Index

Note to the Reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic or the definition of a term. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.

Numbers and Symbols

3-D cube exercise, 297–304

3-D effects. See also Extrude tool; perspective

with PowerClips, 432–435, 432

3D Models tab in Scrapbook, 70

& (ampersand) in menus, 846

* (asterisks) in Style list, 772

... (ellipsis) in menus, 21

A

Acceleration controls in Blend property bar, 331–332

accelerator keys. See hotkeys

Acrobat. See PDF files

ACSII 85 Encoding option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

Add Noise bitmap effect, 544

Add Page Frame option in Page Setup dialog box, 617

Add Perspective command, 290–292

Add Preset option in Envelope tool, 315, 315, 317

adding. See also creating

Alignment list to Text property bar, 836

color styles to custom palettes, 791–792

commands to menus, 846, 846

CorelDRAW components later, 867

graphic elements to Web page backgrounds, 485–486, 485

hotkeys to menus, 846

Nudge box to Standard toolbar, 834–835, 834

Style list to custom toolbar, 844–845, 845

additive color, 669

Adobe Acrobat Reader. See also PDF files; Publish to PDF dialog box

installing, 858

Adobe Exchange and Distiller software, 710–711

Adobe Freehand files, importing, 732–733

Adobe Illustrator files (.AI)

exporting to, 752–753, 753

importing, 731–732

Advanced page in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706–709

Colors options, 709

defined, 706–707, 707

EPS Files option, 708

Fountain Steps option, 708

Maintain OPI Links option, 708

Output All Objects As option, 709

Preserve Document Overprints option, 707

Preserve Halftone Screen Information option, 708

Preserve Spot Colors option, 708

Render Complex Fills As Bitmaps option, 707

Use Color Profile option, 709

Advanced Separations Settings dialog box, 638–640

advertising banners in Web pages, 522–523

.AI files

exporting to, 752–753, 753

importing, 731–732

aligning

objects

hotkeys, 33–34, 128

overview of, 78–79, 127–128, 127

text

adding Alignment list to Text property bar, 836

Align page in Format Text dialog box, 203, 217, 218, 219

artistic text, 203

paragraph text, 203, 217, 218, 219, 223–224, 224, 225

vertical justification settings for paragraph text, 220

Alt key. See also Ctrl key; F keys; hotkeys; Shift key

+ F3 (Lens docker), 384

marquees and, 15, 72

scrolling with, 9

Spray mode and, 13

Altman’s Laws of DRAW, 61–62

Always Overprint Black option in Print dialog box, 637, 683

ampersand (&) in menus, 846

animated GIFs, 461–462

anti-aliasing, 455–456, 456, 457, 535, 755–756

anti-virus protection, 864, 864

Apply All Property Changes to the Current Page Only option in Layers docker, 800, 800

Apply Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 726

Apply to Duplicate option in Transformation dockers, 123

applying

scripts, 810, 810, 815

styles, 769, 771, 772–773, 773

archiving workspaces, 853

Arrange menu, 121–133

Align and Distribute command

aligning objects, 78–79, 127–128, 127

distributing objects, 78, 128–129

hotkeys, 33–34, 128, 130

overview of, 78–79

Break Apart command, 75, 131

Combine command, 74, 75, 131

Convert Outline to Object command, 133

Convert to Curves command, 132

defined, 22–23

Group and Ungroup commands, 73–74, 74, 130–131

Lock and Unlock commands, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131

Order commands, 78–79, 130

Separate command, 131–132, 132, 328, 364, 420

Shaping command, 131

To Front and To Back commands, 78–79, 130

Transformation dockers, 63, 121–126

Apply to Duplicate option, 123

overview of, 63, 121–123, 122

placement controls, 123–124

and restoring objects to original condition, 125–126

Scale with Image option, 126, 126

units of measurement in, 124–125

Weld command, 74, 75

arrow keys, scrolling with, 9

arrowheads, 186, 187, 192

Artistic Media tool, 48, 102

artistic text, 18, 201–211, 232–240. See also text

aligning, 203

artistic text styles, 770–771

character formatting, 206–207

converting to curves, 211, 226

converting to paragraph text, 227

creating, 201, 202, 228

defined, 18, 201, 202

filling, 208

fitting to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

formatting, 203

hotkey, 228

kerning, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206

limitations of, 217

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204

mirroring, extruding, enveloping, or changing perspective, 226

node-editing, 210

paragraph spacing, 205

versus paragraph text, 216–217, 226–227, 227

rotating, 208

scaling, 226

setting defaults, 211

sizing, 202, 208

skewing, 208, 226

special effects, 209, 226

spell checking and grammar checking, 207, 207

stretching, 226

strings of, 201

Thesaurus, 23, 207

warping with Envelope tool, 226, 245, 245

when to use, 226

As in Document option in Print dialog box, 628, 629

assigning sounds to CorelDRAW events, 56

asterisks (*) in Style list, 772

Auto Increase Flatness option in Print dialog box, 647–649, 648

Auto Increase Fountain Steps option in Print dialog box, 649–650

AutoCAD .DXF and .DWG files, 733

auto-executing scripts, 817–818

Automatically Center New PowerClip Contents option, 431

Auto-Spreading option in Print dialog box, 638, 684–685

Autotrace module, 116

Auto-view option in Styles docker, 768

B

back parallel extrusions, 350, 350

backgrounds. See also graphics

background graphics, 336–339, 393–394, 393

background options for converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 534, 534

Background page in Page Setup dialog box, 622–623

Bitmap option, 622

No Background option, 622

Print and Export Background option, 622–623

Solid option, 622

printing white or tinted objects on colored backgrounds, 622

Transparent Background option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

for Web pages, 43, 470–486, 522

adding graphic elements, 485–486, 485

background sounds, 522

border stripes, 475–479

design considerations, 470

exercise, 480–483, 483

finishing, 483–484, 484

in image maps, 501–502

Options dialog box settings, 483–484, 484

printing, 485

tiling, 471–475, 472, 473, 474

tips, 43, 479–480

banner ads in Web pages, 522–523

Barcode Wizard, 863

baseline control of paragraph text, 226–227, 227

Behind Fill option in Outline Pen dialog box, 190–191, 191

beveling extrusions, 361

Bezier curves. See also curves

Bezier drawing in PHOTO-PAINT, 604–605

Bezier tool, 17, 102–104, 103, 111–115

defined, xxxi, xxxii

big back extrusions, 350

big front extrusions, 350

Binary Encoding option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

bitmaps, 529–549. See also PHOTO-PAINT; pixels; vector graphics

advantages of, 530–531, 530

as backgrounds, 622

Bitmap Compression option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 703–704

Bitmap Downsampling option in Print dialog box, 653

Bitmap Downsampling option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704

Bitmap Export dialog box, 755–757

Anti-Aliasing option, 755–756

Color option, 755

defined, 755, 755

Dithered option, 756

opening, 757

Resolution option, 756

Size option, 756

Transparent Background option, 756

Uncompressed File Size option, 756

Use Color Profile option, 756

Bitmap Extrusion tool, 365

Bitmap options in Print dialog box PostScript page, 644

bitmap pattern fills, 156, 157–158, 158

Bitmaps menu, 23, 535–539

Bitmap Color Mask command, 538

Convert to Bitmap command, 532–535

Crop Bitmap command, 535

defined, 23

Edit Bitmap command, 535

Inflate Bitmap command, 38, 537

Mode command, 537

Resample command, 536–537, 537

Resolve Link and Update from Link commands, 538–539

Trace Bitmap command, 535–536

blending imported bitmaps, 326

converting bitmaps to other bitmaps, 535

converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 76, 403, 531–535, 653

anti-aliasing option, 535

background options, 534, 534

color options, 532–534

dithering, 533–534, 533

exercise, 545–549, 546

overview of, 76, 531, 532

with Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

resolution options, 532

transparent images, 403

drawing programs versus painting programs, xxix–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

drop shadows and, 410

embedding, 538–539

exporting to bitmap formats, 754–758

to .BMP format, 758

to .CPT format, 758

to FPX format, 757

overview of, 754–755

to .PNG format, 758

to TIFF format, 758

flatness options for imported bitmaps, 726

importing bitmap graphics, 326, 738–740

blending and, 326

Combine Multi-Layer Bitmap option in Import dialog box, 726

Crop Image option, 739–740

file formats supported, 738

file size and, 739

Link Bitmap Externally option in Import dialog box, 726

overview of, 738–739

Resample option, 740

new features in CorelDRAW 9, 55

Output Color Bitmaps As option in Print dialog box, 652

printing tips, 661–662, 663

Rasterize Entire Page option in Print dialog box, 653

Render Complex Fills As Bitmaps option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 707

size of bitmap files, xxxi, 530–531, 530

special effects, 55, 539–549, 752

Add Noise command, 544

in CorelDRAW 9, 55

CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT exercise, 545–549, 546

Edge Detect command, 542

Emboss command, 540

exporting transparent effects, 752

Pastels command, 540

previewing, 541

Psychedelic command, 541–542

Radial Blur command, 541

Ripple command, 543–544

Unsharp Mask command, 545

Weather command, 542–543

Black and White command in PHOTO-PAINT, 568

bleed

Bleed Limit option in Print dialog box, 632

Show Bleed Area option in Page Setup dialog box, 615

Blend tool, 325–339. See also special effects

Blend property bar, 330–334

Acceleration controls, 331–332

Color Direction options, 331

Fuse option, 332

Loop Rotation of Objects option, 330–331

Mapping Nodes option, 332, 333

miscellaneous options, 332–333

overview of, 330, 330

Path option, 333–334, 334

Path Properties option, 332–333

Rotation options, 330–331

Split option, 332

Start and End Object Properties, 333

Steps and Space options, 330

blending objects, 325–330, 326

control or start and end objects, 326, 333

design considerations, 328–330, 329

examples, 334, 335

exercise, 336–339

imported bitmaps and, 326

nodes and, 329–330, 332, 333

organization charts, 334, 334

paragraph text and, 326

selecting blended objects, 328

separating blended objects, 328

steps, 326, 330

blinking text in Web pages, 523

.BMP files, exporting to, 758

Book and Booklet options in Page Setup dialog box, 618

bookmarks

Generate Bookmarks option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

Include Bookmarks option in Print dialog box, 647

book’s companion Web page, xxviii, 86

borders

border stripes in Web page backgrounds, 475–479

Show Page Border option in Page Setup dialog box, 614–615

bounding boxes

Bounding Box option in EPS Export dialog box, 750

for hotspots in image maps, 501

Break Apart command in Arrange menu, 75, 131

breaks, line breaks in paragraph text, 219

Brighten lens, 386, 391, 393, 393

Brightness-Contrast-Intensity command in PHOTO-PAINT, 592

built-in scripts, 810, 810

bullets in paragraph text, 220, 220

buttons, moving between toolbars and property bars, 838

C

calibration. See color management

Calligraphy option in Outline Pen dialog box, 190, 190

camera-ready artwork, 676

cameras, Digital Camera Interface, 47, 742, 865

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

card layout options in Page Setup dialog box, 618–619

Cascading Style Sheets in Web pages, 510–511

.CDR files, 720, 733–734, 766, 863

.CDT files, 777

.CFG files, 851–852

.CGM files, 720, 732

changing. See also editing

menu hotkeys, 846

character formatting. See also formatting

in artistic text, 206–207

in paragraph text, 206–207

character spacing, 107–108, 107

Check for Watermark option in Import dialog box, 727

checking spelling and grammar, 207, 207, 222–223, 223

checklist for Web page design, 523–524

child colors in color styles, 782, 785–787, 790–792

circles

Circle Mask tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 585

drawing with Ctrl key, 18

clicking and dragging objects, 62–64, 63

clipart

CorelDRAW and, xxix

custom Clipart menu command, 848

importing, 716, 716, 717

RomCAT cataloging software, 233

in Scrapbook, 69–70

Clipboard

cutting, copying, and pasting objects, 66–67, 66

exporting via, 758–759

exporting Web graphics with, 496

importing with, 66–67, 66, 737–738

linking graphics across, 738

clipping paths. See PowerClips

Clone tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 577–584

defined, 577–578, 577

repairing damaged photographs, 579–584, 579, 582, 584

closing toolbars and color palettes, 831

.CLY files, 660

.CMX files

CMX thumbnail display utility, 863

exporting to, 753–754

importing, 720, 734

for Web graphics, 492–496, 497

CMYK color

CMYK command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

color palettes and, 162–164, 163

converting spot colors to, 636

defined, 162–164, 163

Output Color Bitmaps As option and, 652

Collate option in Print dialog box, 628

color, 667–691. See also fills

additive color, 669

CMYK color

CMYK command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

color palettes and, 162–164, 163

converting spot colors to CMYK colors, 636

defined, 162–164, 163, 669–671, 670, 671

Output Color Bitmaps As option and, 652

Color Add lens, 386

Color Direction options in Blend property bar, 331

Color docker, 141–143, 142, 143

Color Limit lens, 386

Color option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 755

color options for converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 532–534

Color Replacer tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 574–576

coloring lenses, 388

Colors options in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

Contour tool color options, 374, 375–376

Convert To Grayscale command, 847, 848

creating shades of colors, 170

Custom Color Map lens, 386

dithering

GIF files, 450

vector graphics converted to bitmaps, 533–534, 533

Extrude tool color options, 358–361

Drape Fills option, 359

Fountain Fills option, 360–361

Object Fill option, 358–359, 362

Solid Fills option, 360

Eyedropper flyout, 19, 50, 168–169

Interactive Drop Shadow tool color options, 417

Layer Color option, 799

light and, 667–668

mixing, 170

monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones, 37, 664

outline color settings, 184–185, 188, 192

Output Color Bitmaps As option in Print dialog box, 652

Paintbucket tool, 50, 169

Pantone color

in fountain fills, 637

Pantone swatch books, 141, 691

process color printing, 671–673

RGB color

defined, 668–669, 669

RGB command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

skin tones in photographs, 640

spot color printing

converting to CMYK, 636

defined, 671–672

Preserve Spot Colors option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

spot-color separations for fountain fills, 151

substituting color when printing, 663–664

subtractive color, 670–671

Tinted Grayscale lens and, 388, 393

transparent GIFs and, 455

Use Color Profile option in Print dialog box, 650

Use Color Profile option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

in Web graphics

Calibrate Colors for Display option, 486

color depth of graphics, 517–519, 517

color management and Web graphics, 486, 691

in GIF files, 446

in image maps, 501–502

in Web publishing versus printing, 443

Color Calibration Bar option in Print dialog box, 642

color correction. See color management

color management, 141, 686–691

Apply Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 726

Calibrate Colors for Display option in Options dialog box, 486, 690

Color Calibration Bar option in Print dialog box, 642

Color Profile Wizard, 688–691

defined, 687–688

Densitometer Scale option in Print dialog box, 642

effectiveness of, 691

Embed ICC Profile option in Export dialog box, 747

Extract Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 727

installing CorelDRAW color profiles, 865

monitor colors versus printed colors, 141, 686–687

Pantone and TruMatch swatch books and, 141, 691

Use Color Profile option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

Use Color Profile option in Print dialog box, 650

Use Color Profile option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

Web graphics and, 486, 691

color palettes, 9–10, 162–168, 169–170

closing and reopening, 831

CMYK color model and, 162–164, 163

CorelDRAW 8 enhancements, 26–29, 29

coreldrw.cpl palette, 162–163, 164

creating floating color palettes, 830–831

creating shades of colors, 170

custom palettes

adding color styles to, 791–792

creating, 165–168, 169–170

defined, 163, 163, 164

defined, 9–10

design and, 168

displaying or hiding, 10, 10, 11

displaying list of, 24

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 47, 48

mixing colors, 170

uniform fills and, 141

using limited palettes, 168

Color Profile Wizard, 688–691. See also color management

color separations, 555, 634–640, 644, 673–676. See also color trapping

camera-ready artwork, 676

creating, 634–635, 634

creating negative output, 676, 677

creating print files, 675–676, 677

creating proofs, 674, 675

DCS (Desktop Color Separation) option in Print dialog box, 644

defined, 673, 673

for fountain fills, 151

in PHOTO-PAINT, 555, 557

previewing, 674

screen frequency settings, 638–640, 644

Separations page in Print dialog box, 634–640

Advanced Separations Settings dialog box, 638–640

Always Overprint Black option, 637, 683

Auto-Spreading option, 638, 684–685

Convert Spot Colors to CMYK option, 636

creating color separations, 634–635, 634

Halftone Type option, 639–640

Hexachrome Plates option, 636

High Solid Ink Density option, 636

Overprint Color option, 638–639

Preserve Document Overprints option, 637

Print Empty Plates option, 636–637

Print Separations in Color option, 635–636

proofing separations on PostScript laser printers, 635

Trapping options, 637–638

using Pantone colors in fountain fills, 637

service bureaus and, 634–637, 639

color styles, 782–792. See also styles

adding to custom palettes, 791–792

creating automatically, 787–790

creating manually, 783–787, 784

creating shades, 791, 792

defined, 782–783

parent and child colors and, 782, 785–787, 790–792

color substitutions, 663–664

color trapping, 637–639, 677–686. See also color separations

Always Overprint Black option in Print dialog box, 637, 683

Auto-Spreading option in Print dialog box, 638, 684–685

in CorelDRAW, 684–685

defined, 677–680, 679, 680

eliminating registration errors using common colors, 681–682, 681

imagesetters and, 681

knockouts and, 637, 679, 681

overprinting and, 637–639, 682–683, 682, 683, 684, 685–686, 686

registration and, 678–680, 679, 680, 681–682, 681

Registration Marks option in Print dialog box, 642

service bureaus and, 678, 681, 684

trapping outline technique, 685–686, 686

trapping software, 680

column settings in paragraph text, 218, 219–220, 222

Combine Multi-Layer Bitmap option in Import dialog box, 726

combining

lenses, 391

objects, 74, 75, 131

commands. See also menus

adding and deleting menu commands, 846, 846

creating from scripts, 816–817, 817

Compact installation option, 862

companion Web page, xxviii, 86

Compatibility options in Print dialog box PostScript page, 643

complex fills. See fountain fills; lenses; pattern fills; texture fills; transparent objects

compression

Compress Text option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

Compression setting for JPEG files, 459–460, 460

Compression Type option in Export dialog box, 747

Uncompressed File Size option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

configuration files, 851–852

conflict warnings for Web pages, 509–510

conical fountain fills, 145, 146

constrained mode for envelopes, 311–312, 311, 312

constraining operations. See Ctrl key

containers for PowerClips, 424, 430, 430

Contour tool, 369–380. See also special effects

color options, 374, 375–376

Contour property bar, 373, 374–376, 375

creating, 371–373, 371

defined, 369–370, 370

future of, 380

grouping contoured objects, 370, 380

versus Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 380

Offset option, 374

open contours, 378, 378

outline options, 374, 376–377, 376, 380

performance of, 378–380, 379

Steps option, 374

text and, 370

types of contours, 371, 371

control objects in blends, 326, 333

converting. See also exporting; importing

bitmaps to other bitmaps, 535

Convert To Grayscale command, 847, 848

flyouts to toolbars, 831–832, 832

objects

to bitmaps, 76

to curves, 108, 109, 132

outlines to objects, 133, 192, 192

spot colors to CMYK, 636

text

artistic text to or from paragraph text, 227

to curves, 108, 109, 132, 211, 226, 258–260, 259, 260

TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts

in Print dialog box, 645–646

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

vector graphics to bitmaps, 76, 403, 531–535, 653

anti-aliasing option, 535background options, 534, 534

color options, 532–534

dithering, 533–534, 533

exercise, 545–549, 546

overview of, 76, 531, 532

with Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

resolution options, 532

transparent images, 403

Copies option in Print dialog box, 627

copying

envelopes, 316

fill and outline properties between objects, 80

interface elements, 835

masks in PHOTO-PAINT, 604

object properties, 79–80, 766

objects and applying effects to the copy, 80–81

perspective, 295–296

workspaces, 852–853

copying and pasting objects, 66–67, 66

CorelCAPTURE, 863

CorelDRAW, xxv-xxxiv, 27–56, 857–868. See also PHOTO-PAINT

book’s companion Web page, xxviii, 86

configuration files, 851–852

defined, xxv–xxvi, xxviii

drawing programs versus painting programs, xxix–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

fonts in, xxxiii–xxxiv

installing, 857–868

adding components later, 867

Adobe Acrobat Reader, 858

Barcode Wizard, 863

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

CDR and CMX thumbnail display utility, 863

color profiles, 865

Compact installation option, 862

completing, 866–867

CorelDRAW components, 862–863, 863CorelTRACE, CorelTEXTURE, and CorelCAPTURE, 863

Custom installation option, 862, 864, 865

Digital Camera Interface, 865

Digital Signatures feature, 864, 864

disabling Windows Autorun feature, 859

Duplexing Wizard, 863

filters, 865

FontNavigator utility, 864

fonts, 862, 865, 866

graphics utilities, 863

label utility, 863

language support, 861, 865

macro virus protection, 864, 864

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

overview of, 857–858, 858

productivity tools, 863–864, 864

QuickTime software, 858

Release Notes, 858

Script Editor, 863

Setup Wizard, 859–867, 860, 866

starting installation CD-ROM, 857–859, 858

Typical installation option, 860–861, 860, 861, 862, 866

Uninstall utility, 867–868, 868

Writing Tools, 865

Macintosh version, 857

new features in CorelDRAW 8, 27–44

advantages and disadvantages of, 44

alignment hotkeys, 33–34, 128

backgrounds, 43

color palette enhancements, 26–29, 29

creating and saving custom page sizes, 37

digging feature, 38

Distortion tool, 37, 38

dockers, 34, 35

drop shadow enhancements, 31, 31, 37

Envelope tool enhancements, 29–30

Extrude tool enhancements, 30, 30

filling open paths, 39, 40

fitting paragraph text in frames automatically, 41, 42

FontNavigator utility, 43, 864

graphics inserted in text, 40, 41

guideline enhancements, 32–33

Inflate Bitmap feature, 38, 537

line styles, 34, 35

locking objects, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131

modeless editing, 32

monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones, 37, 664

moving display of objects, 39

Object Manager and Layers Manager enhancements, 38

Options dialog box enhancements, 35–36, 36

overview of, 27–28, 44

PHOTO-PAINT enhancements, 42

printing enhancements, 36

saving workspace settings, 33

Select All command enhancements, 39

Size Graphic on Import option, 36

text features, 40–42

text linking feature, 42, 43

text-editing enhancements, 41

Trim, Intersect, and Weld interaction, 39

user interface enhancements, 32–37

Web page and HTML features, 42–43

new features in CorelDRAW 9, 44–56

Adobe Acrobat PDF file support, 54, 54

Artistic Media tool, 48

assigning sounds to CorelDRAW events, 56

bitmap effects, 55

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

CorelTRACE enhancements, 55

Digital Camera Interface, 47, 742, 865

drop shadow enhancements, 50

Enable Selection after Drawing option, 55

EPS file export enhancements, 52, 53

Eyedropper flyout, 19, 50, 168–169

Fit Text to Path enhancements, 50

frame editing enhancements, 50

Freehand tool enhancements, 48

guideline enhancements, 45–46, 46

hotkey enhancements, 45

Import/Export enhancements, 52–53, 53

imported text enhancements, 50

Interactive Mesh Fill tool, 49

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

Mini-Preview feature, 52, 52

new interactive tools, 50

node-handling enhancements, 48–49

object rotation enhancement, 55

overview of, 27–28, 44–45, 56

page layout and setup enhancements, 47

Paintbucket tool, 50, 169

palette enhancements, 47, 48

PostScript file import enhancements, 53

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) and PostScript file support, 51, 625

PowerLines, 48

Print enhancements, 51–52, 51, 52

printing enhancements, 51–52, 51, 52

property bar enhancements, 45

Rectangle tool enhancements, 49

roll-ups eliminated, 45

Shape tool enhancements, 49

Spray mode, 48, 49

text-editing enhancements, 50

view enhancements, 55–56

Web page and HTML enhancements, 54–55

versus PHOTO-PAINT, xxix–xxx, 554

service bureaus and, 696–697

tutorial, 24

uninstalling, 867–868, 868

versus Web page editors, 489, 505, 511–513, 512, 513

coreldrw.cdt template, 778

coreldrw.cpl palette, 162–163, 164

coreldrw.end file, 186

CorelSCRIPT. See scripts

CorelTEXTURE, 863

CorelTRACE

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 55

installing, 863

overview of, 117

CorelTUTOR, 24

Corners options in Outline Pen dialog box, 188, 188

correction. See color management

counters in Web pages, 523

.CPL files, 162–163, 164

.CPT files

exporting from PHOTO-PAINT, 605

exporting to, 758

saving masks as, 602–603

Create From command for envelopes, 315

creating. See also adding

color palettes, 165–168, 169–170

color separations, 634–635, 634

color styles

automatically, 787–790

creating shades with, 791, 792

manually, 783–787, 784

commands from scripts, 816–817, 817

contours, 371–373, 371

custom page sizes, 37

drawings from templates, 780–781

drop shadows, 407–408, 408, 411–412

envelopes, 308–309, 309, 316, 316

extrusions, 344–345

fills

fountain fills, 143–148

pattern fills, 156

texture fills, 159–160, 159

floating color palettes, flyouts, property bars, Standard toolbar, and toolbox, 830–831

GIF files, 447–448

animated GIFs, 461–462

interlaced GIFs, 455

transparent GIFs, 452–455, 453

hotkeys, 436, 849–850

HTML compatible text, 509–510

image maps, 499–502, 499

JPEG files, 458–459, 458

layers, 798–799

line styles, 187, 188

marquees, 72

menus, 847–848, 847

negative output for color separations, 676, 677

objects

overlapping shapes with Intersect tool, 267–271, 269

overview of, 62–64, 63

silhouettes with Weld tool, 278, 279

in Spray mode, 13

from Symbols library, 68, 68

page frames, 617

photo montages with PowerClips, 428–429

PowerClips, 424–426

print files for color separations, 675–676, 677

proofs for color separations, 674, 675

scripts, 811–815, 814

shades of color, 170

sheets of labels, 620–621, 620

styles, 768–770, 776–777

templates, 778–780, 779

text

artistic text, 201, 202, 228

paragraph text, 201, 202, 215, 216, 228

text toolbars, 201

toolbars, 201, 839–844, 839, 845

Web graphics, 515–520

color depth and, 517–519, 517

CorelDRAW versus Web page editors, 489

file size and, 515–516, 516

GIF files versus JPEG files, 446, 515

Paletted option and, 518–519

repeating graphics in Web pages, 519

resolution and, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

using thumbnails, 520, 520

Web pages with CorelDRAW, 506–515

conflict warnings, 509–510

CorelDRAW versus Web page editors, 489, 505, 511–513, 512, 513

creating HTML compatible text, 509–510

design considerations, 514–515

example, 506–508, 507, 508

layer and style options, 510–511

workspaces, 829–830, 829, 850–851

cropping. See also PowerClips

Crop Bitmap command in Bitmaps menu, 535

Crop/Fold Marks options in Print dialog box, 641–642

imported bitmaps, 739–740

with lenses, 391

Ctrl key. See also Alt key; F keys; hotkeys; Shift key

+ F5 (Graphic and Text Styles), 766

+ F7 (Envelope docker), 310

+ F11 (Symbols and Special Characters), 68

+ G (Group), 74

+ J (Options dialog box), 13

+ K (Break Apart), 75

+ R (Repeat), 80

+ S (Save), 77

+ Shift + T (Edit Text dialog box), 202

+ spacebar (Pick tool), 16

+ U (Ungroup), 74

adding perspective with, 292

constraining fountain fills with, 64

creating envelopes with, 316, 316

drawing circles and squares with, 18

node-editing with, 94

rotating objects with, 64

selecting objects with, 64, 74

sizing objects with, 64

curves, xxx–xxxi, 89–116. See also drawing; shapes

Artistic Media tool, 48, 102

Bezier curves

Bezier drawing in PHOTO-PAINT, 604–605

Bezier tool, 17, 102–104, 103, 111–115

defined, xxxi, xxxii

converting objects to curves, 108, 109, 132

converting text to curves, 108, 109, 132, 258–260, 259, 260

Curve flyout, 17

defined, 89–90, 94

drawing programs versus painting programs and, xxx–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

Eraser tool, 104–105, 105

exercises, 108–116

Autotrace module, 116

Bezier tool, 111–115

Freehand tool, 90–92, 91, 93, 115–116

nodes, 93–94, 94, 110

overview of, 108–110, 110

Export All Text As Curves option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704–705

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

Freehand tool

defined, 17

deleting lines created with, 13

drawing straight lines, 99–101, 100

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 48

exercises, 90–92, 91, 93, 115–116

Freehand Smoothing setting, 101

Knife tool, 104–105, 106

Maximum Points per Curve option in Print dialog box, 647

nodes, 90–99

Ctrl key and, 94

curves and, 91–92, 91, 93, 108–110, 110

cusp nodes, 95, 98–99, 98

and customizing status bar, 92

defined, 90

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 106–108, 107

exercises, 93–94, 94, 110

node-editing artistic text, 210

node-editing and perspective, 293

Pick tool and, 92

property bar and, 94, 94

selecting, 92, 99

Shape tool and, 92

smooth nodes, 95, 97, 98–99

symmetrical nodes, 95–97, 97, 98–99

paths and, 89–90

segments and, 90, 91–92, 91, 96

Shape tool and, 91

straight lines, 99–101, 100

cusp nodes, 95, 98–99, 98

Custom Color Map lens, 386

custom fountain fills, 146–148

Custom installation option, 862, 864, 865

custom page sizes, 37, 616

custom palettes

adding color styles to, 791–792

creating, 165–168, 169–170

defined, 163, 163, 164

custom Text commands menu, 847, 848

Customize Label option in Page Setup dialog box, 621, 621

customizing, 92, 825–853. See also Options dialog box

color palettes

closing and reopening, 831

creating floating color palettes, 830–831

copying or deleting interface elements, 835

flyouts

converting to toolbars, 831–832, 832

creating floating flyouts, 830–831

hotkeys

adding or changing menu hotkeys, 846

creating, 436, 849–850

menus, 845–848

adding or changing hotkeys, 846

adding and deleting commands, 846, 846

creating, 847–848, 847

Options dialog box

Customize settings, 840–844, 846, 846

and customizing interface, 827–829, 827

Menu settings, 846–848, 846

Workspace settings, 33, 827

property bars

adding Alignment list to Text property bar, 836

creating floating property bars, 830–831

moving buttons between, 838

overview of, 845

restoring defaults, 838

saving settings, 828–829

Standard toolbar

adding Nudge box to, 834–835, 834

creating floating Standard toolbar, 830–831

overview of, 836–838

replacing with custom toolbar, 844

status bar, 92, 831

toolbars

adding Style list to, 844–845, 845

closing and reopening, 831

converting flyouts to toolbars, 831–832, 832

creating custom toolbars, 839–844, 839, 845

moving buttons between, 838

restoring defaults, 838

toolbox

creating floating toolbox, 830–831

creating hotkeys for tools, 850

workspaces

archiving, 853

CorelDRAW configuration files and, 851–852

creating, 829–830, 829, 850–851

and customization, 826–827, 827

_default workspace, 830

moving or copying, 852–853

Zoom tools, 832–833

cutting vinyl, 281

.CW_ files, 851–853

D

DCS (Desktop Color Separation) option in Print dialog box, 644

defaults

for artistic text, 211

default fill setting, 140, 142–143

default outline settings, 193

default styles, 769, 771, 772

default template, 778

_default workspace, 830

for new documents, 143, 193

restoring toolbar and property bar defaults, 838

deleting

commands from menus, 846, 846

interface elements, 835

lines with Shift key, 13

styles, 775

Densitometer Scale option in Print dialog box, 642

Depth option for extrusions, 351–352

design

blends and, 328–330, 329

color palettes and, 168

drop shadows and, 417, 418, 419

extrusions and, 343, 365–366, 366

fountain fills and, 154

transparent objects and, 403–404

of Web pages, 521–524

background sounds, 522

backgrounds, 470

blinking text, 523

creating Web pages with CorelDRAW, 514–515

project checklist, 523–524

scrolling banners, 522–523

simplicity, 521

traffic counters, 523

using features “because they are there,” 522

Desktop Color Separation (DCS) option in Print dialog box, 644

Destination option in Print dialog box, 624

dialog boxes. See also dockers

flyouts, 826

overview of, 11–13, 12

digging feature, 38

Digital Camera Interface, 47, 742, 865

Digital Signatures feature, 864, 864

Direction option in Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 413

directories for scripts, 810

disabling Windows Autorun feature, 859

disk space

of lenses, 391

of texture fills, 160

displaying. See also hiding; opening; View menu; viewing

color palette, 10, 10, 11

GIF files in Web pages, 448–449, 449

Mini-Preview window, 612, 654

moving display of objects, 39

palette or toolbar lists, 24

paragraph text frames, 240

property bar, 10, 10, 11

rulers, 10, 10, 11

status bar, 10, 10, 11

Styles docker, 766–767, 767

Distiller software, 710–711

Distortion tool, 37, 38

distributing objects, 78, 128–129

dithering

Dithered option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

GIF files, 450

vector graphics converted to bitmaps, 533–534, 533

dockers. See also dialog boxes; layers

Color docker, 141–143, 142, 143

defined, 14, 15, 34, 35

Lens docker, 384–385, 384, 385

Styles docker, 766–768, 767, 778

Transformation dockers, 63, 121–126

Apply to Duplicate option, 123

overview of, 63, 121–123, 122

placement controls, 123–124

and restoring objects to original condition, 125–126

Scale with Image option, 126, 126

units of measurement in, 124–125

viewing list of, 14, 24

Document page in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709–710

defined, 709, 709

Generate Bookmarks option, 710

Generate Thumbnails option, 710

Include Hyperlinks option, 710

On Start, Display option, 710

Double Arc mode for envelopes, 308–309, 311–312, 311

Download Type 1 Fonts option in Print dialog box, 645

drag-and-drop

creating styles with, 769

importing with, 67–68, 728–730, 729

in Object Manager, 801

drag-and-dupe (Leave Original) feature, 80–81

Drape Fills option for extrusions, 359

DRAW. See CorelDRAW

drawing. See also curves

circles and squares with Ctrl key, 18

example, 81–86

straight lines, 99–101, 100

traditional art versus computer art, 72

drawing programs versus painting programs, xxix–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

