Corel Corel Designer - X5 Instruction Manual
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Corel DESIGNER® X5 User Guide
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Contents
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Changing languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Changing startup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Working with trial versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Updating Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Connect to technical design assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exchange files seamlessly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Create technical illustrations with confidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Publish to technical communication standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Use color with certainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Create graphics for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Learn about Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the Help and tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
CorelTUTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips and tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Macro programming guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Network deployment guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Web-based resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Customized training and integration resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Corel DESIGNER workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Corel DESIGNER terms and concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Corel DESIGNER application window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Corel DESIGNER workspace tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Corel DESIGNER basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Starting and opening drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Acquiring images from scanners and digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Zooming, panning, and scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Previewing drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Choosing viewing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Working with views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Saving drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Backing up and recovering files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adding and accessing drawing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Closing drawings and quitting Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Finding and managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Exploring Corel CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Browsing and searching for content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using and managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Working with precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Using gravity snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using dynamic guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using constrain keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using object coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Searching for templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Creating templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using saved templates to create files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Editing templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Loading styles from other templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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Collaborating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Using CorelDRAW ConceptShare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lines, shapes, and outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Setting the default property values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Drawing lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Closing multiple line segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Drawing callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Drawing connector lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Drawing dimension lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Formatting lines and outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Adding arrowheads to lines and curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Applying linear-pattern brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spraying linear patterns along a line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Drawing shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Drawing rectangles and squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and wedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Drawing polygons and stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Drawing grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Drawing predefined shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Drawing by using shape recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Shaping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Working with curve objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Shaping curve objects by using Reflect Nodes mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cropping, splitting, and erasing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Trimming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners of curve objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Welding and intersecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Creating new objects from boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Creating PowerClip objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Smudging objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Roughening objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Applying distortion effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Shaping objects by using envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Reference: Shaping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Projecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Understanding projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Using projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Customizing drawing profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Objects, symbols, and layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Selecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Changing object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Copying object properties, transformations, and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cloning objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sizing and scaling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Rotating objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Flipping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Skewing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Aligning and distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Changing the order of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Grouping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Locking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Finding and replacing objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Accessing and displaying geometric information about objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Inserting bar codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
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Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Using symbols in drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Managing collections and libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Creating, editing, and deleting symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Sharing symbols between drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Reference: Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Creating objects for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Exporting bitmaps for the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Saving and applying Web presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Creating rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Moving and copying layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Object linking and embedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Inserting linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Editing linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Working with object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Setting up the project database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Managing object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Applying CGM data to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Color and fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Understanding color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Using the Document palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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Creating and editing custom color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Organizing and displaying color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Setting the properties of color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Filling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Applying uniform fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Applying fountain fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Applying hatch fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Applying pattern fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Applying texture fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Applying PostScript texture fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Applying mesh fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Applying fills to areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Working with fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Working with graphics, text, and color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
Creating, applying, and editing graphics styles or text styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Customizing the Graphic and Text Styles docker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Creating and applying color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Editing and sorting color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Moving and copying color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Using color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Getting started with color management in Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Assigning color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Converting colors to other color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Choosing color-conversion settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Soft proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Working with color management presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Working with color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Managing colors when opening documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Managing colors when importing and pasting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Managing colors for print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
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Using a safe CMYK workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Managing colors for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Adding 3D effects to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
Contouring objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Applying perspective to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Creating extrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Creating bevel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Creating drop shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Blending objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Changing the transparency of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Applying transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Applying merge modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Using lenses with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
Applying lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Editing lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Adding and formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
Adding text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Selecting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Encoding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Changing the basic properties of text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Finding, editing, and converting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Aligning text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Spacing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Shifting and rotating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Formatting paragraph text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Hyphenating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
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Combining and linking paragraph text frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Wrapping paragraph text around objects, artistic text, and text frames . . . . . . 461
Embedding graphics and adding special characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Inserting formatting codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Displaying nonprinting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Working with Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467
