with layers............................................................................................................................................................................281
Creating layers..............................................................................................................................................................................281
Changing layer properties.............................................................................................................................................................285
Moving and copying layers and objects........................................................................................................................................288
Working with symbols........................................................................................................................................................................291
Creating, editing, and deleting symbols........................................................................................................................................291
Using symbols in drawings...........................................................................................................................................................293
Managing collections and libraries............................................................................................................................................... 295
Reference: Working with symbols.................................................................................................................................................296
Linking and embedding objects..........................................................................................................................................................299
Inserting linked or embedded objects...........................................................................................................................................299
Editing linked or embedded objects............................................................................................................................................. 300
Managing projects..............................................................................................................................................................................301
Setting up the project database................................................................................................................................................... 301
Assigning and copying object data...............................................................................................................................................302
Viewing an object data summary................................................................................................................................................. 303
Color, fills, and transparencies...........................................................................................................................................................305
Working with color............................................................................................................................................................................ 307
Understanding color models.........................................................................................................................................................307
Understanding color depth...........................................................................................................................................................309
Choosing colors............................................................................................................................................................................310
Using the Document palette.........................................................................................................................................................316
Creating and editing custom color palettes.................................................................................................................................. 319
Organizing and displaying color palettes...................................................................................................................................... 322
Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries............................................................................................................. 323
Setting the properties of color palettes........................................................................................................................................ 325
Filling objects......................................................................................................................................................................................327
Applying uniform fills................................................................................................................................................................... 327
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Applying fountain fills.................................................................................................................................................................. 328
Applying pattern fills.................................................................................................................................................................... 331
Applying texture fills.....................................................................................................................................................................335
Applying PostScript fills................................................................................................................................................................ 337
Applying mesh fills....................................................................................................................................................................... 338
Applying fills to areas...................................................................................................................................................................341
Working with fills......................................................................................................................................................................... 342
Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 345
Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................345
Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 346
Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................348
Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 351
Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................351
Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 352
Managing and sharing fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................................357
Managing fills and transparencies................................................................................................................................................ 357
Saving and sharing fills and transparencies.................................................................................................................................. 360
Using color management................................................................................................................................................................... 361
Understanding color management............................................................................................................................................... 361
Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW................................................................................................................ 365
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles......................................................................................................................... 368
Assigning color profiles................................................................................................................................................................ 370
Converting colors to other color profiles...................................................................................................................................... 370
Choosing color-conversion settings............................................................................................................................................... 371
Soft proofing................................................................................................................................................................................371
Working with color management presets..................................................................................................................................... 374
Working with color management policies.....................................................................................................................................375
Managing colors when opening documents.................................................................................................................................376
Managing colors when importing and pasting files......................................................................................................................377
Managing colors for print............................................................................................................................................................ 377
Using a safe CMYK workflow....................................................................................................................................................... 378
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Managing colors for online viewing............................................................................................................................................. 378
Special effects.................................................................................................................................................................................... 379
Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 381
Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................381
Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 383
Adding 3D effects to objects..............................................................................................................................................................385
Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 385
Applying perspective to objects.................................................................................................................................................... 388
Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 389
Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 393
Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 395
Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 398
Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................405
Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................407
Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................407
Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 409
Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 409
Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 413
Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................414
Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 416
Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................417
Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................418
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................420
Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 421
Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 422
Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................423
Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................425
Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 429
Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................430
Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................431
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Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................431
Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 434
Changing text color...................................................................................................................................................................... 436
Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 437
Changing text case....................................................................................................................................................................... 438
Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................439
Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 443
Adjusting line and paragraph spacing.......................................................................................................................................... 445
Adding bullets to text.................................................................................................................................................................. 446
Inserting drop caps.......................................................................................................................................................................448
Changing character position and angle........................................................................................................................................ 449
Aligning text.................................................................................................................................................................................450
Adding tabs and indents.............................................................................................................................................................. 452
