Corel Draw X8 User manual

User Guide

CorelDRAW® X8 User Guide

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Contents

Getting started.................................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.................................................................................................................................................... 19

System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................19

Preparing for installation................................................................................................................................................................ 20

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications........................................................................................................................... 20

Installation options......................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Modifying and repairing installations..............................................................................................................................................22

Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.......................................................................................................................................... 23

Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................................................................................23

Corel accounts and services..................................................................................................................................................................25

Authenticating CorelDRAW Graphics Suite..................................................................................................................................... 25

Checking account settings and product details...............................................................................................................................26

Updating Corel products................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Upgrade Program........................................................................................................................................................................... 26

Changing user credentials...............................................................................................................................................................26

Corel Support Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 27

About Corel....................................................................................................................................................................................27

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8?.................................................................................................................................... 29

Jump in.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29

Craft............................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Personalize......................................................................................................................................................................................34

Finding out what was new in previous versions............................................................................................................................. 37

Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................39

Getting help................................................................................................................................................................................... 39

Using the Help and tooltips........................................................................................................................................................... 40

Using Hints.....................................................................................................................................................................................42

Learning tours................................................................................................................................................................................ 42

Welcome screen............................................................................................................................................................................. 43

Accessing eBooks............................................................................................................................................................................43

Quick Start Guide........................................................................................................................................................................... 44

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Insights from the Experts................................................................................................................................................................44

Video learning resources.................................................................................................................................................................44

Community website for developers.................................................................................................................................................45

Network deployment guide............................................................................................................................................................ 45

Web-based resources......................................................................................................................................................................45

Starting and setting up........................................................................................................................................................................ 47

Starting and quitting CorelDRAW...................................................................................................................................................47

Changing the language.................................................................................................................................................................. 47

Changing startup settings...............................................................................................................................................................48

CorelDRAW basics................................................................................................................................................................................ 49

Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps...................................................................................................................................49

Starting and opening drawings...................................................................................................................................................... 50

Scanning images............................................................................................................................................................................ 53

Working with multiple drawings.................................................................................................................................................... 54

Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions....................................................................................................................................... 55

Zooming, panning, and scrolling....................................................................................................................................................56

Previewing drawings.......................................................................................................................................................................58

Choosing viewing modes................................................................................................................................................................60

Working with views........................................................................................................................................................................61

Saving drawings............................................................................................................................................................................. 62

Working with locked files............................................................................................................................................................... 64

Backing up and recovering files......................................................................................................................................................65

Adding and accessing drawing information....................................................................................................................................66

Closing drawings............................................................................................................................................................................ 66

Exploring basic tasks.......................................................................................................................................................................67

CorelDRAW workspace tour..................................................................................................................................................................69

CorelDRAW terms........................................................................................................................................................................... 69

Application window....................................................................................................................................................................... 70

Standard toolbar............................................................................................................................................................................ 73

Exploring the toolbox..................................................................................................................................................................... 75

Property bar....................................................................................................................................................................................90

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Dockers...........................................................................................................................................................................................90

Status bar.......................................................................................................................................................................................93

Choosing a workspace....................................................................................................................................................................93

Finding and managing creative tools and content................................................................................................................................95

Acquiring applications, plug-ins, and extensions.............................................................................................................................95

Finding content with the Get More docker.................................................................................................................................... 97

Accessing content...........................................................................................................................................................................99

Browsing and searching for content.............................................................................................................................................101

Viewing content........................................................................................................................................................................... 104

Using content...............................................................................................................................................................................105

Installing fonts..............................................................................................................................................................................107

Managing content........................................................................................................................................................................107

Syncing trays with OneDrive......................................................................................................................................................... 109

Content types............................................................................................................................................................................... 110

Lines, shapes, and outlines................................................................................................................................................................113

Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes...................................................................................................................................115

Drawing lines................................................................................................................................................................................115

Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines..............................................................................................................124

