Corel Designer 2017 User guide

Corel DESIGNER® 2017 User Guide

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Contents

Getting started.................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Installing CorelDRAWTechnicalSuite.................................................................................................................................................... 21

System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................21

Preparing for installation................................................................................................................................................................ 22

Installing CorelDRAWTechnicalSuite applications........................................................................................................................... 22

Installation options......................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Modifying and repairing installations..............................................................................................................................................25

Uninstalling CorelDRAWTechnicalSuite.......................................................................................................................................... 25

Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................................................................................ 25

Corel accounts and services..................................................................................................................................................................27

Authenticating CorelDRAWTechnicalSuite......................................................................................................................................27

Checking account settings and product details...............................................................................................................................28

Updating Corel products................................................................................................................................................................ 28

Upgrade Program........................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Changing user credentials...............................................................................................................................................................28

Corel Support Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 29

About Corel....................................................................................................................................................................................29

What’s new in Corel DESIGNER 2017?.................................................................................................................................................31

Compatibility.................................................................................................................................................................................. 31

Precision......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32

Productivity.....................................................................................................................................................................................37

Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................45

Getting help................................................................................................................................................................................... 45

Using the Help and tooltips........................................................................................................................................................... 46

Welcome screen............................................................................................................................................................................. 47

Accessing eBooks............................................................................................................................................................................48

Community website for developers.................................................................................................................................................48

Network deployment guide............................................................................................................................................................ 48

Web-based resources......................................................................................................................................................................48

CorelDESIGNER workspace tour........................................................................................................................................................... 51

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CorelDESIGNER terms and concepts.............................................................................................................................................. 51

CorelDESIGNER application window.............................................................................................................................................. 52

Standard toolbar............................................................................................................................................................................ 54

More about toolbars...................................................................................................................................................................... 55

Exploring the toolbox..................................................................................................................................................................... 56

Property bar....................................................................................................................................................................................70

Dockers...........................................................................................................................................................................................71

Status bar.......................................................................................................................................................................................73

Choosing a workspace....................................................................................................................................................................73

Starting and setting up........................................................................................................................................................................ 75

Starting and quitting CorelDESIGNER............................................................................................................................................ 75

Changing the language.................................................................................................................................................................. 75

Changing startup settings...............................................................................................................................................................76

CorelDESIGNER basics..........................................................................................................................................................................77

Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps...................................................................................................................................77

Starting and opening drawings...................................................................................................................................................... 78

Scanning images............................................................................................................................................................................ 81

Working with multiple drawings.................................................................................................................................................... 82

Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions....................................................................................................................................... 83

Zooming, panning, and scrolling....................................................................................................................................................84

Previewing drawings.......................................................................................................................................................................86

Choosing viewing modes................................................................................................................................................................88

Working with views........................................................................................................................................................................89

Saving drawings............................................................................................................................................................................. 90

Working with locked files............................................................................................................................................................... 92

Backing up and recovering files......................................................................................................................................................92

Adding and accessing drawing information....................................................................................................................................93

Closing drawings............................................................................................................................................................................ 94

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

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

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

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Accessing content.........................................................................................................................................................................100

Browsing and searching for content.............................................................................................................................................102

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

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

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

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

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

Content types............................................................................................................................................................................... 111

Working with precision...................................................................................................................................................................... 113

Using gravity snapping................................................................................................................................................................. 113

Using dynamic guides.................................................................................................................................................................. 116

Using alignment guides................................................................................................................................................................122

Using constrain keys.....................................................................................................................................................................126

Using object coordinates.............................................................................................................................................................. 126

Touch and Surface Dial.......................................................................................................................................................................135

Using touch..................................................................................................................................................................................135

Using Microsoft Surface Dial........................................................................................................................................................ 137

Lines, shapes, and outlines................................................................................................................................................................139

Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes...................................................................................................................................141

Setting the default property values...............................................................................................................................................141

Drawing lines................................................................................................................................................................................142

Parallel drawing............................................................................................................................................................................ 147