Working with text styles............................................................................................................................................................... 453
Hyphenating text.......................................................................................................................................................................... 453
Inserting formatting codes........................................................................................................................................................... 456
Displaying nonprinting characters.................................................................................................................................................457
Working with text in different languages........................................................................................................................................... 459
Formatting Asian text................................................................................................................................................................... 459
Using line-breaking rules for Asian text........................................................................................................................................ 460
OpenType support for Asian text.................................................................................................................................................. 461
Formatting multilingual text......................................................................................................................................................... 461
Displaying text correctly in any language......................................................................................................................................463
Managing fonts..................................................................................................................................................................................465
Changing the default font............................................................................................................................................................465
Substituting fonts......................................................................................................................................................................... 466
Embedding fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................... 467
Viewing fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 467
Filtering fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 469
Searching for fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................470
Acquiring more fonts................................................................................................................................................................... 471
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Identifying fonts........................................................................................................................................................................... 473
Choosing fonts with Font Playground...........................................................................................................................................474
Using Corel Font Manager............................................................................................................................................................476
Using writing tools.............................................................................................................................................................................477
Using QuickCorrect....................................................................................................................................................................... 477
Using the spelling checker and Grammatik...................................................................................................................................479
Using the thesaurus......................................................................................................................................................................481
Working with languages...............................................................................................................................................................482
Customizing the writing tools...................................................................................................................................................... 482
Using checking styles....................................................................................................................................................................483
Using rule classes......................................................................................................................................................................... 486
Analyzing a drawing.....................................................................................................................................................................487
Using word lists............................................................................................................................................................................488
Checking statistics........................................................................................................................................................................ 491
Reference: Using writing tools......................................................................................................................................................491
Templates and styles..........................................................................................................................................................................497
Working with templates..................................................................................................................................................................... 499
Searching for templates................................................................................................................................................................499
Using templates............................................................................................................................................................................501
Creating templates....................................................................................................................................................................... 502
Editing templates..........................................................................................................................................................................502
Working with styles and style sets......................................................................................................................................................505
Creating styles and style sets........................................................................................................................................................ 506
Applying styles and style sets....................................................................................................................................................... 508
Editing styles and style sets.......................................................................................................................................................... 509
Managing default object properties..............................................................................................................................................510
Exporting and importing style sheets............................................................................................................................................511
Assigning keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets...................................................................................................................... 512
Finding objects that use a specific style or style set...................................................................................................................... 512
Breaking the link between objects and styles or style sets.............................................................................................................512
Working with color styles................................................................................................................................................................... 515
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Creating and applying color styles................................................................................................................................................ 515
Editing color styles....................................................................................................................................................................... 518
Viewing color styles......................................................................................................................................................................522
Exporting and importing color styles............................................................................................................................................ 524
Breaking the link between a color style and an object..................................................................................................................524
Pages and layout............................................................................................................................................................................... 525
Working with pages and layout tools.................................................................................................................................................527
Specifying the page layout........................................................................................................................................................... 527
Choosing a page background.......................................................................................................................................................530
Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages..................................................................................................................... 531
Inserting page numbers................................................................................................................................................................533
Using the rulers............................................................................................................................................................................535
Calibrating the rulers.................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Setting up the document grid......................................................................................................................................................537
Setting up the baseline grid......................................................................................................................................................... 538
Setting up guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................539
Modifying guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 542
Setting the drawing scale............................................................................................................................................................. 543
Working with tables........................................................................................................................................................................... 545
Adding tables to drawings........................................................................................................................................................... 545
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components................................................................................................................... 547
Inserting and deleting table rows and columns............................................................................................................................ 549
Resizing table cells, rows, and columns........................................................................................................................................550
Formatting tables and cells...........................................................................................................................................................551
Working with text in tables.......................................................................................................................................................... 554
Converting tables to text.............................................................................................................................................................. 555
Merging and splitting tables and cells..........................................................................................................................................555
Manipulating tables as objects..................................................................................................................................................... 557
Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables...................................................................................................................557
Importing tables in a drawing......................................................................................................................................................558
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Bitmaps.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 561
Working with bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................563
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps......................................................................................................................................... 563