Drawing Units option in property bar, 124–125

drawings, creating from templates, 780–781

drive space

of lenses, 391

of texture fills, 160

drop caps, 220–221, 220

drop shadows, 31, 37, 50, 380, 407–420. See also special effects

bitmaps and, 410

creating, 407–408, 408, 411–412

custom Drop Shadow menu command, 848

design considerations, 417, 418, 419

Drop Shadow property bar, 413

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 31, 31, 37

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 50

hard versus soft shadows, 408–409, 408, 409

Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 380, 411–417

color settings, 417

versus Contour tool, 380

creating drop shadows, 411–412

Direction option, 413

Feathering option, 414–415

Opacity option, 413, 414

perspective settings, 415–416

separating, 420

vector objects and, 409–410, 410

Duotone command in PHOTO-PAINT, 569

duotones, 37, 664

Duplexing Wizard, 863

.DWG files, 733

.DXF files, 733

E

Edge Detect bitmap effect, 542

Edit Across Layers option in Layers docker, 800

Edit Bitmap command in Bitmaps menu, 535

Edit Line Style dialog box, 187, 188

Edit menu

Copy Properties From command, 79–80, 766

defined, 21–22

Find and Replace command, 803–805

Paste command, 66–67, 66

Paste Special command, 67

Repeat command, 80

Select All command, 39, 72

Undo command, 75, 79

Edit Text dialog box, 202

editing

arrowheads, 186, 187

frame editing enhancements, 50

layers, 798

menu hotkeys, 846

modeless editing in CorelDRAW 8, 32

node-editing

artistic text, 210

Envelope tool and, 309–311, 312, 312

perspective and, 293

PowerClips, 430–432

styles, 769, 773–774, 774

text-editing enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 41

effects. See special effects

Effects page in Format Text dialog box, 218, 220–221, 220

Ellipse tool, 17–18

ellipses, nodes and, 106–108, 107

ellipsis (...) in menus, 21

embedding. See also linking

bitmaps, 538–539

Embed ICC Profile option in Export dialog box, 747

exporting via, 759

fonts

Embed Base 14 Fonts option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

Embed Fonts in Document option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

overview of, 260

Emboss bitmap effect, 540

Enable Selection after Drawing option, 55

Encoding options in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

end objects in blends, 326, 333

Envelope tool, 29–30, 226, 234–235, 245, 307–322. See also special effects

Add Preset option, 315, 315, 317

constrained mode, 311–312, 311, 312

copying envelopes, 316

Create From command, 315

creating envelopes, 308–309, 309, 316, 316

defined, 307–308

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 29–30

exercise, 317–322, 317

Horizontal mapping mode, 313, 313

Keep Lines option, 314, 314

mapping modes, 312–313, 313, 317

node-editing and, 309–311, 312, 312

Original mapping mode, 313

overview of, 307–308

Putty mapping mode, 312–313, 313

shaping envelopes versus shaping objects, 312, 312

Straight Line, Single Arc, and Double Arc modes, 308–309, 311–312, 311

unconstrained mode, 309, 310

Vertical mapping mode, 313, 313

and warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

and wrapping paragraph text around objects, 234–235, 307, 317

EPS files. See also PostScript files

EPS Files option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

exporting to

Bounding Box option, 750

enhancements to, 52, 53

exporting fountain fills to, 149

Include Header option, 750

overview of, 749–751, 749

Illustrator EPS files versus standard EPS files, 731–732

importing, 721, 731–733, 734

importing Placeable EPS files, 732, 734, 737

Eraser tool, 104–105, 105

Exchange software (Adobe), 710–711

exercises

3-D cube exercise, 297–304

bitmap exercises

converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 545–549, 546

special effects exercise, 545–549, 546

blend exercise, 334, 335

curve exercises, 93–94, 108–116

Autotrace module, 116

Bezier tool, 111–115

Freeform tool, 115–116

nodes, 93–94, 94, 110

overview of, 108–110, 110

envelope exercise, 317–322, 317

fill exercises, 171–179

fountain fills, 171–174

texture fills, 175–179

Freehand tool, 90–92, 91, 93, 115–116

guidelines for, 65

Interactive Transparency tool exercise, 398–402, 399

perspective exercise, 297–304

Trim and Weld tool exercise, 282–285

Web graphics exercises

backgrounds, 480–483, 483

creating Web pages with CorelDRAW, 506–508, 507, 508

Export dialog box, 746–747

Compression Type option, 747

defined, 746, 746

Embed ICC Profile option, 747

File Name option, 746–747

Files of Type option, 747

No White Spaces, Special Characters option, 747

Notes option, 747

Sort Type options, 747

Suppress Filter Dialog option, 747

exporting, 745–759. See also converting; importing; Publish to PDF dialog box

to Adobe Illustrator files (.AI), 752–753, 753

Bitmap Export dialog box, 755–757

Anti-Aliasing option, 755–756

Color option, 755

defined, 755, 755

Dithered option, 756

opening, 757

Resolution option, 756

Size option, 756

Transparent Background option, 756

Uncompressed File Size option, 756

Use Color Profile option, 756

to bitmap formats, 754–758

to .BMP files, 758

to .CPT files, 758

to .FPX files, 757

overview of, 754–755

to .PNG files, 758

to TIFF files, 758

via Clipboard, 758–759

to .CMX files, 753–754

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 52–53, 53

to EPS files

Bounding Box option, 750

enhancements to, 52, 53

fountain fills and, 149

Include Header option, 750

overview of, 749–751, 749

Export All Text As Curves option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704–705

Export command in PHOTO-PAINT, 605

Export Range option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 700

to GIF files, 447–448

to HPGL format, 754

via Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), 759

overview of, 745–746

to PHOTO-PAINT, 758

Print and Export Background option in Page Setup dialog box, 622–623

Scrapbook and, 728–730, 729

testing, 748, 748

transparent bitmap effects, 752

uses for, 645–646

Web graphics, 490–497

with Clipboard, 496

exporting from CorelDRAW, importing into PHOTO-PAINT, 492–496

limitations of, 490–492, 490

methods compared, 497

to PHOTO-PAINT, 492–493

to Windows Metafiles (.WMF), 751, 752

to .WPG format, 754

Extract Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 727

Extrude tool, 30, 226, 343–366. See also perspective; special effects

beveling extrusions, 361

Bitmap Extrusion tool, 365

color options, 358–361

Drape Fills option, 359

Fountain Fills option, 360–361

Object Fill option, 358–359, 362

Solid Fills option, 360

creating extrusions, 344–345

Depth option, 351–352

design considerations, 343, 365–366, 366

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 30, 30

Extrude property bar, 347–348, 347

extruding artistic text, 226

isometric extrusions

back parallel extrusions, 350, 350

front parallel extrusions, 350, 351

versus perspective extrusions, 344, 345, 346

vanishing points in, 352–353

lighting effects, 362–364, 364

perspective extrusions

big back extrusions, 350

big front extrusions, 350

versus isometric extrusions, 344, 345, 346

small back extrusions, 348, 349

small front extrusions, 349, 349

rotating extrusions, 354–357

selecting control objects versus selecting extrude groups, 347

separating or freezing extrusions, 364

Text Extrusion tool, 365

vanishing points, 352–353

in isometric extrusions, 352–353

overview of, 352–353

VP Locked to Object option, 353

VP Locked to Page option, 353, 354

Eyedropper flyout, 19, 50, 168–169

F

F2 key

Shift + F2 key (Zoom to Selected), 17

Zoom In hotkey, 17, 78

F3 key

Alt + F3 (Lens docker), 384

Zoom Out hotkey, 17

F4 key

Shift + F4 key (Zoom to All Objects), 17

Zoom to All Objects hotkey, 17, 77

F5 key

Ctrl + F5 (Graphic and Text Styles), 766

Curve flyout hotkey, 17

F6 key (Rectangle tool), 18

F7 key

Ctrl + F7 (Envelope docker), 310

Ellipse tool hotkey, 18

F8 key (Text tool), 18, 201, 228

F9 key (Full Screen View), 294

F10 key (Shape Edit flyout), 16

F11 key

Ctrl + F11 (Symbols and Special Characters), 68

Fountain Fill dialog box hotkey, 20

Shift + F11 (Uniform Fill dialog box hotkey), 20, 139

F12 key

Outline Pen dialog box hotkey, 19, 184, 185

Shift + F12 (Outline Color dialog box), 19, 184

Facing Pages option in Page Setup dialog box, 619, 619

Favorite Fills and Outlines tab in Scrapbook, 70

Feather effect

in Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 414–415

in PHOTO-PAINT, 592, 602

File Format option in Import dialog box, 724–725

File Information option in Print dialog box, 641

File menu

defined, 21

Open command, 720

Publish to PDF command, 700

Save Print Style As command, 658–660, 658

file name extensions

.AI

exporting to .AI files, 752–753, 753

importing .AI files, 731–732

.BMP, 758

.CDR, 720, 733–734, 766, 863

.CDT, 777

.CFG, 851–852

.CGM, 720, 732

.CLY, 660

.CMX

CMX thumbnail display utility, 863

exporting to .CMX files, 753–754

importing .CMX files, 720, 734

for Web graphics, 492–496, 497

.CPL, 162–163, 164

.CPT

exporting .CPT files from PHOTO-PAINT, 605

exporting to CPT files, 758

saving masks as .CPT files, 602–603

.CW_, 851–853

.DWG, 733

.DXF, 733

.FPX, 757.GEM, 720

.PAT, 157

.PNG, 758

.PRN, 625

.PS, 625, 719

.SCK, 851

.WMF

exporting to .WMF files, 751, 752

importing .WMF files, 718–719, 733, 738

.WPG, 754

File Name option

in Export dialog box, 746–747

in Import dialog box, 722–723

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 700

files. See also exporting; importing; Publish to PDF dialog box

CorelDRAW configuration files, 851–852

coreldrw.cpl palette, 162–163, 164

coreldrw.end file, 186

EPS files

enhancements to EPS exports, 52, 53

EPS Files option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

exporting fountain fills to, 149

exporting to, 52, 53, 149, 749–751, 749

Illustrator EPS files versus standard EPS files, 731–732

importing, 721, 731–733, 734

importing Placeable EPS files, 732, 734, 737

GIF files, 445–455, 461–462

colors in, 446

creating, 447–448

creating animated GIFs, 461–462

creating interlaced GIFs, 455

creating transparent GIFs, 452–455, 453

defined, 446

displaying in Web pages, 448–449, 449

dithering, 450

versus JPEG files, 446, 515

overview of, 445–446

Paletted option, 450–451, 451, 518–519

importing, 64–66, 65

JPEG files, 446, 457–460

Compression and Smoothing settings, 459–460, 460

creating, 458–459, 458

defined, 446, 457

versus GIF files, 446, 515

Optimize option, 460

Progressive option, 460

Use JPEG Compression option in Print dialog box, 644

PostScript files

importing, 53, 719, 721, 734

importing PostScript Interpreted files, 735–737, 735, 736

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files, 51, 625

.PS files, 625, 719

Print to File option in Print dialog box, 625–626

RTF (Rich Text Format), 67

saving, 76–77

size of bitmap files, xxxi, 530–531, 530

size of Web graphics files, 515–516, 516

Files of Type option

in Export dialog box, 747

in Import dialog box, 723

Fill flyout, 18, 20–21, 20, 139–140, 140, 154

fills, 137–161, 171–179. See also color

applying to selected objects, 70, 71

Behind Fill option in Outline Pen dialog box, 190–191, 191

copying fill properties between objects, 80

creating

fountain fills, 143–148

pattern fills, 156

texture fills, 159–160, 159

defined, 137

exercises, 171–179

fountain fills, 171–174

texture fills, 175–179

Extrude tool fill options, 358–361

Drape Fills option, 359

Fountain Fills option, 360–361

Object Fill option, 358–359, 362

Solid Fills option, 360

Favorite Fills and Outlines tab in Scrapbook, 70

filling artistic text, 208

filling open objects, 39, 40, 138–139

fountain fills, 13, 64, 139, 143–154, 171–174

Auto Increase Fountain Steps option in Print dialog box, 649–650

color separations for, 151

conical fountain fills, 145, 146

constraining with Ctrl key, 64

creating with Fountain Fill dialog box, 143–148

custom fountain fills, 146–148

defined, 139, 143

design considerations, 154

exercise, 171–174

in extrusions, 360–361

Fountain Steps option in Print dialog box, 652–653

Fountain Steps option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

linear fountain fills, 146

versus mesh fills, 161

Optimize Fountain Fills option in Print dialog box, 649–650

Pantone colors in, 637

PostScript printing, EPS exports and, 149

Preview Fountains Steps (PFS) option, 13, 148–149

printing, 149, 150–151, 150, 154

radial fountain fills, 144, 146

saving as presets, 149–150

square fountain fills, 146

steps in, 148–149, 150, 652–653, 708

using full color spectrum, 147–148

using Interactive Fill tool, 151–153

Interactive Fill tool

for fountain fills, 151–153

overview of, 138–139, 138

Mesh Fill tool, 18, 49, 139, 160–161

outlines and, 190–191, 191

overview of, 70, 71, 137–139, 138

pattern fills, 139, 154–158

bitmap patterns, 156, 157–158, 158

creating your own, 156

defined, 139, 154

full-color patterns, 156–157, 157

.PAT files, 157

perspective and scaling pattern fills, 296

PostScript patterns, 158

saving, 157

tiling, 156

two-color patterns, 154–156

printing tips, 662–663

Render Complex Fills As Bitmaps option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 707

setting default fill, 140, 142–143

texture fills, 139, 158–160, 175–179

creating, 159–160, 159

defined, 139, 158

exercise, 175–179

system requirements, 160

tiling, 159

Treat As Filled command, 847, 848

uniform fills, 139–143

color palettes and, 141

defined, 139

setting default fill color, 140, 142–143

system requirements, 160

using Color docker, 141–143, 142, 143

using Uniform Fill dialog box, 139–140, 140

Film options in Print dialog box, 641–642

filters

for importing, 718–719, 723, 727

installing, 865

Suppress Filter Dialog option in Export dialog box, 747

Find Wizard, 803–804

finding and replacing

objects, 803–804

pixels in PHOTO-PAINT, 571–576

identifying colors, 572–574

overview of, 571–572, 572

tips, 576

using Color Replacer tool, 574–576

finding styles, 776

Fish Eye lens, 387, 387

Fit Text to Path command in Text menu, 50, 246–250

Fit to Page option in Print dialog box, 628–629, 629

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

flatness options

for exported bitmap effects, 752

for imported bitmaps, 726

in Print dialog box, 647–649, 648

floating color palettes, flyouts, property bars, Standard toolbar, and toolbox, 830–831

flowing paragraph text within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

flyouts. See also toolbox

converting to toolbars, 831–832, 832

creating floating flyouts, 830–831

defined, 826

moving, 831

Fold Marks options in Print dialog box, 641–642

folders for scripts, 810

fonts. See also PostScript printing; text

and converting text to curves, 260

converting TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts

in Print dialog box, 645–646

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

CorelDRAW 9 enhancements, 199

CorelDRAW and, xxxiii–xxxiv

defined, 200

embedding

Embed Base 14 Fonts option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

Embed Fonts in Document option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

overview of, 260

and fitting text to curves, 247–248

Font page in Format Text dialog box, 203, 217, 218

font settings in paragraph text, 217, 218

FontNavigator utility, 43, 864

Fonts options in Print dialog box, 645–646, 646

installing, 862, 865, 866

PDF files and, 696

printing tips, 662–663

Text and Fonts options in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704–706