Closing multiple line segments..................................................................................................................................................... 149

Drawing callouts...........................................................................................................................................................................149

Drawing connector lines...............................................................................................................................................................153

Drawing dimension lines.............................................................................................................................................................. 157

Formatting lines and outlines....................................................................................................................................................... 161

Adding arrowheads to lines and curves........................................................................................................................................166

Drawing calligraphic and preset lines........................................................................................................................................... 168

Applying linear-pattern brushstrokes.............................................................................................................................................170

Applying brushstrokes that respond to pen pressure, tilt, and bearing......................................................................................... 171

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Sketching naturally with intelligent stroke adjustment.................................................................................................................. 172

Spraying linear patterns along a line............................................................................................................................................ 177

Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices.................................................................................................................................... 179

Support for Real-Time Stylus (RTS) pen tablets and devices...........................................................................................................180

Drawing shapes.................................................................................................................................................................................. 183

Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................183

Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and wedges...................................................................................................................................186

Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 187

Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................189

Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 189

Drawing projected shapes............................................................................................................................................................ 190

Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 192

Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 195

Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 195

Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 196

Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 198

Joining curves............................................................................................................................................................................... 199

Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 200

Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes............................................................................................................................ 201

Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................202

Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 203

Breaking the path of curve objects...............................................................................................................................................204

Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................205

Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 206

Roughening objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 208

Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................210

Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................211

Adding twirl effects...................................................................................................................................................................... 213

Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 214

Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................216

Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................220

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Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 222

Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 224

Welding and intersecting objects..................................................................................................................................................226

Creating PowerClip objects........................................................................................................................................................... 227

Setting options for nodes, handles, and previews........................................................................................................................ 232

Projecting objects............................................................................................................................................................................... 235

Understanding projected drawing modes..................................................................................................................................... 235

Using projected drawing modes...................................................................................................................................................236

Customizing drawing profiles....................................................................................................................................................... 238

Objects, symbols, and layers............................................................................................................................................................. 241

Working with objects......................................................................................................................................................................... 243

Selecting objects...........................................................................................................................................................................243

Changing object properties...........................................................................................................................................................246

Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects................................................................................................................................... 246

Copying object properties, transformations, and effects............................................................................................................... 248

Creating new objects from boundaries.........................................................................................................................................250

Cloning objects.............................................................................................................................................................................250

Moving objects.............................................................................................................................................................................251

Sizing and scaling objects............................................................................................................................................................ 253

Rotating objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 255

Mirroring objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 256

Skewing objects............................................................................................................................................................................256

Aligning and distributing objects..................................................................................................................................................257

Applying object hinting................................................................................................................................................................ 260

Changing the order of objects......................................................................................................................................................260

Grouping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 261

Combining objects........................................................................................................................................................................262

Locking objects.............................................................................................................................................................................264

Finding and replacing objects.......................................................................................................................................................264

Hiding and displaying objects.......................................................................................................................................................265

Accessing and displaying geometric information about objects.................................................................................................... 266

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Inserting bar codes.......................................................................................................................................................................266

Inserting and editing QR codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 269

Inserting QR codes....................................................................................................................................................................... 269

Editing QR codes..........................................................................................................................................................................270

Validating QR codes..................................................................................................................................................................... 272

Working with symbols........................................................................................................................................................................275

Using symbols in drawings...........................................................................................................................................................275

Managing collections and libraries............................................................................................................................................... 278

Creating, editing, and deleting symbols........................................................................................................................................279

Sharing symbols between drawings..............................................................................................................................................282

Reference: Working with symbols.................................................................................................................................................283

Creating objects for the web..............................................................................................................................................................285

Exporting bitmaps for the web.....................................................................................................................................................285

Saving and applying web presets................................................................................................................................................. 292

Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds......................................................................................................... 292

Creating rollovers..........................................................................................................................................................................293

Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents......................................................................................................................... 294

Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects..............................................................................................................................296

Working with layers............................................................................................................................................................................297

Creating layers..............................................................................................................................................................................297