Importing bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................565
Cropping bitmaps.........................................................................................................................................................................565
Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps....................................................................................................................565
Straightening bitmaps.................................................................................................................................................................. 567
Correcting perspective distortions................................................................................................................................................. 570
Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps........................................................................................................................... 571
Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps.......................................................................................................................... 572
Applying special effects in bitmaps...............................................................................................................................................572
Working with colors in bitmaps................................................................................................................................................... 578
Using the Image Adjustment Lab................................................................................................................................................. 580
Adjusting color and tone..............................................................................................................................................................585
Using the Tone Curve filter........................................................................................................................................................... 586
Transforming color and tone........................................................................................................................................................ 587
Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.....................................................................................................................................588
Working with bitmap color modes.....................................................................................................................................................589
Changing the color mode of bitmaps...........................................................................................................................................589
Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images..............................................................................................................................590
Changing bitmaps to duotones.................................................................................................................................................... 591
Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode.............................................................................................................................592
Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results......................................................................................................................................... 597
Tracing bitmaps............................................................................................................................................................................ 597
PowerTRACE controls....................................................................................................................................................................600
Previewing traced results.............................................................................................................................................................. 602
Fine-tuning traced results............................................................................................................................................................. 602
Adjusting colors in traced results..................................................................................................................................................604
Setting default tracing options..................................................................................................................................................... 607
Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results.......................................................................................................................607
Working with RAW camera files.........................................................................................................................................................609
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Using RAW camera files............................................................................................................................................................... 609
Bringing RAW camera files into CorelDRAW................................................................................................................................. 610
Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files.......................................................................................................................613
Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files....................................................................................................................615
Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information................................................................................................... 616
Printing.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 619
Printing basics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 621
Printing your work........................................................................................................................................................................621
Laying out print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 622
Previewing print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 623
Applying print styles..................................................................................................................................................................... 624
Fine-tuning print jobs................................................................................................................................................................... 625
Printing colors accurately..............................................................................................................................................................626
Printing to a PostScript printer..................................................................................................................................................... 628
Using print merge........................................................................................................................................................................ 630
Viewing preflight summaries........................................................................................................................................................ 634
Preparing files for print service providers............................................................................................................................................ 635
Preparing a print job for a print service provider.......................................................................................................................... 635
Working with imposition layouts.................................................................................................................................................. 636
Printing printers’ marks................................................................................................................................................................ 638
Maintaining OPI links................................................................................................................................................................... 641
Printing color separations............................................................................................................................................................. 641
Working with color trapping and overprinting............................................................................................................................. 642
Specifying In-RIP trapping settings................................................................................................................................................645
Printing to film............................................................................................................................................................................. 647
Preparing banners for printing..................................................................................................................................................... 648
Working with a print service provider...........................................................................................................................................650
Web graphics.....................................................................................................................................................................................651
Creating objects for the web..............................................................................................................................................................653
Exporting bitmaps for the web.....................................................................................................................................................653
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Saving and applying web presets................................................................................................................................................. 660
Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds......................................................................................................... 660
Creating rollovers..........................................................................................................................................................................661
Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents......................................................................................................................... 662
Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects..............................................................................................................................664
Exporting to HTML............................................................................................................................................................................. 667
Setting preferences for exporting images to HTML....................................................................................................................... 667
Creating web-compatible text.......................................................................................................................................................668
Previewing and verifying files before exporting to HTML...............................................................................................................668
Exporting to HTML....................................................................................................................................................................... 669
File formats........................................................................................................................................................................................671
Importing and exporting files............................................................................................................................................................. 673
Importing files.............................................................................................................................................................................. 673
Exporting files...............................................................................................................................................................................676
Exporting to PDF................................................................................................................................................................................ 679
Exporting documents as PDF files................................................................................................................................................. 679
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files.......................................................................................................682
Reducing the size of PDF files...................................................................................................................................................... 682
Working with text and fonts in PDF files...................................................................................................................................... 683
Specifying an encoding format for PDF files................................................................................................................................. 685
Specifying a viewing option for EPS files...................................................................................................................................... 685
Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files.......................................................................................................686
Setting security options for PDF files............................................................................................................................................ 687