Formatting lines and outlines....................................................................................................................................................... 126

Adding arrowheads to lines and curves........................................................................................................................................130

Copying, converting, and removing outlines.................................................................................................................................132

Closing multiple line segments..................................................................................................................................................... 133

Applying brushstrokes.................................................................................................................................................................. 134

Spraying objects along a line........................................................................................................................................................135

Drawing connector and callout lines............................................................................................................................................ 138

Drawing dimension lines.............................................................................................................................................................. 141

Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices.................................................................................................................................... 144

Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 147

Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................147

Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes.............................................................................................................................. 150

Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 152

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Drawing spirals.............................................................................................................................................................................154

Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................154

Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 155

Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 156

Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 159

Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 159

Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 160

Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 162

Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 163

Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes............................................................................................................................ 163

Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................165

Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 166

Breaking the path of curve objects............................................................................................................................................... 167

Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................168

Skewing and stretching objects.................................................................................................................................................... 168

Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 170

Roughening objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 173

Smoothing objects........................................................................................................................................................................174

Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................176

Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................177

Adding twirl effects...................................................................................................................................................................... 179

Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 180

Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................183

Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 186

Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 187

Welding and intersecting objects..................................................................................................................................................190

Creating PowerClip objects........................................................................................................................................................... 191

Objects, symbols, and layers............................................................................................................................................................. 197

Working with objects......................................................................................................................................................................... 199

Selecting objects...........................................................................................................................................................................200

Transforming objects.................................................................................................................................................................... 203

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Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects...................................................................................................................................206

Creating objects from enclosed areas........................................................................................................................................... 209

Creating a boundary around selected objects............................................................................................................................... 209

Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects.................................................................................................................. 210

Copying object properties, transformations, and effects............................................................................................................... 218

Cloning objects.............................................................................................................................................................................219

Positioning objects........................................................................................................................................................................220

Aligning and distributing objects..................................................................................................................................................222

Applying object hinting................................................................................................................................................................ 225

Snapping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 225

Using dynamic guides.................................................................................................................................................................. 228

Using alignment guides................................................................................................................................................................232

Changing the order of objects......................................................................................................................................................236

Sizing and scaling objects............................................................................................................................................................ 237

Rotating and mirroring objects.....................................................................................................................................................238

Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects.................................................................................................................. 240

Grouping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 241

Combining objects........................................................................................................................................................................243

Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................244

Locking objects.............................................................................................................................................................................246

Finding and replacing objects.......................................................................................................................................................246

Hiding and displaying objects.......................................................................................................................................................247

Constraining objects..................................................................................................................................................................... 248

Inserting bar codes.......................................................................................................................................................................249

Inserting and editing QR codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 251

Inserting QR codes....................................................................................................................................................................... 251

Editing QR codes..........................................................................................................................................................................252

Validating QR codes..................................................................................................................................................................... 254

Working with layers............................................................................................................................................................................255

Creating layers..............................................................................................................................................................................255

Changing layer properties.............................................................................................................................................................259

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Moving and copying layers and objects........................................................................................................................................262

Working with symbols........................................................................................................................................................................265

Creating, editing, and deleting symbols........................................................................................................................................265

Using symbols in drawings...........................................................................................................................................................267

Managing collections and libraries............................................................................................................................................... 269

Reference: Working with symbols.................................................................................................................................................270

Linking and embedding objects..........................................................................................................................................................273

Inserting linked or embedded objects...........................................................................................................................................273

Editing linked or embedded objects............................................................................................................................................. 274

Managing projects..............................................................................................................................................................................275

Setting up the project database................................................................................................................................................... 275

Assigning and copying object data...............................................................................................................................................276

Viewing an object data summary................................................................................................................................................. 277

Color, fills, and transparencies...........................................................................................................................................................279

Working with color............................................................................................................................................................................ 281

Understanding color models.........................................................................................................................................................281

Understanding color depth...........................................................................................................................................................283

