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108 Using Object Manager Editing and View States.. 215 Using the Ellipse Tool and Property Bar.. 257 PART III Working with Object Tools CHAPTER 10 Drawing and Editing Objects.. 317 Setti

Working with Dockers 34

Opening, Moving, and Closing Dockers 34

Nested (Grouped) Dockers 36

Using the Toolbox 37

Working with Toolbars 39

Using the Color Palette 40

Viewing Palette Colors 40

Changing Palette Options 42

CHAPTER 3 CorelDRAW’s Ins and Outs: Importing, Exporting, and Saving Design Work 45

CorelDRAW X5’s Welcome Screen 46

Opening Your First New Document File 48

Create a New Document that Suits You 49

Working with Multiple Documents 52

Opening Document Files 52

Opening Files from Other Applications 55

Warning Messages 56

Saving and Closing Documents 57

Saving Your First Document 57

Saving Files with User Info 57

Advanced Save Drawing Options 59

Save As Command 60

Using File Backup Options 60

Working with Templates 62

Opening Templates 62

Opening and Saving Templates 64

Clipboard Commands 64

Copying vs Cutting 65

Paste vs Paste Special 65

Undoing and Redoing Changes 67

Basic Undo Commands 67

Using the Undo Docker 68

Scrapbooks, An Old Favorite 69

Revealing the CorelDRAW Scrapbook 70

Importing and Exporting Files 71

Set Up Color Management Before Importing 71

Importing Files and Setting Options 73

Exporting Files and Choosing Options 75

Export 76

Exporting a Design 77

Choosing Export File Formats 80

Export for Office 83

CHAPTER 4 Navigation and Page Setup 87

Setting View Mode 88

Wireframe and Simple Wireframe 89

Getting a Draft View 89

Using Normal View 90

Using Enhanced View 91

Previewing with Pixels View 91

Simulate Overprints 91

Zooming and Panning Pages 93

Using the Zoom Tool and Property Bar 93

Using the Mouse Wheel for Zooming 97

Using the Pan Tool 99

Special View Modes 101

Page Sorter View 101

Full-Screen Preview 101

Previewing Selected Only 102

Using the View Navigator 102

Using the View Manager Docker 104

Exploring View Manager Commands 105

Making and Taking a Structured View of a Document 105

Using Page and Zoom Options 106

Working with Views of a Document’s Depth: Layers 106

Exploring the Object Manager 106

Navigating Pages, Objects, and Layers 106

Navigating and Mastering Layers 108

Using Object Manager Editing and View States 110

Controlling Layer Properties 112

Working with Master Page Layers 113

Working with Master Page Items 113

CHAPTER 5 The X5 Test Drive 115

Begin a Design with a Concept 116

Setting Up the Page for the Logo 117

Setting Up Guidelines 117

Using the Polygon Tool to Design a Gear Shape 118

Creating and Modifying a Polygon 119

Welding an Edge to a Typed Character 121

Shaping the Polygon 121

A Brief Excursion into Gradient Fills 123

Adding Visual Complexity Using Fountain Fills 123

Going 3D 125

Using the Interactive Extrude Tool 125

Making a Logo into a 3D Logo 126

Adding Lighting and a Bevel 128

Finessing the Look of the Gear 128

Duplicating the Extrude Properties 130

Creating Another Gear with the Copy Extrusion Properties Feature 130

Adding Text to the Logo 132

Creating an Envelope Shape 132

Making a Headline / Enveloping the Headline 133

Applying the Conical Fountain Fill 135

Applying a Custom Fountain Fill 135

Adding and Aligning Text 136

Adding a Visually Compatible Subhead 136

Align, Group, Scale, Flip, and Print 137

Getting Your Logo Design into the Real World 138

The Test Drive Cross-Reference 139

PART II Getting Started with CorelDRAW X5 CHAPTER 6 Working with Single- and Multi-Page Documents 143

Setting Up Your Document Page 144

Controlling Page Size and Orientation 144

Page Viewing Options 146

Creating Your Own Bleed Designs Using Your Home Printer 148

Controlling Page Background Color 148

Using Layouts and Labels 151

Naming Pages 156

Using the Rename Page Command 157

Save Details with Your File 157

Navigating a Multi-Page Document 157

Using the Object Manager 159

Page Commands 160

Inserting Pages and Setting Options 160

Deleting Pages 161

Moving and Duplicating Pages 161

Using the Page Sorter 162

CHAPTER 7 Measuring and Drawing Helpers 167

Using the Ruler 168

Accessing Rulers and Ruler Properties 168

Setting the Ruler Origin 170

Two Inches to the Right, Please 170

Setting Unit Measure 172

Setting Ruler Options 172

Editing Drawing Scales 175

Calibrating Ruler Display 176

Introducing the Indispensable CorelDRAW Grids 178

Setting Grid Properties 179

Display Grid as Lines or Dots 181

Using Snap-To Commands 181

Snapping To It 182

Setting Snap Behavior 183

Working with Guidelines, Dynamic Guides, and Guide Layers 185

Using Guidelines 185

Working with Dynamic Guides 189

Controlling the Guides Layer 192

Make an Object a Guideline 193

Using Guideline Presets 194

Using the Dimension Tools 196

Working with Callouts 196

Calling Out a Bowling Shirt 198

Using Dimension Tools 200

Checking Out Dimension Lines 201

Using Dimension Lines 201

Segment Dimensions 203

An Exercise in Dimensioning to Scale 203

Drawing Scale, Windows Calculator, and Dimension Lines 204

CHAPTER 8 Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations 207

CorelDRAW X5’s Smart Drawing Tool 208

CAD: CorelDRAW-Assisted Drawing 209

Reshaping a Perfect Shape 211

Using the Rectangle Tool and Property Bar 211

Drawing a Rectangle 212

Setting Rectangle Corner Properties 213

Creating 3-Point Rectangles 215

Using the Ellipse Tool and Property Bar 216

Drawing an Ellipse 217

Round One with the Ellipse Tool 218

Controlling Ellipse States 218

Creating 3-Point Ellipses 219

Using Polygons and the Property Bar 220

Drawing and Editing Polygons 220

Reshaping a Polygon 221

Stars and Complex Stars 224

Using the Spiral Tool 226

Using the Graph Paper Tool 228

Power-Drawing a Grid with Graph Paper 229

Using Perfect Shape Tools 232

Creating Perfect Objects 233

Editing Glyph Nodes 234

Using the Convert Outline To Object Command 236

CHAPTER 9 Moving, Scaling, Rotating: Basic Transformations 237

Basic Object Selection 238

Pick Tool Selections 239

Object Selection Techniques 240

Selecting Objects by Type 243

Moving Objects 245

Using the Pick Tool 245

Using Nudge Keys 245

Transforming Objects 247

Transforming Objects Using the Cursor 247

Using the Free Transform Tool 250

Applying Precise Transformations 252

Using the Transformation Docker 253

Controlling the Order of Things 257

PART III Working with Object Tools CHAPTER 10 Drawing and Editing Objects 263

Introducing CorelDRAW X5’s Curve Tools 264

Using the Artistic Media Tool 266

Applying Presets to Lines 267

Painting with a Drawing Program 268

Drawing with Brushes 271

Creating and Saving Your Own Brushstroke 272

Applying the Sprayer 273

Calligraphy Pens and Applying Media 276

Defining and Applying Calligraphic Brushstrokes 276

Pressure Mode 277

How to Draw in CorelDRAW 278

Drawing with Freehand and Polyline Tools 278

Drawing Arcs with the 3-Point Curve Tool 280

Using the Bézier and Pen Tools 281

The Science of Béziers 282

Drawing with the Bézier and Pen Tools 284

Drawing Curves and Straight Line Segments 284

Editing Bézier Paths 285

