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Patents: www.corel.com/patent 230124 Contents | 1 Contents Getting started 1 Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 3 System requirements 3 Preparing for installation 3 Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications 4 Installation options 4 Modifying and repairing installations 6 Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 6 Frequently Asked Questions 7 Corel memberships and services 9 CorelDRAW memberships 9 Using your account 10 Updating Corel products 10 Corel Support Services 10 About Corel 11 What’s new in CorelDRAWGraphics SuiteX7? 13 Get up and running easily 13 Work faster and more efficiently 16 Design with creativity and confidence 20 Share and expand your experience 23 Finding out what was new in previous versions 24 Learning resources 25 Getting help 25 Using the Help and tooltips 26 Quick Start Guide 27 Insights from the Experts 27 Video learning resources 27 Using Hints 28 Welcome screen 28 Tips and Tricks 29 2 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Macro programming guide 29 Network deployment guide 29 Web-based resources 29 Customized training and integration resources 29 Starting and setting up 31 Starting and quitting CorelDRAW 31 Changing languages 31 Changing startup settings 32 CorelDRAW basics 33 Understanding vector graphics and bitmaps 33 Starting and opening drawings 34 Scanning images 37 Working with multiple drawings 37 Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions 38 Zooming, panning, and scrolling 39 Previewing drawings 41 Choosing viewing modes 42 Working with views 44 Saving drawings 45 Working with locked files 47 Backing up and recovering files 47 Adding and accessing drawing information 48 Closing drawings 48 Exploring basic tasks 49 CorelDRAW workspace tour 51 CorelDRAW terms 51 Application window 52 Standard toolbar 54 Exploring the toolbox 56 Property bar 68 Dockers 68 Contents | 3 Status bar 70 Choosing a workspace 70 Finding and managing content 73 Exploring Corel CONNECT 73 Accessing content 78 Browsing and searching for content 80 Viewing content 82 Using content 83 Installing fonts 85 Managing content 85 Syncing trays with OneDrive 87 Content types 88 Collaborating 91 Using ConceptShare 91 Lines, shapes, and outlines 93 Working with lines, outlines, and brushstrokes 95 Drawing lines 95 Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines 103 Formatting lines and outlines 105 Adding arrowheads to lines and curves 108 Copying, converting, and removing outlines 110 Closing multiple line segments 111 Applying brushstrokes 112 Spraying objects along a line 113 Drawing connector and callout lines 115 Drawing dimension lines 118 Using a pressure-sensitive pen 121 Drawing shapes 123 Drawing rectangles and squares 123 Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes 126 Drawing polygons and stars 127 4 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Drawing spirals 129 Drawing grids 130 Drawing predefined shapes 130 Drawing by using shape recognition 131 Shaping objects 135 Using curve objects 135 Selecting and moving nodes 136 Manipulating segments 138 Adding, removing, joining, and aligning nodes 139 Using node types 140 Transforming nodes 141 Breaking the path of curve objects 142 Mirroring changes in curve objects 143 Skewing and stretching objects 144 Smudging and smearing objects 146 Roughening objects 148 Smoothing objects 150 Shaping objects by attracting or pushing away nodes 151 Applying distortion effects 152 Adding twirl effects 154 Shaping objects by using envelopes 155 Cropping, splitting, and erasing objects 157 Trimming objects 161 Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners 163 Welding and intersecting objects 164 Creating PowerClip objects 166 Objects, symbols, and layers 173 Working with objects 175 Selecting objects 176 Transforming objects 178 Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects 181 Contents | 5 Creating objects from enclosed areas 184 Creating a boundary around selected objects 184 Using object coordinates to draw and modify objects 185 Copying object properties, transformations, and effects 192 Cloning objects 193 Positioning objects 194 Aligning and distributing objects 196 Applying object hinting 199 Snapping objects 199 Using dynamic guides 202 Using alignment guides 205 Changing the order of objects 209 Sizing and scaling objects 210 Rotating and mirroring objects 211 Using the Object Properties docker to modify objects 212 Grouping objects 213 Combining objects 214 Locking objects 216 Finding and replacing objects 216 Constraining objects 217 Inserting bar codes 217 Inserting and editing QR codes 219 Inserting QR codes 219 Editing QR codes 220 Validating QR codes 221 Working with layers 223 Creating layers 223 Changing layer properties 226 Moving and copying layers and objects 229 Working with symbols 231 Creating, editing, and deleting symbols 231 6 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Using symbols in drawings 233 Managing collections and libraries 235 Reference: Working with symbols 236 Linking and embedding objects 239 Inserting linked or embedded objects 239 Editing linked or embedded objects 240 Managing projects 241 Setting up the project database 241 Assigning and copying object data 242 Viewing an object data summary 243 Color, fills, and transparencies 245 Working with color 247 Understanding color models 247 Understanding color depth 249 Choosing colors 250 Using the Document palette 256 Creating and editing custom color palettes 258 Organizing and displaying color palettes 260 Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries 262 Setting the properties of color palettes 263 Filling objects 265 Applying uniform fills 265 Applying fountain fills 266 Applying pattern fills 268 Applying texture fills 272 Applying PostScript fills 274 Applying mesh fills 275 Applying fills to areas 277 Working with fills 279 Changing the transparency of objects 281 Applying uniform transparency 281 Contents | 7 Applying fountain transparency 282 Applying pattern transparency 284 Applying texture transparency 286 Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies 287 Applying merge modes 287 Managing and sharing fills and transparencies 291 Managing fills and transparencies 291 Saving and sharing fills and transparencies 293 Using color management 295 Understanding color management 295 Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW 299 Installing, loading, and embedding color profiles 302 Assigning color profiles 303 Converting colors to other color profiles 304 Choosing color-conversion settings 304 Soft proofing 305 Working with color management presets 308 Working with color management policies 308 Managing colors when opening documents 310 Managing colors when importing and pasting files 310 Managing colors for print 311 Using a safe CMYK workflow 311 Managing colors for online viewing 312 Special effects 313 Using lenses with objects 315 Applying lenses 315 Editing lenses 317 Adding 3D effects to objects 319 Contouring objects 319 Applying perspective to objects 322 Creating extrusions 323 8 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Creating bevel effects 327 Creating drop shadows 329 Blending objects 331 Text 337 Adding and manipulating text 339 Importing and pasting text 339 Adding artistic text 341 Adding paragraph text 341 Adding columns to text frames 344 Combining and linking paragraph text frames 346 Aligning text by using the baseline grid 348 Selecting text 349 Finding, editing, and converting text 349 Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text 351 Moving text 352 Wrapping text 353 Fitting text to a path 354 Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs 356 Embedding graphics 359 Working with legacy text 359 Formatting text 361 Choosing typefaces and fonts 361 Formatting characters 363 Changing text color 365 Kerning a range of characters 366 Changing text case 367 Working with OpenType features 368 Adjusting character and word spacing 372 Adjusting line and paragraph spacing 373 Adding bullets to text 375 Inserting drop caps 376 . 26 Quick Start Guide 27 Insights from the Experts 27 Video learning resources 27 Using Hints 28 Welcome screen 28 Tips and Tricks 29 2 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Macro programming guide 29 Network. in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7? 13 Learning resources 25 Starting and setting up 31 CorelDRAW basics 33 CorelDRAW workspace tour 51 Finding and managing content 73 Collaborating 91 2 | CorelDRAW. 635 Disabling warning messages 635 Viewing system information 635 Customizing CorelDRAW 637 16 | CorelDRAW X7 User Guide Saving defaults 637 Creating workspaces 638 Customizing keyboard shortcuts