TrueType fonts

converting to Type 1 fonts in Print dialog box, 645–646

converting to Type 1 fonts in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

versus Type 1 fonts, 645–646

Type 1 fonts

Download Type 1 Fonts option in Print dialog box, 645

Subset Type 1 Fonts option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

versus TrueType fonts, 645–646

Type Assist tool, 23

typefaces and type families, 200

Foreground and Background Colors of Hotspot option, 501–502

Format Text dialog box, 203–207, 216–221. See also paragraph text

Align page, 203, 217, 218, 219

character formatting options, 206–207

Effects page, 218, 220–221, 220

Font page, 203, 217, 218

Frames and Columns page, 218, 219–220

kerning text, 205–206, 205, 206

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204

paragraph spacing, 205

Space page, 218, 219

Tabs page, 218, 219

formatting

artistic text, 203

character formatting

in artistic text, 206–207

in paragraph text, 206–207

paragraph text, 203

text with scripts, 815–816

fountain fills, 13, 64, 139, 143–154, 171–174. See also fills

Auto Increase Fountain Steps option in Print dialog box, 649–650

color separations for, 151

conical fountain fills, 145, 146constraining with Ctrl key, 64

creating with Fountain Fill dialog box, 143–148

custom fountain fills, 146–148

defined, 139, 143

design considerations, 154

exercise, 171–174

in extrusions, 360–361

Fountain Steps option in Print dialog box, 652–653

Fountain Steps option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

linear fountain fills, 146

versus mesh fills, 161

Optimize Fountain Fills option in Print dialog box, 649–650

Pantone colors in, 637

PostScript printing, EPS exports and, 149

Preview Fountains Steps (PFS) option, 13, 148–149

printing, 149, 150–151, 150, 154

radial fountain fills, 144, 146

saving as presets, 149–150

square fountain fills, 146

steps in, 148–149, 150, 652–653, 708

using full color spectrum, 147–148

using Interactive Fill tool, 151–153

.FPX files, exporting to, 757

frames. See also paragraph text

creating page frames, 617

defined, 201, 215, 216

displaying, 240

editing enhancements, 50

fitting text in automatically, 41, 42

frame settings, 218, 219–220, 222

Freehand drawing in PHOTO-PAINT, 604–605

Freehand Mask tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 585, 586, 593, 594, 595

Freehand tool

defined, 17

deleting lines created with, 13

drawing straight lines, 99–101, 100

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 48

exercises, 90–92, 91, 93, 115–116

Freehand Smoothing setting, 101

freezing extrusions, 364

front parallel extrusions, 350, 351

frozen lenses, 390–391, 390

Full Image option in Import dialog box, 726, 739

Full Screen view, 294

full-color pattern fills, 156–157, 157

Fuse option in Blend property bar, 332

G

.GEM files, 720

General page

in Print dialog box, 623–628

Collate option, 628

Copies option, 627

defined, 623, 623

Destination option, 624

PostScript Printer Definition (PPD) file option, 51, 625

Print Range options, 627

Print to File option, 625–626

Properties option, 624–625

saving printing settings with documents, 624

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 700–702

defined, 700, 700

Export Range option, 700

File Name option, 700

Generate Job Ticket option, 696, 701–702

PDF Style option, 702

Generate Bookmarks option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

Generate Job Ticket option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 696, 701–702

Generate Thumbnails option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

GIF files, 445–455, 461–462. See also Web graphics

colors in, 446

creating, 447–448

creating animated GIFs, 461–462

creating interlaced GIFs, 455

creating transparent GIFs, 452–455, 453

defined, 446

displaying in Web pages, 448–449, 449

dithering, 450

versus JPEG files, 446, 515

overview of, 445–446

Paletted option, 450–451, 451, 518–519

gradients. See fountain fills

grammar checking, 207, 207, 222–223, 223

Graph Paper tool, 18

graphics. See also backgrounds; objects; shapes; Web graphics

anti-aliasing, 455–456, 456, 457

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

Digital Camera Interface, 47, 742, 865

graphic styles, 770

inserting in text, 40, 41

installing graphics utilities, 863

linking across the Clipboard, 738

Size Graphic on Import option, 36

spraying

in CorelDRAW, 13, 48, 49

in PHOTO-PAINT, 557–559

grayscales

Convert To Grayscale command, 847, 848

Grayscale command in PHOTO-PAINT, 567–568

Tinted Grayscale lens, 388, 393

grids. See guidelines; layers

grouping objects, 73–74, 74, 130–131

contoured objects, 370, 380

perspective and, 296

PowerClips, 432

guidelines. See also layers

coloring, 799

defined, 22

editing, 798

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 32–33

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 45–46, 46

Graph Paper tool, 18

layers and, 797–798

printing, 798

H

halftones

Halftone Type option in Print dialog box, 639–640

Preserve Halftone Screen Information option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

hard disk space

for lenses, 391

for texture fills, 160

hard drop shadows, 408–409, 408, 409

Heat Map lens for infrared effects, 388, 393

Help

Help menu, 24

icon Help descriptions on property bar, 123

for importing vector graphics, 730

for scripts, 821, 822

Hexachrome Plates option in Print dialog box, 636

hiding. See also displaying; View menu; viewing

color palettes, property bars, rulers, and status bar, 10, 10, 11

High Solid Ink Density option in Print dialog box, 636

Horizontal mapping mode for envelopes, 313, 313

hotkeys. See also Alt key; Ctrl key; F keys; Shift key

adding or changing menu hotkeys, 846

for Align and Distribute dialog box, 130

alignment hotkeys, 33–34, 128

applying styles with, 773, 773

for artistic text, 228

creating, 436, 849–850

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 45

for Lens docker, 384

in menus, 13, 846

for Options dialog box, 13

for Pick tool, 16

for PowerClips, 436, 849–850

for Zoom tool, 77–78, 833

hotspots. See image maps

HPGL format, exporting to, 754

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). See also Web graphics

features in CorelDRAW 8, 42–43

features in CorelDRAW 9, 54–55

Web graphics and, 442–443, 443

hyperlinks

Include Hyperlinks option in Print dialog box, 647

Include Hyperlinks option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

I

ICC color profiles

Apply Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 726

Embed ICC Profile option in Export dialog box, 747

Extract Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 727

icons, moving between toolbars and property bars, 838

image lists in PHOTO-PAINT, 557–559

image maps, 497–506. See also Web graphics

creating, 499–502, 499

defined, 497–498, 498

Foreground and Background Colors of Hotspot option, 501–502

limitations of using CorelDRAW, 504–506

publishing with Publish To Internet Wizard, 502–504

Show Hotspots option, 500

Use Bounding Box to Define Hotspot option, 501

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

Image menu in PHOTO-PAINT

Adjust submenu

Brightness-Contrast-Intensity command, 592

Tone Curve command, 588–589

Mode submenu, 566–571

Black and White command, 568

CMYK command, 571

Duotone command, 569

Grayscale command, 567–568

Lab Color command, 571

Multichannel command, 571

overview of, 566–567, 566

Paletted command, 569–570

RGB command, 571

Image Position and Size options in Print dialog box, 628–629

Image Size option in Import dialog box, 724

image-editing tools in PHOTO-PAINT, 555, 556, 557

images. See graphics

imagesetters. See also service bureaus

color trapping and, 681

limitcheck errors, 649, 660

Scitex imagesetters, 681

Import dialog box, 64–66, 721–727

Apply Embedded ICC Profile option, 726

Check for Watermark option, 727

Combine Multi-Layer Bitmap option, 726

Extract Embedded ICC Profile option, 727

File Format option, 724–725

File Name option, 722–723

Files of Type option, 723

Full Image option, 726, 739

Image Size option, 724

Link Bitmap Externally option, 726

Maintain Layers and Pages option, 727

Notes option, 725

OPI (Open Prepress Interface) option, 725

Options button, 726

overview of, 64–66, 65, 721, 722

Preview option, 725

Sort Type options, 724

Suppress Filter Dialog option, 727

importing, 715–742. See also converting; exporting

bitmap graphics, 326, 738–740

blending and, 326

Combine Multi-Layer Bitmap option in Import dialog box, 726

Crop Image option, 739–740

file formats supported, 738

file size and, 739

Link Bitmap Externally option in Import dialog box, 726

overview of, 738–739

Resample option, 740

.CGM files, 720, 732

clipart, 716, 716, 717

with the Clipboard, 66–67, 66, 737–738

CorelDRAW format recognition capabilities, 721

digital camera images, 47, 742, 865

with drag-and-drop feature, 67–68, 728–730, 729

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 52–53, 53

filters, translators and, 718–719, 723, 727

.GEM files, 720

import cursor, 727–728, 728

Open dialog box and, 720

Scrapbook and, 728–730, 729

Size Graphic on Import option, 36

text, 50, 740–741

uses for, 715–716

vector graphics, 730–738

Adobe Freehand files, 732–733

Adobe Illustrator files (.AI), 731–732

Adobe PDF files, 720, 737

AutoCAD .DXF and .DWG files, 733

with Clipboard, 66–67, 66, 737–738

CorelDRAW .CDR files, 720, 733–734

CorelDRAW .CMX files, 720, 734

EPS files, 721, 731–733, 734

Help for, 730

from Microsoft PowerPoint, 735–738, 735, 736

overview of, 730, 731

Placeable EPS or Placeable PDF files, 732, 734, 737

PostScript files, 53, 719, 721, 734

PostScript Interpreted files, 735–737, 735, 736

Windows Metafiles (.WMF), 718–719, 733, 738

watermarks, 727

Imposition Layout tool, 632–634, 632, 657

Include Bookmarks option in Print dialog box, 647

Include Header option in EPS Export dialog box, 750

Include Hyperlinks option

in Print dialog box, 647

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

Inflate Bitmap command in Bitmaps menu, 38, 537

infrared effects, 388, 393

Ink Density option in Print dialog box, 636

inserting graphics in text, 40, 41

installing CorelDRAW, 857–868

adding components later, 867

Adobe Acrobat Reader, 858

Barcode Wizard, 863

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

CDR and CMX thumbnail display utility, 863

color profiles, 865

Compact installation option, 862

completing, 866–867

CorelDRAW components, 862–863, 863

CorelTRACE, CorelTEXTURE, and CorelCAPTURE, 863

Custom installation option, 862, 864, 865

Digital Camera Interface, 865

Digital Signatures feature, 864, 864

disabling Windows Autorun feature, 859

Duplexing Wizard, 863

filters, 865

FontNavigator utility, 864

fonts, 862, 865, 866

graphics utilities, 863

label utility, 863

language support, 861, 865

macro virus protection, 864, 864

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

overview of, 857–858, 858

productivity tools, 863–864, 864

QuickTime software, 858

Release Notes, 858

Script Editor, 863

Setup Wizard, 859–867, 860, 866

starting installation CD-ROM, 857–859, 858

Typical installation option, 860–861, 860, 861, 862, 866

Uninstall utility, 867–868, 868

Writing Tools, 865

Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 380, 411–417. See also drop shadows

color options, 417

versus Contour tool, 380

creating drop shadows, 411–412

Direction option, 413

Feathering option, 414–415

Opacity option, 413, 414

perspective settings, 415–416

Interactive Fill tool

for fountain fills, 151–153

overview of, 138–139, 138

Interactive Mesh Fill tool, 18, 49, 139, 160–161

Interactive Tool flyout, 19

Interactive Transparency tool, 19, 394–404. See also special effects; transparent objects

applying transparency, 395–397, 397, 398

converting transparent graphics to bitmaps, 403

defined, 19, 394–395, 396

design considerations, 403–404

exercise, 398–402, 399

preparing print files, 403

versus Transparency lens, 394

interface. See customizing; user interface

interlaced GIFs, 455

Internet Objects toolbar, 500–502

Foreground and Background Colors of Hotspot option, 501–502

Show Hotspots option, 500

Use Bounding Box to Define Hotspot option, 501

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

Interpreted PostScript files, 735–737, 735, 736

Intersect tool, 39, 265–271, 281

creating overlapping shapes, 267–271, 269

defined, 267

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271

Invert lens, 388

Invert Mask command in PHOTO-PAINT, 594

Invert option in Print dialog box, 676

invisible lines or objects, 183

isometric extrusions. See also Extrude tool

back parallel extrusions, 350, 350

front parallel extrusions, 350, 351

versus perspective extrusions, 344, 345, 346

vanishing points in, 352–353

Issues page in Print dialog box, 51, 51, 653–654

J

job tickets in Publish to PDF dialog box, 696, 701–702

JPEG files, 446, 457–460. See also Web graphics

Compression and Smoothing settings, 459–460, 460

creating, 458–459, 458

defined, 446, 457

versus GIF files, 446, 515

Optimize option, 460

Progressive option, 460

Use JPEG Compression option in Print dialog box, 644

K

Keep Lines option in Envelope tool, 314, 314

kerning

artistic text, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206

paragraph text, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206, 218, 219

keyboard shortcuts. See hotkeys

Knife tool, 104–105, 106

knockouts, 637, 679, 681

L

Lab Color command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

label utility, 863

Labels page in Page Setup dialog box, 620–623

creating sheets of labels, 620–621, 620

Customize Label option, 621, 621

language support, 861, 865

Lasso Mask tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 585, 587–589

Laws of DRAW, 61–62

layers, 796–800

Apply All Property Changes to the Current Page Only option, 800, 800

creating, 798–799

defined, 796, 797

Edit Across Layers option, 800

editing, 798

guidelines and, 797–798

Layer Color option, 799

Layers Manager, 38, 796, 797

Maintain Layers and Pages option in Import dialog box, 727

Master Layer option, 798

moving objects between, 799

Object Manager and, 796, 797

Override Full Color View option, 799–800

printing, 798

properties of, 797–798, 799–800, 800

visibility of, 797

in Web pages, 510–511

Wireframe view and, 799–800

Layout menu

defined, 22

Page Setup command, 613

Layout page

in Page Setup dialog box, 617–620

Book and Booklet options, 618

card layout options, 618–619

Facing Pages option, 619, 619

overview of, 617–618, 618

recto and verso settings, 620

Start On option, 620

in Print dialog box, 628–634

As in Document option, 628, 629

Bleed Limit option, 632

defined, 628, 628

Fit to Page option, 628–629, 629

Image Position and Size options, 628–629

Imposition Layout option, 632–634, 632, 657

printing signatures, 632–634, 632

Reposition Images To option, 628–629

Tiled Pages option, 630–631, 630

leading

in artistic text, 203–205, 204

in paragraph text, 203–205, 204, 216, 218, 219

Leave Original option

in Intersect, Trim, and Weld tools, 267

overview of, 80–81

length settings for Web pages, 468–470

lenses, 383–394. See also special effects; transparent objects

Brighten lens, 386, 391, 393, 393

Color Add lens, 386

Color Limit lens, 386

coloring, 388

combining, 391

cropping objects with, 391

Custom Color Map lens, 386

defined, 383–384, 384

example, 384–385, 385

Fish Eye lens, 387, 387

frozen lenses, 390–391, 390

Heat Map lens for infrared effects, 388, 393

hotkey, 384

Invert lens, 388

Lens docker, 384–385, 384, 385

Magnify lens, 388, 389

None option, 389

system requirements, 391

Tinted Grayscale lens, 388, 393

Transparency lens, 384–385, 385, 386, 394, 403–404

uses for, 392–393, 393

Viewpoint option, 391, 392

Wireframe lens, 389

light, color and, 667–668

lighting effects for extrusions, 362–364, 364

limitcheck errors, 649, 660

limited color palettes, 168

line breaks in paragraph text, 219

line spacing. See also spacing

in artistic text, 203–205, 204

in paragraph text, 203–205, 204, 216, 218, 219

linear fountain fills, 146

lines. See also curves; guidelines; outlines; pens

creating line styles, 187, 188

deleting with Shift key, 13

Edit Line Style dialog box, 187, 188

invisible lines, 183

Line Caps options in Outline Pen dialog box, 189, 189

Line Style option in Outline Pen dialog box, 187, 188

line styles in CorelDRAW 8, 34, 35

PowerLines in CorelDRAW 9, 48

straight lines, 99–101, 100

linking. See also embedding

exporting via, 759

graphics across the Clipboard, 738

Link Bitmap Externally option in Import dialog box, 726

text linking feature, 42, 43

loading templates, 781

Local Undo tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 576, 598–599

locking

Lock Contents to PowerClips option, 431

objects, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131, 798

M

Macintosh version of CorelDRAW, 857

Macintosh-based desktop publishing, 696–697

macros. See scripts

Magic Wand tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 586, 589–592, 593, 599–601