Choosing colors............................................................................................................................................................................284

Using the Document palette.........................................................................................................................................................290

Creating and editing custom color palettes.................................................................................................................................. 293

Organizing and displaying color palettes...................................................................................................................................... 296

Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries............................................................................................................. 297

Setting the properties of color palettes........................................................................................................................................ 299

Filling objects......................................................................................................................................................................................301

Applying uniform fills................................................................................................................................................................... 301

Applying fountain fills.................................................................................................................................................................. 302

Applying pattern fills.................................................................................................................................................................... 305

Applying texture fills.....................................................................................................................................................................309

Applying PostScript fills................................................................................................................................................................ 311

Applying mesh fills....................................................................................................................................................................... 312

Applying fills to areas...................................................................................................................................................................315

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Working with fills......................................................................................................................................................................... 316

Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 319

Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................319

Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 320

Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................322

Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 325

Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................325

Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 326

Managing and sharing fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................................331

Managing fills and transparencies................................................................................................................................................ 331

Saving and sharing fills and transparencies.................................................................................................................................. 334

Using color management................................................................................................................................................................... 335

Understanding color management............................................................................................................................................... 335

Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW................................................................................................................339

Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles......................................................................................................................... 342

Assigning color profiles................................................................................................................................................................ 344

Converting colors to other color profiles...................................................................................................................................... 344

Choosing color-conversion settings............................................................................................................................................... 345

Soft proofing................................................................................................................................................................................345

Working with color management presets..................................................................................................................................... 348

Working with color management policies.....................................................................................................................................349

Managing colors when opening documents.................................................................................................................................350

Managing colors when importing and pasting files......................................................................................................................351

Managing colors for print............................................................................................................................................................ 351

Using a safe CMYK workflow....................................................................................................................................................... 352

Managing colors for online viewing............................................................................................................................................. 352

Special effects....................................................................................................................................................................................353

Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 355

Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................355

Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 357

Adding 3D effects to objects..............................................................................................................................................................359

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Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 359

Applying perspective to objects.................................................................................................................................................... 362

Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 363

Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 367

Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 369

Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 372

Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................379

Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................381

Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................381

Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 383

Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 383

Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 387

Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................388

Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 391

Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................392

Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................ 392

Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................394

Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 396

Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 397

Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................398

Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................400

Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 404

Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................405

Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................407

Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................407

Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 410

Changing text color...................................................................................................................................................................... 412

Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 413

Changing text case....................................................................................................................................................................... 414

Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................415

Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 419

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Adjusting line and paragraph spacing.......................................................................................................................................... 421

Adding bullets to text.................................................................................................................................................................. 422

Inserting drop caps.......................................................................................................................................................................424

Changing character position and angle........................................................................................................................................ 425

Aligning text.................................................................................................................................................................................426

Adding tabs and indents.............................................................................................................................................................. 428

Working with text styles............................................................................................................................................................... 429

Hyphenating text.......................................................................................................................................................................... 429

Inserting formatting codes........................................................................................................................................................... 432

Displaying nonprinting characters.................................................................................................................................................433

Working with text in different languages........................................................................................................................................... 435

Formatting Asian text................................................................................................................................................................... 435

Using line-breaking rules for Asian text........................................................................................................................................ 436

OpenType support for Asian text.................................................................................................................................................. 437

Formatting multilingual text......................................................................................................................................................... 437

Displaying text correctly in any language......................................................................................................................................439

Managing fonts..................................................................................................................................................................................441

Substituting fonts......................................................................................................................................................................... 441

Embedding fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................... 442

Viewing fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 443

Filtering fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 444

Searching for fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................445

Identifying fonts........................................................................................................................................................................... 447

Choosing fonts with Font Playground...........................................................................................................................................447

Using Corel Font Manager............................................................................................................................................................450

Using writing tools.............................................................................................................................................................................451

Using QuickCorrect....................................................................................................................................................................... 451

Using the spelling checker and Grammatik...................................................................................................................................453