Changing layer properties.............................................................................................................................................................301

Moving and copying layers and objects........................................................................................................................................303

Object linking and embedding........................................................................................................................................................... 305

Inserting linked or embedded objects...........................................................................................................................................305

Editing linked or embedded objects............................................................................................................................................. 306

Working with object data...................................................................................................................................................................307

Setting up the project database................................................................................................................................................... 307

Managing object data.................................................................................................................................................................. 309

Applying CGM data to objects..................................................................................................................................................... 310

Color and fills.................................................................................................................................................................................... 317

Working with color............................................................................................................................................................................ 319

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Understanding color models.........................................................................................................................................................319

Understanding color depth...........................................................................................................................................................321

Choosing colors............................................................................................................................................................................322

Using the Document palette.........................................................................................................................................................328

Creating and editing custom color palettes.................................................................................................................................. 330

Organizing and displaying color palettes...................................................................................................................................... 333

Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries............................................................................................................. 335

Setting the properties of color palettes........................................................................................................................................ 336

Filling objects......................................................................................................................................................................................339

Applying uniform fills................................................................................................................................................................... 339

Applying fountain fills.................................................................................................................................................................. 340

Applying hatch fills.......................................................................................................................................................................343

Applying pattern fills.................................................................................................................................................................... 347

Applying texture fills.....................................................................................................................................................................350

Applying PostScript fills................................................................................................................................................................ 352

Applying mesh fills....................................................................................................................................................................... 352

Applying fills to areas...................................................................................................................................................................354

Working with fills......................................................................................................................................................................... 355

Managing and sharing fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................................357

Managing fills and transparencies................................................................................................................................................ 357

Saving and sharing fills and transparencies.................................................................................................................................. 359

Using color management................................................................................................................................................................... 361

Understanding color management............................................................................................................................................... 361

Getting started with color management in CorelDESIGNER......................................................................................................... 365

Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles......................................................................................................................... 368

Assigning color profiles................................................................................................................................................................ 369

Converting colors to other color profiles...................................................................................................................................... 370

Choosing color-conversion settings............................................................................................................................................... 370

Soft proofing................................................................................................................................................................................371

Working with color management presets..................................................................................................................................... 372

Working with color management policies.....................................................................................................................................373

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Managing colors when opening documents.................................................................................................................................374

Managing colors when importing and pasting files......................................................................................................................375

Managing colors for print............................................................................................................................................................ 376

Using a safe CMYK workflow....................................................................................................................................................... 376

Managing colors for online viewing............................................................................................................................................. 376

Special effects....................................................................................................................................................................................377

Adding 3D effects to objects..............................................................................................................................................................379

Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 379

Applying perspective to objects.................................................................................................................................................... 382

Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 383

Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 387

Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 389

Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 392

Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 397

Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................397

Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 398

Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................400

Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 403

Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................403

Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 404

Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 407

Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................407

Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 409

Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................411

Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................413

Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................413

Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 415

Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 415

Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 419

Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................420

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Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 423

Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................424

Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................424

Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................426

Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 427

Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 428

Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................429

Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................431

Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 434

Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................434

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

Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................437

Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 440

Changing text color...................................................................................................................................................................... 441

Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 443

Changing text case....................................................................................................................................................................... 444

Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................445

Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 449

Adjusting line and paragraph spacing.......................................................................................................................................... 451

Adding bullets to text.................................................................................................................................................................. 452

Inserting drop caps.......................................................................................................................................................................454

Changing character position and angle........................................................................................................................................ 455

Aligning text.................................................................................................................................................................................456

Adding tabs and indents.............................................................................................................................................................. 458

Working with text styles............................................................................................................................................................... 459

Hyphenating text.......................................................................................................................................................................... 459

Inserting formatting codes........................................................................................................................................................... 462

Displaying nonprinting characters.................................................................................................................................................463

Adding equations............................................................................................................................................................................... 465

Working with text in different languages........................................................................................................................................... 467

Formatting Asian text................................................................................................................................................................... 467

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Using line-breaking rules for Asian text........................................................................................................................................ 468

