CorelDRAW X7

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Kogent Learning Solutions Inc.

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ISBN: 978-93-5119-088-2

Edition: 2014

Printed at: , Himal Impressions, Delhi

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Getting Started with CorelDRAW X7 1

Defining Bitmap vs. Vector Images ......................................................................2 Bitmap Images ...............................................................................................2 Vector Images ................................................................................................2

Exploring the New and Enhanced Features of CorelDRAW X7 ..............................3 Launching the CorelDRAW X7 Application ...........................................................4

The Welcome Screen ......................................................................................5 Dock and Undock the Welcome Screen ..........................................................6

Creating a New Document in CorelDRAW X7 ......................................................9 Exploring the User Interface of CorelDRAW X7...................................................10

The Title Bar ................................................................................................11 The Menu Bar ..............................................................................................12 The Standard toolbar ...................................................................................12 The Property Bar ..........................................................................................13 The Toolbox .................................................................................................14 The Drawing Page .......................................................................................19 Document Navigator ....................................................................................19 The Dockers .................................................................................................20 The Color Palette .........................................................................................20 The Status Bar ..............................................................................................21 The Navigator ..............................................................................................21 The Rulers ....................................................................................................21

Working with Page Layout .................................................................................22 Modify the Size and Orientation of a Drawing Page ......................................22 Set up the Background of a Drawing Page ....................................................24 Add, Rename, and Delete a Drawing Page from a Document .......................25

Working with Workspaces .................................................................................28 Select a Different Workspace ........................................................................29 Customize the Toolbox .................................................................................30

Switching between Multiple Documents..............................................................32 Undock a Document ....................................................................................32

Opening an Existing Document .........................................................................33 Using the Zoom Tool and Pan Tool ...................................................................35

Zoom the View of a Drawing ........................................................................35 Pan the View of a Drawing ...........................................................................37

Viewing a Drawing in Different Views ................................................................38 Previewing a Drawing .......................................................................................40

Preview a Drawing in the Full-screen Preview Mode ......................................40 Preview Selected Objects ..............................................................................41

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Undoing and Redoing a Series of Actions ..........................................................43 Inserting Page Numbers in Multiple Drawing Pages ...........................................44 Saving a Drawing in CorelDRAW X7..................................................................46 Using the Help Feature .....................................................................................47 Closing a Document and Quitting the CorelDRAW X7 Application .....................49

Chapter 2 Drawing Shapes in CorelDRAW X7 51

Working with Basic Geometric Tools in CorelDRAW X7 ......................................51 Using the Freehand Tool ..............................................................................52 Using the Rectangle Tool ..............................................................................53 Using the Ellipse Tool ...................................................................................55 Using the Spiral Tool ....................................................................................55

Working with Curves .........................................................................................57 Drawing a Curve by Specifying its Width and Height .....................................57 Setting Options for the Freehand and Bezier Tools ........................................58

Working with Lines ............................................................................................60 Drawing a Calligraphic Line .........................................................................60 Drawing a Pressure-Sensitive Line .................................................................61 Drawing a Preset Line ..................................................................................62

Working with Outlines .......................................................................................63 Defining Outline Settings ..............................................................................64 Adding an Arrowhead ..................................................................................66 Editing an Arrowhead ..................................................................................68

Working with Creative Shape Tools ...................................................................70 Using the Smooth Tool .................................................................................70 Using the Smear Tool ...................................................................................72 Using the Twirl Tool .....................................................................................73 Using the Attract Tool ...................................................................................75 Using the Repel Tool ....................................................................................76

Modifying Shapes and Lines ..............................................................................78 Applying the Convert to Curves Command on Objects .................................78 Splitting a Line .............................................................................................79

Performing Advanced Operations on Objects ....................................................81 Using the Fillet Tool .....................................................................................81 Using the Scallop Tool .................................................................................82 Using the Chamfer Tool ...............................................................................83 Using the Graph Paper Tool .........................................................................84 Using the Envelope Tool ...............................................................................85 Altering the Mapping Mode ..........................................................................90

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Chapter 3 Managing Objects in CorelDRAW X7 93

Working with Objects ........................................................................................93 Copying, Cutting, and Pasting Objects .........................................................94 Duplicating an Object ..................................................................................95

Exploring the Object Styles Docker in CorelDRAW X7 .........................................96 Copying the Properties of an Object ..................................................................99

Copying the Fill Property from One Object to Another ..................................99 Copying the Size of One Object to Another ............................................... 102 Copying the Effects from One Object to Another........................................ 104

Transforming Objects..................................................................................... 107 Moving an Object ..................................................................................... 107 Scaling an Object ..................................................................................... 108 Rotating an Object .................................................................................... 109 Creating a Mirror Object ........................................................................... 111 Changing the Order of an Object ............................................................. 113

Combining and Breaking Objects .................................................................. 114 Combining Objects ................................................................................... 114 Breaking Apart Combined Objects ............................................................ 115

Grouping Objects .......................................................................................... 116 Adding an Object to a Group.................................................................... 116 Removing an Object from a Group ........................................................... 117 Editing a Single Object in a Group ............................................................ 118 Ungrouping Objects.................................................................................. 119

Aligning and Distributing Objects ................................................................... 121 Aligning an Object with Other Objects ...................................................... 121 Distributing Objects .................................................................................. 123

