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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Welcome to CorelDRAWÆ ~ 3
Using Help ~ 4
CorelDRAW concepts ~ 6
Exploring the work area ~ 8
Corel services and support ~ 14
Before calling Corel Technical Support ~ 15
Telephone technical support options ~ 15
Other CorelDRAW support options ~ 16
Customer Service ~ 17

Chapter 2 Getting started ~ 21
Creating and opening drawings ~ 22
Saving and closing drawings ~ 24
Archiving files ~ 30
Backing up your work ~ 32
Setting up the Drawing page ~ 34
Using consistent settings for new documents ~ 47
Using the Scrapbook ~ 48
Browsing files, clipart, and photos using the Scrapbook ~ 49
Browsing the preset fills and outlines using the Scrapbook ~ 50
Browsing FTP sites using the Scrapbook ~ 52
Using the rulers, grid, and guidelines ~ 54
Using the rulers and grid ~ 55
Working with guidelines ~ 62
Viewing your work ~ 69
Zooming and panning ~ 69
Using the View Manager ~ 74
Setting the view quality ~ 76
Using full-screen previews ~ 78
Viewing computer and document information ~ 79
Displaying warning messages ~ 80

Chapter 3 Drawing and shaping objects ~ 85
Drawing basic objects ~ 85
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Selecting objects ~ 89
Moving objects ~ 94
Shaping basic objects ~ 98
Drawing lines and curves ~ 103
Drawing with the Natural Media tool ~ 107
Shaping lines, curves, and curve objects ~ 117
Drawing dimension, connector, and flow lines ~ 125
Drawing dimension lines ~ 126
Drawing Connector lines and Flow lines ~ 133
Setting tool preferences ~ 136

Chapter 4 Working with styles and templates ~ 143
Working with styles ~ 144
Working with graphic and text styles ~ 145
Working with color styles ~ 152
Working with templates ~ 158

Chapter 5 Organizing objects ~ 165
Undoing and redoing changes ~ 165
Arranging objects ~ 168
Finding and replacing ~ 173
Changing the order of objects ~ 176
Aligning and distributing objects ~ 178
Grouping and ungrouping objects ~ 181
Combining and breaking apart objects ~ 183
Locking and unlocking objects ~ 185
Using the Object Manager ~ 186
Opening and setting up the Object Manager ~ 187
Editing objects using the Object Manager ~ 189
Using layers to organize your drawing ~ 193
Setting layer properties ~ 196
Creating an object database ~ 201
Setting up the object database ~ 202
Assigning and editing object data ~ 204
Viewing, editing, and formatting an object data summary ~ 206

Chapter 6 Filling and outlining objects ~ 211
Filling objects ~ 211
Working with basic fills ~ 212
Working with fountain fills ~ 215
Customizing fountain fills ~ 219
Working with PostScript textures ~ 226
Working with pattern fills ~ 227
Working with texture fills ~ 233
Customizing pattern and texture fills ~ 235
Creating Mesh Fill objects ~ 241
Outlining objects ~ 246
Working with outlines ~ 247
Applying and editing line-ending shapes ~ 254

Chapter 7 Transforming objects ~ 261
Finding and using the transformation tools ~ 262
Undoing transformations ~ 265
Applying transformations to duplicates ~ 266
Splitting and erasing portions of objects ~ 267
Positioning and moving objects ~ 271
Sizing and stretching objects ~ 274
Scaling objects ~ 278
Rotating objects ~ 282
Skewing objects ~ 287
Mirroring objects ~ 290
Welding, trimming and intersecting objects ~ 294

Chapter 8 Working with color ~ 303
Choosing colors ~ 306
Working with Multiple On-Screen Color Palettes ~ 318
Customizing Color Palettes ~ 320
Reproducing colors accurately ~ 325

Chapter 9 Working with text ~ 337
Adding, converting, and selecting text ~ 337
Adding graphics, symbols, and special characters ~ 343
Editing text ~ 347
Formatting text ~ 351
Applying character properties ~ 351
Specifying text spacing ~ 357
Shifting and rotating characters ~ 362
Formatting Paragraph text ~ 364
Adding columns to Paragraph text frames ~ 364
Adjusting paragraph alignment ~ 367
Applying drop caps to paragraphs ~ 368
Applying tabs to paragraphs ~ 370
Specifying paragraph indentation ~ 372
Adding bullets to paragraphs ~ 374
Hyphenating text ~ 376
Managing Paragraph text frames ~ 378
Linking Paragraph text frames ~ 387
Fitting text to a path ~ 392
Using the writing tools ~ 398
Using the automatic spell checker ~ 398
Working with the Spell Checker ~ 401
Working with Grammatik ~ 404
Working with user word lists ~ 415
Using Type Assist ~ 418
Using the Thesaurus ~ 419
Checking statistics ~ 421
Substituting unavailable fonts ~ 422
Setting preferences ~ 424

Chapter 10 Creating special effects ~ 431
Blending Objects ~ 431
Creating blends ~ 432
Modifying the intermediate objects of a blend ~ 436
Editing blends ~ 440
Distorting Objects ~ 445
Creating Push and Pull distortions ~ 446
Creating Zipper distortions ~ 448
Editing Zipper distortions ~ 451
Creating Twister Distortions ~ 453
Modifying distortions ~ 455
Working with envelopes ~ 457
Creating envelopes ~ 457
Editing envelopes ~ 460
Extruding objects ~ 465
Creating vector extrusions ~ 465
Editing vector extrusions ~ 469
Filling vector extrusions ~ 476
Lighting vector extrusions ~ 479
Creating bitmap extrusions ~ 481
Editing bitmap extrusions ~ 483
Filling bitmap extrusions ~ 485
Lighting bitmap extrusions ~ 485
Working with drop shadows ~ 488
Creating drop shadows ~ 488
Editing drop shadows ~ 491
Working with transparencies ~ 495
Creating transparencies ~ 496
Editing transparencies ~ 500
Contouring Objects ~ 503
Creating contoured objects ~ 504
Editing contoured objects ~ 507
Using lenses ~ 509
Creating lenses ~ 510
Editing lenses ~ 521
Adding perspective to objects ~ 523
Creating perspective ~ 523
Editing an object's perspective ~ 525
Working with PowerClip ~ 526
Creating a PowerClip object ~ 527
Editing a PowerClip object ~ 528

Chapter 11 Working with bitmaps ~ 535
Cropping bitmaps ~ 535
Working with linked bitmaps ~ 538
Tracing bitmaps ~ 541
Coloring bitmaps ~ 544
Adjusting the tones in images ~ 548
Resampling and editing bitmaps ~ 564
Inflating bitmaps ~ 566
Converting bitmaps ~ 566
Converting vectors to bitmaps ~ 567
Converting images to the Paletted color mode ~ 576
Applying special effects to bitmaps ~ 584
Using bitmap effects ~ 584
Applying 3D effects ~ 585
Applying Art Strokes effects ~ 592
Applying Blur effects ~ 605
Applying Color Transform effects ~ 612
Applying Contour effects ~ 616
Applying Creative effects ~ 619
Applying Distort effects ~ 634
Applying Noise effects ~ 645
Applying Sharpen effects ~ 653
Using plug-in filters ~ 657

Chapter 12 Creating documents for the World Wide Web ~ 661
Creating HTML text ~ 661
Inserting Internet objects ~ 663
Creating Hyperlinks ~ 665
Checking your document for HTML object conflicts ~ 671
Publishing to the Internet ~ 672
Publishing documents to the Internet ~ 673
Setting HTML export options ~ 674

Chapter 13 PRINTING ~ 679
Setting up a print job ~ 679
Using imposition layouts ~ 687
Previewing, sizing, and positioning a print job ~ 695
Using PostScript to optimize a print job ~ 700
Fine-tuning a print job ~ 708
Using print merge ~ 714
Commercial printing ~ 717
Preparing a print job for a commercial press ~ 717
Working with bitmaps and halftone screens ~ 726
Creating color separations ~ 729
Color trapping ~ 735

Chapter 14 Importing, exporting, and OLE ~ 743
Importing and exporting files ~ 743
Importing and opening files ~ 745
Exporting and saving files in nonnative file formats ~ 751
Working with Kodak Photo CDs ~ 754
Working with Encapsulated Postscript ~ 756
Object linking and embedding ~ 763
Linking (OLE) ~ 765
Embedding (OLE) ~ 768

Chapter 15 Publishing to PDF ~ 773
Publishing a PDF file ~ 773
Job ticketing ~ 776
Publishing PDF objects ~ 777
Setting image options ~ 782
Publishing PDF documents ~ 785

Chapter 16 Customizing Corel applications ~ 791
Customizing workspace settings ~ 791
Customizing keyboard shortcuts ~ 792
Customizing menus ~ 797
Customizing a Color Palette ~ 802
Customizing toolbars ~ 804
Customizing the Property Bar ~ 811
Customizing the Status Bar ~ 813
Customizing filters ~ 815
Customizing file associations ~ 816
Customizing feedback sounds ~ 817

Chapter 17 Automating application tasks ~ 821
Creating and running scripts ~ 821
Using Corel SCRIPT Editor ~ 822
Using Visual Basic for Applications ~ 829