Magnify lens, 388, 389

Maintain Layers and Pages option in Import dialog box, 727

Maintain OPI Links option

in Print dialog box, 644

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

mapping modes for envelopes, 312–313, 313, 317

mapping nodes in blends, 332, 333

Marks Placement tool in Print Preview, 657–658

Marquee Visible toggle in PHOTO-PAINT, 598, 603

marquees

Alt key and, 15, 72

creating, 72

defined, 72

selecting objects with, 15

masks

in PHOTO-PAINT, 584–605

adding images to photos, 599–602, 600, 602

adding Motion Blur effect to objects, 595–599, 596, 599

Circle Mask tool, 585

copying, 604

distinguishing foreground objects from backgrounds, 592–594, 593, 595

Feather command, 592, 602

Freehand Mask tool, 585, 586, 593, 594, 595

Invert command, 594

isolating and brightening images, 589–592, 589, 593

Lasso Mask tool, 585, 587–589

Magic Wand tool, 586, 589–592, 593, 599–601

Marquee Visible toggle, 598, 603

Mask Brush tool, 586, 590, 594, 597–598

Mask Tools flyout overview, 585–586

Mask Transform tool, 596–597

masking whole images, 603

moving, 604

overview of, 584–585

Rectangular Mask tool, 585

Remove Holes command, 591

Remove Mask command, 603

saving, 602–603, 603

Scissors Mask tool, 585

Smooth command, 594

text masks, 256–258, 257

Master Layer option, 798

maximum page size settings, 613–614, 630–631, 630

Maximum Points per Curve option in Print dialog box, 647

measurement units

for line spacing, 204–205

setting, 124–125

for Web graphics, 447

MEDIA FOLDERS utility, 863

melting objects. See Weld tool

memory

for lenses, 391

for texture fills, 160

menu bar, 8

menus, 21–24. See also user interface

ampersand (&) in, 846

Arrange menu, 121–133

Align and Distribute command, 33–34, 78–79, 127–130, 127

Break Apart command, 75, 131

Combine command, 74, 75, 131

Convert Outline to Object command, 133

Convert to Curves command, 132

defined, 22–23

Group and Ungroup commands, 73–74, 74, 130–131

Lock and Unlock commands, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131

Order commands, 78–79, 130

Separate command, 131–132, 132, 328, 364, 420

Shaping command, 131

To Front and To Back commands, 78–79, 130

Transformation dockers, 63, 121–126

Weld command, 74, 75

Bitmaps menu, 23, 535–539

Bitmap Color Mask command, 538

Convert to Bitmap command, 532–535

Crop Bitmap command, 535

defined, 23

Edit Bitmap command, 535

Inflate Bitmap command, 38, 537

Mode command, 537

Resample command, 536–537, 537

Resolve Link and Update from Link commands, 538–539

Trace Bitmap command, 535–536

creating commands from scripts, 816–817, 817

customizing, 845–848

adding or changing hotkeys, 846

adding and deleting commands, 846, 846

creating, 847–848, 847

Edit menu

Copy Properties From command, 79–80, 766

defined, 21–22

Find and Replace command, 803–805

Paste command, 66–67, 66

Paste Special command, 67

Repeat command, 80

Select All command, 39, 72

Undo command, 75, 79

Effects menu, 23

ellipsis (...) in, 21

File menu

defined, 21

Open command, 720

Publish to PDF command, 700

Save Print Style As command, 658–660, 658

Help menu, 24

hotkeys in, 13, 846

Layout menu

defined, 22

Page Setup command, 613

Settings menu in Print Preview, 656

Text menu

defined, 23

Fit Text to Path command, 50, 246–250

Tools menu

CorelSCRIPT command, 810, 811, 815

defined, 24

Graphic and Text Styles command, 766

Scrapbook command, 69–70, 69, 728–730, 729, 770, 819

Symbols and Special Characters command, 68, 68

View menu

defined, 10, 22

in Print Preview, 656

Window menu

Color Palette command, 164

defined, 24

Mesh Fill tool, 18, 49, 139, 160–161

Metafiles (.WMF)

exporting to, 751, 752

importing, 718–719, 733, 738

Metafile option in Paste Special menu, 67

Microsoft PowerPoint, importing files from, 735–738, 735, 736

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

Microsoft Windows

Autorun feature, 859

CorelDRAW 9 and Windows 3.x, 5

Metafiles (.WMF)

exporting to, 751, 752

importing, 718–719, 733, 738

Mini-Preview window, 52, 52, 611–612, 612, 654–655

Mirror option in Print dialog box, 641

mirroring. See also Transformation dockers

artistic text, 226

Misc page in Print dialog box, 650–653

Bitmap Downsampling option, 653

defined, 650, 650

Fountain Steps option, 652–653

Output Color Bitmaps As option, 652

Print Job Information Sheet option, 650–651, 651

Proofing options, 651–652

Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

Use Color Profile option, 650

mixing colors, 170

Mode command in Bitmaps menu, 537

Mode submenu in PHOTO-PAINT, 566–571

Black and White command, 568

CMYK command, 571

Duotone command, 569

Grayscale command, 567–568

Lab Color command, 571

Multichannel command, 571

overview of, 566–567, 566

Paletted command, 569–570

RGB command, 571

modes

mapping modes for envelopes, 312–313, 313, 317

modeless editing in CorelDRAW 8, 32

Spray mode, 13, 48, 49

modifying. See editing

monitors

color management, 141, 686–691

Apply Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 726

Calibrate Colors for Display option in Options dialog box, 486, 690

Color Calibration Bar option in Print dialog box, 642

Color Profile Wizard, 688–691

defined, 687–688

Densitometer Scale option in Print dialog box, 642

effectiveness of, 691

Embed ICC Profile option in Export dialog box, 747

Extract Embedded ICC Profile option in Import dialog box, 727

installing CorelDRAW color profiles, 865

monitor colors versus printed colors, 141, 686–687

Pantone and TruMatch swatch books and, 141, 691

Use Color Profile option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

Use Color Profile option in Print dialog box, 650

Use Color Profile option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

Web graphics and, 486, 691

paragraph text and redrawing screens, 217

resolution options

in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

for converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 532

for creating Web graphics, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

for Web page setup, 467–468, 616

in Web publishing versus printing, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

monotones, 37

montages using PowerClips, 428–429

morphing. See Blend tool

Motion Blur effect in PHOTO-PAINT, 595–599, 596, 599

moving

buttons between toolbars and property bars, 838

flyouts, 831

masks in PHOTO-PAINT, 604

objects

between layers, 799

overview of, 62–64, 63

with Transformation docker, 63

status bar, 831

workspaces, 852–853

moving display of objects, 39

Multichannel command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

N

naming

objects in Object Manager, 802, 802

renaming styles, 775

Natural Pen tool, 17

navigating paragraph text, 224–225

new features, 27–56

in CorelDRAW 8, 27–44

alignment hotkeys, 33–34, 128

backgrounds, 43

color palette enhancements, 26–29, 29

creating and saving custom page sizes, 37

digging feature, 38

Distortion tool, 37, 38

dockers, 34, 35

drop shadow enhancements, 31, 31, 37

Envelope tool enhancements, 29–30

Extrude tool enhancements, 30, 30

filling open paths, 39, 40

fitting paragraph text in frames automatically, 41, 42

FontNavigator utility, 43, 864

graphics inserted in text, 40, 41

guideline enhancements, 32–33

Inflate Bitmap feature, 38, 537

line styles, 34, 35

locking objects, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131

modeless editing, 32

monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones, 37, 664

moving display of objects, 39

Object Manager and Layers Manager enhancements, 38

Options dialog box enhancements, 35–36, 36

overview of, 27–28, 44

PHOTO-PAINT enhancements, 42printing enhancements, 36

saving workspace settings, 33

Select All command enhancements, 39

Size Graphic on Import option, 36

text features, 40–42

text linking feature, 42, 43

text-editing enhancements, 41

Trim, Intersect, and Weld interaction, 39

user interface enhancements, 32–37

Web page and HTML features, 42–43

in CorelDRAW 9, 44–56

Adobe Acrobat PDF file support, 54, 54

Artistic Media tool, 48

assigning sounds to CorelDRAW events, 56

bitmap effects, 55

Canto Cumulus media management program, 56, 858, 863

CorelTRACE enhancements, 55

Digital Camera Interface, 47, 742, 865

drop shadow enhancements, 50

Enable Selection after Drawing option, 55

EPS file export enhancements, 52, 53

Eyedropper flyout, 19, 50, 168–169

Fit Text to Path enhancements, 50

frame editing enhancements, 50

Freehand tool enhancements, 48

guideline enhancements, 45–46, 46

hotkey enhancements, 45

Import/Export enhancements, 52–53, 53

imported text enhancements, 50

Interactive Mesh Fill tool, 49

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

Mini-Preview feature, 52, 52

new interactive tools, 50

node-handling enhancements, 48–49

object rotation enhancement, 55

overview of, 27–28, 44–45, 56

page layout and setup enhancements, 47

Paintbucket tool, 50, 169

palette enhancements, 47, 48

PostScript file import enhancements, 53

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) and PostScript file support, 51, 625

PowerLines, 48

printing enhancements, 51–52, 51, 52

property bar enhancements, 45

Rectangle tool enhancements, 49

roll-ups eliminated, 45

Shape tool enhancements, 49

Spray mode, 48, 49

text-editing enhancements, 50

user interface enhancements, 45–47

view enhancements, 55–56

Web page and HTML enhancements, 54–55

newsgroups for scripts, 821

No Background option in Page Setup dialog box, 622

No Issues page in Print dialog box, 51, 51, 653–654

No White Spaces, Special Characters option in Export dialog box, 747

nodes, 90–99. See also curves; paths

blends and, 329–330, 332, 333

Ctrl key and, 94

curves and, 91–92, 91, 93, 108–110, 110

cusp nodes, 95, 98–99, 98

and customizing status bar, 92

defined, 90

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 106–108, 107

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 48–49

exercises, 93–94, 94, 110

node-editing

artistic text, 210

Envelope tool and, 309–311, 312, 312

perspective and, 293

paths and, 90

Pick tool and, 92property bar and, 94, 94

selecting, 92, 99

Shape tool and, 92

smooth nodes, 95, 97, 98–99

symmetrical nodes, 95–97, 97, 98–99

None option for lenses, 389

Notes option

in Export dialog box, 747

in Import dialog box, 725

Nudge box, adding to Standard toolbar, 834–835, 834

O

Object Fill option for extrusions, 358–359, 362

Object flyout, 18

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), exporting via, 759

Object Manager, 795–796, 800–802

defined, 795–796, 800–801, 801

drag-and-drop feature in, 801

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 38

layers and, 796, 797

naming objects, 802, 802

viewing objects in, 800–801, 801

objects, 61–76, 265–285, 795–805. See also Arrange menu; exporting; graphics; importing; layers; shapes; Transformation dockers

aligning

alignment hotkeys, 33–34, 128

overview of, 78–79, 127–128, 127

Altman’s Laws of DRAW, 61–62

clicking and dragging, 62–64, 63

combining and breaking apart, 74, 75, 131

converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 76, 403, 531–535, 653

anti-aliasing option, 535

background options, 534, 534

color options, 532–534

dithering, 533–534, 533

exercise, 545–549, 546

overview of, 76, 531, 532

with Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

resolution options, 532

transparent images, 403

copying and applying effects to the copy, 80–81

copying and pasting, 66–67, 66

copying properties of, 79–80, 766

creating

overlapping shapes with Intersect tool, 267–271, 269

overview of, 62–64, 63

silhouettes with Weld tool, 278, 279

in Spray mode, 13

from Symbols library, 68, 68

cropping

Crop Bitmap command in Bitmaps menu, 535

Crop/Fold Marks options in Print dialog box, 641–642

imported bitmaps, 739–740

with lenses, 391

digging feature, 38

distributing, 78, 128–129

dragging and dropping, 67–68

finding and replacing, 803–804

grouping and ungrouping, 73–74, 74, 130–131

grouping contoured objects, 370, 380

grouping PowerClips, 432

perspective and grouping objects, 296

Intersect tool, 39, 265–271, 281

creating overlapping shapes, 267–271, 269

defined, 267

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271

invisible objects, 183

Leave Original (drag-and-dupe) feature, 80–81

locking and unlocking, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131, 798

moving

between layers, 799

overview of, 62–64, 63

with Transformation docker, 63

moving display of objects, 39

naming in Object Manager, 802, 802

organizing in Scrapbook, 69–70, 69, 728–730, 729, 770

overview of, 61–62

rotating. See also Transformation dockers

with Ctrl key, 64

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 55

overview of, 63

and restoring to original condition, 125–126

saving in Scrapbook, 69–70, 69, 770

selecting

with Ctrl key, 64

in groups, 74

with marquees, 15

multiple objects, 71–72, 73

with Shift key, 71–72, 72

Wireframe view and, 72, 72

separating, 131–132, 132

shaping text to objects, 231–250

automatic text wrapping and, 235–236

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

flowing paragraph text within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

overview of, 231–232

warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

wrapping paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

sizing. See also Transformation dockers

with click-and-drag, 63

with Ctrl key, 64

source and target objects

in Intersect tool, 266–267, 266, 271

in Trim tool, 266–267, 266, 271–272

in Weld tool, 266–267, 266

To Front and To Back commands, 78–79

Trim tool, 39, 265–267, 271–276, 281–285

defined, 271–272, 272

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

versus PowerClips, 423

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271–272

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271–272

trimming objects, 272–276, 274, 277

undoing changes, 79

viewing in Object Manager, 800–801, 801

Weld tool, 39, 75, 265–267, 277–285

creating silhouettes, 278, 279

defined, 277, 278

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

outlining script text, 280, 280

overview of, 74, 75, 265–266

property bar options, 281

sign making, vinyl cutting and, 281

source objects, 266

target objects, 266–267, 266

zooming, 77–78

Objects page in Publish to PDF dialog box, 703–706

ASCII 85 Encoding and Binary Encoding options, 706

Bitmap Compression option, 703–704

Bitmap Downsampling option, 704

Compress Text option, 705

Convert TrueType to Type 1 option, 705

defined, 703, 703

Embed Base 14 Fonts option, 705

Embed Fonts in Document option, 705

Export All Text As Curves option, 704–705

Subset Type 1 Fonts option, 706

Text and Fonts options, 704–706

Offset option in Contour tool, 374

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding), exporting via, 759

On Start, Display option

in Print dialog box, 647

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

one-point perspective, 292

on-screen panning, 9

OnStart, OnOpen, OnClose, OnNew, OnPrint, and OnExit scripts, scripts, 817–818

Opacity option in Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 413, 414

open contours, 378, 378

Open dialog box, 720

Open Prepress Interface (OPI)