Chapter 4 Colors and Bitmaps 125

Using the Default Palette ................................................................................ 126 Displaying and Organizing the Document Palette ........................................... 126 Creating a Custom Color Palette .................................................................... 128

Creating a Custom Color Palette by Selecting Colors Manually .................. 128 Creating a Color Palette from an Object ................................................... 132 Creating a Color Palette from a Document ................................................ 134

Editing a Custom Color Palette ....................................................................... 136 Working with Different Types of Fills ............................................................... 139

Applying Uniform Fills ............................................................................... 140 Applying Fountain Fills .............................................................................. 141 Applying Pattern Fills ................................................................................. 145 Applying a Bitmap Pattern Fill .................................................................... 148 Applying Texture Fills ................................................................................ 149

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Applying Mesh Fills ................................................................................... 152 Applying a Fill to Areas .................................................................................. 153 Understanding the QR Code .......................................................................... 155 Working with Bitmap Images .......................................................................... 155

Importing a Bitmap ................................................................................... 156 Converting Vector Images into Bitmap Images in a Drawing ...................... 157 Converting Vector Images into Bitmaps While Exporting ............................. 159 Transforming a Bitmap ............................................................................. 161 Applying Special Effects to Bitmap Images ................................................. 167

Chapter 5 Working with Text in CorelDRAW X7 173

Exploring Text Types in CorelDRAW X7 ........................................................... 174 Creating Artistic Text ................................................................................. 174 Creating Paragraph Text ........................................................................... 175

Previewing Fonts with the Font Playground ...................................................... 176 Converting Text from One Type to Another ..................................................... 177 Changing the Appearance of Text .................................................................. 178

Changing the Font Style and Font Size ....................................................... 178 Changing the Font Color of Text ............................................................... 179 Changing Alignment ................................................................................. 180 Changing the Text Spacing ....................................................................... 181

Finding and Replacing Text ............................................................................ 182 Finding Text .............................................................................................. 182 Replacing Text........................................................................................... 185

Applying Effects to Text ................................................................................... 186 Applying the Drop Cap Effect .................................................................... 186 Applying the Outline Effect to Text ............................................................. 188 Applying the Mirror Effect .......................................................................... 190

Wrapping Paragraph Text around Objects ...................................................... 191 Fitting Text to an Object Path .......................................................................... 192 Moving Text Between Frames or Text Objects .................................................. 192 Working with Complex Script Types in CorelDRAW X7 .................................... 193 Using the Convert to Curves Command ......................................................... 194

Breaking Apart the Text ............................................................................. 195 Converting a Table to Text ........................................................................ 196

Font Embedding ............................................................................................ 198

Chapter 6 Using Layers 201

Exploring the Object Manager Docker ............................................................ 202 Creating a Layer ............................................................................................ 203 Modifying Layer Properties ............................................................................. 205

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Showing or Hiding a Layer ........................................................................ 205 Setting the Properties of Layers .................................................................. 206 Changing the Position of a Layer in the Stacking Order ............................. 207

Moving Objects between Layers ..................................................................... 209 Deleting a Layer ............................................................................................. 210 Working with Rulers, Grids, and Guidelines .................................................... 212

Setting Ruler Options ................................................................................ 212 Setting the Distance Between Grid Lines..................................................... 213 Snapping an Object to the Grid ................................................................ 215 Snapping an Object to Guidelines ............................................................. 216

Chapter 7 Brushes, Object Styles, and Special Effects 219

Working with Brush Strokes ............................................................................ 219 Using a Preset Brush Stroke ....................................................................... 220 Creating a Custom Brush Stroke ................................................................ 221

Working with Styles and Styles Sets ................................................................. 222 Creating a Style Set from an Object........................................................... 222 Applying a Style Set to an Object ............................................................... 224 Editing a Style Set ...................................................................................... 225

Working with Symbols .................................................................................... 226 Inserting a Symbol .................................................................................... 227 Creating a Symbol .................................................................................... 229 Editing a Symbol ....................................................................................... 230 Using the Insert Character Docker ............................................................. 233

Creating Special Effects .................................................................................. 237 Using the Envelope Tool ............................................................................ 237 Using the Distort Tool ................................................................................ 239 Using the Blend Tool ................................................................................. 241 Using the Contour Tool ............................................................................. 242 Using the Transparency Tool ..................................................................... 244 Applying the Perspective Effect ................................................................... 246 Creating a PowerClip Effect ....................................................................... 248 Using the Drop Shadow Tool ..................................................................... 250 Using the Extrude Tool .............................................................................. 251

Chapter 8 Printing and Exporting a Drawing 253

Printing a Document ...................................................................................... 253 Setting Printer Properties............................................................................ 254 Previewing a Document ............................................................................. 257 Using the Collect For Output Wizard ......................................................... 258

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CorelDRAW Web Graphics ............................................................................ 262

Creating Rollover Buttons .......................................................................... 263 Adding Bookmarks and Hyperlinks to a Document .................................... 266 Adding Hotspots to Objects ....................................................................... 270

Exporting a Document .................................................................................... 274 Exporting to PDF ....................................................................................... 274 Exporting for the Web ............................................................................... 276 Exporting for Office ................................................................................... 278