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Corel DESIGNER® 12 User Guide
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Table of Contents
Welcome to Corel DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Changing the language of the user interface and Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Activating Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Registering Corel products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Updating Corel products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Corel Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10VBA Programming Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Customer feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About Corel Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Workspace tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Corel DESIGNER terminology and concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Corel DESIGNER application window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Corel DESIGNER workspace tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Starting and opening drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Finding and inserting drawing content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Zooming and panning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Previewing a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Working with views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Backing up and recovering files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Accessing drawing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Closing drawings and quitting Corel DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Working with precision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Gravity snapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using dynamic guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using constrain keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Working with lines, outlines, and brush strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Setting default property values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Drawing lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Closing multiple line segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Drawing flow lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Drawing dimension lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Drawing callouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Formatting lines and outlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Applying linear pattern brush strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Spraying linear patterns along a line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Drawing shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Drawing rectangles and squares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and wedges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Drawing polygons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Drawing predefined shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Projecting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Understanding projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using projected drawing modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Customizing drawing profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Working with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Selecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Changing object properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Copying object properties, transformations, and effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Moving objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sizing and scaling objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Rotating objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Flipping objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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Skewing objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Aligning and distributing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Changing the order of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Grouping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114Combining objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Accessing and displaying geometric information about objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Shaping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Working with curve objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Shaping curve objects by using Reflect Nodes mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Shaping objects by using envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Splitting and erasing portions of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Trimming objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Welding and intersecting objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Creating new objects from boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Blending objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Creating PowerClip objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Reference: Shaping objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Using symbols in drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Managing collections and libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Creating, editing, and deleting symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Sharing symbols between drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Reference: Working with symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Filling objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Applying uniform fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Applying fountain fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Applying hatch fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Applying pattern fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Applying texture fills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Applying PostScript texture fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Applying mesh fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Working with fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Working with color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Choosing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Creating custom color palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Opening and editing custom color palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Setting color palette properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Understanding color models. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Managing color for display, input, and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Understanding the Color management dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Working with color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Choosing advanced color management settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Correcting colors for display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Working with color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Creating and applying color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Editing and sorting color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Moving and copying color styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adding three-dimensional effects to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Contouring objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Applying perspective to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Creating vector extrusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Creating drop shadows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Changing the transparency of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Applying transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Applying merge modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Using lenses with objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Applying lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Editing lenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Creating layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Changing layer properties and stacking order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Moving and copying objects between layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Printing layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
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Working with pages and layout tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Specifying the page layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Choosing a page background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Adding, renaming, and deleting pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Using the rulers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Calibrating the rulers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Setting up the grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Setting up guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Setting the drawing scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Adding and formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Adding and selecting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Encoding text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Changing the appearance of text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Finding, editing, and converting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Aligning and spacing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Shifting and rotating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Moving text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Fitting text to a path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Formatting paragraph text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Combining and linking paragraph text frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264Wrapping paragraph text around objects and text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Embedding graphics and adding special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Inserting special characters and spaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Displaying nonprinting characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Working with Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Formatting Asian text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Using Asian line-breaking rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Managing fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Substituting unavailable fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Working with bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Adding bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
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Cropping and editing bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Working with colors in bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Applying special effects to bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Applying color and tone effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Transforming color and tone effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Changing the color mode of bitmaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Changing the color mode of bitmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Changing bitmaps to duotones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Creating Web-enabled objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Optimizing bitmaps for the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Creating rollovers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Creating Web-compatible text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Working with bookmarks and hyperlinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Publishing to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Preparing files and objects for Web publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Publishing to HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Working with object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Setting up the project database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Managing object data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Applying CGM data to objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Printing your work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Laying out print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Previewing print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Applying print styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Fine-tuning print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Printing colors accurately. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Printing to a PostScript printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
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Commercial printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Working with imposition layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Printing printer’s marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Maintaining OPI links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347Using Preflight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Publishing to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Saving documents as PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Reducing PDF file size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Working with fonts in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Specifying the encoding format for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Setting the number of fountain steps in PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Choosing an EPS file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Outputting objects in PDF files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Preparing PDF files for a service bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Viewing Preflight summaries for PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Optimizing PDF files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Object linking and embedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Inserting linked or embedded objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Editing linked or embedded objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Importing and exporting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Importing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Exporting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Customizing your application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Saving defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Using multiple workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Customizing keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Customizing menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Customizing toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Customizing the property bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Customizing the status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Customizing feedback sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
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Customizing filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Customizing file associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Automating application tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Automating by using VBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Using VBA macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Working in the Visual Basic Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Installing add-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
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Welcome to Corel DESIGNER
Corel DESIGNER® 12 is a precision graphics application created for the technical
illustrator. Its intuitive user interface lets you get started quickly to produce
professional results — whether you are creating a new illustration or repurposing a
legacy graphic.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• what’s new in Corel DESIGNER
• installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 applications
• changing the language of the user interface and Help
• activating Corel® products
• registering Corel products
• updating Corel products
• customer support services
• getting help
• documentation conventions
• VBA programming guide
• customer feedback
• other resources
• Corel Corporation
What’s new in Corel DESIGNER
Corel DESIGNER 12 includes new features and enhancements to boost yourproductivity.
Complete graphics solution
Corel DESIGNER is now a part of Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12, which
includes the following applications and utilities to offer you a complete graphics
solution.
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• Corel PHOTO-PAINT® — a complete image-editing application that lets you
retouch and enhance photos as well as create original graphics
• CorelTRACE® — an application for converting bitmaps to vector graphics. It is
especially useful when you need to recreate scanned drawings.
• Corel CAPTURE™ — an application for capturing images from your computer
screen
• Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (6.3) — an application for developing
custom solutions. It is available in Corel DESIGNER and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
• Writing Tools — multilingual utilities that let you correct errors in spelling and
grammar and help to refine your writing style
Projected drawing
The new drawing profiles let you project objects onto drawing planes and create theillusion of a three-dimensional graphic. You can choose from among 10 preset drawing
profiles, or you can create custom drawing profiles. You can then choose a drawing plane
and draw objects on projected planes, using a projected drawing mode. For information
about projected drawing, see “Projecting objects” on page 89.
Precision
The enhanced gravity snapping and dynamic guides let you draw and edit objects with
even greater precision.
• Gravity snapping lets you snap the pointer to various points in objects, making iteasy to create and position objects accurately. You can now snap the pointer to
perpendicular and text baseline points as well. For more information, see “Gravity
snapping” on page 45.
• Dynamic guides are temporary guidelines you can pull from the following snap
points in objects — center, node, quadrant, and text baseline. For more
information, see “Using dynamic guides” on page 49.
• You can display dynamic guides that are tangent, perpendicular, or parallel to
objects. For more information, see “To display dynamic guides” on page 52.
• With the help of parallel dynamic guides, you can easily draw parallel lines. Formore information, see “To draw parallel lines” on page 54.
Drawing tools
• The B-spline tool lets you draw curved lines by setting control points that shape
the curve without breaking it into segments. For more information, see “To draw a
B-spline” on page 63.
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• Corel DESIGNER introduces three new types of dimension lines — segment,
radial, and diameter dimension lines. Segment dimension lines let you measure the
distance between nodes in single or multiple segments. Radial and diameter
dimension lines let you measure the radius and diameter of a circle. For more
information, see “Drawing dimension lines” on page 66.
• Enhanced line styles are especially useful for illustrating stitch patterns and
drawing parallel lines. For more information, see “Formatting lines and outlines”
on page 73.
Hatch fills
Hatch fills consist of hatch patterns that are composed of vector-based lines and are used
for representing different types of materials in a drawing. The new hatch fill support
lets you preserve hatch fills in drawings created in Corel DESIGNER 9 and earlier
versions. You can also apply hatch fills to objects. For more information, see “Applyinghatch fills” on page 160.
Editing
Editing objects is made even easier by the following enhancements:
• You can now use scallops, fillets, and chamfers to shape objects. For more
information, see “Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners” on page 133.
• The improved Transformations docker lets you project and unproject objects withprecision. To access the Transformations docker, click Window >Transformations, and choose a command.
• When you are drawing non-freehand lines or curves, the status bar displays the
segment length and the total length of all segments contained in the curve.
• The enhanced Eyedropper tool lets you copy color, object properties, effects, andtransformations from one object to another. For information about using the
Eyedropper tool, see “Copying object properties, transformations, and effects” onpage 102.
• You can create object duplicates where you want in the drawing window. For more
information, see “To duplicate an object” on page 101. You can also move objects
while you are drawing them by using the right-mouse button. For more
information, see “To move an object while drawing” on page 105.
Customizing your application
To help you quickly improve your productivity, Corel DESIGNER offers additional
workspaces. For example, you can select a workspace with the look and feel of
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preserved in the imported files. For more information, see “Corel DESIGNER
(DSF) technical notes” in the Help.
• Export for Office — This new feature lets you optimize drawings for exporting to
Microsoft® Office or WordPerfect® Office. For more information, see “To export
to Microsoft Office or WordPerfect Office” on page 370.
• AutoCAD® Data Interchange Format (DXF) and AutoCAD Drawing Database
(DWG) — AutoCAD 2004 files are supported.
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) — You can choose a variety of new options when
exporting a drawing to the SVG file format. For example, you can choose a
Unicode encoding method. You can also embed information in an SVG file or store
information in externally linked files. The SVG color palette available in the
application lets you choose SVG colors. For information about SVG files, see
“Scalable Vector Graphics” in the Help.
• Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) — You can now publish a drawing to a
PDF file that is compatible with Adobe® Acrobat 6.0®. When you import a PDF
file, all layers, fills, and text attributes, including transparency applied to text, are
preserved. The original colors of the PDF file are reproduced accurately.
• Adobe® Photoshop® (PSD) — Support for duotone images has been added. For
more information, see “Adobe Photoshop (PSD) technical notes” in the Help.
Installing Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 applications
The installation wizard makes it easy to install Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12
applications and components. It lets you
• install any applications included in your software package. You can install multiple
language packs so that you can change the language of the user interface and Help
in the installed applications.
• add and delete components in the current installation
• repair the current installation by reinstalling all application features
• uninstall Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12
To install Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 applications
1 Close all applications.
2 Insert the CD in the CD drive.
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If the installation wizard does not start automatically, click Start on theWindows® taskbar, and click Run. Type D:\Setup, where D is the letter thatcorresponds to the CD drive.
3 Follow the InstallShield® wizard instructions for installing the software.
To add or delete components in a Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12
installation
1 Close all applications.
2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control panel.
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
3 Double-click Add or remove programs.4 In the Add or remove programs dialog box, choose
Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 from the list, and click Change.
5 In the InstallShield wizard, enable the Modify option.
6 Click Next, and follow the instructions that appear.
To repair a Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 installation
1 Close all applications.
2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control panel.
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start > Settings >Control Panel.
3 Double-click Add or remove programs.
4 In the Add or remove programs dialog box, chooseCorel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 from the list, and click Change.
5 In the InstallShield wizard, enable the Repair option.
6 Click Next, and follow the instructions that appear.
To uninstall Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12
1 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control panel.
If your operating system is Windows 2000, click Start > Settings > ControlPanel.
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2 Double-click Add or remove programs.
3 In the Add or remove programs dialog box, chooseCorel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 from the list, and click Remove.
You can remove user files such as presets, user-created fills, and customized
files during the uninstall process. To do this, click Change in the Add orremove programs dialog box, and then enable the Remove option. ClickNext, and enable the Remove user files check box.
Changing the language of the user interface and Help
If multiple language packs are installed, you can change the language of the user
interface and Help at any time.
To change the language of the user interface and Help
1 Click Tools > 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 be able to change the language of the user interface and Help as you
start the application, enable the Ask me the next time the software starts checkbox.
4 Restart the application.
Activating Corel products
To use Corel products, you must activate them. Activating a product generates a unique
activation code for the computer by profiling the system and using the product serial
number. Activating a product helps enforce the terms of the licensing agreement.
You can activate a product online, by phone, or by using a previously attained product
activation code. When you activate a product online, the process is anonymous,
requiring no personal information.
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VBA Programming Guide
The VBA Programming Guide for Corel DESIGNER can help you use Microsoft Visual
Basic for Applications to automate tasks and create custom solutions. If your
installation of Corel DESIGNER includes VBA, then the guide is accessible from a linkin the VBA Help included with Corel DESIGNER.
Customer feedback
If you have any comments or suggestions about Corel DESIGNER, you can send them
by e-mail to [email protected]. You can check the product Web site for the latest
news, tips and tricks, and product upgrade information. Go to www.corel.com, and
follow the links to the product site.
Other resources
Corel has training partnerships with other firms and provides professional services for
its software products.
Corel customized training
Once you have Corel applications running on your computers, our team of expert Corel
Training Specialists can help you make the most of them with customized training,
tailored to the specific needs of your work environment. We will help you develop a
custom curriculum which is practical and relevant to the needs of your organization. For
more information about Corel Customized Training, please visit www.corel.com/
customizedtraining.
Corel Training Partners (CTPs)
CTPs are independent, officially accredited local organizations that provide training in
using Corel products and are located worldwide for your convenience. To find a partner
near you, please visit www.corel.com/trainingpartners.
Corel Corporate Services
Corel is committed to getting you up and running quickly with time- and money-
saving workflow solutions. To simplify the process of deploying Corel applications
across your organization, our Corporate Services department offers a comprehensive
range of cost-effective services to meet your technology needs. This group brings
together highly skilled experts from across the company who are dedicated to providing
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top-notch solutions. Our knowledgeable team is ready to offer assistance through all
stages of your project, from application development and support to software systems
integration and training.
For more information on Corel Corporate Services, please [email protected].
About Corel Corporation
Corel Corporation provides innovative software solutions that help millions of value-
conscious businesses and consumers in over 75 countries improve their productivity. The
Company is renowned for its powerful software portfolio that combines innovative
photo-editing and graphics-creation, vector-illustration and technical-graphics
applications along with office and personal productivity solutions. Corel's flagshipproducts include the CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, the WordPerfect Office Suite, the
Corel® Painter™ Natural-Media® painting and illustration software and the Paint
Shop™ Family of digital photography and image-editing software. For more
information, please visit www.corel.com.
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Workspace tour
Becoming familiar with the terminology and workspace of Corel DESIGNER will help
you easily follow this user guide’s concepts and procedures.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• Corel DESIGNER terminology and concepts
• Corel DESIGNER application window• Corel DESIGNER workspace tools
Corel DESIGNER terminology and concepts
Before you get started with Corel DESIGNER, you should be familiar with the
following terms.
Term Description
object An element in a drawing, such as an image,
shape, line, text, curve, or symbol
drawing The work you create in Corel DESIGNER:
for example, technical drawings, schematics,
and diagrams
vector graphic An image generated from mathematical
descriptions that determine the position,
length, and direction in which lines are
drawn
bitmap An image composed of grids of pixels or dots
artistic text A type of text to which you can apply special
effects, such as shadows
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Corel DESIGNER application window
When you launch Corel DESIGNER, the application window opens, containing a
drawing window. The rectangle in the center of the drawing window is the drawing
page where you create your drawing. Although more than one drawing window can be
opened, you can apply commands to the active drawing window only.
The Corel DESIGNER application window appears below. A description of its partsfollows.
paragraph text A type of text to which you can apply
formatting options, and which can be edited
in large blocks
Term Description
itle bar
Menu bar
Toolbox
Ruler
Drawing
window
rawing
age
Document
navigator
Status bar Navigator
Docker
Property
bar
Toolbar
Color
palette
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Part Description
Menu bar The area containing pull-down menu
optionsProperty bar A detachable bar that contains properties of
the active tool or object. For example, when
the text tool is active, the text property bar
displays commands that create and edit text.
Toolbar A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to
menu and other commands
Title bar The area displaying the title of the currently
open drawing
Rulers Horizontal and vertical borders that are used
to determine the size and position of objects
in a drawing
Toolbox A floating bar with tools for creating and
modifying objects in the drawing
Drawing window The area outside the drawing page bordered
by the scroll bars and application controls
Drawing page The rectangular area inside the drawingwindow. It is the printable area of your work
area.
docker A window containing available commands
and settings relevant to a specific tool or task
Color palette A dockable bar that contains color swatches
Status bar An area at the bottom of the application
window that contains information about
object properties such as type, size, andresolution. The status bar also shows the
current mouse position.
Document navigator The area at the bottom left of the drawing
window that contains controls for moving
between pages and adding pages
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To toggle between displaying and hiding the status bar, click View >Toolbars > Status bar.
To toggle between displaying and hiding the rulers, see “To hide or display the
rulers” on page 237.
Corel DESIGNER workspace toolsApplication commands are accessible through the menu bar, toolbars, toolbox, property
bar, and dockers. The property bar and dockers provide access to commands that relate
to the active tool or current task. The property bar, dockers, toolbars, and toolbox can
be opened, closed, and moved around your screen at any time.
You can customize many of these workspace tools to suit your needs. For more
information, see “Customizing your application” on page 373.
Standard toolbar
The standard toolbar contains buttons that are shortcuts to many of the menu
commands.
The standard toolbar displays by default. For information about customizing the
position, contents, and appearance of toolbars, see “Customizing toolbars” on page 381.
Navigator A button at the bottom-right corner of the
drawing window that opens a smaller display
to help you move around a drawing
Click this button To
Start a new drawing
Open a drawing
Save a drawing
Part Description
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More about toolbars
In addition to the standard toolbar, Corel DESIGNER has toolbars for specific kinds of
tasks. For example, the Text toolbar contains commands relevant to using the Text tool.If you use a toolbar frequently, you can display it in the workspace at all times.
For information about customizing the position, contents, and appearance of toolbars,
see “Customizing toolbars” on page 381.
The table below describes toolbars other than the standard toolbar.
Print a drawing
Cut selected objects to the Clipboard
Copy selected objects to the Clipboard
Paste the Clipboard contents into a drawing
Undo an action
Restore an action that was undone
Import a drawing
Export a drawing
Set a zoom level
Start Corel applications
Open the Web connector docker
Click this button To
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Toolbar Description
Drawing plane Contains commands for choosing a drawing
plane and a drawing profile, and lets youaccess the Projected axes docker. This
toolbar is displayed by default.
Text Contains commands for formatting and
aligning text
Zoom Contains commands for zooming in and out
of a drawing page
Internet Contains commands for Web-related tools
for creating rollovers and publishing to the
Internet
Transform Contains commands for skewing, rotating,
and mirroring objects
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Contains commands for editing, testing, and
running VBA commands
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Exploring the toolbox
The Corel DESIGNER toolbox shows the active tool
and the available categories of tools in the upper area.The options symbol indicates that there are
additional tools or options.
When you choose a tool, any additional tools or
options appear in the options area at the bottom ofthe toolbox. When you choose a tool in the options
area, it becomes the active tool.
For example, if you click the Curve tools button in theupper area, you see its associated tools in the options
area. If you click the 2-point line tool in the optionsarea, it becomes the active tool, and its icon appears on
the Curve tools button in the upper area.
You can use flyout menus instead of the
options area. Click Tools > Options, clickToolbox in the Workspace list of categories,and enable Display tool groups as flyout menus.
The following table provides descriptions of the tools in the Corel DESIGNER toolbox.
Pick tool
The Pick tool lets you select, size, skew, and
rotate objects.
Shape tool
The Shape tool lets you edit the shape of
objects.
Curve tools
The 2-point line tool lets you draw a
straight two-point line segment.
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The 3-point curve tool lets you draw a
curve by defining the start, end, and center
points.
The Multi-point line tool lets you drawlines and curves one segment at a time in
preview mode.
The Bézier curve tool lets you draw curves
one segment at a time.
The B-spline tool lets you draw curved lines
by setting control points that shape the
curve without breaking it into segments.
The Freehand curve tool lets you drawsingle line segments and curves.
The 2-point connector line tool lets you
join two objects with a straight line segment.
The Multi-point connector line tool lets
you join two objects with a multipointed
line.
Rectangle tools
The 2-point rectangle tool lets you draw a
rectangle by dragging diagonally.
The 3-point rectangle tool lets you draw a
rectangle by dragging to set the height and
width.
Circle tools
The Center-point circle tool lets you draw
a circle by specifying the center and a pointon the circumference.
The Center-radius circle tool lets you draw
a circle by specifying a value for the radius
and then clicking where you want the center
to be.
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The 3-point circle tool lets you draw acircle by specifying three points on the
circumference.
Ellipse tools
The 2-point ellipse tool lets you draw an
ellipse by dragging diagonally.
The 3-point ellipse tool lets you draw an
ellipse by dragging the centerline and then
specifying the width.
Polygon tool
The Center-point polygon tool lets you
draw a polygon by dragging from the center
to a point (vertex) on the polygon.
Text tool
The Text tool lets you add a line of text,
create a paragraph text frame and type
within it, or add text along a path if a curve
is selected.
Dimension tools
The Horizontal or vertical dimension tool
lets you draw horizontal or vertical
dimension lines.
The Parallel dimension tool lets you draw
slanted dimension lines.
The Angular dimension tool lets you draw
angular dimension lines.
The Segment dimension tool lets you
display the distance between end nodes in
single or multiple segments.
The Radial dimension tool lets you display
the radius of circles or circular arcs.
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The Diameter dimension tool lets you
display the diameter of circles or circular
arcs.
Callout tools
The 1-leg callout tool lets you draw a
callout with one leader line.
The 2-leg callout tool lets you draw a
callout with a two-segment leader line.
The 3-leg callout tool lets you draw a
callout with a three-segment leader line.
The Text source button lets you entercallout text interactively, from the
Clipboard, from object properties, or
incrementally:
Interactive text option
Clipboard text option
Object property text option
Increment text option
Perfect Shapes™ tools
The Basic shapes tool lets you draw shapes
such as triangles and parallelograms.
The Arrow shapes tool lets you draw arrows
of various shapes.
The Flowchart shapes tool lets you draw
several standard flowchart shapes.
The Miscellaneous shapes tool lets you
draw ribbon objects and explosion shapes.
Linear pattern tools
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The Linear pattern sprayer tool lets you
draw chains, hoses, pipes, and similar
objects.
The Linear pattern brush tool lets youapply brush strokes to a curve and create
sweep arrows and similar objects.
The Linear pattern preset tool lets youdraw curves using preset strokes.
Interactive tools
The Extrusion tool lets you give objects a
three-dimensional look.
The Blend tool lets you blend one object
into another through a series of intermediate
shapes.
The Envelope tool lets you distort the shape
of an object by applying an envelope to it
and shaping the envelope.
The Transparency tool lets you apply a
transparency to an object.
The Contour tool lets you create a series of
concentric shapes radiating into, or out of, an
object.
The Drop shadow tool lets you create the
illusion of lighting in a two-dimensional
drawing by adding a shadow to an object.
You can adjust properties such as feathering,
opacity, edge style, and color.
Deletion tools
The Virtual segment delete tool lets you
delete portions of objects between
intersecting lines.
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Property bar
The property bar displays the most commonly used functions that are relevant to the
active tool or to the task you’re performing. Although it looks like a toolbar, the
property bar content changes depending on the tool or task. For example, when you
The Eraser tool lets you erase portions of an
object.
The Knife tool lets you break an object into
separate objects.
Interactive fill tools
The Interactive fountain fill tool lets you
apply fills to a selected object.
The Interactive mesh fill tool lets you
apply a mesh fill to simple objects, curves,
and bitmaps.
Eyedropper tools
The Eyedropper tool lets you select object
properties, such as fill, line thickness, size,
and effects, from an object on the drawing
window.
The Paintbucket tool lets you fill an object
with a color selected from another object
using the Eyedropper tool.
Zoom tool
The Zoom tool lets you change the
magnification level in the drawing window.
Pan tool
The Pan tool lets you control which part of
the drawing is visible in the drawing
window.
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click the Text tool in the toolbox, the property bar displays only text-relatedcommands, such as text, formatting, alignment, and editing tools.
You can customize the contents and position of the property bar to suit your needs. For
more information, see “Customizing the property bar” on page 384.
Common property bar buttons
The Add preset button lets you save the
current settings for reuse.
The Delete preset button lets you delete
the item selected in the Presets list box.
The Fill button lets you open a dialog box
where you set up a fill to apply to an object.
The Outline button opens a dialog box
where you set line properties.
The Geometric properties button opens
the Property manager docker and lets you
set coordinates for the selected object.
The Apply as default button lets you use
the current settings as the defaults for new
objects.
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Dockers
Dockers display the same type of
controls as a dialog box, such ascommand buttons, options, and list
boxes. Unlike most dialog boxes, you
can keep dockers open while working
on a document, so you can readily
access the commands to experiment
with different effects.
An example is the Property manager docker. When this docker is open, you
can click an object in the drawingwindow and view formatting,
dimensions, and other properties of the
object.
Dockers can be either docked or
floating. Docking a docker attaches it
to the edge of the application window.
Undocking a docker detaches it from
other parts of the workspace, so it can be easily moved around. You can also collapse
dockers to save screen space.
Status bar
The status bar displays information about selected objects, such as width and height,
cursor position, and relevant commands. While you are drawing a non-freehand line or
curve, the segment length and total length for all segments are displayed.
See “Customizing the status bar” on page 386 for information about customizing the
contents and appearance of the status bar.
The graphic shows some of the information displayed in a status bar.
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Getting started
Drawings are the work that you create and edit.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• starting and opening drawings
• finding and inserting drawing content
• working with templates• undoing, redoing, and repeating actions
• zooming and panning
• previewing a drawing
• working with views
• saving drawings
• backing up and recovering files
• accessing drawing information
• closing drawings and quitting Corel DESIGNER
Starting and opening drawings
When you start Corel DESIGNER, you can choose a workspace with which you feel
comfortable. For example, you can choose a workspace that has the look and feel of
Micrografx Designer 9. If you are new to Corel DESIGNER, it is best to choose the
default workspace, on which all procedures in the Help and user guide are based.
Corel DESIGNER lets you start a new drawing from a blank page, a template, or an
existing drawing. A blank page gives you the freedom to specify every aspect of a
drawing. A template provides you with a starting point and leaves the amount of
customization up to you. The templates included with the program are available under
the following categories:
• ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
• Architectural
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• DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
• Engineering
• ISO (Industry Standards Organization)
For more information about creating and using templates, see “Working withtemplates” on page 30.
Basing a new drawing on an existing drawing lets you reuse objects and page settings.
You can open existing drawings saved to a variety of file formats. For information about
the file formats you can open, see “File formats” in the Corel DESIGNER Help.
If the drawing you are opening is from an earlier version of Corel DESIGNER and
contains text in a language different from that of your operating system, you can choose
code page settings to ensure text is converted into Unicode characters properly. Code
page settings help you correctly display text outside the drawing window, such askeywords, file names, and text entries in the Object manager and Object datamanager dockers. To correctly display text in the drawing window, you need to useencoding settings. For more information, see “Encoding text” on page 248.
To start Corel DESIGNER
1 Click Start > Programs > Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 > Corel DESIGNER 12.
In Windows XP, click All programs on the Start menu.
2 In the Select workspace dialog box, choose a workspace from the list box.
If you do not want the Select workspace dialog box to appear each time you startCorel DESIGNER, enable the Do not show this dialog box on startup checkbox.
Procedures in the Help and user guide are based on the default workspace.
You can change the workspace after you start the application. For more
information, see “To choose a workspace” on page 375.
To start a drawing
To Do the following
Start a drawing from a blank page Click File > New .
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You can specify a layout style (template) by clicking Layout > Page setup,clicking Layout in the Page list of categories, and choosing a layout style fromthe Layout list box.
To open a drawing
1 Click File > Open.
2 Locate the folder where the drawing is stored.
3 Click a filename.
4 Click Options >> to display additional options and file information.
If the drawing is from an earlier version of Corel DESIGNER and contains text in a
language different from the language of your operating system, choose the
corresponding option from the Code page list box to ensure that text is properlyconverted into Unicode characters.
5 Enable either of the following check boxes:• Extract embedded ICC profile — lets you save the embedded International
Color Consortium (ICC) profile to the color folder where the application is
installed
• Maintain layers and pages — lets you maintain layers and pages when youopen files. If you disable the check box, all layers are combined into a single layer.
6 Click Open.
You can also open a drawing by clicking the Open button on the toolbar.
If you want to view a thumbnail of the drawing, click the Preview check box.
Finding and inserting drawing content
You can use vector and raster graphics stored on your hard drive, network, Corel CDs,
or online.
Start a drawing from a template Click File > New from template, click the
tab that corresponds to the template
category you want, and choose a template.
To Do the following
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You can also access online images directly from Corel on the Web through the
Scrapbook™ docker.
To browse for vector and raster graphics1 Click Window > Scrapbook > Browse.
2 Insert a Corel contents CD into the CD drive.
3 Double-click an icon in the CD list and navigate to a folder.
To browse for images online, you must be connected to the Internet.
To change your browsing view in the Scrapbook docker, click the flyoutarrow, click View , and choose a view type.
To search for vector and raster graphics
1 Click Window > Scrapbook > Search.
2 Insert a Corel contents CD into the CD drive.
3 Type a keyword in the Search for text box.
To insert a graphic file
• Drag the graphic file to the drawing window.
Working with templates
A template is a set of styles and page layout settings that govern the layout and
appearance of a drawing. You can use the default template (“Blank Generic Corel
DESIGNER Document”) or choose one from a wide variety of preset templates
available in the application. For information on starting a drawing from a template, see
“Starting and opening drawings” on page 27. If none of the preset templates meets your
You can also
Browse for files on your computer or
network
Double-click the Desktop icon, and
navigate to a folder.
Browse for images online Click the Content on the Web button.
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requirements, you can create a template based on styles you create or styles taken from
other templates. For example, if you regularly put together a schematic diagram, you
can save the schematic’s page layout settings and styles to a template.
You can edit a template by making changes to the styles, page layout settings, orobjects. For example, if you like a template but want to make it more versatile, you can
add styles that you’ve created or that you’ve taken from another template. For
information on setting page layout options, see “Specifying the page layout” on
page 231.
After you have started a drawing with a template, you can load a different template.
When you load a template, you can choose to load just the styles or to load styles, page
layout settings, and objects.
When you create a new drawing using a template, the program formats the page using
the template’s page layout settings and loads the template’s styles in the new file.
To create a template
1 Click File > Save as.
2 Type a name in the File name list box.
3 Choose CDT - Corel DESIGNER template from the Save as type list box.
4 Locate the folder where you want to save the template.
5 Click Save.
To edit a template
1 Click File > Open.
2 Choose CDT - Corel DESIGNER template from the Files of type list box.
3 Locate the folder where the template is stored.
4 Double-click a template filename.
5 In the Open dialog box, enable the Open for editing check box.
To preview the contents of a template, enable the Preview check box.
To create a new file based on a saved template
1 Click File > Open.
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2 Choose CDT - Corel DESIGNER template from the Files of type list box.
3 Locate the folder where the template is stored.
4 Double-click a template filename.
5 Enable the New from template check box in the Open dialog box.
If, in addition to loading the template’s styles, you also want to load page settings
and objects, enable the With contents check box.
Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions
You can undo the actions you perform in
a drawing, starting with the most recentaction. If you don’t like the result of
undoing an action, you can redo it.