OPI Links option

in Print dialog box, 644

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

OPI option in Import dialog box, 725

opening. See also displaying; hiding; viewing

Bitmap Export dialog box, 757

color palettes, 831

Page Setup dialog box, 613

Publish to PDF dialog box, 700

Styles docker, 766–767, 767

toolbars, 831

OPI Links option

in Print dialog box, 644

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

OPI (Open Prepress Interface) option in Import dialog box, 725

Optimize Fountain Fills option in Print dialog box, 649–650

Optimize option for JPEG files, 460

Options button in Import dialog box, 726

Options dialog box. See also customizing; Page Setup dialog box; Tools menu

Calibrate Colors for Display option, 486, 690

Customize settings, 840–844, 846, 846

and customizing interface, 827–829, 827

Display settings, Preview Fountains Steps option, 13

displaying text frames, 240

Document settings

defined, 827

setting defaults for new documents, 143, 193

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 35–36, 36

Freehand Smoothing setting, 101

Global settings, 827

hotkey, 13

Menu settings, 846–848, 846

overview of, 12–13, 12

Publish To Internet settings, 509–511

HTML Conflicts options, 509–510

Make HTML Compatible option, 509

Use CSS File for Text Styles option, 510–511

saving settings, 828–829

setting levels of Undo command, 79

Web page background settings, 483–484, 484

Web page setup settings, 466–467

Workspace settings

creating workspaces, 829–830, 829

defined, 33, 826–827

Order commands in Arrange menu, 78–79, 130

Order flyout, 22–23

organization charts, 334, 334

organizing objects in Scrapbook, 69–70, 69, 728–730, 729, 770

Original mapping mode for envelopes, 313

Outline Color dialog box, 184, 192

Outline flyout, 19, 184–185

Outline Pen dialog box, 19, 184–192

Arrows options, 186, 187

Behind Fill option, 190–191, 191

Calligraphy option, 190, 190

Color options, 184–185, 188

Corners options, 188, 188

defined, 19, 185

Line Caps options, 189, 189

Line Style option, 187, 188

overview of, 184–185, 184

Scale with Image option, 191–192

Width option, 184–186

outlines, 183–193

arrowhead options, 186, 187, 192

color settings, 184–185, 188, 192

converting to objects, 133, 192, 192

copying outline properties between objects, 80

creating with Contour tool, 374, 376–377, 376, 380

default settings, 193

defined, 183

Favorite Fills and Outlines tab in Scrapbook, 70

fills and, 190–191, 191

outlining script text with Weld tool, 280, 280

perspective and scaling outlines, 296

Scale with Image options, 126, 126, 191–192

thickness settings, 184–186, 184

trapping outline technique, 685–686, 686

Output All Objects As option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

overlapping objects. See Intersect tool

overprinting, 637–639, 682–683, 682, 683, 684, 685–686, 686

overriding

Override Full Color View option in Layers docker, 799–800

styles, 774–775, 775

P

page frames, creating, 617

Page Number option in Print dialog box, 641

Page Setup dialog box, 47, 613–623. See also Options dialog box; Print dialog box

Background page, 622–623

Bitmap option, 622

No Background option, 622

Print and Export Background option, 622–623

Solid option, 622

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 47

Labels page, 620–623

creating sheets of labels, 620–621, 620

Customize Label option, 621, 621

Layout page, 617–620

Book and Booklet options, 618

card layout options, 618–619

Facing Pages option, 619, 619

overview of, 617–618, 618

recto and verso settings, 620

Start On option, 620

maximum page size settings, 613–614, 630–631, 630

opening, 613

Page page, 614–615

overview of, 614, 614

Show Bleed Area option, 615

Show Page Border option, 614–615

Show Printable Area option, 615

Size page, 614–617

Add Page Frame option, 617

overview of, 615–617, 616

Save Custom Page option, 37, 616

Set from Printer option, 617

page size

maximum page size settings, 613–614, 630–631, 630

saving custom page sizes, 37, 616

size options in Print dialog box, 628–629

PAINT program. See PHOTO-PAINT

Paintbucket tool, 50, 169

painting programs versus drawing programs, xxix–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

Paletted command in PHOTO-PAINT, 569–570

Paletted option in CorelDRAW, 450–451, 451, 518–519

palettes. See color palettes

Pantone color

in fountain fills, 637

Pantone swatch books, 141, 691

Paper/Film options in Print dialog box, 641–642

paragraph spacing. See also spacing

in artistic text, 205

in paragraph text, 205

paragraph text, 18, 201–207, 215–228. See also text

advantages of, 216–221, 218, 226–227, 227

aligning, 203, 217, 218, 219, 223–224, 224, 225

versus artistic text, 216–217, 226–227, 227

baseline control, 226–227, 227

blending, 326

bullets, 220, 220

character formatting, 206–207

column settings, 218, 219–220, 222

converting to artistic text, 227

CorelDRAW’s capacity for, 217

creating, 201, 202, 215, 216, 228

defined, 18, 201, 202

drop caps, 220–221, 220

fitting to curves, 246–250, 251

flowing within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

font settings, 217, 218

Format Text dialog box, 203–207, 216–221

Align page, 203, 217, 218, 219

character formatting options, 206–207

Effects page, 218, 220–221, 220

Font page, 203, 217, 218

Frames and Columns page, 218, 219–220

kerning text, 205–206, 205, 206

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204

paragraph spacing, 205

Space page, 218, 219

Tabs page, 218, 219

frames

defined, 201, 215, 216

displaying, 240

editing enhancements, 50

fitting text in automatically, 41, 42

frame settings, 218, 219–220, 222

hotkey, 228

kerning, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206, 218, 219

limitations of, 216–217

line breaks, 219

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204, 216, 218, 219

navigating, 224–225

paragraph spacing, 205

paragraph text styles, 771–772

and redrawing screens, 217

selecting, 224–225

sizing, 202, 216

special effects, 218, 220–221, 220

spell checking and grammar checking, 207, 207, 222–223, 223

tab settings, 218, 219, 222

Thesaurus, 23, 207, 222–223

uses for, 216–217

vertical justification settings, 220

when to use, 226–227, 227

wrapping, 215, 216, 221, 221

wrapping around objects, 234–235, 307, 317

parent colors in color styles, 782, 785–787, 790–792

Paste Special command in Edit menu, 67

Pastels bitmap effect, 540

Path tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 604–605

paths. See also curves

defined, 89–90

filling open paths, 39, 40

Fit Text to Path option, 50

nodes, 90–99

blends and, 329–330, 332, 333

Ctrl key and, 94

curves and, 91–92, 91, 93, 108–110, 110

cusp nodes, 95, 98–99, 98

and customizing status bar, 92

defined, 90

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 106–108, 107

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 48–49

exercises, 93–94, 94, 110

node-editing artistic text, 210

node-editing and Envelope tool, 309–311, 312, 312

node-editing and perspective, 293

paths and, 90

Pick tool and, 92

property bar and, 94, 94

selecting, 92, 99

Shape tool and, 92

smooth nodes, 95, 97, 98–99

symmetrical nodes, 95–97, 97, 98–99

nodes and, 90

Path option in Blend property bar, 333–334, 334

Path Properties option in Blend property bar, 332–333

segments, 90, 91–92, 91, 96

segments and, 90

pattern fills, 139, 154–158. See also fills

bitmap patterns, 156, 157–158, 158

creating your own, 156

defined, 139, 154

full-color patterns, 156–157, 157

.PAT files, 157

perspective and scaling pattern fills, 296

PostScript patterns, 158

saving, 157

tiling, 156

two-color patterns, 154–156

PDF files. See also Publish to PDF dialog box

advantages of, 695–697

importing, 720, 737

PDF Marks options in Print dialog box, 647

PDF styles, 702

service bureaus and, 695, 696–697

pens. See also lines

Natural Pen tool, 17

Outline Pen dialog box, 19, 184–192

Arrows options, 186, 187

Behind Fill option, 190–191, 191

Calligraphy option, 190, 190

Color options, 184–185, 188

Corners options, 188, 188

defined, 19, 185

Line Caps options, 189, 189

Line Style option, 187, 188

overview of, 184–185, 184

Scale with Image option, 191–192

Width option, 184–186

performance of Contour tool, 378–380, 379

perspective, 226, 289–304. See also Extrude tool; special effects

3-D cube exercise, 297–304

creating the frame, 298–302

creating the sides, 302–304

adding, 290–292

in artistic text, 226

copying, 295–296

defined, 290

in drop shadows, 415–416

and grouping objects, 296

limitations of, 296, 297

node-editing and, 293

one-point perspective, 292

previewing, 294

and scaling outlines and pattern fills, 296

two-point perspective, 292–295, 293, 294

using Ctrl and Shift keys, 292

vanishing points, 292

perspective extrusions. See also Extrude tool

big back extrusions, 350

big front extrusions, 350

versus isometric extrusions, 344, 345, 346

small back extrusions, 348, 349

small front extrusions, 349, 349

PFS (Preview Fountains Steps) option, 13, 148–149

photographs

image-editing tools in PHOTO-PAINT, 555, 556, 557

photo montages using PowerClips, 428–429

Photos command, 847, 848

Photos tab in Scrapbook, 70

repairing damaged photographs, 579–584, 579, 582, 584

scanning, xxx

skin tones in, 640

PHOTO-PAINT, 42, 461–462, 492–496, 553–605. See also bitmaps

Clone tool, 577–584

defined, 577–578, 577

repairing damaged photographs, 579–584, 579, 582, 584

versus CorelDRAW, 554

.CPT files, 602–603, 605

creating animated GIFs, 461–462

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 42

Export command, 605

exporting from CorelDRAW to, 758

features, 555, 560–561

finding and replacing pixels, 571–576

identifying colors, 572–574

overview of, 571–572, 572

tips, 576

using Color Replacer tool, 574–576

image lists, 557–559

Image menu Adjust submenu

Brightness-Contrast-Intensity command, 592

Tone Curve command, 588–589

Image menu Mode submenu, 566–571

Black and White command, 568

CMYK command, 571

Duotone command, 569

Grayscale command, 567–568

Lab Color command, 571

Multichannel command, 571

overview of, 566–567, 566

Paletted command, 569–570

RGB command, 571

image-editing tools, 555, 556, 557

Local Undo tool, 576, 598–599

masks, 584–605

adding images to photos, 599–602, 600, 602

adding Motion Blur effect to objects, 595–599, 596, 599

Circle Mask tool, 585

copying, 604

distinguishing foreground objects from backgrounds, 592–594, 593, 595

Feather command, 592, 602

Freehand Mask tool, 585, 586, 593, 594, 595

Invert command, 594

isolating and brightening images, 589–592, 589, 593

Lasso Mask tool, 585, 587–589

Magic Wand tool, 586, 589–592, 593, 599–601

Marquee Visible toggle, 598, 603

Mask Brush tool, 586, 590, 594, 597–598

Mask Tools flyout overview, 585–586

Mask Transform tool, 596–597

masking whole images, 603

moving, 604

overview of, 584–585

Rectangular Mask tool, 585

Remove Holes command, 591

Remove Mask command, 603

saving, 602–603, 603

Scissors Mask tool, 585

Smooth command, 594

overview of, 554–555, 565–566

Path tool for Freehand or Bezier drawing, 604–605

pixels and, 554

scanning photos, xxx

separations, 555, 557

sharpening images, 555, 556

special effects

Motion Blur effect, 595–599, 596, 599

Radial Blur effect, 594

spraying images, 557–559

techniques for exporting Web graphics from CorelDRAW, 492–496

uses for, 555, 560–561

Pick tool

defined, 15–16

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 107

nodes and, 92

in Print Preview, 657

sizing text, 202

pictures. See graphics

pixels. See also bitmaps

defined, 554

finding and replacing in PHOTO-PAINT, 571–576

identifying colors, 572–574

overview of, 571–572, 572

tips, 576

using Color Replacer tool, 574–576

and Web page setup, 465–466

placement controls in Transformation dockers, 123–124

playing back scripts, 810, 810, 815

.PNG files, exporting to, 758

points

defined, 204

Maximum Points per Curve option in Print dialog box, 647

polygons

nodes and, 106–108, 107

Polygon tool, 18

Portable Document Format. See PDF files

positioning. See also Transformation dockers

position options in Print dialog box, 628–629

PostScript files. See also Publish to PDF dialog box

EPS files

EPS Files option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

Illustrator EPS files versus standard EPS files, 731–732

importing, 53, 721, 731–733, 734

importing Placeable EPS files, 732, 734, 737

exporting to EPS files

Bounding Box option, 750

enhancements to, 52, 53

exporting fountain fills to EPS format, 149

Include Header option, 750

overview of, 749–751, 749

importing, 53, 719, 721, 734

importing PostScript Interpreted files, 735–737, 735, 736

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files, 51, 625

.PS files, 625, 719

PostScript pattern fills, 158

PostScript printing

fountain fills and, 149

PostScript page in Print dialog box, 642–650

Auto Increase Fountain Steps and Optimize Fountain Fills options, 649–650

Bitmap options, 644

Compatibility options, 643

Convert TrueType to Type 1 option, 645–646

DCS (Desktop Color Separation) option, 644

defined, 642–643, 643

Download Type 1 Fonts option, 645

Fonts options, 645–646, 646

Include Hyperlinks and Include Bookmarks options, 647

Maintain OPI Links option, 644

Maximum Points per Curve option, 647

On Start, Display option, 647

PDF Marks options, 647

Screen Frequency option, 644

Set Flatness To and Auto Increase Flatness options, 647–649, 648

Use JPEG Compression option, 644

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) and PostScript file support, 51, 625

PowerClips, 256–258, 423–436. See also cropping; special effects

3D effects, 432–435, 432

Automatically Center New PowerClip Contents option, 431

containers, 424, 430, 430

creating, 424–426

creating hotkeys for, 436, 848–849

creating photo montages, 428–429

creating text masks, 256–258, 257

defined, 423–424

editing, 430–432

examples, 427–430, 427, 430

grouping PowerClips, 432

Lock Contents to PowerClips option, 431

PowerClip Now command, 847, 848

versus Trim tool, 423

uses for, 427–430, 427, 430

PowerLines in CorelDRAW 9, 48

PowerPoint, importing files from, 735–738, 735, 736

PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file support, 51, 625

preparing print files for transparent images, 403

Prepress page in Print dialog box, 640–642. See also service bureaus

Color Calibration Bar option, 642

Crop/Fold Marks options, 641–642

defined, 640–641, 640

Densitometer Scale option, 642

File Information option, 641

Invert option, 676

Mirror option, 641

Page Number option, 641

Paper/Film options, 641–642

Registration Marks option, 642

Preserve Document Overprints option

in Print dialog box, 637

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 707

Preserve Halftone Screen Information option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

