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Patents: www.corel.com/patent 230126 Contents Getting started.................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.................................................................................................................................................... 19 System requirements.......................................................................................................................................................................19 Preparing for installation................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications...........................................................................................................................20 Installation options......................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Modifying and repairing installations..............................................................................................................................................22 Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.......................................................................................................................................... 23 Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................................................................................23 Corel accounts and services..................................................................................................................................................................25 Authenticating CorelDRAW Graphics Suite..................................................................................................................................... 25 Checking account settings and product details...............................................................................................................................26 Updating Corel products................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Upgrade Program........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Changing user credentials...............................................................................................................................................................26 Corel Support Services.................................................................................................................................................................... 27 About Corel....................................................................................................................................................................................27 What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8?.................................................................................................................................... 29 Jump in.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Craft............................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Personalize......................................................................................................................................................................................34 Finding out what was new in previous versions............................................................................................................................. 37 Learning resources................................................................................................................................................................................39 Getting help................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Using the Help and tooltips........................................................................................................................................................... 40 Using Hints.....................................................................................................................................................................................42 Learning tours................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Welcome screen............................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Accessing eBooks............................................................................................................................................................................43 Quick Start Guide........................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Contents | 1 Insights from the Experts................................................................................................................................................................44 Video learning resources.................................................................................................................................................................44 Community website for developers.................................................................................................................................................45 Network deployment guide............................................................................................................................................................ 45 Web-based resources......................................................................................................................................................................45 Starting and setting up........................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Starting and quitting CorelDRAW...................................................................................................................................................47 Changing the language.................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Changing startup settings...............................................................................................................................................................48 CorelDRAW basics................................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps...................................................................................................................................49 Starting and opening drawings...................................................................................................................................................... 50 Scanning images............................................................................................................................................................................ 53 Working with multiple drawings.................................................................................................................................................... 54 Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions....................................................................................................................................... 55 Zooming, panning, and scrolling....................................................................................................................................................56 Previewing drawings.......................................................................................................................................................................58 Choosing viewing modes................................................................................................................................................................60 Working with views........................................................................................................................................................................61 Saving drawings............................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Working with locked files............................................................................................................................................................... 64 Backing up and recovering files......................................................................................................................................................65 Adding and accessing drawing information....................................................................................................................................66 Closing drawings............................................................................................................................................................................ 66 Exploring basic tasks.......................................................................................................................................................................67 CorelDRAW workspace tour..................................................................................................................................................................69 CorelDRAW terms...........................................................................................................................................................................69 Application window....................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Standard toolbar............................................................................................................................................................................ 73 Exploring the toolbox..................................................................................................................................................................... 75 Property bar....................................................................................................................................................................................90 2 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide Dockers...........................................................................................................................................................................................90 Status bar.......................................................................................................................................................................................93 Choosing a workspace....................................................................................................................................................................93 Finding and managing creative tools and content................................................................................................................................95 Acquiring applications, plug-ins, and extensions.............................................................................................................................95 Finding content with the Get More docker.................................................................................................................................... 97 Accessing content...........................................................................................................................................................................99 Browsing and searching for content.............................................................................................................................................101 Viewing content........................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Using content...............................................................................................................................................................................105 Installing fonts..............................................................................................................................................................................107 Managing content........................................................................................................................................................................107 Syncing trays with OneDrive.........................................................................................................................................................109 Content types............................................................................................................................................................................... 110 Lines, shapes, and outlines................................................................................................................................................................113 Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes...................................................................................................................................115 Drawing lines................................................................................................................................................................................115 Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines..............................................................................................................124 Formatting lines and outlines....................................................................................................................................................... 126 Adding arrowheads to lines and curves........................................................................................................................................130 Copying, converting, and removing outlines.................................................................................................................................132 Closing multiple line segments..................................................................................................................................................... 133 Applying brushstrokes.................................................................................................................................................................. 134 Spraying objects along a line........................................................................................................................................................135 Drawing connector and callout lines............................................................................................................................................ 138 Drawing dimension lines.............................................................................................................................................................. 141 Using pressure-sensitive pens and devices.................................................................................................................................... 144 Drawing shapes..................................................................................................................................................................................147 Drawing rectangles and squares...................................................................................................................................................147 Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes.............................................................................................................................. 150 Drawing polygons and stars......................................................................................................................................................... 152 Contents | 3 Drawing spirals.............................................................................................................................................................................154 Drawing grids...............................................................................................................................................................................154 Drawing predefined shapes.......................................................................................................................................................... 155 Drawing by using shape recognition............................................................................................................................................ 156 Shaping objects.................................................................................................................................................................................. 159 Using curve objects...................................................................................................................................................................... 159 Selecting and moving nodes........................................................................................................................................................ 160 Manipulating segments................................................................................................................................................................ 162 Copying and cutting segments..................................................................................................................................................... 163 Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes............................................................................................................................ 163 Using node types..........................................................................................................................................................................165 Transforming nodes...................................................................................................................................................................... 166 Breaking the path of curve objects...............................................................................................................................................167 Mirroring changes in curve objects...............................................................................................................................................168 Skewing and stretching objects.................................................................................................................................................... 168 Smudging and smearing objects.................................................................................................................................................. 170 Roughening objects......................................................................................................................................................................173 Smoothing objects........................................................................................................................................................................174 Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes..................................................................................................................176 Applying distortion effects............................................................................................................................................................177 Adding twirl effects......................................................................................................................................................................179 Shaping objects by using envelopes............................................................................................................................................. 