Corel Corel Designer - X6 Instruction Manual
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Corel DESIGNER® X6 User Guide
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Table of Contents
Getting started
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Installing CorelDRAW Technical Suite applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Changing languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Changing startup settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Updating Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About Corel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X6? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Access and repurpose technical design assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Create technical illustrations with precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Illustrate with style and consistency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Publish to technical communication standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Increase performance, speed, and efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Help and tooltips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Macro programming guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Network deployment guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Web-based resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Customized training and integration resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Corel DESIGNER workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Corel DESIGNER terms and concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Corel DESIGNER application window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Corel DESIGNER workspace tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Corel DESIGNER basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Starting and opening drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Acquiring images from scanners and digital cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Zooming, panning, and scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Previewing drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Choosing viewing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Working with views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Saving drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Backing up and recovering files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adding and accessing drawing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Closing drawings and quitting Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Finding and managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Exploring Corel CONNECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Browsing and searching for content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Viewing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing pattern fills and fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Managing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Working with precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Using gravity snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Using dynamic guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using alignment guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using constrain keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Using object coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Collaborating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Using ConceptShare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Lines, shapes, and outlines
Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Setting the default property values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Drawing lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Closing multiple line segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Drawing callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Drawing connector lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Drawing dimension lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Formatting lines and outlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Adding arrowheads to lines and curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Applying linear-pattern brushstrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spraying linear patterns along a line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Drawing shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Drawing rectangles and squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and wedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Drawing polygons and stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Drawing grids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Drawing predefined shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Drawing projected shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Drawing by using shape recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Shaping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Working with curve objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Shaping curve objects by using Reflect Nodes mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Cropping, splitting, and erasing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Trimming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners of curve objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Welding and intersecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Creating new objects from boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Creating PowerClip objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Smudging and smearing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adding twirl effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Roughening objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Applying distortion effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Shaping objects by using envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Reference: Shaping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Projecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
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Understanding projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Using projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Customizing drawing profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Objects, symbols, and layers
Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Selecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Changing object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Copying object properties, transformations, and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Cloning objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Sizing and scaling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Rotating objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Mirroring objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Skewing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Aligning and distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Changing the order of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Grouping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Combining objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Locking objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Finding and replacing objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Accessing and displaying geometric information about objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Inserting bar codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Using symbols in drawings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Managing collections and libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Creating, editing, and deleting symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Sharing symbols between drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Reference: Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Creating objects for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Exporting bitmaps for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
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Saving and applying Web presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Exporting objects with transparent colors and backgrounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Creating rollovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Adding hotspots and alternate text to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Creating layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Changing layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Moving and copying layers and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Object linking and embedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Inserting linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Editing linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Working with object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Setting up the project database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Managing object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Applying CGM data to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Color and fills
Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Understanding color models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Understanding color depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Using the Document palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Creating and editing custom color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Organizing and displaying color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Setting the properties of color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Filling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Applying uniform fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Applying fountain fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Applying hatch fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
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Applying pattern fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Applying texture fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Applying PostScript texture fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Applying mesh fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Applying fills to areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Working with fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Using color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Getting started with color management in Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Assigning color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Converting colors to other color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Choosing color-conversion settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Soft proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Working with color management presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Working with color management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Managing colors when opening documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Managing colors when importing and pasting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Managing colors for print. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Using a safe CMYK workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Managing colors for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Special effects
