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  • CorelDRAW basics
    • Vector graphics and bitmaps
    • Starting and opening drawings
    • Finding content
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• Lines, shapes, and outlines
  • Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes
    • Drawing lines
    • Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines
    • Formatting lines and outlines
    • Copying, converting, and removing outlines
    • Closing multiple line segments
    • Applying brushstrokes
    • Spraying objects along a line
    • Drawing flow and dimension lines
  • Drawing shapes
    • Drawing rectangles and squares
    • Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes
    • Drawing polygons and stars
    • Drawing spirals
    • Drawing grids
    • Drawing predefined shapes
    • Drawing by using shape recognition
  • Shaping objects
    • Using curve objects
    • Selecting and moving nodes
    • Manipulating segments
    • Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes
    • Using node types
    • Transforming nodes
    • Breaking the path of curve objects
    • Mirroring changes in curve objects
    • Skewing and stretching objects
    • Smudging objects
    • Roughening objects
    • Applying distortion effects
    • Shaping objects by using envelopes
    • Cropping, splitting, and erasing objects
    • Trimming objects
    • Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners
    • Welding and intersecting objects
    • Creating PowerClip objects
• Objects, symbols, and layers
  • Working with objects
    • Selecting objects
    • Transforming objects
    • Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects
    • Creating objects from enclosed areas
    • Creating a boundary around selected objects
    • Copying object properties, transformations, and effects
    • Cloning objects
    • Positioning objects
    • Aligning and distributing objects
    • Snapping objects
    • Using dynamic guides
    • Changing the order of objects
    • Sizing and scaling objects
    • Rotating and mirroring objects
    • Grouping objects
    • Combining objects
    • Locking objects
    • Finding and replacing objects
    • Constraining objects
    • Inserting bar codes
  • Working with layers
    • Creating layers
    • Changing layer properties
    • Moving and copying layers and objects
  • Working with symbols
    • Creating, editing, and deleting symbols
    • Using symbols in drawings
    • Managing collections and libraries
    • Sharing symbols between drawings
    • Reference: Working with symbols
  • Linking and embedding objects
    • Inserting linked or embedded objects
    • Editing linked or embedded objects
  • Managing projects
    • Setting up the project database
    • Assigning and copying object data
    • Viewing an object data summary
• Color and fills
  • Working with color
    • Choosing colors
    • Creating custom color palettes
    • Opening and editing custom color palettes
    • Setting the properties of color palettes
    • Understanding color models
    • Understanding color depth
  • Filling objects
    • Applying uniform fills
    • Applying fountain fills
    • Applying pattern fills
    • Applying texture fills
    • Applying PostScript texture fills
    • Applying mesh fills
    • Applying fills to areas
    • Working with fills
  • Managing color for display, input, and output
    • Understanding the Color Management dialog box
    • Working with color profiles
    • Choosing advanced color management settings
    • Displaying colors for different types of output
• Special effects
  • Changing the transparency of objects
    • Applying transparencies
    • Applying merge modes
  • Using lenses with objects
    • Applying lenses
    • Editing lenses
  • Adding three-dimensional effects to objects
    • Contouring objects
    • Applying perspective to objects
    • Creating extrusions
    • Creating bevel effects
    • Creating drop shadows
    • Blending objects
• Text
  • Adding and formatting text
    • Adding and selecting text
    • Encoding text
    • Changing the appearance of text
    • Finding, editing, and converting text
    • Aligning and spacing text
    • Shifting and rotating text
    • Moving text
    • Fitting text to a path
    • Formatting paragraph text
    • Hyphenating text
    • Combining and linking paragraph text frames
    • Wrapping paragraph text around objects and text
    • Embedding graphics and adding special characters
    • Inserting formatting codes
    • Displaying nonprinting characters
  • Working with Asian text
    • Formatting Asian text
    • Using line-breaking rules for Asian text
  • Managing fonts
    • Substituting fonts
    • Previewing and identifying fonts
    • Using the Bitstream Font Navigator
  • Using writing tools
    • Using QuickCorrect
    • Using the spelling checker and Grammatik
    • Using the thesaurus
    • Working with languages
    • Customizing the writing tools
    • Using checking styles
    • Using rule classes
    • Analyzing a drawing
    • Using word lists
    • Checking statistics
    • Reference: Using writing tools
• Templates and styles
  • Working with templates
    • Searching for templates
    • Creating templates
    • Using saved templates to create files
    • Editing templates
    • Loading styles from other templates
  • Working with graphics, text, and color styles
    • Creating, applying, and editing graphics styles or text styles
    • Customizing the Graphic and Text Styles docker
    • Creating and applying color styles
    • Editing and sorting color styles
    • Moving and copying color styles
• Pages and layout
  • Working with pages and layout tools
    • Specifying the page layout
    • Choosing a page background
    • Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages
    • Using the rulers
    • Calibrating the rulers
    • Setting up the grid
    • Setting up guidelines
    • Setting the drawing scale
  • Working with tables
    • Adding tables to drawings
    • Selecting, moving, and navigating table components