180 Cropping and erasing objects.......................................................................................................................................................183 Trimming objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 186 Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners................................................................................................................................ 187 Welding and intersecting objects..................................................................................................................................................190 Creating PowerClip objects........................................................................................................................................................... 191 Objects, symbols, and layers............................................................................................................................................................. 197 Working with objects......................................................................................................................................................................... 199 Selecting objects...........................................................................................................................................................................200 Transforming objects.................................................................................................................................................................... 203 4 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects................................................................................................................................... 206 Creating objects from enclosed areas........................................................................................................................................... 209 Creating a boundary around selected objects............................................................................................................................... 209 Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects.................................................................................................................. 210 Copying object properties, transformations, and effects............................................................................................................... 218 Cloning objects.............................................................................................................................................................................219 Positioning objects........................................................................................................................................................................220 Aligning and distributing objects..................................................................................................................................................222 Applying object hinting................................................................................................................................................................ 225 Snapping objects.......................................................................................................................................................................... 225 Using dynamic guides.................................................................................................................................................................. 228 Using alignment guides................................................................................................................................................................232 Changing the order of objects......................................................................................................................................................236 Sizing and scaling objects............................................................................................................................................................ 237 Rotating and mirroring objects.....................................................................................................................................................238 Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects.................................................................................................................. 240 Grouping objects..........................................................................................................................................................................241 Combining objects........................................................................................................................................................................243 Splitting objects............................................................................................................................................................................244 Locking objects.............................................................................................................................................................................246 Finding and replacing objects.......................................................................................................................................................246 Hiding and displaying objects.......................................................................................................................................................247 Constraining objects..................................................................................................................................................................... 248 Inserting bar codes.......................................................................................................................................................................249 Inserting and editing QR codes.......................................................................................................................................................... 251 Inserting QR codes....................................................................................................................................................................... 251 Editing QR codes..........................................................................................................................................................................252 Validating QR codes..................................................................................................................................................................... 254 Working with layers............................................................................................................................................................................255 Creating layers..............................................................................................................................................................................255 Changing layer properties.............................................................................................................................................................259 Contents | 5 Moving and copying layers and objects........................................................................................................................................262 Working with symbols........................................................................................................................................................................265 Creating, editing, and deleting symbols........................................................................................................................................265 Using symbols in drawings...........................................................................................................................................................267 Managing collections and libraries............................................................................................................................................... 269 Reference: Working with symbols.................................................................................................................................................270 Linking and embedding objects..........................................................................................................................................................273 Inserting linked or embedded objects...........................................................................................................................................273 Editing linked or embedded objects............................................................................................................................................. 274 Managing projects..............................................................................................................................................................................275 Setting up the project database................................................................................................................................................... 275 Assigning and copying object data...............................................................................................................................................276 Viewing an object data summary................................................................................................................................................. 277 Color, fills, and transparencies...........................................................................................................................................................279 Working with color............................................................................................................................................................................ 281 Understanding color models.........................................................................................................................................................281 Understanding color depth...........................................................................................................................................................283 Choosing colors............................................................................................................................................................................284 Using the Document palette.........................................................................................................................................................290 Creating and editing custom color palettes.................................................................................................................................. 293 Organizing and displaying color palettes...................................................................................................................................... 296 Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries............................................................................................................. 297 Setting the properties of color palettes........................................................................................................................................ 299 Filling objects......................................................................................................................................................................................301 Applying uniform fills................................................................................................................................................................... 301 Applying fountain fills.................................................................................................................................................................. 302 Applying pattern fills.................................................................................................................................................................... 305 Applying texture fills.....................................................................................................................................................................309 Applying PostScript fills................................................................................................................................................................ 311 Applying mesh fills....................................................................................................................................................................... 312 Applying fills to areas...................................................................................................................................................................315 6 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide Working with fills......................................................................................................................................................................... 316 Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 319 Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................319 Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 320 Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................322 Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 325 Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................325 Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 326 Managing and sharing fills and transparencies...................................................................................................................................331 Managing fills and transparencies................................................................................................................................................ 331 Saving and sharing fills and transparencies.................................................................................................................................. 334 Using color management................................................................................................................................................................... 335 Understanding color management............................................................................................................................................... 335 Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW................................................................................................................339 Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles......................................................................................................................... 342 Assigning color profiles................................................................................................................................................................ 344 Converting colors to other color profiles...................................................................................................................................... 344 Choosing color-conversion settings............................................................................................................................................... 345 Soft proofing................................................................................................................................................................................345 Working with color management presets..................................................................................................................................... 348 Working with color management policies.....................................................................................................................................349 Managing colors when opening documents.................................................................................................................................350 Managing colors when importing and pasting files......................................................................................................................351 Managing colors for print............................................................................................................................................................ 351 Using a safe CMYK workflow....................................................................................................................................................... 352 Managing colors for online viewing............................................................................................................................................. 352 Special effects....................................................................................................................................................................................353 Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 355 Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................355 Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 357 Adding 3D effects to objects..............................................................................................................................................................359 Contents | 7 Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 359 Applying perspective to objects.................................................................................................................................................... 362 Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 363 Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 367 Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 369 Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 372 Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................379 Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................381 Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................381 Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 383 Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 383 Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 387 Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................388 Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 391 Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................392 Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................392 Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................394 Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 396 Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 397 Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................398 Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................400 Embedding graphics.....................................................................................................................................................................404 Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................405 Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................407 Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................407 Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 410 Changing text color......................................................................................................................................................................412 Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 413 Changing text case.......................................................................................................................................................................414 Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................415 Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 419 8 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide