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CorelDRAW® 2018 User Guide
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Contents
Getting started.................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.................................................................................................................................................... 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 CorelDRAWGraphicsSuite...................................................................................................................................... 27
Checking account settings.............................................................................................................................................................. 28
Updating Corel products................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Changing user credentials...............................................................................................................................................................28
Corel Support Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 29
About Corel....................................................................................................................................................................................29
What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?..........................................................................................................................................31
Creative.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Productive.......................................................................................................................................................................................35
Innovative....................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Finding out what was new in previous versions............................................................................................................................. 42
Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................43
Getting help................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Using the Help and tooltips........................................................................................................................................................... 44
Using Hints.....................................................................................................................................................................................45
Welcome screen............................................................................................................................................................................. 46
Quick Start Guide........................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Insights from the Experts................................................................................................................................................................46
Video learning resources.................................................................................................................................................................47
Community website for developers.................................................................................................................................................47
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Network deployment guide............................................................................................................................................................ 47
Web-based resources......................................................................................................................................................................47
Starting and setting up........................................................................................................................................................................ 49
Starting and quitting CorelDRAW...................................................................................................................................................49
Changing the language.................................................................................................................................................................. 49
Changing startup settings...............................................................................................................................................................50
CorelDRAW basics................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps...................................................................................................................................51
Starting and opening drawings...................................................................................................................................................... 52
Scanning images............................................................................................................................................................................ 55
Working with multiple drawings.................................................................................................................................................... 56
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions....................................................................................................................................... 57
Zooming, panning, and scrolling....................................................................................................................................................58
Previewing drawings.......................................................................................................................................................................60
Choosing viewing modes................................................................................................................................................................62
Working with views........................................................................................................................................................................63
Saving drawings............................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Working with locked files............................................................................................................................................................... 67
Backing up and recovering files......................................................................................................................................................67
Adding and accessing drawing information....................................................................................................................................68
Closing drawings............................................................................................................................................................................ 69
Exploring basic tasks.......................................................................................................................................................................69
CorelDRAW workspace tour..................................................................................................................................................................71
CorelDRAW terms........................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Application window....................................................................................................................................................................... 72
Standard toolbar............................................................................................................................................................................ 75
Exploring the toolbox..................................................................................................................................................................... 77
Property bar....................................................................................................................................................................................93
Dockers...........................................................................................................................................................................................93
Status bar.......................................................................................................................................................................................96
Choosing a workspace....................................................................................................................................................................96
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Finding and managing creative tools and content................................................................................................................................99
Acquiring applications, plug-ins, and content.................................................................................................................................99
Finding content with the CONNECT docker.................................................................................................................................. 100
Accessing content.........................................................................................................................................................................103
Browsing and searching for content.............................................................................................................................................105
Viewing content........................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Using content...............................................................................................................................................................................108
Installing fonts..............................................................................................................................................................................111
Managing content........................................................................................................................................................................111
Syncing trays with OneDrive......................................................................................................................................................... 112
Changing content locations..........................................................................................................................................................114
Content types............................................................................................................................................................................... 115
Touch-enabled devices and wheel devices.......................................................................................................................................... 117
Using touch..................................................................................................................................................................................117
Using wheel devices..................................................................................................................................................................... 119
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....................................................................................................................................................... 144
Adding arrowheads to lines and curves........................................................................................................................................149
Copying, converting, and removing outlines.................................................................................................................................151
Applying brushstrokes.................................................................................................................................................................. 153
Applying brushstrokes that respond to pen pressure, tilt, and bearing......................................................................................... 154
Spraying objects along a line........................................................................................................................................................156
Drawing connector and callout lines............................................................................................................................................ 158
Drawing dimension lines.............................................................................................................................................................. 161
Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices.................................................................................................................................... 164
Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 167
Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................167
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Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes.............................................................................................................................. 170
Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 172
Drawing spirals.............................................................................................................................................................................174
Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................174
Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 175
Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 176
Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 179
Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 180
Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 181
Aligning and distributing nodes................................................................................................................................................... 183
Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 190
Joining curves............................................................................................................................................................................... 191
Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 192
Adding, removing, and joining nodes.......................................................................................................................................... 193
Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................195
Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 196
Breaking the path of curve objects...............................................................................................................................................196
Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................197
Skewing and stretching objects.................................................................................................................................................... 198
Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 200
Roughening objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 203
Smoothing objects........................................................................................................................................................................204
Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................206
Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................207
Adding twirl effects...................................................................................................................................................................... 209
Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 210
Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................218
Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................222
Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 224
Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 226
Welding and intersecting objects..................................................................................................................................................228
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Creating PowerClip objects........................................................................................................................................................... 230
Setting options for nodes, handles, and previews........................................................................................................................ 235
Symmetrical drawing.......................................................................................................................................................................... 239
Creating symmetry groups............................................................................................................................................................240
Editing symmetry groups.............................................................................................................................................................. 242
Fusing curves in symmetry groups................................................................................................................................................ 247
Removing symmetry and breaking symmetry links........................................................................................................................ 248
Objects, symbols, and layers............................................................................................................................................................. 251
Working with objects......................................................................................................................................................................... 253
Selecting objects...........................................................................................................................................................................254
Transforming objects.................................................................................................................................................................... 257
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects................................................................................................................................... 260
Creating objects from enclosed areas........................................................................................................................................... 263
Creating a boundary around selected objects............................................................................................................................... 263
Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects.................................................................................................................. 264
Copying object properties, transformations, and effects............................................................................................................... 272
Cloning objects.............................................................................................................................................................................273
Positioning objects........................................................................................................................................................................274
Aligning and distributing objects..................................................................................................................................................276
Applying object hinting................................................................................................................................................................ 279
Snapping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 279
Using dynamic guides.................................................................................................................................................................. 283
Using alignment guides................................................................................................................................................................286
Changing the order of objects......................................................................................................................................................291
Sizing and scaling objects............................................................................................................................................................ 292
Rotating and mirroring objects.....................................................................................................................................................293
Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects.................................................................................................................. 295
Fitting objects to a path...............................................................................................................................................................297
Grouping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 302
Combining objects........................................................................................................................................................................303
Locking objects.............................................................................................................................................................................305
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Finding and replacing objects.......................................................................................................................................................305
Hiding and displaying objects.......................................................................................................................................................306
Constraining objects..................................................................................................................................................................... 307
Inserting bar codes.......................................................................................................................................................................308
Inserting and editing QR codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 309
Inserting QR codes....................................................................................................................................................................... 309
Editing QR codes..........................................................................................................................................................................310
Validating QR codes..................................................................................................................................................................... 312
Working with layers............................................................................................................................................................................315
Creating layers..............................................................................................................................................................................315
Changing layer properties.............................................................................................................................................................319
Moving and copying layers and objects........................................................................................................................................322
Working with symbols........................................................................................................................................................................325
Creating, editing, and deleting symbols........................................................................................................................................325
Using symbols in drawings...........................................................................................................................................................327
Managing collections and libraries............................................................................................................................................... 329
Reference: Working with symbols.................................................................................................................................................330
Linking and embedding objects..........................................................................................................................................................333
Inserting linked or embedded objects...........................................................................................................................................333
Editing linked or embedded objects............................................................................................................................................. 334
Managing and tracking projects.........................................................................................................................................................335
Setting up the project database................................................................................................................................................... 335
Assigning and copying object data...............................................................................................................................................336
Viewing an object data summary................................................................................................................................................. 337
Tracking project time.................................................................................................................................................................... 338
Color, fills, and transparencies...........................................................................................................................................................345
Working with color............................................................................................................................................................................ 347
Understanding color models.........................................................................................................................................................347
Understanding color depth...........................................................................................................................................................349
Choosing colors............................................................................................................................................................................350
Using the Document palette.........................................................................................................................................................356
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Creating and editing custom color palettes.................................................................................................................................. 359