Adding 3D effects to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Contouring objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Applying perspective to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Creating extrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Creating bevel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Creating drop shadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Blending objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Changing the transparency of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
Applying transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
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Applying merge modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Using lenses with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
Applying lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Editing lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Text
Adding and manipulating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
Importing and pasting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Adding artistic text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Adding paragraph text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Adding columns to text frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Combining and linking paragraph text frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Aligning text by using the baseline grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Selecting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Finding, editing, and converting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Wrapping text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Embedding graphics and adding special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Working with legacy text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483
Choosing typefaces and fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Formatting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Changing text color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Kerning a range of characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Changing text case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Working with OpenType features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Adjusting character and word spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Adjusting line and paragraph spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Adding bullets to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Inserting drop caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
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Changing character position and angle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Aligning text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
Adding tabs and indents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Working with text styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Hyphenating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Inserting formatting codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Displaying nonprinting characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Working with text in different languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521
Formatting Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Using line-breaking rules for Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
OpenType support for Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Formatting multilingual text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Displaying text correctly in any language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Managing fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529
Substituting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
Previewing and displaying fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Using the Bitstream Font Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Using writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533
Using QuickCorrect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Using the spelling checker and Grammatik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Using the thesaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Working with languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Customizing the writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Using checking styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Using rule classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Analyzing a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Using word lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Checking statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Reference: Using writing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Templates and styles
Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561
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Searching for templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Using templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Creating templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Editing templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Working with styles and style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569
Creating styles and style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Applying styles and style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Editing styles and style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Managing default object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Exporting and importing style sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Assigning keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Finding objects that use a specific style or style set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Breaking the link between objects and styles or style sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
Working with color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
Creating and applying color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Editing color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
Exporting and importing color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
Breaking the link between a color style and an object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
Pages and layout
Working with pages and layout tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Specifying the page layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Choosing a page background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
Inserting page numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Using the rulers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
Calibrating the rulers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Setting up the document grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
Setting up the baseline grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
Setting up guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Modifying guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
Setting the drawing scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
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Working with tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613
Adding tables to drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Selecting, moving, and navigating table components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
Inserting and deleting table rows and columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Resizing table cells, rows, and columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
Formatting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
Working with text in tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
Converting tables to text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
Merging and splitting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
Manipulating tables as objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
Importing tables in a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
Bitmaps
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .633
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Importing bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Cropping bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Changing the dimensions and resolution of bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Straightening bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Applying special effects in bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Working with colors in bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
Using the Image Adjustment Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
Adjusting color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Using the Tone Curve filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Transforming color and tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
Working with bitmap color modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661
Changing the color mode of bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Changing bitmaps to duotones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
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Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .671
Tracing bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
PowerTRACE controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Previewing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Fine-tuning traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Adjusting colors in traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Setting default tracing options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
Working with RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .687
Using RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
Bringing RAW camera files into Corel DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Adjusting the color and tone of RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
Sharpening and reducing noise in RAW camera files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
Previewing RAW camera files and obtaining image information . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Printing
Printing basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .699
Printing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
Laying out print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Previewing print jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Applying print styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Fine-tuning print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Printing colors accurately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Printing to a PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709
Using print merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
Viewing preflight summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Preparing files for print service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719
Preparing a print job for a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