Reverting to the last saved version of a
drawing also lets you remove one or more
actions. Certain actions applied to
objects, such as stretching, filling,
moving and rotating, can be repeated to
create a stronger visual effect.
Customizing the undo settings lets youincrease or decrease the number of actions
that you can undo or redo.
The Undo manager docker
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To undo, redo, and repeat actions
When you undo a series of actions, all actions listed below the action you
choose are undone.
When you redo a series of actions, the action you choose and all actions listed
between it and the last undone action are redone.
You can repeat an action on another object or group of objects by selecting the
object or objects and clicking Edit > Repeat. You can also undo or redo actions by clicking the Undo button or Redo button on the Standard toolbar.
To customize the Undo settings
1 Click Tools > Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click General.
3 Type a value in the Regular box.
The value you specify is limited only by your computer’s memory resources.
The higher the value you specify, the greater the demand on memory resources.
To Do the following
Undo an action Click Edit > Undo.
Redo an action Click Edit > Redo.
Undo or redo a series of actions Click Window > Undo manager. Choose
the action that precedes all the actions you
want to undo, or choose the last action you
want to redo.
Revert to the last saved version of a drawing Click File > Revert.
Repeat an action Click Edit > Repeat.
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Zooming and panning
You can change the view of a drawing by zooming in to get a closer look or by zooming
out to see more of the drawing. You can experiment with a variety of zoom options to
determine the amount of detail you want.
Another way in which you can view specific areas of a drawing is by panning. When you
work at high magnification levels or with large drawings, you may not be able to see
the whole drawing. Panning lets you move the page around in the drawing window to
view areas not previously displayed.
While you are panning, you can zoom in and out. While you are zooming, you can pan.
This saves you from having to alternate between the two tools.
You can specify zooming and panning settings to zoom in quickly to detailed parts of a
drawing and zoom out to the larger context.
To zoom
1 Click the Zoom tool .
2 On the property bar, click one of the following buttons:
• Zoom in
• Zoom out
• Zoom to all objects
• Zoom to selected • Zoom to page
• Zoom to page width
• Zoom to page height
The Zoom to selected tool is available only when you select one or moreobjects before you choose the tool.
If you choose the Zoom in button, move the pointer to the drawing windowand click to zoom in or right-click to zoom out. To zoom in on or out of an area,drag while holding the left or right mouse button respectively to marquee-
select the area.
You can also zoom in by double-clicking or dragging anywhere in the drawing
window using the Pan tool . To zoom out, right-click in the drawingwindow.
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Use the following keyboard shortcuts to zoom during any task, such as when
you are drawing an object:
• F2 — zoom in around the pointer
• F3 — zoom out around the pointer• F4 — zoom to all objects
• F5 — refresh the drawing window
• F6 — zoom to selected objects
• F7 — zoom to the page
The F2 and F3 shortcut keys let you zoom in and out around the pointer.
To pan in the drawing window
1 Click the Pan tool .
2 Drag in the drawing window until the area you want to view appears.
If you want to pan in the drawing window while you are zoomed in on the
drawing, click the Navigator button in the lower-right corner of thedrawing window. Drag the crosshair pointer around in the Navigator pop-up
window.
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Using the Navigator (lower-right), you can display any part of a drawing
without having to zoom out.
To establish default settings for zooming and panning
1 Click Tools > Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, double-click Toolbox, and click Zoom, pantool.
3 To specify what you want the Zoom or Pan tool to do when you right-click it inthe drawing window, enable one of the following options:
• Zoom out — zooms out by a factor of two• Context menu — displays a menu of commands that you can choose from tozoom to a specific level
4 Enable the Zoom relative to 1:1 check box to make the Zoom tool operaterelative to real-world distance.
Previewing a drawing
You can preview a drawing to see how it will look when you print and export. When
you preview a drawing, only the objects on the drawing page and in the immediate areaof the drawing window are displayed, and you can see all layers that are set to print in
the Object Manager. If you want to get a closer look at specific objects in a drawing,
you can select and preview them, too. When you preview selected objects, the rest of
the drawing is hidden.
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Before you preview a drawing, you can specify the preview mode. The preview mode
affects the speed at which your preview displays and the amount of detail that is
displayed in the drawing window.
You can also display consecutive pages on the screen at the same time and create objectsthat span two pages.
To preview a drawing
• Click View > Full-screen preview .
Click anywhere on the screen, or press any key, to return to the application window.
To preview selected objects
1 Select the objects.
2 Click View > Preview selected only.
3 Click View > Full-screen preview .
Click anywhere on the screen, or press any key, to return to the application window.
If Preview selected only mode is enabled and no objects are selected, Fullscreen preview displays a blank screen.
You can disable Preview selected only mode after you return to theapplication window by clicking View > Preview selected only.
To specify the full screen preview mode
1 Click Tools > Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click Display.
3 Enable one of the following options:
• Use draft view — displays the drawing without PostScript® fills, high-resolution bitmaps, or anti-aliasing• Use enhanced view — uses anti-aliasing to display a sharper version of
drawings with and without PostScript fills
You can have PostScript fills display when you preview in Enhanced mode by
enabling the Show PostScript fills in enhanced view check box.