Organizing and displaying color palettes...................................................................................................................................... 362
Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries............................................................................................................. 363
Setting the properties of color palettes........................................................................................................................................ 365
Applying fills to objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 367
Applying uniform fills................................................................................................................................................................... 367
Applying fountain fills.................................................................................................................................................................. 368
Applying vector and bitmap pattern fills...................................................................................................................................... 373
Applying two-color pattern fills.................................................................................................................................................... 378
Applying texture fills.....................................................................................................................................................................380
Applying PostScript fills................................................................................................................................................................ 381
Applying mesh fills....................................................................................................................................................................... 382
Applying fills to areas...................................................................................................................................................................386
Working with fills......................................................................................................................................................................... 387
Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 389
Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................390
Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 391
Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................394
Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 397
Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................397
Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 398
Finding, managing, and saving fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................... 403
Finding and viewing fills and transparencies.................................................................................................................................403
Managing fills and transparencies................................................................................................................................................ 406
Saving fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................................................... 408
Using color management................................................................................................................................................................... 409
Understanding color management............................................................................................................................................... 409
Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW................................................................................................................ 413
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles......................................................................................................................... 416
Assigning color profiles................................................................................................................................................................ 418
Converting colors to other color profiles...................................................................................................................................... 418
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Choosing color-conversion settings............................................................................................................................................... 419
Soft proofing................................................................................................................................................................................419
Working with color management presets..................................................................................................................................... 422
Working with color management policies.....................................................................................................................................423
Managing colors when opening documents.................................................................................................................................424
Managing colors when importing and pasting files......................................................................................................................425
Managing colors for print............................................................................................................................................................ 425
Using a safe CMYK workflow....................................................................................................................................................... 426
Managing colors for online viewing............................................................................................................................................. 426
Special effects....................................................................................................................................................................................427
Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 429
Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................429
Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 431
Adding 3D effects to objects..............................................................................................................................................................433
Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 433
Applying perspective.....................................................................................................................................................................436
Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 439
Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 443
Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 445
Adding block shadows................................................................................................................................................................. 448
Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 451
Creating mosaics................................................................................................................................................................................ 457
Creating vector mosaics with the Pointillizer effect....................................................................................................................... 457
Creating bitmap mosaics with the PhotoCocktail effect................................................................................................................ 461
Adding movement and focus............................................................................................................................................................. 465
Adding impact effects.................................................................................................................................................................. 465
Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................473
Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................475
Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................475
Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 477
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Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 477
Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 481
Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................482
Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 484
Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................485
Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................486
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................488
Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 489
Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 490
Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................491
Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................493
Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 497
Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................498
Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................499
Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................499
Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 502
Changing text color...................................................................................................................................................................... 504
Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 505
Changing text case....................................................................................................................................................................... 506
Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................507
Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 511
Adjusting line and paragraph spacing.......................................................................................................................................... 513
Adding bullets to text.................................................................................................................................................................. 514
Inserting drop caps.......................................................................................................................................................................516
Changing character position and angle........................................................................................................................................ 517
Aligning text.................................................................................................................................................................................518
Adding tabs and indents.............................................................................................................................................................. 520
Working with text styles............................................................................................................................................................... 521
Hyphenating text.......................................................................................................................................................................... 521
Inserting formatting codes........................................................................................................................................................... 524
Displaying nonprinting characters.................................................................................................................................................525
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Working with text in different languages........................................................................................................................................... 527
Formatting Asian text................................................................................................................................................................... 527
Using line-breaking rules for Asian text........................................................................................................................................ 528
OpenType support for Asian text.................................................................................................................................................. 529
Formatting multilingual text......................................................................................................................................................... 529
Displaying text correctly in any language......................................................................................................................................531
Managing fonts..................................................................................................................................................................................533
Changing the default font............................................................................................................................................................533
Substituting fonts......................................................................................................................................................................... 534
Embedding fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................... 535
Viewing fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Filtering fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 537
Searching for fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................539
Acquiring more fonts................................................................................................................................................................... 540