OpenType support for Asian text.................................................................................................................................................. 469

Formatting multilingual text......................................................................................................................................................... 469

Displaying text correctly in any language......................................................................................................................................471

Working with translated text........................................................................................................................................................ 471

Managing fonts..................................................................................................................................................................................473

Changing the default font............................................................................................................................................................473

Substituting fonts......................................................................................................................................................................... 474

Embedding fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................... 475

Viewing fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 475

Filtering fonts............................................................................................................................................................................... 477

Searching for fonts.......................................................................................................................................................................478

Acquiring more fonts................................................................................................................................................................... 479

Identifying fonts........................................................................................................................................................................... 481

Choosing fonts with Font Playground...........................................................................................................................................481

Using Corel Font Manager............................................................................................................................................................483

Using writing tools.............................................................................................................................................................................485

Using QuickCorrect....................................................................................................................................................................... 485

Using the spelling checker and Grammatik...................................................................................................................................487

Using the thesaurus......................................................................................................................................................................489

Working with languages...............................................................................................................................................................490

Customizing the writing tools...................................................................................................................................................... 490

Using checking styles....................................................................................................................................................................491

Using rule classes......................................................................................................................................................................... 494

Analyzing a drawing.....................................................................................................................................................................495

Using word lists............................................................................................................................................................................496

Checking statistics........................................................................................................................................................................ 499

Reference: Using writing tools......................................................................................................................................................499

Templates and styles..........................................................................................................................................................................505

Working with templates..................................................................................................................................................................... 507

Searching for templates................................................................................................................................................................507

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Using templates............................................................................................................................................................................509

Creating templates....................................................................................................................................................................... 509

Editing templates..........................................................................................................................................................................510

Working with styles and style sets......................................................................................................................................................511

Creating styles and style sets........................................................................................................................................................ 512

Applying styles and style sets....................................................................................................................................................... 514

Editing styles and style sets.......................................................................................................................................................... 515

Managing default object properties..............................................................................................................................................516

Exporting and importing style sheets............................................................................................................................................517

Assigning keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets...................................................................................................................... 518

Finding objects that use a specific style or style set...................................................................................................................... 518

Breaking the link between objects and styles or style sets.............................................................................................................518

Working with color styles................................................................................................................................................................... 521

Creating and applying color styles................................................................................................................................................ 521

Editing color styles....................................................................................................................................................................... 524

Viewing color styles......................................................................................................................................................................528

Exporting and importing color styles............................................................................................................................................ 530

Breaking the link between a color style and an object..................................................................................................................530

Pages and layout............................................................................................................................................................................... 531

Working with pages and layout tools.................................................................................................................................................533

Specifying the page layout........................................................................................................................................................... 533

Choosing a page background.......................................................................................................................................................536

Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages..................................................................................................................... 537

Inserting page numbers................................................................................................................................................................539

Using the rulers............................................................................................................................................................................541

Calibrating the rulers.................................................................................................................................................................... 542

Setting up the document grid......................................................................................................................................................542

Setting up the baseline grid......................................................................................................................................................... 544

Setting up guidelines....................................................................................................................................................................544

Modifying guidelines.................................................................................................................................................................... 546

Setting the drawing scale............................................................................................................................................................. 547

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Working with tables........................................................................................................................................................................... 549

Adding tables to drawings........................................................................................................................................................... 549

Selecting, moving, and navigating table components................................................................................................................... 550

Inserting and deleting table rows and columns............................................................................................................................ 553

Resizing table cells, rows, and columns........................................................................................................................................554

Formatting tables and cells...........................................................................................................................................................555

Working with text in tables.......................................................................................................................................................... 556

Converting tables to text.............................................................................................................................................................. 557

Merging and splitting tables and cells..........................................................................................................................................558

Manipulating tables as objects..................................................................................................................................................... 559

Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables...................................................................................................................559

Importing tables in a drawing......................................................................................................................................................560

Bitmaps.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 563

Working with bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................565