Working with imposition layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
Printing printers’ marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Maintaining OPI links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
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Printing color separations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
Working with color trapping and overprinting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Specifying In-RIP trapping settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
Printing to film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
Working with a print service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
File formats
Importing and exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .741
Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Working with 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .751
Installing XVL Studio 3D Corel Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
Importing 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
Inserting and adjusting 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Exporting to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .757
Exporting documents as PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
Reducing the size of PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Working with text and fonts in PDF files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
Specifying an encoding format for PDF files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Specifying a viewing option for EPS files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Specifying color management options for exporting PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
Setting security options for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Optimizing PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
Preparing PDF files for a print provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
Working with office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .777
Importing files from office productivity applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Exporting files to office productivity applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Adding objects to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
Exporting to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .779
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Setting preferences for exporting images to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
Creating Web-compatible text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
Previewing and verifying files before exporting to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
Exporting to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782
Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .783
3D file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
Adobe Illustrator (AI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789
Windows Bitmap (BMP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
OS/2 Bitmap (BMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792
Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792
CorelDRAW (CDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
Corel Symbol Library (CSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Cursor Resource (CUR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Microsoft Publisher (PUB). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format
(DXF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
PostScript (PS or PRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813
GIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
JPEG (JPG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
JPEG 2000 (JP2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
PICT (PCT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
PaintBrush (PCX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
HPGL Plotter File (PLT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829
Adobe Photoshop (PSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
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Corel Painter (RIF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833
Adobe Flash (SWF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
TARGA (TGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
TrueType Font (TTF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
Visio (VSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
WordPerfect Document (WPD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
WordPerfect Graphic (WPG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
RAW camera file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
Windows Metafile Format (WMF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
Additional file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
Recommended formats for importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
Recommended formats for exporting graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 848
General notes on importing text files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
Customizing and automating
Setting basic preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .853
Disabling warning messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
Viewing system information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
Corel Application Recovery Manager (Windows XP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854
Customizing Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .855
Saving defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
Using multiple workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
Customizing menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861
Customizing toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863
Customizing the property bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867
Customizing the status bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
Customizing feedback sounds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
Customizing filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
Customizing file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872
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Using macros to automate tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .875
Working with macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875
Reference
Comparing features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .889
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .893
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Getting started
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X6? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Learning resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Corel DESIGNER workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Corel DESIGNER basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Finding and managing content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Working with precision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Collaborating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Getting started 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 CorelDRAW Technical Suite applications
• Changing languages
• Changing startup settings
• Updating Corel products
• Corel Support Services
•About Corel
Installing CorelDRAW Technical Suite applications
The installation wizard makes it easy to install CorelDRAW 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 CorelDRAW 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.
To install CorelDRAW Technical Suite applications
1 Close all applications, including all virus detection programs.
Welcome 3
2 Insert the DVD in the DVD drive.
(Windows® 7 and Windows® 8) 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 CorelDRAW 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 8) Click Uninstall a program.
• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
4 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows 8) Double-click CorelDRAW Technical Suite on the
Uninstall or change a program page.
• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose
CorelDRAW Technical Suite from the list, and click Change/Remove.
5 Follow the instructions that appear.
To uninstall CorelDRAW Technical Suite
1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start Control Panel.
2 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows 8) Click Uninstall a program.
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• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
3 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows 8) Double-click CorelDRAW Technical Suite on the
Uninstall or change a program page.
• (Windows XP) In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose
CorelDRAW 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.
3 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows 8) Click Uninstall a program.
• (Windows XP) Click Add or remove programs.
4 Do one of the following:
• (Windows 7 and Windows 8) Double-click CorelDRAW Technical Suite on the
Uninstall or change a program page.
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• (Windows XP) Choose CorelDRAW Technical Suite from the Currently
installed programs list, and click Change/Remove.
5 Enable the Modify option in the installation wizard, and click Next.
6 On the Feature tab, click Wr iti ng too ls , 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 X6
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.
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.
By default, you are automatically notified when product updates and news become
available. In addition, with the default installation, 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 Updates page.
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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 providing some of the industry's bestknown graphics, productivity and digital media products. Boasting the most
comprehensive portfolio of innovative software, we’ve built a reputation for delivering
solutions that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of creativity
and productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for innovation,
design and value.
Used by millions of people around the world, our product lines include CorelDRAW®
Graphics Su ite, Core l ® Pai nter®, Co r el® Pa intShop® Pro , Corel® VideoStud io® and
Corel® WordPerfect® Office. For more information on Corel, please visit
www.corel.com.
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What’s new in Corel DESIGNER X6?
The new and enhanced features of Corel DESIGNER X6 are described in the
following topics:
• Access and repurpose technical design assets
• Create technical illustrations with precision
• Illustrate with style and consistency
• Publish to technical communication standards
• Increase performance, speed, and efficiency
Access and repurpose technical design assets
From viewing and adding 3D models to organizing and searching content,
Corel DESIGNER X6 offers several improvements that will help you access and
repurpose your collection of technical design assets.
3D models in Corel DESIGNER illustrations (New!)
You can insert and view 3D models in Corel DESIGNER illustrations by using the
embedded interface of XVL Player, a 3D viewer for XVL files. You can also adjust the
view of 3D models by rotating them or changing the zoom level to suit your needs.