Identifying fonts........................................................................................................................................................................... 541
Choosing fonts with Font Playground...........................................................................................................................................541
Using Corel Font Manager............................................................................................................................................................544
Using writing tools.............................................................................................................................................................................545
Using QuickCorrect....................................................................................................................................................................... 545
Using the spelling checker and Grammatik...................................................................................................................................547
Using the thesaurus......................................................................................................................................................................549
Working with languages...............................................................................................................................................................550
Customizing the writing tools...................................................................................................................................................... 550
Using checking styles....................................................................................................................................................................551
Using rule classes......................................................................................................................................................................... 554
Analyzing a drawing.....................................................................................................................................................................555
Using word lists............................................................................................................................................................................556
Checking statistics........................................................................................................................................................................ 559
Reference: Using writing tools......................................................................................................................................................559
Templates and styles..........................................................................................................................................................................565
Working with templates..................................................................................................................................................................... 567
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Searching for templates................................................................................................................................................................567
Using templates............................................................................................................................................................................569
Creating templates....................................................................................................................................................................... 570
Editing templates..........................................................................................................................................................................570
Working with styles and style sets......................................................................................................................................................573
Creating styles and style sets........................................................................................................................................................ 574
Applying styles and style sets....................................................................................................................................................... 576
Editing styles and style sets.......................................................................................................................................................... 577
Managing default object properties..............................................................................................................................................578
Exporting and importing style sheets............................................................................................................................................579
Assigning keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets...................................................................................................................... 580
Finding objects that use a specific style or style set...................................................................................................................... 580
Breaking the link between objects and styles or style sets.............................................................................................................580
Working with color styles................................................................................................................................................................... 583
Creating and applying color styles................................................................................................................................................ 583
Editing color styles....................................................................................................................................................................... 586
Viewing color styles......................................................................................................................................................................590
Exporting and importing color styles............................................................................................................................................ 592
Breaking the link between a color style and an object..................................................................................................................592
Pages and layout............................................................................................................................................................................... 593
Working with pages and layout tools.................................................................................................................................................595
Specifying the page layout........................................................................................................................................................... 595
Choosing a page background.......................................................................................................................................................598
Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages..................................................................................................................... 599
Inserting page numbers................................................................................................................................................................601
Using the rulers............................................................................................................................................................................603
Calibrating the rulers.................................................................................................................................................................... 605
Setting up the document grid......................................................................................................................................................605
Setting up the baseline grid......................................................................................................................................................... 607
Setting up guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................608
Modifying guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 610
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Setting the drawing scale............................................................................................................................................................. 611
Working with tables........................................................................................................................................................................... 613
Adding tables to drawings........................................................................................................................................................... 613
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components................................................................................................................... 615
Inserting and deleting table rows and columns............................................................................................................................ 617
Resizing table cells, rows, and columns........................................................................................................................................618
Formatting tables and cells...........................................................................................................................................................619
Working with text in tables.......................................................................................................................................................... 622
Converting tables to text.............................................................................................................................................................. 623
Merging and splitting tables and cells..........................................................................................................................................623
Manipulating tables as objects..................................................................................................................................................... 625
Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables...................................................................................................................625
Importing tables in a drawing......................................................................................................................................................626
Bitmaps.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 629
Working with bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................631
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps......................................................................................................................................... 631
Importing bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................633
Cropping bitmaps.........................................................................................................................................................................633
Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps....................................................................................................................633
Straightening bitmaps.................................................................................................................................................................. 635
Correcting perspective distortions................................................................................................................................................. 638
Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps........................................................................................................................... 639
Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps.......................................................................................................................... 640
Working with colors in bitmaps................................................................................................................................................... 640
Using the Image Adjustment Lab................................................................................................................................................. 642
Adjusting color and tone..............................................................................................................................................................647
Using the Tone Curve filter........................................................................................................................................................... 653
Transforming color and tone........................................................................................................................................................ 656
Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.....................................................................................................................................657
Applying special effects in bitmaps...............................................................................................................................................657