Converting vector graphics to bitmaps......................................................................................................................................... 565

Importing bitmaps........................................................................................................................................................................567

Cropping bitmaps.........................................................................................................................................................................567

Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps....................................................................................................................567

Straightening bitmaps.................................................................................................................................................................. 569

Correcting perspective distortions................................................................................................................................................. 570

Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps........................................................................................................................... 571

Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps.......................................................................................................................... 573

Applying special effects in bitmaps...............................................................................................................................................573

Working with colors in bitmaps................................................................................................................................................... 575

Using the Image Adjustment Lab................................................................................................................................................. 576

Adjusting color and tone..............................................................................................................................................................581

Using the Tone Curve filter........................................................................................................................................................... 583

Transforming color and tone........................................................................................................................................................ 584

Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.....................................................................................................................................584

Working with bitmap color modes.....................................................................................................................................................587

Changing the color mode of bitmaps...........................................................................................................................................587

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Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images..............................................................................................................................588

Changing bitmaps to duotones.................................................................................................................................................... 589

Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode.............................................................................................................................590

Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results......................................................................................................................................... 593

Tracing bitmaps............................................................................................................................................................................ 593

PowerTRACE controls....................................................................................................................................................................596

Previewing traced results.............................................................................................................................................................. 598

Fine-tuning traced results............................................................................................................................................................. 598

Adjusting colors in traced results..................................................................................................................................................600

Setting default tracing options..................................................................................................................................................... 602

Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results.......................................................................................................................603

Working with RAW camera files.........................................................................................................................................................605

Using RAW camera files............................................................................................................................................................... 605

Bringing RAW camera files into CorelDESIGNER.......................................................................................................................... 606

Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files.......................................................................................................................609

Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files....................................................................................................................611

Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information................................................................................................... 611

Printing.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 613

Printing basics.................................................................................................................................................................................... 615

Printing your work........................................................................................................................................................................615

Laying out print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 616

Previewing print jobs.................................................................................................................................................................... 617

Applying print styles..................................................................................................................................................................... 618

Fine-tuning print jobs................................................................................................................................................................... 619

Printing colors accurately..............................................................................................................................................................620

Printing to a PostScript printer..................................................................................................................................................... 622

Using print merge........................................................................................................................................................................ 624

Viewing preflight summaries........................................................................................................................................................ 627

Preparing files for print service providers............................................................................................................................................ 629

Preparing a print job for a print service provider.......................................................................................................................... 629

Working with imposition layouts.................................................................................................................................................. 630

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Printing printers’ marks................................................................................................................................................................ 632

Maintaining OPI links................................................................................................................................................................... 634

Printing color separations............................................................................................................................................................. 635

Working with color trapping and overprinting............................................................................................................................. 636

Specifying In-RIP trapping settings................................................................................................................................................639

Printing to film............................................................................................................................................................................. 641

Working with a print service provider...........................................................................................................................................641

File formats........................................................................................................................................................................................643

Importing and exporting files............................................................................................................................................................. 645

Importing files.............................................................................................................................................................................. 645

Exporting files...............................................................................................................................................................................648

Working with 3D models................................................................................................................................................................... 651

Installing Lattice3D Studio Corel Edition....................................................................................................................................... 651

Importing 3D models................................................................................................................................................................... 652

Inserting and adjusting 3D models...............................................................................................................................................653

Exporting to PDF................................................................................................................................................................................ 655

Exporting documents as PDF files................................................................................................................................................. 655

Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files.......................................................................................................658

Reducing the size of PDF files...................................................................................................................................................... 658

Working with text and fonts in PDF files...................................................................................................................................... 659

Specifying an encoding format for PDF files................................................................................................................................. 661

Specifying a viewing option for EPS files...................................................................................................................................... 661

Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files.......................................................................................................662

Setting security options for PDF files............................................................................................................................................ 662

Optimizing PDF files..................................................................................................................................................................... 664

Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files.................................................................................................................................... 665

Preparing PDF files for a print provider.........................................................................................................................................665