You can adjust the view of an inserted 3D model.
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Support for AutoCAD (DWG / DXF) 2013 files (Enhanced!)
You can import or export AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD
Drawing Interchange Format (DXF) files version 2013.
Support for Adobe CS6 and Microsoft Publisher 2010 files (Enhanced!)
The enhanced import support for Adobe® Illustrator® CS6, Adobe® Photoshop®
CS6, Microsoft® Publisher 2010, and Adobe® Acrobat® X files, as well as enhanced
export support for Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Microsoft Publisher 2010 files, ensures
that you can easily exchange files with colleagues and clients.
Multiple trays in Corel CONNECT (New!)
Corel® CONNECT™ now lets you work with several trays concurrently, which gives
you increased flexibility in organizing assets for multiple projects. Trays help you gather
content from various folders or online sources, and are shared between
Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel CONNECT.
With the ability to maintain multiple trays, you can use separate trays for different
types of content. For example, you might be working on a project that requires photos,
vector graphics, and bitmap icons. By keeping these types of content in separate trays,
you can organize project assets for efficient discovery. As an added convenience, you can
open files from the tray to get a full-size preview. You can also rename trays or change
the default folder to which trays are saved.
Search capability in Corel CONNECT (New!)
The new Corel CONNECT search toolbar lets you instantly extract images from a Web
site. You simply type a Web address in the search box and Corel CONNECT
immediately gathers all images defined with an HTML <img> tag from the Web site,
making it quick and easy to leverage content assets from online sources. You can also
type search terms or a folder path to have Corel CONNECT search your computer,
network, or other online resources for content.
Create technical illustrations with precision
With new and enhanced drawing tools, improved symbols and text engine, and new
features for aligning objects and bringing views of 3D models at the drawing scale you
want, Corel DESIGNER makes it easier to create technical illustrations with precision.
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Measurements in projected space (New!)
You can now measure objects and distances in projected space by using the dimension
tools.
Thread and well shapes in projected mode (New!)
With the new Projected Shapes tools, you can quickly draw thread shapes, well shapes,
cylinders, and prisms in projected view, and create illustrations of bolts, nuts, and well
nuts. You can adjust the length and radius of the projected shapes, and you can specify
where to begin and end the threads and how to space them. For more information, see
“Drawing projected shapes” on page 184.
Projected shapes
Symbols (Enhanced!)
Symbols are enhanced to support object transparency and styles.
Alignment guides (New!)
With Corel DESIGNER X6, the new alignment guides help you position objects more
quickly, appearing on the fly with suggested alignment to the existing artwork on your
page. These temporary guidelines appear when you create, resize, or move objects in
relation to other objects. Alignment guides interactively connect the centers and the
edges of objects, and you can also choose to display alignment guides from the edges of
one object to the center of another object. By using the Intelligent Spacing and
Intelligent Dimensioning features, you can position, scale and rotate an object with
precision in relation to other onscreen objects.
In addition, the new Alignment and dynamic guides docker makes it easy to modify
the default settings for alignment and dynamic guides to suit your needs. For example,
if you are working with a group of objects, you can display alignment guides for
individual objects within the group, or for the bounding of the group as a whole. You
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can specify margins for alignment guides to help you align objects at a set distance,
and you can choose to display the alignment guides to follow the margins only, or to
follow the actual edges of the object in addition to the margins.
Using alignment guides to position objects quickly
For more information about alignment guides, see “Using alignment guides” on
page 112.
Align and Distribute docker (New!)
The new Align and distribute docker, which replaces the Align and distribute dialog
box, lets you see all available alignment options at a glance and instantly view the effect
of changes as you modify the settings. By default, objects are aligned and distributed
based on their paths. Now you can also align and distribute objects from the edge of
their outlines. You can align objects with a reference point by specifying its exact x and
y coordinates.
Drawing scale (New!)
You can quickly identify and change the drawing scale from the property bar when the
Pick tool is active and no objects are selected.
Drawing scale/Resolution list box
3D models at scale (New!)
You can import 3D models as 2D vector graphics at the drawing scale you want.
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