Special effects categories....................................................................................................................................................................663
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3-D special effects........................................................................................................................................................................ 663
Art strokes special effects............................................................................................................................................................. 668
Blur special effects........................................................................................................................................................................674
Camera special effects.................................................................................................................................................................. 679
Color transform special effects..................................................................................................................................................... 683
Contour special effects................................................................................................................................................................. 685
Creative special effects..................................................................................................................................................................686
Custom special effects.................................................................................................................................................................. 691
Distort special effects....................................................................................................................................................................692
Noise special effects..................................................................................................................................................................... 697
Sharpen special effects................................................................................................................................................................. 700
Texture special effects................................................................................................................................................................... 702
Working with bitmap color modes.....................................................................................................................................................709
Changing the color mode of bitmaps...........................................................................................................................................709
Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images..............................................................................................................................710
Changing bitmaps to duotones.................................................................................................................................................... 711
Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode.............................................................................................................................712
Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results......................................................................................................................................... 717
Tracing bitmaps............................................................................................................................................................................ 717
PowerTRACE controls....................................................................................................................................................................720
Previewing traced results.............................................................................................................................................................. 722
Fine-tuning traced results............................................................................................................................................................. 723
Adjusting colors in traced results..................................................................................................................................................725
Setting default tracing options..................................................................................................................................................... 727
Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results.......................................................................................................................728
Working with RAW camera files.........................................................................................................................................................729
Using RAW camera files............................................................................................................................................................... 729
Bringing RAW camera files into CorelDRAW................................................................................................................................. 730
Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files.......................................................................................................................733
Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files....................................................................................................................735
Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information................................................................................................... 736
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Printing.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 739
Printing basics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 741
Printing your work........................................................................................................................................................................741
Laying out print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 742
Previewing print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 743
Applying print styles..................................................................................................................................................................... 744
Fine-tuning print jobs................................................................................................................................................................... 745
Printing colors accurately..............................................................................................................................................................746
Printing to a PostScript printer..................................................................................................................................................... 748
Using print merge........................................................................................................................................................................ 750
Viewing preflight summaries........................................................................................................................................................ 754
Preparing files for print service providers............................................................................................................................................ 755
Preparing a print job for a print service provider.......................................................................................................................... 755
Working with imposition layouts.................................................................................................................................................. 756
Printing printers’ marks................................................................................................................................................................ 758
Maintaining OPI links................................................................................................................................................................... 760
Printing color separations............................................................................................................................................................. 761
Working with color trapping and overprinting............................................................................................................................. 762
Specifying In-RIP trapping settings................................................................................................................................................765
Printing to film............................................................................................................................................................................. 767
Preparing banners for printing..................................................................................................................................................... 767
Working with a print service provider...........................................................................................................................................769
Web graphics.....................................................................................................................................................................................771
Creating objects for the web..............................................................................................................................................................773
Exporting bitmaps for the web.....................................................................................................................................................773
Exporting and uploading bitmaps to WordPress...........................................................................................................................780
Saving and applying web presets................................................................................................................................................. 780
Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds......................................................................................................... 781
Creating web-compatible text.......................................................................................................................................................782
Creating rollovers..........................................................................................................................................................................782
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Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents......................................................................................................................... 784
Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects..............................................................................................................................786
File formats........................................................................................................................................................................................787
Importing and exporting files............................................................................................................................................................. 789
Importing files.............................................................................................................................................................................. 789
Exporting files...............................................................................................................................................................................792
Exporting to PDF................................................................................................................................................................................ 795
Exporting documents as PDF files................................................................................................................................................. 795
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files.......................................................................................................798
Reducing the size of PDF files...................................................................................................................................................... 798
Working with text and fonts in PDF files...................................................................................................................................... 799
Specifying an encoding format for PDF files................................................................................................................................. 801
Specifying a viewing option for EPS files...................................................................................................................................... 801
Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files.......................................................................................................802
Setting security options for PDF files............................................................................................................................................ 803
Optimizing PDF files..................................................................................................................................................................... 804
Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files.................................................................................................................................... 805
Preparing PDF files for a print provider.........................................................................................................................................806
Working with office productivity applications..................................................................................................................................... 809
Importing files from office productivity applications..................................................................................................................... 809
Exporting files to office productivity applications..........................................................................................................................809
Adding objects to documents...................................................................................................................................................... 809
Supported file formats........................................................................................................................................................................811
Adobe Illustrator (AI).................................................................................................................................................................... 812
Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB).............................................................................................................................................................. 814
Windows Bitmap (BMP)................................................................................................................................................................815
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP).......................................................................................................................................................................816
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)..............................................................................................................................................816
CorelDRAW (CDR)......................................................................................................................................................................... 817
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX).............................................................................................................................................. 817
Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)............................................................................................................................................................. 818
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Corel Symbol Library (CSL)............................................................................................................................................................818
Cursor Resource (CUR)..................................................................................................................................................................819
Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF).......................................................................................................................................... 819
Microsoft Publisher (PUB)............................................................................................................................................................. 821
CorelDESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW).................................................................................................................................... 821
AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF).................................................................822
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)....................................................................................................................................................... 824
PostScript (PS or PRN)...................................................................................................................................................................828
GIF................................................................................................................................................................................................828
JPEG (JPG).................................................................................................................................................................................... 829
JPEG 2000 (JP2)........................................................................................................................................................................... 830
Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD).......................................................................................................................................................831
PICT (PCT)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 832
PaintBrush (PCX)........................................................................................................................................................................... 833
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)...................................................................................................................................... 834
HPGL Plotter File (PLT).................................................................................................................................................................. 836
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)................................................................................................................................................. 837
Adobe Photoshop (PSD)............................................................................................................................................................... 838
Corel Painter (RIF)......................................................................................................................................................................... 839
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).....................................................................................................................................................839
Adobe Flash (SWF)....................................................................................................................................................................... 842
TARGA (TGA)................................................................................................................................................................................843
TIFF...............................................................................................................................................................................................844
Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP)............................................................................................................................................................844
TrueType Font (TTF).......................................................................................................................................................................845
Visio (VSD)....................................................................................................................................................................................845
WordPerfect Document (WPD)......................................................................................................................................................846
WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)..........................................................................................................................................................846
RAW camera file formats..............................................................................................................................................................847
Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI).................................................................................................................................................847
Windows Metafile Format (WMF).................................................................................................................................................847
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Additional file formats..................................................................................................................................................................848
Recommended formats for importing graphics.............................................................................................................................849
Recommended formats for exporting graphics............................................................................................................................. 849
General notes on importing text files........................................................................................................................................... 850
Customizing and automating............................................................................................................................................................ 851
Setting basic preferences.................................................................................................................................................................... 853
Disabling warning messages.........................................................................................................................................................853
Viewing system information......................................................................................................................................................... 853
Customizing CorelDRAW.................................................................................................................................................................... 855
Saving and restoring defaults....................................................................................................................................................... 855
Creating workspaces.....................................................................................................................................................................856
Importing and exporting workspaces............................................................................................................................................856
Customizing workspace appearance............................................................................................................................................. 857
Customizing keyboard shortcuts................................................................................................................................................... 860
Customizing menus...................................................................................................................................................................... 861
Customizing toolbars....................................................................................................................................................................863
Customizing the toolbox.............................................................................................................................................................. 866
Customizing the property bar.......................................................................................................................................................866
Customizing the status bar...........................................................................................................................................................867
Customizing filters........................................................................................................................................................................ 868
Customizing file associations........................................................................................................................................................ 869
Using macros to automate tasks........................................................................................................................................................ 871
Working with macros................................................................................................................................................................... 871
Reference........................................................................................................................................................................................... 879
CorelDRAW for Adobe Illustrator users...............................................................................................................................................881
Comparing terminology................................................................................................................................................................ 881
Comparing tools...........................................................................................................................................................................882
Using the Adobe Illustrator workspace......................................................................................................................................... 885
Glossary.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 887
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