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To view facing pages
1 Click Layout > Page setup.
2 In the Document, Page list of categories, click Layout.
3 Enable the Facing pages check box.
4 Choose one of the following settings from the Start on list box:• Left side — starts the document on a left-facing page• Right side — starts the document on a right-facing page
Working with views
As you work, Corel DESIGNER lets you display a drawing in any of the following
modes:• Simple wireframe — displays an outline of the drawing by hiding fills, extrusions,
contours, drop shadows, and intermediate blend shapes; also displays the bitmaps
in monochrome. It lets you quickly preview basic elements in a drawing.
• Draft — displays a drawing’s fills and bitmaps using a low resolution; eliminatessome detail to allow you to focus on the color balances in a drawing.
• Enhanced — displays a drawing with PostScript fills, high-resolution bitmaps,and anti-aliased vector graphics.
From left to right: Simple wireframe , Draft , and Enhanced views
The view you choose affects the amount of time it takes for a drawing to refresh or open.
For example, a drawing displayed in Simple wireframe view takes less time to refreshor open than does a drawing displayed in Enhanced view .
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Saving drawings
You can save a drawing as you work. Corel DESIGNER offers advanced options that let
you assign notes, keywords, and thumbnails to drawings so that you can find them more
easily.
By default, drawings are saved to the Corel DESIGNER file format (DES); however,
advanced save options let you choose other file formats as well. If you are saving a
drawing to use in another application, you must save it to a file format that is supported
by that application. For information about supported file formats, see “File formats” in
the Corel DESIGNER Help. For information about saving files to other formats, see
“Exporting files” on page 369.
If you are working on a large drawing, saving only the selected objects reduces the file
size, which can decrease the time it takes to load the drawing.
A drawing can also be saved as a template, allowing you to create other drawings with
the same properties. You can choose to save only selected objects in a drawing. For
information about saving a drawing as a template, see “Starting and opening drawings”
on page 27.
To save a drawing
1 Click File > Save as.
2 Locate the folder where you want to save the file.• If you want to save notes or keywords with the file, type them in thecorresponding box.
• If you want to specify advanced settings, click Advanced, and specify thesettings you want in the Options dialog box.
3 Type a filename in the File name list box.
4 Click Save.
If you want to save changes made to a previously saved drawing, click File >Save.
You can also save a drawing by clicking the Save button on the Standard toolbar.
To save only selected objects
1 Select the objects.
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2 Click File > Save as.
3 Enable the Selected only check box.
4 Locate the folder where you want to save the file.
5 Type a filename in the File name list box.
6 Click Save.
Backing up and recovering files
The program can automatically save backup copies of drawings and prompt you to
recover them when you restart the program in the event of a system error.
The auto backup feature saves drawings that you have open and modified. During any
working session, you can set the time interval for automatically backing up files andspecify where you want the files to be saved: by default in your temporary folder or to
a specified folder.
You can recover backed-up files from the temporary or specified folder when you restart
the program. Backup files are stored in either the temporary or the user-specified folder.
You can choose not to recover a file; however, that file is automatically erased when you
shut down the program normally.
To specify auto backup settings1 Click Tools > Options.
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click Save.
3 Enable the Auto-backup every check box, and type a value in the Minutes listbox.
4 In the Always back-up to area, enable one of the following options:• Users temporary folder — lets you save an auto backup file in the temporary
folder
• Specific folder — lets you specify the folder for an auto backup file You can also
Create a backup file every time you save Enable the Make backup on save check
box.
Disable auto backup Choose Never from the Minutes list box.
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Auto backup files are named autobackup_of_filename and can be saved inany folder you specify. Backup files created when you save a drawing are named
backup_of_filename and are always stored in the same folder as the original
drawing.
All open or modified files not in Corel DESIGNER (DES) file format arebacked up as Corel DESIGNER files.
You can cancel the creation of an auto backup file by pressing Esc while savingis in progress.
To recover a backup file
1 Restart Corel DESIGNER.
2 Click OK in the File recovery dialog box.
3 Save and rename the file in a specified folder.
Recovered files are named GraphicX.des, where X is the numberedincrement.
If you click Cancel, Corel DESIGNER ignores the backup file and deletes it
when you exit the program normally.
Accessing drawing information
As you work, you can access drawing information such as the number of pages, fonts,
text statistics, color models used, and the types of objects the drawing contains. You can
also save and print this information.
To access drawing information
1 Click File > Document info.
2 Enable the check box beside each type of information you want to display.
You can also
Save drawing information Click Save as, specify a folder and filename,
and click Save.
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Closing drawings and quitting Corel DESIGNER
You can close one or all open drawings at any time before quitting the program.
To close drawings
To quit Corel DESIGNER
• Click File > Exit.
You can also quit the program by pressing Alt + F4.
Print drawing information Click Print.
To close Do the following
One drawing Click File > Close.All open drawings Click File > Close all.
You can also
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Working with precision
Precision is essential for technical graphics. Using gravity snapping, dynamic guides
and constraining, Corel DESIGNER lets you create and position objects accurately.
When drawing or modifying objects, snapping allows you to specify the exact
placement of a point. When drawing objects, constraining affects their shape or the
angle that lines are drawn. For example, when drawing a rectangle you can constrain it
to be a square.
You can use these features for all drawing and editing operations. For example, before
rotating an object, you can snap the center point to another object’s corner, and then
rotate the object around that point.
In this section, you’ll learn about
• gravity snapping
• using dynamic guides
• using constrain keys
Gravity snapping
Gravity snapping is the attraction of the pointer to a snap point. Snap points are precise
mathematical draw
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