Formatting Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Using line-breaking rules for Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Managing fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
Substituting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Previewing and displaying fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Using writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475
Using QuickCorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Using the spelling checker and Grammatik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Using the thesaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Working with languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Customizing the writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Using checking styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Using rule classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Analyzing a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Using word lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Checking statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Reference: Using writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Pages and layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Working with pages and layout tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Specifying the page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Choosing a page background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Using the rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Calibrating the rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Setting up the grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
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Setting up guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
Setting the drawing scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Working with tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
Adding tables to drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Inserting and deleting table rows and columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Resizing table cells, rows, and columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Formatting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Working with text in tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Converting tables to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Merging and splitting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Manipulating tables as objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
Importing tables in a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Importing bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Cropping bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Straightening bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Applying special effects in bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Working with colors in bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Using the Image Adjustment Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Adjusting color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Using the Tone Curve filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Transforming color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
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Working with bitmap color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
Changing the color mode of bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Changing bitmaps to duotones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
Tracing bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
PowerTRACE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Previewing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Fine tuning traced results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Adjusting colors in traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
Setting default tracing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Working with RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593
Using RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
Bringing RAW camera files into Corel DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Printing basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605
Printing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Laying out print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Previewing print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Applying print styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Fine-tuning print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Printing colors accurately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612
Printing to a PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Using print merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Viewing preflight summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
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Preparing files for print service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625
Preparing a print job for a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Working with imposition layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
Printing printers’ marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
Maintaining OPI links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
Printing color separations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Working with color trapping and overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Specifying In-RIP trapping settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Printing to film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Working with a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
File formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Importing and exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .647
Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
Exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Working with 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657
Installing Deep Exploration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Importing 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Exporting to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659
Exporting documents as PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Reducing the size of PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
Working with text and fonts in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Specifying an encoding format for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Specifying a viewing option for EPS files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
Setting security options for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
Optimizing PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Preparing PDF files for a print provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
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Working with office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679
Importing files from office productivity applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Exporting files to office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Adding objects to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
Exporting to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .681
Setting preferences for exporting images to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Creating Web-compatible text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Previewing and verifying files before exporting to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Exporting to HTML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685
Adobe Illustrator (AI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Windows Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
CorelDRAW (CDR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Corel Symbol Library (CSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
Cursor Resource (CUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Microsoft Publisher (PUB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format
(DXF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
PostScript (PS or PRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
GIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
JPEG (JPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
JPEG 2000 (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
PICT (PCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
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PaintBrush (PCX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
HPGL Plotter File (PLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Adobe Photoshop (PSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
Corel Painter (RIF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Macromedia Flash (SWF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
TARGA (TGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
TrueType Font (TTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
Visio (VSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
WordPerfect Document (WPD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
WordPerfect Graphic (WPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
RAW camera file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
Windows Metafile Format (WMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Additional file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Recommended formats for importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748
Recommended formats for exporting graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
General notes on importing text files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
Customizing and automating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Setting basic preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .753
Disabling warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Viewing system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Corel Application Recovery Manager (Windows XP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Customizing Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .755
Saving defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
Using multiple workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Customizing menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
Customizing toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
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Customizing the property bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
Customizing the status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769
Customizing feedback sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Customizing filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
Customizing file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Using macros to automate tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .775
Working with macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787
Comparing features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .789
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .793
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
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Getting started
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X5? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Corel DESIGNER workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Corel DESIGNER basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Finding and managing content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Working with precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Collaborating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Corel DESIGNER X5 User Guide 1
Welcome
Corel DESIGNER® is a precision graphics application that is created to meet the
demands of technical illustrators. Its intuitive user interface lets you get started
quickly to produce professional results.
This section contains the following topics:
• Installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite applications
• Changing languages
• Changing startup settings
• Registering Corel products
• Working with trial versions
• Updating Corel products
• Corel Support Services
•About Corel
Installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite applications
The installation wizard makes it easy to install Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite
applications and components. You can choose a typical installation to quickly install the
suite, or you can customize the installation by choosing different options.
You can also use the installation wizard to do the following:
• modify the current installation by adding or deleting components
• repair the current installation by reinstalling all application features
• uninstall Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite
Repairing an installation is helpful when you encounter problems in using the
application, or when you suspect that the installation is corrupt. Before repairing an
installation, try resetting the current workspace to the default settings by holding down
F8 while starting the application.
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To install Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite applications
1 Close all applications, including all virus detection programs.
2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive.
(Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) If the installation wizard does not start
automatically, click Start on the Windows® taskbar, and type X:\autorun.exe in
the search box, where X is the letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.
(Windows® XP) If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start
on the Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type X:\autorun.exe, where X is the
letter that corresponds to the DVD drive.
3 Read the license agreement, and then enable the I accept the terms in the license
agreement check box.