Using the thesaurus......................................................................................................................................................................455

Working with languages...............................................................................................................................................................456

Customizing the writing tools...................................................................................................................................................... 456

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Using checking styles....................................................................................................................................................................457

Using rule classes......................................................................................................................................................................... 460

Analyzing a drawing.....................................................................................................................................................................461

Using word lists............................................................................................................................................................................462

Checking statistics........................................................................................................................................................................ 465

Reference: Using writing tools......................................................................................................................................................465

Templates and styles..........................................................................................................................................................................471

Working with templates..................................................................................................................................................................... 473

Searching for templates................................................................................................................................................................473

Using templates............................................................................................................................................................................475

Creating templates....................................................................................................................................................................... 476

Editing templates..........................................................................................................................................................................477

Working with styles and style sets......................................................................................................................................................479

Creating styles and style sets........................................................................................................................................................ 480

Applying styles and style sets....................................................................................................................................................... 482

Editing styles and style sets.......................................................................................................................................................... 483

Managing default object properties..............................................................................................................................................484

Exporting and importing style sheets............................................................................................................................................485

Assigning keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets...................................................................................................................... 486

Finding objects that use a specific style or style set...................................................................................................................... 486

Breaking the link between objects and styles or style sets.............................................................................................................486

Working with color styles................................................................................................................................................................... 489

Creating and applying color styles................................................................................................................................................ 489

Editing color styles....................................................................................................................................................................... 492

Viewing color styles......................................................................................................................................................................496

Exporting and importing color styles............................................................................................................................................ 498

Breaking the link between a color style and an object..................................................................................................................498

Pages and layout............................................................................................................................................................................... 499

Working with pages and layout tools.................................................................................................................................................501

Specifying the page layout........................................................................................................................................................... 501

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Choosing a page background.......................................................................................................................................................504

Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages..................................................................................................................... 505

Inserting page numbers................................................................................................................................................................507

Using the rulers............................................................................................................................................................................509

Calibrating the rulers.................................................................................................................................................................... 510

Setting up the document grid......................................................................................................................................................511

Setting up the baseline grid......................................................................................................................................................... 512

Setting up guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................513

Modifying guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 516

Setting the drawing scale............................................................................................................................................................. 517

Working with tables........................................................................................................................................................................... 519

Adding tables to drawings........................................................................................................................................................... 519

Selecting, moving, and navigating table components...................................................................................................................521

Inserting and deleting table rows and columns............................................................................................................................ 523

Resizing table cells, rows, and columns........................................................................................................................................524

Formatting tables and cells...........................................................................................................................................................525

Working with text in tables.......................................................................................................................................................... 528

Converting tables to text.............................................................................................................................................................. 529

Merging and splitting tables and cells..........................................................................................................................................529

Manipulating tables as objects..................................................................................................................................................... 531

Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables...................................................................................................................531

Importing tables in a drawing......................................................................................................................................................532

Bitmaps.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 535

Working with bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................537

Converting vector graphics to bitmaps......................................................................................................................................... 537

Importing bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................539

Cropping bitmaps.........................................................................................................................................................................539

Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps....................................................................................................................539

Straightening bitmaps.................................................................................................................................................................. 541

Correcting perspective distortions................................................................................................................................................. 544

Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps........................................................................................................................... 545

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Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps.......................................................................................................................... 546

Applying special effects in bitmaps...............................................................................................................................................546

Working with colors in bitmaps................................................................................................................................................... 552

Using the Image Adjustment Lab................................................................................................................................................. 554

Adjusting color and tone..............................................................................................................................................................559

Using the Tone Curve filter........................................................................................................................................................... 560

Transforming color and tone........................................................................................................................................................ 561

Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.....................................................................................................................................562

Working with bitmap color modes.....................................................................................................................................................563

Changing the color mode of bitmaps...........................................................................................................................................563

Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images.............................................................................................................................. 564