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

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Exporting to HTML............................................................................................................................................................................. 669

Setting preferences for exporting images to HTML....................................................................................................................... 669

Creating web-compatible text.......................................................................................................................................................670

Previewing and verifying files before exporting to HTML...............................................................................................................670

Exporting to HTML....................................................................................................................................................................... 671

Supported file formats........................................................................................................................................................................673

3D file formats............................................................................................................................................................................. 674

Adobe Illustrator (AI).................................................................................................................................................................... 674

Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB).............................................................................................................................................................. 677

Windows Bitmap (BMP)................................................................................................................................................................677

OS/2 Bitmap (BMP).......................................................................................................................................................................678

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)..............................................................................................................................................678

CorelDRAW (CDR)......................................................................................................................................................................... 680

Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX).............................................................................................................................................. 681

Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)............................................................................................................................................................. 681

Corel Symbol Library (CSL)............................................................................................................................................................682

Cursor Resource (CUR)..................................................................................................................................................................682

Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF).......................................................................................................................................... 682

Microsoft Publisher (PUB)............................................................................................................................................................. 684

CorelDESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW).................................................................................................................................... 684

AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF).................................................................685

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)....................................................................................................................................................... 687

PostScript (PS or PRN)...................................................................................................................................................................691

GIF................................................................................................................................................................................................692

HTML............................................................................................................................................................................................693

JPEG (JPG).................................................................................................................................................................................... 693

JPEG 2000 (JP2)........................................................................................................................................................................... 694

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD).......................................................................................................................................................695

PICT (PCT)..................................................................................................................................................................................... 696

PaintBrush (PCX)........................................................................................................................................................................... 697

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)...................................................................................................................................... 698

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HPGL Plotter File (PLT).................................................................................................................................................................. 700

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)................................................................................................................................................. 701

Adobe Photoshop (PSD)............................................................................................................................................................... 702

Corel Painter (RIF)......................................................................................................................................................................... 703

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).....................................................................................................................................................703

Adobe Flash (SWF)....................................................................................................................................................................... 707

TARGA (TGA)................................................................................................................................................................................ 708

TIFF...............................................................................................................................................................................................709

TrueType Font (TTF).......................................................................................................................................................................709

Visio (VSD)....................................................................................................................................................................................710

WordPerfect Document (WPD)......................................................................................................................................................710

WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)..........................................................................................................................................................711

RAW camera file formats..............................................................................................................................................................711

Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI).................................................................................................................................................712

Windows Metafile Format (WMF).................................................................................................................................................712

XML Localization Interchange (XLIFF)............................................................................................................................................712

Additional file formats..................................................................................................................................................................712

Recommended formats for importing graphics.............................................................................................................................713

Recommended formats for exporting graphics............................................................................................................................. 714

General notes on importing text files........................................................................................................................................... 714

Customizing and automating............................................................................................................................................................ 717

Setting basic preferences.................................................................................................................................................................... 719

Disabling warning messages.........................................................................................................................................................719

Viewing system information......................................................................................................................................................... 719

Customizing CorelDESIGNER..............................................................................................................................................................721

Saving and restoring defaults....................................................................................................................................................... 721

Creating workspaces.....................................................................................................................................................................722

Importing and exporting workspaces............................................................................................................................................722

Customizing workspace appearance............................................................................................................................................. 723

Customizing keyboard shortcuts................................................................................................................................................... 725

Customizing menus...................................................................................................................................................................... 727

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Customizing toolbars....................................................................................................................................................................728

Customizing the toolbox.............................................................................................................................................................. 731

Customizing the property bar.......................................................................................................................................................731

Customizing the status bar...........................................................................................................................................................733

Customizing filters........................................................................................................................................................................ 734

Customizing file associations........................................................................................................................................................ 734

Using macros to automate tasks........................................................................................................................................................ 737

Working with macros................................................................................................................................................................... 737

Reference........................................................................................................................................................................................... 745

Comparing features............................................................................................................................................................................ 747

Glossary.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 751

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