4 Click Next.
5 Ty p e y o u r n a m e i n t h e User name text box.
6 Type your serial number in the Serial number text box.
The serial number is not case-sensitive.
7 Click Next.
8 Follow the installation wizard instructions for installing the software.
To modify or repair a Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite installation
1 Close all applications.
2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start Control panel.
3 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.
• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
4 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite on the Uninstall or change a program
page.
• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.
5 Follow the instructions that appear.
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To uninstall Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite
1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start Control Panel.
2 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.
• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
3 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite on the Uninstall or change a program
page.
• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.
4 Enable the Remove option in the wizard that appears, and follow the instructions.
To completely uninstall the product by removing user files, such as presets, usercreated fills, and customized files, enable the Remove user files check box.
Changing languages
If an application has been installed in more than one language, you can change the
language of the user interface and Help at any time.
If you did not install a specific Writing Tools language when you first installed the
product, you can do so now.
To change the language of the user interface and Help
1 Click To o l s Options.
2 In the list of categories, click Global.
3 Choose a language from the Select the language for the user interface list box.
If you want to change the language of the user interface and Help when you start
the application, enable the Ask me the next time the software starts check box.
4 Restart the application.
To add a language for Writing Tools
1 Close any open applications.
2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start Control panel.
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3 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Click Uninstall a program.
• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
4 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows Vista) Double-click
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite on the Uninstall or change a program
page.
• (Windows XP) Choose Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite from the Currently
installed programs list.
5 Click Change/Remove.
6 On the feature tab, click Wri tin g t ool s, and enable the check box next to the
language that you want to install.
7 Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
Changing startup settings
You can specify the startup settings for Corel DESIGNER, which control how the
application appears when it’s opened. For example, you can start the application with
the Welcome screen open or a new blank document.
To change startup settings
1 Click To o l s Options.
2 In the Wo r ks p a ce list of categories, click General.
3 In the Getting started area, choose an option from the On Corel DESIGNER X5
start-up list box.
If you want to hide the Create a new document dialog box when starting
documents, disable the Show new document dialog box check box.
Registering Corel products
Registering Corel® products is important. Registration provides you with timely access
to the latest product updates, valuable information about product releases, and access
to free downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers.
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You can register in one of the following ways:
• online — If you are connected to the Internet, you can start online registration
when you start the Corel graphics application. You can also register online at a later
date by clicking Help Registration. If no Internet connection is detected, a list
of options appears in a dialog box.
• by phone — You can call the Corel Customer Service Center nearest you. For more
information about customer service, see “Corel Support Services” on page 8.
Working with trial versions
You can download free trial versions of Corel graphics applications from the Corel Web
site. Trial versions let you use all the application features and tools for free, for a limited
time. After the trial period expires, you can access only limited functionality. For
example, you can open and view files, but you cannot save or export them. If you want
to purchase the application, you can buy a purchase key online that supplies you with a
serial number. You do not need to download another copy of the application.
To purchase the full version
1 In the trial message window, click Buy now.
If the trial version has not expired, the trial message window appears when you quit
the application. If the trial version has expired, the window appears when you start
the application.
2 In the Corel store window, choose an option, and follow the directions.
You can choose to buy a purchase key, or you can choose to buy a boxed version of
the application.
If you are not connected to the Internet, the Corel store window is not
displayed. Instead, you are prompted to purchase the full version by phone or
to purchase it online by first activating your Internet connection.
Updating Corel products
During product installation, you can choose the option to download product updates
and service packs. After installing the product, you can view information about product
updates by clicking Help Updates.
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By default, you are automatically notified when product updates and news become
available. In addition, the application automatically downloads new product updates
and asks you for permission to install them. However, you can change the update
settings at any time.
To change the update settings
1 Click Help Welcome screen.
2 Click Settings at the top of the Update page.
3 In the Update settings window, enable or disable either of the following check
boxes:
• Notify me of available product updates, news, and tutorials.
• Automatically download product updates and ask me before installing.
Corel Support Services
Corel® Support Services can provide you with prompt and accurate information about
product features, specifications, pricing, availability, services, and technical support. For
the most current information on support services available for your Corel product,
please visit www.corel.com/support.
About Corel
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies, with more than 100 million active
users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and
share their stories in more exciting, creative, and persuasive ways. Through the years,
we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn
and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded
with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design, and value.
Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely
recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite,
Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop Photo®
Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office,
WinZip® and the recently released Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. Our global
headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United
Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.