Editing Paths with the Shape Tool 290

Controlling Freehand and Bézier Tool Behavior 291

Working with Compound Paths 293

Combining Objects 293

Breaking Paths Apart 295

Converting Objects to Curves 295

CHAPTER 11 Editing Objects 297

Reshaping Things 298

Shaping and Reshaping Object Shapes 298

Shaping Commands and the Property Bar 298

Using the Shaping Docker 304

Working Examples of Object Shaping 305

Trimming a Chicken 306

Fillet/Scallop/Chamfer 309

PowerClips 311

PowerClipping a Design onto an Object 311

The Knife Tool 313

Types of Cuts with the Knife Tool 314

Setting Knife Tool Behavior 316

Using the Eraser Tool 316

Working with Eraser Operations 317

Power Erasing 317

Setting Eraser Tool Properties 318

Using the Virtual Segment Delete Tool 320

Cropping an Illustration 321

Using the Smudge Brush 322

Applying Smudge to Shapes 322

Choosing Smudge Brush Property Bar Options 322

Using the Free Transform Tool 325

The Roughen Brush 326

PART IV Working with Text CHAPTER 12 Getting Artistic with Text 331

CorelDRAW’s Text Tool 332

Entering and Editing Artistic Text 334

Character Formatting 337

Artistic Text and the Shape Tool 338

Combining and Breaking Apart Artistic Text 340

Converting Artistic Text to Curves 341

Entering and Editing Paragraph Text 342

Creating Linked Paragraph Text Frames 345

Web-Compatible Paragraph Text 346

Editing Text: The Comprehensive Tour 347

The Text Bar and Special Paragraph Formatting 349

Drop Caps and Bulleted Lists Formatting 350

Adding a Drop Cap to Your Paragraph Text 350

Creating a Bullet Motif 352

Working with Columns 354

Column Settings 356

Formatting Paragraph Text 357

Paragraph Alignment 357

Spacing 357

Formatting Tabs 359

Using the Ruler to Set Tabs 361

Picking Up the Tab 362

Wrapping Text Around Other Shapes 363

Fitting Text to Curve 365

Creating a Round Text Frame 366

Text Along a Curve 368

Embedding Objects into Text 370

Changing and Proofing Formatted Text 370

Changing Text Case 370

Hyphenation 371

Converting Paragraph Text to Curves 371

Text and Styles 371

Creating and Editing Styles 372

Editing Text Styles 372

CHAPTER 13 Typography Rules and Conventions 375

Font Families and Font Styles 376

Styles and Types of Typefaces 376

Other Types of Typefaces 378

Distant Cousins in Typeface Families 378

The Anatomy of a Font 380

Finding the Font You Need 381

Working with Font Navigator 382

Looking Up a Font 385

Font Foundries 387

The Last Word on Accessing Installed Fonts 390

Finding and Saving Important Characters 391

Using the Insert Character Docker 392

Using the Symbol Manager 393

Font Etiquette: Using Fonts with Style and Appropriateness 395

Font Appropriateness and Very Basic Layout Rules 396

CHAPTER 14 Getting Your Words Perfect 401

Using CorelDRAW’s Writing Tools 402

Assigning Language Codes 402

Why Language Codes Are Important 403

Using the Proofing Tools 404

Common Buttons 405

Setting Spell Checker Options 406

Setting the Checker’s Language 406

Using Word Lists 408

Using Main Word Lists 408

Setting Options in User Word Lists 409

Other Spell Checking Options 411

Main Spell Checking Options 412

Using Grammatik 412

Checking and Correcting Grammar 413

Turning Grammatik’s Rules On and Off 414

Using the Thesaurus 414

Setting Thesaurus Options 415

Using QuickCorrect 416

How QuickCorrect Works 416

Setting QuickCorrect Options 416

Finding and Replacing Text and Special Characters 418

Finding Text 418

Replacing Text 419

Finding and Replacing Text Properties 420

Finding Text Properties 420

A Simple Text Hunt Based on Object Properties 420