Changing bitmaps to duotones.................................................................................................................................................... 565

Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode............................................................................................................................. 566

Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results......................................................................................................................................... 571

Tracing bitmaps............................................................................................................................................................................ 571

PowerTRACE controls....................................................................................................................................................................574

Previewing traced results.............................................................................................................................................................. 576

Fine-tuning traced results............................................................................................................................................................. 576

Adjusting colors in traced results..................................................................................................................................................578

Setting default tracing options..................................................................................................................................................... 581

Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results.......................................................................................................................581

Working with RAW camera files.........................................................................................................................................................583

Using RAW camera files............................................................................................................................................................... 583

Bringing RAW camera files into CorelDRAW................................................................................................................................. 584

Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files.......................................................................................................................587

Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files....................................................................................................................589

Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information................................................................................................... 590

Printing.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 593

Printing basics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 595

Printing your work........................................................................................................................................................................595

Laying out print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 596

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Previewing print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 597

Applying print styles..................................................................................................................................................................... 598

Fine-tuning print jobs................................................................................................................................................................... 599

Printing colors accurately..............................................................................................................................................................600

Printing to a PostScript printer..................................................................................................................................................... 602

Using print merge........................................................................................................................................................................ 604

Viewing preflight summaries........................................................................................................................................................ 608

Preparing files for print service providers............................................................................................................................................ 609

Preparing a print job for a print service provider.......................................................................................................................... 609

Working with imposition layouts.................................................................................................................................................. 610

Printing printers’ marks................................................................................................................................................................ 612

Maintaining OPI links................................................................................................................................................................... 615

Printing color separations............................................................................................................................................................. 615

Working with color trapping and overprinting............................................................................................................................. 616

Specifying In-RIP trapping settings................................................................................................................................................619

Printing to film............................................................................................................................................................................. 621

Preparing banners for printing..................................................................................................................................................... 622

Working with a print service provider...........................................................................................................................................624

Web graphics.....................................................................................................................................................................................625

Creating objects for the web..............................................................................................................................................................627

Exporting bitmaps for the web.....................................................................................................................................................627

Saving and applying web presets................................................................................................................................................. 634

Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds......................................................................................................... 634

Creating rollovers..........................................................................................................................................................................635

Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents......................................................................................................................... 637

Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects..............................................................................................................................638

Exporting to HTML............................................................................................................................................................................. 641

Setting preferences for exporting images to HTML....................................................................................................................... 641

Creating web-compatible text.......................................................................................................................................................642

Previewing and verifying files before exporting to HTML...............................................................................................................642

Exporting to HTML....................................................................................................................................................................... 643

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File formats........................................................................................................................................................................................645

Importing and exporting files............................................................................................................................................................. 647

Importing files.............................................................................................................................................................................. 647

Exporting files...............................................................................................................................................................................650

Exporting to PDF................................................................................................................................................................................ 653

Exporting documents as PDF files.................................................................................................................................................653

Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files.......................................................................................................656

Reducing the size of PDF files...................................................................................................................................................... 656

Working with text and fonts in PDF files...................................................................................................................................... 657

Specifying an encoding format for PDF files................................................................................................................................. 659

Specifying a viewing option for EPS files...................................................................................................................................... 659

Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files.......................................................................................................660

Setting security options for PDF files............................................................................................................................................ 661

Optimizing PDF files..................................................................................................................................................................... 662

Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files.................................................................................................................................... 663

Preparing PDF files for a print provider.........................................................................................................................................664

Working with office productivity applications..................................................................................................................................... 667

Importing files from office productivity applications..................................................................................................................... 667

Exporting files to office productivity applications.......................................................................................................................... 667

Adding objects to documents...................................................................................................................................................... 667

Supported file formats........................................................................................................................................................................669

Adobe Illustrator (AI).................................................................................................................................................................... 670

Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB).............................................................................................................................................................. 672