Optimizing PDF files..................................................................................................................................................................... 688
Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files.................................................................................................................................... 689
Preparing PDF files for a print provider.........................................................................................................................................690
Working with office productivity applications..................................................................................................................................... 693
Importing files from office productivity applications..................................................................................................................... 693
Exporting files to office productivity applications..........................................................................................................................693
Adding objects to documents...................................................................................................................................................... 693
Supported file formats........................................................................................................................................................................695
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Adobe Illustrator (AI).................................................................................................................................................................... 696
Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB).............................................................................................................................................................. 698
Windows Bitmap (BMP)................................................................................................................................................................699
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP).......................................................................................................................................................................700
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)..............................................................................................................................................700
CorelDRAW (CDR)......................................................................................................................................................................... 701
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX).............................................................................................................................................. 701
Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)............................................................................................................................................................. 702
Corel Symbol Library (CSL)............................................................................................................................................................702
Cursor Resource (CUR)..................................................................................................................................................................703
Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF).......................................................................................................................................... 703
Microsoft Publisher (PUB)............................................................................................................................................................. 705
Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW).................................................................................................................................... 705
AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF).................................................................706
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)....................................................................................................................................................... 708
PostScript (PS or PRN)...................................................................................................................................................................712
GIF................................................................................................................................................................................................712
JPEG (JPG).................................................................................................................................................................................... 713
JPEG 2000 (JP2)........................................................................................................................................................................... 714
Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD).......................................................................................................................................................715
PICT (PCT)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 716
PaintBrush (PCX)........................................................................................................................................................................... 717
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)...................................................................................................................................... 718
HPGL Plotter File (PLT).................................................................................................................................................................. 720
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)................................................................................................................................................. 721
Adobe Photoshop (PSD)............................................................................................................................................................... 722
Corel Painter (RIF)......................................................................................................................................................................... 723
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).....................................................................................................................................................723
Adobe Flash (SWF)....................................................................................................................................................................... 726
TARGA (TGA)................................................................................................................................................................................ 727
TIFF...............................................................................................................................................................................................728
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Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP)............................................................................................................................................................728
TrueType Font (TTF).......................................................................................................................................................................729
Visio (VSD)....................................................................................................................................................................................729
WordPerfect Document (WPD)......................................................................................................................................................730
WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)..........................................................................................................................................................730
RAW camera file formats..............................................................................................................................................................731
Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI).................................................................................................................................................731
Windows Metafile Format (WMF).................................................................................................................................................731
Additional file formats..................................................................................................................................................................732
Recommended formats for importing graphics.............................................................................................................................733
Recommended formats for exporting graphics............................................................................................................................. 733
General notes on importing text files........................................................................................................................................... 734
Customizing and automating............................................................................................................................................................ 735
Setting basic preferences.................................................................................................................................................................... 737
Disabling warning messages.........................................................................................................................................................737
Viewing system information......................................................................................................................................................... 737
Customizing CorelDRAW.................................................................................................................................................................... 739
Saving and restoring defaults....................................................................................................................................................... 739
Creating workspaces.....................................................................................................................................................................740
Importing and exporting workspaces............................................................................................................................................740
Customizing workspace appearance............................................................................................................................................. 741
Customizing keyboard shortcuts................................................................................................................................................... 744
Customizing menus...................................................................................................................................................................... 745
Customizing toolbars....................................................................................................................................................................747
Customizing the toolbox.............................................................................................................................................................. 750
Customizing the property bar.......................................................................................................................................................750
Customizing the status bar...........................................................................................................................................................751
Customizing filters........................................................................................................................................................................ 752
Customizing file associations........................................................................................................................................................ 753
Using macros to automate tasks........................................................................................................................................................ 755
Working with macros................................................................................................................................................................... 755
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Reference........................................................................................................................................................................................... 763
CorelDRAW for Adobe Illustrator users...............................................................................................................................................765
Comparing terminology................................................................................................................................................................ 765
Comparing tools...........................................................................................................................................................................766
Using the Adobe Illustrator workspace......................................................................................................................................... 769
Glossary.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 771
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