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What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X5?
The new and enhanced features of Corel DESIGNER X5 are described in the following
topics:
• Connect to technical design assets
• Exchange files seamlessly
• Create technical illustrations with confidence
• Publish to technical communication standards
• Use color with certainty
• Create graphics for the Web
• Learn about Corel DESIGNER
Connect to technical design assets
Content is central to any project. Whether it’s the perfect font, clipart, photo, a previous
project, or a client’s mockup, Corel DESIGNER helps you quickly access content so
that you can focus on your design.
Corel CONNECT (New and enhanced)
Corel® CONNECT™ is a full-screen browser that lets you peruse the suite’s digital
content and search your computer or local network to quickly find and incorporate
images in your technical drawings. You can browse content by category or search for
content by using a keyword. This handy utility is also available as a docker within
Corel DESIGNER. What’s more, you can keep a collection of content in the tray, which
is synchronized between the browser and the dockers to provide quick access to project
content.
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X5? 9
Corel CONNECT is available as a docker in Corel DESIGNER and as a
standalone application.
Color Palette Manager docker
(Enhanced)
The enhanced Color palette manager docker, which includes new and more accurate
PANTONE® palettes, makes it easier to create, organize, and show or hide both
default and custom color palettes. You can create Web-specific RGB palettes or printspecific CMYK palettes. For optimal color consistency, you can also add third-party
color palettes when working with multiple applications.
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The enhanced Color palette manager docker lets you create and organize
custom palettes.
Exchange files seamlessly
Corel DESIGNER gives you an integrated solution for working with and saving files to
different formats.
Adobe product support
(Enhanced)
With support for multiple artboards, preservation of gradient transparency, blob brush
strokes, and a new Preflight section, you can also import files using the Adobe®
Illustrator® CS 5 file format and export files to the Adobe Illustrator CS 4 file format.
When you import and export PSD files using the Adobe® Photoshop® CS4 file
format, Corel DESIGNER preserves the appearance of adjustment layers and Masks
palette effects.
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In addition, you can import and export Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF)
files, with support for Acrobat® 9 and heightened security encryption. When
importing PDF files, the suite also supports Bates numbering, including headers and
footers. During PDF export, you can define page size by object.
Windows Touch support
(New)
The suite looks right at home on Windows 7 — you can navigate each application
workspace by using finger gestures. Support for taskbar thumbnails lets you switch
between open documents quickly.
If your computer supports Windows Touch, you can use finger gestures to
navigate the application workspace.
EPS level 3 support
(Enhanced)
The encapsulated PostScript® (EPS) filter has been enhanced to support files created
with Adobe® PostScript® 3 and to preserve the color integrity of objects that use an
RGB color space or a LAB color space. You’ll now find that EPS files export and print
with brighter and more vivid colors.
VSTA integration
(New)
For more automation flexibility, you can now use Microsoft® Visual Studio® Tools for
Applications to create dynamic add-ins.
Multi-core support
(New)
The suite takes advantage of the multithreading capabilities of modern processors,
splitting resource-consuming tasks to improve performance and efficiency.
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File format compatibility
(Enhanced)
With support for more than 60 file formats, including AutoCAD®, AutoCAD®
DWG™, DXF™, PLT, Microsoft® Visio® Filter, DOC, DOCX, RTF, and more, you
can confidently exchange files with customers and colleagues.
The TIFF filter provides greater compatibility with a variety of standard file
compression methods and multipage files.
Create technical illustrations with confidence
The suite provides significant new and enhanced features to help you create technical
drawings.
Preserved rectangle corner integrity with true radii
(Enhanced)
Now you can create chamfered, scalloped, or round corners from the Rectangle tool
options property bar. When you stretch or scale a rectangle, the rounded corners are
preserved without distortion, and you have the option of maintaining the original
corner radius. In addition, corners are now expressed in units of true radii, which makes
them easier to work with.
You can quickly create rectangles with round, scalloped, and chamfered corners
from the Rectangle tool options on the property bar.
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Document palette
(New)
With Corel DESIGNER X5, a custom color palette is automatically created on the fly
for each design project. The palette is saved with the file, which gives you quick access
to this project’s colors in the future.
A custom color palette is created on the fly for each design project.
Corel PowerTRACE X5
(Enhanced)
You can convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics and achieve smoother curves and
more accurate results. This version of Corel® PowerTRACE™ produces the best results
yet.
Corel PowerTRACE X5 provides greatly improved trace results.
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