Replacing Text Properties 423

Tables 424

Creating a Table 424

Using the Proper Tool for the Job 424

Table Options When the Pick Tool Is Active 424

Table Options When the Shape Tool Is Active 426

Editing a Table When the Table Tool Is Active 428

Working with Text and Graphics in a Table 428

Converting a Table to Text 428

Converting an Existing Text to a Table 429

Importing a Table from Another Application 429

PART V Attributes for Objects and Lines CHAPTER 15 Filling Objects 433

Examining the Fill Types 434

Using the Color Palette 435

From Uniform to Non-Uniform Object Filling 437

Filling an Object, Setting Fill Properties 438

Uniform Color Fill Options on the Property Bar 438

Applying a Fountain Fill 439

Creating Fountain-Filled Objects 440

Controlling Fountain Fills Interactively 441

Using Custom Fountain Fills 444

Editing a Fountain Fill In-Place 445

Setting Fountain Fill Dialog Options 445

Saving Your Own Fill as a Preset 448

Applying Pattern Fills 448

Controlling Pattern Fills Interactively 450

Customizing a Pattern Fill 451

Using Pattern Fill Dialog Options 452

Create Your Own Two-Color and Full-Color Patterns 454

Applying Texture Fills 456

Setting Texture Fill Options 459

Creating and Saving Texture Samples 460

Applying PostScript Fills 461

Applying Mesh Fills 463

Mesh Fill Options 464

Blending Colors Using the Mesh Fill 467

Sampling and Applying Fill Colors 468

Sampling Above and Beyond Uniform Fills 469

CHAPTER 16 Outline Attributes 473

Applying Outline Pen Properties 474

Outline Pen Options and the Property Bar 474

Going Long and Wide 475

Using the Outline Tool 476

Exploring the Outline Pen Dialog 477

Setting Outline Color 478

Choosing Outline Styles 478

Creating and Editing Outline Styles 480

Drawing a Dotted Line Style 480

Setting Outline Arrowheads 482

Drawing, Saving, and Editing an Arrowhead Style 483

Setting Corner Shape 486

Setting Line Cap Shape 486

Outline Pen Calligraphic Effects 488

Scaling and Behind Fill Options 490

Turning an Outline into an Object 492

CHAPTER 17 Digital Color Theory Put to Practice 495

Digital Color Terms and Definitions 496

Subtractive and Additive Color Models 498

Using Color-Related Dockers 505

Using the Color Docker 505

Using the Color Palette Manager Docker 509

Accessing Color Palettes 510

Using the Color Styles Docker 510

Saving a Color as a Style 511

Building a Parent-Child Relationship 512

Sampling and Saving Colors from a Document 514

Moving from Color Models to Other Ways to Define Color 515

Using Color Mixers 515

Experimenting with Color Harmonies 517

Mixing with Color Blend 519

Using the Color Blend Mixer 520

Using Fixed and Custom Palettes 521

Using Fixed Palettes 522

Choosing Predefined Colors for Print 522

Loading and Creating Custom Palettes 524

Editing Color Palettes 524

Color and Color Correction 526

Changing Colors with Effects 528

PART VI Creating the Illusion of 3D Objects CHAPTER 18 Working with Perspective 533

The Optical Principle of Perspective 534

What Is Normal? 534

Getting a Perspective on Perspective 536

Experiments in Perspective 537

Creating One-Point Perspective 538

Working with Two-Point Perspective 540

Creating a 3D Ground Plane 540

Copying Perspective and Creating a 3D Scene 542

Perspective Scenes via Copying 543

Mirroring Perspective Control Handles 546

Building a Bowling Alley 546

Pre-Visualizing Designs in Perspective 546

Pre-Visualizing a Design on a Product 547

CHAPTER 19 Extruding Objects 553

How Extrude Works 554

Choosing and Applying an Extrude Effect 557