Windows Bitmap (BMP)................................................................................................................................................................673

OS/2 Bitmap (BMP).......................................................................................................................................................................674

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)..............................................................................................................................................674

CorelDRAW (CDR)......................................................................................................................................................................... 675

Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX).............................................................................................................................................. 675

Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)............................................................................................................................................................. 676

Corel Symbol Library (CSL)............................................................................................................................................................676

Cursor Resource (CUR)..................................................................................................................................................................677

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Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF).......................................................................................................................................... 677

Microsoft Publisher (PUB)............................................................................................................................................................. 679

Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW).................................................................................................................................... 679

AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF).................................................................680

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)....................................................................................................................................................... 682

PostScript (PS or PRN)...................................................................................................................................................................686

GIF................................................................................................................................................................................................686

JPEG (JPG).................................................................................................................................................................................... 687

JPEG 2000 (JP2)........................................................................................................................................................................... 688

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD).......................................................................................................................................................689

PICT (PCT)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 690

PaintBrush (PCX)........................................................................................................................................................................... 691

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)...................................................................................................................................... 692

HPGL Plotter File (PLT).................................................................................................................................................................. 693

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)................................................................................................................................................. 694

Adobe Photoshop (PSD)............................................................................................................................................................... 695

Corel Painter (RIF)......................................................................................................................................................................... 696

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).....................................................................................................................................................697

Adobe Flash (SWF)....................................................................................................................................................................... 700

TARGA (TGA)................................................................................................................................................................................ 701

TIFF...............................................................................................................................................................................................702

Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP)............................................................................................................................................................702

TrueType Font (TTF).......................................................................................................................................................................703

Visio (VSD)....................................................................................................................................................................................703

WordPerfect Document (WPD)......................................................................................................................................................703

WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)..........................................................................................................................................................704

RAW camera file formats..............................................................................................................................................................705

Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI).................................................................................................................................................705

Windows Metafile Format (WMF).................................................................................................................................................705

Additional file formats..................................................................................................................................................................705

Recommended formats for importing graphics.............................................................................................................................706

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Recommended formats for exporting graphics............................................................................................................................. 707

General notes on importing text files........................................................................................................................................... 708

Customizing and automating............................................................................................................................................................ 709

Setting basic preferences.................................................................................................................................................................... 711

Disabling warning messages.........................................................................................................................................................711

Viewing system information......................................................................................................................................................... 711

Customizing CorelDRAW.................................................................................................................................................................... 713

Saving defaults............................................................................................................................................................................. 713

Creating workspaces.....................................................................................................................................................................714

Customizing workspace appearance............................................................................................................................................. 715

Customizing keyboard shortcuts................................................................................................................................................... 717

Customizing menus...................................................................................................................................................................... 719

Customizing toolbars....................................................................................................................................................................720

Customizing the toolbox.............................................................................................................................................................. 723

Customizing the property bar.......................................................................................................................................................724

Customizing the status bar...........................................................................................................................................................725

Customizing filters........................................................................................................................................................................ 726

Customizing file associations........................................................................................................................................................ 727

Using macros to automate tasks........................................................................................................................................................ 729

Working with macros................................................................................................................................................................... 729

Reference........................................................................................................................................................................................... 737

CorelDRAW for Adobe Illustrator users...............................................................................................................................................739

Comparing terminology................................................................................................................................................................ 739

Comparing tools...........................................................................................................................................................................740

Using the Adobe Illustrator workspace......................................................................................................................................... 743

Glossary.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 745

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Getting started

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite..................................................................................................................................................... 19

Corel accounts and services................................................................................................................................................................... 25

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8?..................................................................................................................................... 29

Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................. 39

Starting and setting up......................................................................................................................................................................... 47

CorelDRAW basics..................................................................................................................................................................................49

CorelDRAW workspace tour...................................................................................................................................................................69

Finding and managing creative tools and content.................................................................................................................................95

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