    • Inserting and deleting table rows and columns
    • Resizing table cells, rows, and columns
    • Formatting tables and cells
    • Working with text in tables
    • Converting tables to text
    • Merging and splitting tables and cells
    • Manipulating tables as objects
    • Adding images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables
    • Importing tables in a drawing
• Bitmaps
  • Working with bitmaps
    • Converting vector graphics to bitmaps
    • Importing bitmaps
    • Cropping and editing bitmaps
    • Straightening bitmaps
    • Using Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps
    • Removing dust and scratch marks from bitmaps
    • Applying special effects in bitmaps
    • Working with colors in bitmaps
    • Using the Image Adjustment Lab
    • Adjusting color and tone
    • Transforming color and tone
    • Editing bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT
  • Working with bitmap color modes
    • Changing the color mode of bitmaps
    • Changing bitmaps to black-and-white images
    • Changing bitmaps to duotones
    • Changing bitmaps to the paletted color mode
  • Tracing bitmaps and editing traced results
    • Tracing bitmaps
    • PowerTRACE controls
    • Previewing traced results
    • Fine-tuning traced results
    • Adjusting colors in traced results
    • Setting default tracing options
    • Tips for tracing bitmaps and editing traced results
  • Working with raw camera files
    • Using raw camera files
    • Bringing raw camera files into CorelDRAW
    • Adjusting the color and tone of raw camera files
    • Sharpening and reducing noise in raw camera files
    • Previewing raw camera files and obtaining image information
• Printing
  • Printing basics
    • Printing your work
    • Laying out print jobs
    • Previewing print jobs
    • Applying print styles
    • Fine-tuning print jobs
    • Printing colors accurately
    • Printing to a PostScript printer
    • Merging files
    • Viewing preflight summaries
  • Working with commercial printers
    • Preparing a print job for a service bureau
    • Working with imposition layouts
    • Printing printers’ marks
    • Maintaining OPI links
    • Printing color separations
    • Working with color trapping and overprinting
    • Specifying In-RIP trapping settings
    • Printing to film
    • Understanding commercial printing
• Web graphics
  • Creating Web-enabled objects
    • Using preset Internet objects
    • Optimizing bitmaps for the Web
    • Creating rollovers
    • Creating Web-compatible text
    • Working with bookmarks and hyperlinks
  • Publishing to the Web
    • Preparing files and objects for Web publishing
    • Publishing to HTML
• File formats
  • Importing and exporting files
    • Importing files
    • Exporting files
  • Publishing to PDF
    • Saving documents as PDF files
    • Including hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails in PDF files
    • Reducing the size of PDF files
    • Working with text and fonts in PDF files
    • Specifying an encoding format for PDF files
    • Setting the number of fountain steps in PDF files
    • Specifying a viewing option for EPS files
    • Choosing a color model for objects in PDF files
    • Setting security options for PDF files
    • Optimizing PDF files
    • Viewing preflight summaries for PDF files
    • Preparing PDF files for a service bureau
  • Working with office productivity applications
    • Importing files from office productivity applications
    • Exporting files to office productivity applications
    • Adding objects to documents
    • Using the Microsoft Office workspace
  • Supported file formats
    • Adobe Illustrator (AI)
    • Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB)
    • Windows Bitmap (BMP)
    • OS/2 Bitmap (BMP)
    • Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
    • CorelDRAW (CDR)
    • Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX)
    • Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)
    • Corel Symbol Library (CSL)
    • Cursor Resource (CUR)
    • Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF)
    • Microsoft Publisher (PUB)
    • Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW)
    • AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)
    • Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
    • PostScript (PS or PRN)
    • GIF
    • HTML
    • JPEG (JPG)
    • JPEG 2000 (JP2)
    • Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD)
    • PICT (PCT)
    • PaintBrush (PCX)
    • Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
    • HPGL Plotter File (PLT)
    • Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
    • Adobe Photoshop (PSD)
    • Corel Painter (RIF)
    • Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
    • Macromedia Flash (SWF)
    • TARGA (TGA)
    • TIFF
    • Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP)
    • TrueType Font (TTF)
    • WordPerfect Document (WPD)
    • WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)
    • Raw camera file formats
    • Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI)
    • Windows Metafile Format (WMF)
    • Additional file formats
    • Recommended formats for importing graphics
    • Recommended formats for exporting graphics
    • General notes on importing text files
• Customizing and automating
  • Setting basic preferences
    • Specifying memory options
    • Disabling warning messages
    • Viewing system information
    • Corel Application Recovery Manager (Windows XP)
  • Customizing CorelDRAW
    • Saving defaults
    • Using multiple workspaces
    • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
    • Customizing menus
    • Customizing toolbars
    • Customizing the property bar
    • Customizing the status bar
    • Customizing feedback sounds
    • Customizing filters
    • Customizing file associations
  • Using macros
    • Recording, running, and editing macros
    • Working with the VBA Editor
    • Running Corel scripts
    • Specifying VBA security options
• Reference
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