Preserve Spot Colors option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

presets. See also scripts

for Envelope tool, 315, 315, 317

for fountain fills, 149–150

versus scripts, 809–810

previewing, 654–658

bitmap effects, 541

color separations, 674

Mini-Preview window, 52, 52, 611–612, 612, 654–655

perspective, 294

Preview Fountains Steps (PFS) option, 13, 148–149

Preview option in Import dialog box, 725

Print Preview, 655–658

Imposition Layout tool, 632–634, 632, 657

Marks Placement tool, 657–658

overview of, 655–656

Pick tool, 657

Settings menu, 656

Standard toolbar, 656

toolbox and property bar, 657

View menu, 656

Zoom tool, 658

Print dialog box, 623–654. See also Page Setup dialog box

General page, 623–628

Collate option, 628

Copies option, 627

defined, 623, 623

Destination option, 624

PostScript Printer Definition (PPD) file option, 51, 625

Print Range options, 627

Print to File option, 625–626

Properties option, 624–625

saving printing settings with documents, 624

Issues/No Issues page, 51, 51, 653–654

Layout page, 628–634

As in Document option, 628, 629

Bleed Limit option, 632

defined, 628, 628

Fit to Page option, 628–629, 629

Image Position and Size options, 628–629

Imposition Layout option, 632–634, 632, 657

printing signatures, 632–634, 632

Reposition Images To option, 628–629

Tiled Pages option, 630–631, 630

Misc page, 650–653

Bitmap Downsampling option, 653

defined, 650, 650

Fountain Steps option, 652–653

Output Color Bitmaps As option, 652

Print Job Information Sheet option, 650–651, 651

Proofing options, 651–652

Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

Use Color Profile option, 650

PostScript page, 642–650

Auto Increase Fountain Steps and Optimize Fountain Fills options, 649–650

Bitmap options, 644

Compatibility options, 643

Convert TrueType to Type 1 option, 645–646

DCS (Desktop Color Separation) option, 644

defined, 642–643, 643

Download Type 1 Fonts option, 645

Fonts options, 645–646, 646

Include Hyperlinks and Include Bookmarks options, 647

Maintain OPI Links option, 644

Maximum Points per Curve option, 647

On Start, Display option, 647

PDF Marks options, 647

Screen Frequency option, 644

Set Flatness To and Auto Increase Flatness options, 647–649, 648

Use JPEG Compression option, 644

Prepress page, 640–642

Color Calibration Bar option, 642

Crop/Fold Marks options, 641–642

defined, 640–641, 640

Densitometer Scale option, 642

File Information option, 641

Invert option, 676

Mirror option, 641

Page Number option, 641

Paper/Film options, 641–642

Registration Marks option, 642

Separations page, 634–640

Advanced Separations Settings dialog box, 638–640

Always Overprint Black option, 637, 683

Auto-Spreading option, 638, 684–685

Convert Spot Colors to CMYK option, 636

creating color separations, 634–635, 634

Halftone Type option, 639–640

Hexachrome Plates option, 636

High Solid Ink Density option, 636

Overprint Color option, 638–639

Preserve Document Overprints option, 637

Print Empty Plates option, 636–637

Print Separations in Color option, 635–636

proofing separations on PostScript laser printers, 635

Trapping options, 637–638

using Pantone colors in fountain fills, 637

Print Empty Plates option in Print dialog box, 636–637

Print Job Information Sheet option in Print dialog box, 650–651, 651

Print Preview, 655–658

Imposition Layout tool, 632–634, 632, 657

Marks Placement tool, 657–658

overview of, 655–656

Pick tool, 657

Settings menu, 656

Standard toolbar, 656

toolbox and property bar, 657

View menu, 656

Zoom tool, 658

Print Separations in Color option in Print dialog box, 635–636

print shops. See service bureaus

print styles, 658–660, 658

printing. See also Page Setup dialog box

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 36

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 51–52, 51, 52

fountain fills, 149, 150–151, 150, 154

layers, 798

limitcheck errors and, 649, 660

maximum page size, 613–614, 630–631, 630

monitor colors versus printed colors, 141

overview of, 611–612, 612

PostScript printing

defined, 613

fountain fills and, 149

PostScript Printer Description (PPD) and PostScript file support, 51, 625

preparing print files for transparent images, 403

Print and Export Background option in Page Setup dialog box, 622–623

process color printing, 671–673

signatures, 619, 619, 632–634, 632, 657

spot color printing

converting to CMYK, 636

defined, 671–672

Preserve Spot Colors option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

spot-color separations for fountain fills, 151

tips, 660–664

bitmaps, 661–662, 663

color substitutions, 663–664

fonts and fills, 662–663

simplifying vector objects, 660

T-shirt transfers, 641

Web page backgrounds, 485

versus Web publishing

colors, 443

proofing, 444–445, 444, 445, 514–515

resolution, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

Web site about, 461, 497

white or tinted objects on colored backgrounds, 622

.PRN files, 625

process color printing, 671–673

productivity tools, 863–864, 864

profiles. See color management

programming. See scripts

Progressive option for JPEG files, 460

proofing

color separations on PostScript laser printers, 635

creating proofs for color separations, 674, 675

Proofing options in Print dialog box, 651–652

Web pages and graphics, 444–445, 444, 445, 514–515

properties

copying between objects, 79–80, 766

of layers, 797–798, 799–800, 800

Path Properties option in Blend property bar, 332–333

Properties option in Print dialog box, 624–625

Start and End Object Properties in Blend property bar, 333

property bars. See also toolbars

Blend property bar, 330–334

Acceleration controls, 331–332

Color Direction options, 331

Fuse option, 332

Loop Rotation of Objects option, 330–331

Mapping Nodes option, 332, 333

miscellaneous options, 332–333

overview of, 330, 330

Path option, 333–334, 334

Path Properties option, 332–333

Rotation options, 330–331

Split option, 332

Start and End Object Properties, 333

Steps and Space options, 330

Contour property bar, 373, 374–376, 375

customizing

adding Alignment list to Text property bar, 836

creating floating property bars, 830–831

moving buttons between, 838

overview of, 845

restoring defaults, 838

defined, 7, 14, 826

displaying or hiding, 10, 10, 11

Drawing Units option, 124–125

Drop Shadow property bar, 413

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 45

Extrude property bar, 347–348, 347

icon Help descriptions, 123

Intersect, Trim, and Weld tool options, 281

nodes and, 94, 94

in Print Preview, 657

for text, 200–201, 203

.PS files, 625, 719

Psychedelic bitmap effect, 541–542

Publish To Internet settings in Options dialog box, 509–511

HTML Conflicts options, 509–510

Make HTML Compatible option, 509

Use CSS File for Text Styles option, 510–511

Publish to PDF dialog box, 54, 647, 695–711

versus Adobe Exchange and Distiller software, 710–711

Advanced page, 706–709

Colors options, 709

defined, 706–707, 707

EPS Files option, 708

Fountain Steps option, 708

Maintain OPI Links option, 708

Output All Objects As option, 709

Preserve Document Overprints option, 707

Preserve Halftone Screen Information option, 708

Preserve Spot Colors option, 708

Render Complex Fills As Bitmaps option, 707

Use Color Profile option, 709

Document page, 709–710

defined, 709, 709

Generate Bookmarks option, 710

Generate Thumbnails option, 710

Include Hyperlinks option, 710

On Start, Display option, 710

General page, 700–702

defined, 700, 700

Export Range option, 700

File Name option, 700

Generate Job Ticket option, 696, 701–702

PDF Style option, 702

limitations of, 710–711

Objects page, 703–706

ASCII 85 Encoding and Binary Encoding options, 706

Bitmap Compression option, 703–704

Bitmap Downsampling option, 704

Compress Text option, 705

Convert TrueType to Type 1 option, 705

defined, 703, 703

Embed Base 14 Fonts option, 705

Embed Fonts in Document option, 705

Export All Text As Curves option, 704–705

Subset Type 1 Fonts option, 706

Text and Fonts options, 704–706

opening, 700

overview of, 54, 54, 695–697

PDF export feature in CorelDRAW 8 versus CorelDRAW 9, 696

PDF files

advantages of, 695–697

importing, 720, 737

PDF styles, 702

service bureaus and, 695, 696–697

PDF Marks options in Print dialog box, 647

torture test, 698–699, 698, 699

publishing

image maps, 502–504

Web pages versus printing

colors, 443

proofing, 444–445, 444, 445, 514–515

resolution, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

Putty mapping mode for envelopes, 312–313, 313

Q

quadtones, 37

QuickTime software, 858

R

Radial Blur effect

in CorelDRAW, 541

in PHOTO-PAINT, 594

radial fountain fills, 144, 146

rainbows. See fountain fills

ranges of pages, printing, 627

Rasterize Entire Page option in Print dialog box, 653

recording scripts, 811–815, 814

rectangles

nodes and, 106–108, 107

Rectangle tool

defined, 17–18

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 49

Rectangular Mask tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 585

recto settings in Page Setup dialog box, 620

redrawing screens, paragraph text and, 217

registration

color trapping and, 678–680, 679, 680, 681–682, 681

Registration Marks option in Print dialog box, 642

Release Notes, 858

Remove Holes command in PHOTO-PAINT, 591

Remove Mask command in PHOTO-PAINT, 603

renaming

objects in Object Manager, 802, 802

styles, 775

Render Complex Fills As Bitmaps option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 707

rendering depth. See Extrude tool; perspective

repairing damaged photographs, 579–584, 579, 582, 584

repeating

graphics in Web pages, 519

Repeat command in Edit menu, 80

Replace Wizard, 803–805

replacing. See also finding and replacing

Standard toolbar with custom toolbar, 844

Reposition Images To option in Print dialog box, 628–629

Resample command in Bitmaps menu, 536–537, 537

Resample option for importing bitmaps, 740

resizing. See sizing

resolution options

in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

for converting vector graphics to bitmaps, 532

for creating Web graphics, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

for Web page setup, 467–468, 616

in Web publishing versus printing, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

Resolve Link command in Bitmaps menu, 538–539

restoring

rotated objects to original condition, 125–126

toolbar and property bar defaults, 838

RGB color model

defined, 668–669, 669

RGB command in PHOTO-PAINT, 571

Ribbon Bar. See Standard toolbar

Rich Text Format (RTF) files, 67

Ripple bitmap effect, 543–544

roll-ups. See also dockers

in CorelDRAW 9, 45

RomCAT clipart cataloging software, 233

rotating. See also Transformation dockers

artistic text, 208

blended objects, 330–331

extrusions, 354–357

objects

with Ctrl key, 64

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 55

overview of, 63

and restoring to original condition, 125–126

RTF (Rich Text Format) files, 67

rulers, 10, 10, 11

running scripts, 810, 810, 815

S

saving

changes to default template, 778

custom interface settings, 828–829

custom page sizes, 37, 616

files, 76–77

fountain fills as presets, 149–150

masks in PHOTO-PAINT, 602–603, 603

objects in Scrapbook, 69–70, 69, 770

pattern fills, 157

print styles, 658–660, 658

printing settings with documents, 624

styles in templates, 769, 777

workspace settings, 33

scaling. See also Transformation dockers

arrowhead options, 192

perspective and scaling outlines and pattern fills, 296

Scale with Image option

in Outline Pen dialog box, 191–192

in Transformation dockers, 126, 126

scanning photos, xxx

Scissors Mask tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 585

Scitex imagesetters, 681

.SCK files, 851

Scrapbook

importing with, 728–730, 729

saving and organizing objects in, 69–70, 69, 770

versus styles or scripts, 818–819

screen frequency settings for color separations, 638–640, 644

screens. See monitors

scripts, 809–822. See also presets

applying, 810, 810, 815

auto-executing scripts, 817–818

built-in scripts, 810, 810

creating commands from, 816–817, 817

defined, 809

examples, 820–822

folders for, 810

for formatting text, 815–816

Help for, 821, 822

installing Script Editor, 863

macro virus protection, 864, 864

newsgroups for, 821

OnStart, OnOpen, OnClose, OnNew, OnPrint, and OnExit scripts, 817–818

playing back, 810, 810, 815

versus presets, 809–810

recording, 811–815, 814

versus styles or Scrapbook, 818–819

tips, 820–822

Web sites about, 822

what you can and cannot record, 814–815

when to use, 818–819

scroll bars, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11

scrolling with Alt key and arrow keys, 9

scrolling banners in Web pages, 522–523

searching. See finding and replacing

segments, 90, 91–92, 91, 96

Select All command in Edit menu, 39, 72

Select All Text command, 847, 848

selecting

blended objects, 328

Enable Selection after Drawing option, 55

extrude groups, 347

nodes, 92, 99

objects

with Ctrl key, 64

in groups, 74

with marquees, 15

multiple objects, 71–72, 73

with Shift key, 71–72, 72

Wireframe view and, 72, 72

paragraph text, 224–225

separating

blended objects, 328

drop shadows, 420

extrusions, 364

objects, 131–132, 132

separations, 555, 634–640, 644, 673–676. See also trapping

camera-ready artwork, 676

creating, 634–635, 634

creating negative output, 676, 677

creating print files, 675–676, 677

creating proofs, 674, 675

DCS (Desktop Color Separation) option in Print dialog box, 644

defined, 673, 673

for fountain fills, 151

in PHOTO-PAINT, 555, 557

previewing, 674

Screen Frequency option in Print dialog box, 644

screen frequency settings, 638–640

Separations page in Print dialog box, 634–640

Advanced Separations Settings dialog box, 638–640

Always Overprint Black option, 637, 683

Auto-Spreading option, 638, 684–685

Convert Spot Colors to CMYK option, 636

creating color separations, 634–635, 634Halftone Type option, 639–640

Hexachrome Plates option, 636

High Solid Ink Density option, 636

Overprint Color option, 638–639

Preserve Document Overprints option, 637

Print Empty Plates option, 636–637

Print Separations in Color option, 635–636

proofing separations on PostScript laser printers, 635

Trapping options, 637–638

using Pantone colors in fountain fills, 637

service bureaus and, 634–637, 639

service bureaus. See also separations

color separations and, 634–637, 639

color trapping and, 678, 681, 684

CorelDRAW and, 696–697

creating color separation print files for, 675–676, 677

creating negative output for, 676, 677

Macintosh desktop publishing and, 696–697

PDF files and, 695, 696–697

preparing files for Macintosh-based bureaus, 626

Print to File option and, 625–626

TrueType versus Type 1 fonts and, 646

Set Flatness To option in Print dialog box, 647–649, 648

Set from Printer option in Size page of Page Setup dialog box, 617

setting

artistic text defaults, 211

default fill, 140, 142–143

defaults for new documents, 143, 193

levels of Undo command, 79

outline colors, 184–185, 188, 192

units of measure, 124–125

setting up Web pages, 465–470

length settings, 468–470

Options dialog box settings, 466–467

pixels and, 465–466

resolution settings, 467–468

width settings, 468, 469–470, 469

Settings menu in Print Preview, 656

Setup Wizard, 859–867, 860, 866

shades, creating with color styles, 791, 792

shadows. See drop shadows

shapes. See also curves; graphics; Intersect tool; objects; Trim tool; Weld tool

Polygon tool, 18

Rectangle tool, 17–18, 49

Shape Edit flyout, 16

Shape tool

curves and, 91

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 107

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 49

nodes and, 92

Shaping command in Arrange menu, 131

Spiral tool, 18

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

shaping text to objects, 231–250

automatic text wrapping and, 235–236

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

flowing paragraph text within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

overview of, 231–232

warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

wrapping paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

sharpening images

in PHOTO-PAINT, 555, 556

Unsharp Mask bitmap effect, 545

sheets of labels, 620–621, 620

Shift key. See also Alt key; Ctrl key; F keys; hotkeys

+ F2 key (Zoom to Selected), 17

+ F4 key (Zoom to All Objects), 17

+ F11 (Uniform Fill dialog box hotkey), 20, 139

+ F12 (Outline Color dialog box), 19, 184

adding perspective with, 292

creating envelopes with, 316, 316

Ctrl + Shift + T (Edit Text dialog box), 202

deleting lines with, 13

selecting objects with, 71–72, 72

shortcut keys. See hotkeys

Show Bleed Area option in Page Setup dialog box, 615

Show Hotspots option, 500

Show Page Border option in Page Setup dialog box, 614–615

Show Printable Area option in Page Setup dialog box, 615

Side-Fold Card Layout option, 618–619

sign making, 281

signatures

Digital Signatures feature, 864, 864

Imposition Layout tool, 632–634, 632, 657

printing, 619, 619, 632–634, 632

simplicity in Web page design, 521

Single Arc mode for envelopes, 308–309, 311–312, 311

size

of bitmap files, 530–531, 530

of imported bitmap files, 739

of pages

maximum page size settings, 613–614, 630–631, 630

saving custom page sizes, 37, 616

size options in Print dialog box, 628–629

Size option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

of Web graphics files, 515–516, 516

Size Graphic on Import option, 36

Size page in Page Setup dialog box, 614–617

Add Page Frame option, 617

overview of, 615–617, 616

Save Custom Page option, 37, 616

Set from Printer option, 617

sizing. See also Transformation dockers

artistic text, 202, 208

objects

with click-and-drag, 63

with Ctrl key, 64

paragraph text, 202, 216

skewing. See also Transformation dockers

artistic text, 208, 226

skin tones in photographs, 640

small back extrusions, 348, 349

small front extrusions, 349, 349

Smooth command in PHOTO-PAINT, 594

smooth nodes, 95, 97, 98–99

Smoothing setting for JPEG files, 459–460, 460

Snap To commands, 847–848, 847

soft drop shadows, 408–409, 408, 409

Solid Background option in Page Setup dialog box, 622

Solid Fills option for extrusions, 360

Solid Ink Density option in Print dialog box, 636

Sort Type options

in Export dialog box, 747

in Import dialog box, 724

sounds, assigning to CorelDRAW events, 56

source objects

in Intersect tool, 266, 271

in Trim tool, 266, 271–272

in Weld tool, 266

Space options in Blend property bar, 330

spacebar as Pick tool hotkey, 16

spaces, No White Spaces, Special Characters option in Export dialog box, 747

spacing

character spacing, 107–108, 107

line spacing or leading

in artistic text, 203–205, 204

in paragraph text, 203–205, 204, 216, 218, 219

paragraph spacing

in artistic text, 205

in paragraph text, 205

Space page in Format Text dialog box, 218, 219

special characters

No White Spaces, Special Characters option in Export dialog box, 747

Symbols library, 68, 68

special effects, xxxii, 265–436

bitmap effects, 55, 539–549, 752

Add Noise command, 544

in CorelDRAW 9, 55

CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT exercise, 545–549, 546

Edge Detect command, 542

Emboss command, 540

exporting transparent effects, 752

Pastels command, 540

previewing, 541

Psychedelic command, 541–542

Radial Blur command, 541

Ripple command, 543–544

Unsharp Mask command, 545

Weather command, 542–543

Blend tool, 325–339

Acceleration controls, 331–332

Blend property bar, 330–334

blending objects, 325–330, 326

Color Direction options, 331

control or start and end objects, 326, 333

design considerations, 328–330, 329

examples, 334, 335

exercise, 336–338

Fuse option, 332

imported bitmaps and, 326

Loop Rotation of Objects option, 330–331

Mapping Nodes option, 332, 333

miscellaneous options, 332–333

nodes and, 329–330, 332, 333

organization charts, 334, 334

overview of, 330, 330

paragraph text and, 326

Path option, 333–334, 334

Path Properties option, 332–333

Rotation options, 330–331

selecting blended objects, 328

separating blended objects, 328

Split option, 332

Start and End Object Properties, 333

steps, 326, 330

Steps and Space options, 330

Contour tool, 369–380

color options, 374, 375–376

Contour property bar, 373, 374–376, 375

creating, 371–373, 371

defined, 369–370, 370

future of, 380

grouping contoured objects, 370, 380

versus Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 380

Offset option, 374

open contours, 378, 378

outline options, 374, 376–377, 376, 380

performance of, 378–380, 379

Steps option, 374

text and, 370

types of contours, 371, 371

copying objects and applying effects to the copy, 80–81

drop shadows, 31, 37, 50, 380, 407–420

bitmaps and, 410

creating, 407–408, 408, 411–412

custom Drop Shadow menu command, 848

design considerations, 417, 418, 419

Drop Shadow property bar, 413

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 31, 31, 37

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 50

hard versus soft shadows, 408–409, 408, 409

separating, 420

vector objects and, 409–410, 410

Effects menu, 23

Envelope tool, 29–30, 226, 234–235, 245, 307–322

Add Preset option, 315, 315, 317

constrained mode, 311–312, 311, 312

copying envelopes, 316

Create From command, 315

creating envelopes, 308–309, 309

creating envelopes with Ctrl and Shift keys, 316, 316

defined, 307–308

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 29–30

exercise, 317–322, 317

Horizontal mapping mode, 313, 313

Keep Lines option, 314, 314

mapping modes, 312–313, 313, 317

node-editing and, 309–311, 312, 312

Original mapping mode, 313

overview of, 307–308

Putty mapping mode, 312–313, 313

shaping envelopes versus shaping objects, 312, 312

Straight Line, Single Arc, and Double Arc modes, 308–309, 311–312, 311

unconstrained mode, 309, 310

Vertical mapping mode, 313, 313

and warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

and wrapping paragraph text around objects, 234–235, 307, 317

Extrude tool, 30, 226, 343–366

back parallel extrusions, 350, 350

beveling extrusions, 361

big back extrusions, 350

big front extrusions, 350

Bitmap Extrusion tool, 365

color options, 358–361

creating extrusions, 344–345

Depth option, 351–352

design considerations, 343, 365–366, 366

Drape Fills option, 359

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 30, 30

Extrude property bar, 347–348, 347

extruding artistic text, 226

Fountain Fills option, 360–361

front parallel extrusions, 350, 351

isometric extrusions, 344, 345, 346, 350, 352–353

lighting effects, 362–364, 364

Object Fill option, 358–359, 362

perspective extrusions, 344, 345, 346, 348–350

rotating extrusions, 354–357

selecting control objects versus selecting extrude groups, 347

separating or freezing extrusions, 364

small back extrusions, 348, 349

small front extrusions, 349, 349

Solid Fills option, 360

Text Extrusion tool, 365

vanishing points, 352–353

VP Locked to Object option, 353

VP Locked to Page option, 353, 354

Feather effect

in Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 414–415

in PHOTO-PAINT, 592, 602

Interactive Tool flyout and, 19

Interactive Transparency tool, 19, 394–404

applying transparency, 395–397, 397, 398

converting transparent images to bitmaps, 403

defined, 19, 394–395, 396

design considerations, 403–404

exercise, 398–402, 399

preparing print files, 403

versus Transparency lens, 394

Intersect tool, 39, 265–271, 281

creating overlapping shapes, 267–271, 269

defined, 267

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271

lenses, 383–394

Brighten lens, 386, 391, 393, 393

Color Add lens, 386

Color Limit lens, 386

coloring, 388

combining, 391

cropping objects with, 391

Custom Color Map lens, 386

defined, 383–384, 384

example, 384–385, 385

Fish Eye lens, 387, 387

frozen lenses, 390–391, 390

Heat Map lens for infrared effects, 388, 393

hotkey, 384

Invert lens, 388

Lens docker, 384–385, 384, 385

Magnify lens, 388, 389

None option, 389

system requirements, 391

Tinted Grayscale lens, 388, 393

Transparency lens, 384–385, 385, 386, 394, 403–404

uses for, 392–393, 393

Viewpoint option, 391, 392

Wireframe lens, 389

overview of, xxxii, xxxiii

perspective, 226, 289–304

3-D cube exercise, 297–304

adding, 290–292

in artistic text, 226

copying, 295–296

defined, 290

in drop shadows, 415–416

and grouping objects, 296

limitations of, 296, 297

node-editing and, 293

one-point perspective, 292

previewing, 294

and scaling outlines and pattern fills, 296

two-point perspective, 292–295, 293, 294

using Ctrl and Shift keys, 292

vanishing points, 292

in PHOTO-PAINT

Motion Blur effect, 595–599, 596, 599

Radial Blur effect, 594

PowerClips, 256–258, 423–436

3D effects, 432–435, 432

Automatically Center New PowerClip Contents option, 431

containers, 424, 430, 430

creating, 424–426

creating hotkeys for, 436

creating photo montages, 428–429

creating text masks, 256–258, 257

defined, 423–424

editing, 430–432

examples, 427–430, 427, 430

grouping PowerClips, 432

Lock Contents to PowerClips option, 431

versus Trim tool, 423

uses for, 427–430, 427, 430

PowerLines in CorelDRAW 9, 48

shaping text to objects, 231–250

automatic text wrapping and, 235–236

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

flowing paragraph text within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

overview of, 231–232

warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

wrapping paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

Special Effects command, 847, 848

for text

in artistic text, 209, 226

converting text to curves, 108, 109, 132, 211, 226, 258–260, 259, 260

Effects page in Format Text dialog box, 218, 220–221, 220

in paragraph text, 218, 220–221, 220

text masks or PowerClips, 256–258, 257

transparent text, 250–256, 251

Trim tool, 39, 265–267, 271–276, 281–285

defined, 271–272, 272

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

versus PowerClips, 423

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271–272

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271–272

trimming objects, 272–276, 274, 277

Weld tool, 39, 75, 265–267, 277–285

creating silhouettes, 278, 279

defined, 277, 278

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

outlining script text, 280, 280

overview of, 74, 75, 265–266

property bar options, 281

sign making, vinyl cutting and, 281

source objects, 266

target objects, 266–267, 266

spell checking, 207, 207, 222–223, 223

Spiral tool, 18

Split option in Blend property bar, 332

spot color printing

converting to CMYK, 636

defined, 671–672

Preserve Spot Colors option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 708

spot-color separations for fountain fills, 151

spraying images

in CorelDRAW, 13, 48, 49

in PHOTO-PAINT, 557–559

square fountain fills, 146

squares, drawing with Ctrl key, 18

Standard toolbar. See also toolbars

adding Nudge box to, 834–835, 834

creating floating Standard toolbar, 830–831

customizing, 836–838

defined, 7, 14, 826

in Print Preview, 656

replacing with custom toolbar, 844

start objects in blends, 326, 333

Start On option in Page Setup dialog box, 620

starting installation CD-ROM, 857–859, 858

status bar. See also user interface

customizing, 92, 831

defined, 8–9, 826

displaying or hiding, 10, 10, 11

moving, 831

steps

in blends, 326, 330

in contours, 374

in fountain fills, 148–149, 150, 652–653, 708

Straight Line mode for envelopes, 308–309, 311–312, 311

straight lines, 99–101, 100. See also lines

stretching artistic text, 226

strings. See text

strings of artistic text, 201

styles, 510–511, 658–660, 702, 765–792. See also scripts

adding Style list to custom toolbar, 844–845, 845

advantages of, 781–782

applying, 769, 771, 772–773, 773

artistic text styles, 770–771

asterisks (*) in Style list, 772

changing, 769, 773–774, 774

color styles, 782–792

adding to custom palettes, 791–792

creating automatically, 787–790

creating manually, 783–787, 784

creating shades, 791, 792

defined, 782–783

parent and child colors and, 782, 785–787, 790–792

creating, 768–770, 776–777

default styles, 769, 771, 772

defined, 765–766

deleting, 775

finding, 776

graphic styles, 770

hotkeys for, 773, 773

overriding, 774–775, 775

paragraph text styles, 771–772

PDF styles, 702

renaming, 775

saving print styles, 658–660, 658

saving in templates, 769, 777

versus scripts or Scrapbook, 818–819

Styles docker, 766–768, 767, 778

templates, 777–782

advantages of, 781–782

coreldrw.cdt template, 778

creating, 778–780, 779

creating drawings from, 780–781

default template, 778

defined, 766, 777

loading, 781

saving changes to default template, 778

saving styles in, 769, 777

Styles docker and, 767–768

for Web pages, 510–511

when to use, 776–777, 781–782, 818–819

Subset Type 1 Fonts option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

substituting colors when printing, 663–664

subtractive color, 670–671

Suppress Filter Dialog option

in Export dialog box, 747

in Import dialog box, 727

swatch books, 141, 691

switching to. See converting

Symbols library, 68, 68

symmetrical nodes, 95–97, 97, 98–99

system requirements

of lenses, 391

of texture fills, 160

T

tab settings in paragraph text, 218, 219, 222

target objects

in Intersect tool, 266–267, 266, 271

in Trim tool, 266–267, 266, 271–272

in Weld tool, 266–267, 266

templates, 777–782. See also styles

advantages of, 781–782

coreldrw.cdt template, 778

creating, 778–780, 779

creating drawings from, 780–781

default template, 778

defined, 766, 777

loading, 781

saving changes to default template, 778

saving styles in, 769, 777

Styles docker and, 767–768

Tent Card Layout option, 618–619

testing

bitmap graphics exporting, 754–758

bitmap graphics importing, 738–740

Publish to PDF dialog box, 698–699, 698, 699

vector graphics exporting, 748–754, 748

vector graphics importing, 730–738

text, 199–260. See also fonts

artistic text, 18, 201–211, 232–240

aligning, 203

applying special effects, 209

artistic text styles, 770–771

character formatting, 206–207

converting to curves, 211, 226

converting to paragraph text, 227

creating, 201, 202, 228

defined, 18, 201, 202

filling, 208

fitting to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

formatting, 203

hotkey, 228

kerning, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206

limitations of, 217

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204

mirroring, extruding, enveloping, or changing perspective, 226

node-editing, 210

paragraph spacing, 205

versus paragraph text, 216–217, 226–227, 227

rotating, 208

scaling, 226

setting defaults, 211

sizing, 202, 208

skewing, 208, 226

special effects, 226

spell checking and grammar checking, 207, 207

stretching, 226

strings of, 201

Thesaurus, 23, 207

warping with Envelope tool, 226, 245, 245

when to use, 226

Compress Text option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

Contour tool and, 370

converting to curves, 108, 109, 132, 211, 226, 258–260, 259, 260

creating text toolbars, 201, 836

custom Text commands menu, 847, 848

Edit Text dialog box, 202

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 41

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 50, 199–201, 200

Export All Text As Curves option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704–705

Format Text dialog box, 203–207, 216–221

Align page, 217, 218, 219

aligning text, 203

character formatting, 206–207

Effects page, 218, 220–221, 220

Font page, 217, 218

formatting text, 203

Frames and Columns page, 218, 219–220

kerning, 205–206, 205, 206

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204

paragraph spacing, 205

Space page, 218, 219

Tabs page, 218, 219

formatting with scripts, 815–816

HTML compatible text, 509–510

importing, 50, 740–741

inserting graphics in, 40, 41

nodes and, 106–108, 107

outlining script text with Weld tool, 280, 280

overview of, 199–201, 200

paragraph text, 18, 201–207, 215–228

advantages of, 216–221, 218, 226–227, 227

aligning, 203, 217, 218, 219, 223–224, 224, 225

versus artistic text, 216–217, 226–227, 227

baseline control, 226–227, 227

blending, 326

bullets, 220, 220

character formatting, 206–207

converting to artistic text, 227

CorelDRAW’s capacity for, 217

creating, 201, 202, 215, 216, 228

defined, 18, 201, 202

displaying text frames, 240

drop caps, 220–221, 220

editing enhancements, 50

fitting automatically in frames, 41, 42

fitting to curves, 246–250, 251

flowing within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

font settings, 217, 218

Format Text dialog box options, 216–221, 218

formatting, 203

frame and column settings, 218, 219–220, 222

frames of, 201, 215, 216

hotkey, 228

kerning, 107–108, 107, 205–206, 205, 206, 218, 219

limitations of, 216–217

line breaks, 219

line spacing or leading, 203–205, 204, 216, 218, 219

navigating, 224–225

paragraph spacing, 205

paragraph text styles, 771–772

and redrawing screens, 217

scaling, 226

selecting, 224–225

sizing, 202, 216

special effects, 218, 220–221, 220

spell checking and grammar checking, 207, 207, 222–223, 223

tab settings, 218, 219, 222

Thesaurus, 23, 207, 222–223

uses for, 216–217

vertical justification settings, 220

when to use, 226–227, 227

wrapping, 215, 216, 221, 221

wrapping around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

points, 204

property bars for, 200–201, 203, 836

Select All Text command, 847, 848

shaping text to objects, 231–250

automatic text wrapping and, 235–236

fitting text to curves, 210, 246–250, 251

flowing paragraph text within objects, 240–244, 240, 244

overview of, 231–232

warping artistic text, 226, 245, 245

wrapping paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

Text Extrusion tool, 365

Text and Fonts options in Publish to PDF dialog box, 704–706

text linking feature, 42, 43

text masks or PowerClips, 256–258, 257

Text menu

defined, 23

Fit Text to Path command, 50, 246–250

Text tool, 18, 201, 202, 228

Thesaurus, 23, 207

transparent text, 250–256, 251

units of measure for, 204–205

wrapping

automatic text wrapping, 235–236

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 50

paragraph text, 215, 216, 221, 221

paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

Writing Tools flyout, 23, 207, 207, 865

texture fills, 139, 158–160, 175–179. See also fills

creating, 159–160, 159

defined, 139, 158

exercise, 175–179

system requirements, 160

tiling, 159

Thesaurus, 23, 207

thickness settings for outlines, 184–186, 184

3-D cube exercise, 297–304

3-D effects. See also Extrude tool; perspective

with PowerClips, 432–435, 432

3D Models tab in Scrapbook, 70

thumbnails

Generate Thumbnails option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 710

in Web pages, 520, 520

TIFF files, exporting to, 758

tiling

backgrounds in Web pages, 471–475, 472, 473, 474

pages for printing large designs, 630–631, 630

pattern fills, 156

texture fills, 159

Tinted Grayscale lens, 388, 393

tinted objects, printing on colored backgrounds, 622

title bars, 8

To Front and To Back commands in Arrange menu, 78–79, 130

Tone Curve command in PHOTO-PAINT, 588–589

toolbars. See also property bars

creating, 201, 839–844, 839, 845

customizing

adding Style list to, 844–845, 845

closing and reopening, 831

converting flyouts to toolbars, 831–832, 832

creating custom toolbars, 839–844, 839, 845

moving buttons between, 838

restoring defaults, 838

defined, 826

displaying list of, 24

Internet Objects toolbar, 500–502

Foreground and Background Colors of Hotspot option, 501–502

Show Hotspots option, 500

Use Bounding Box to Define Hotspot option, 501

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

Standard toolbar

adding Nudge box to, 834–835, 834

creating floating Standard toolbar, 830–831

customizing, 836–838

defined, 7, 14

in Print Preview, 656

replacing with custom toolbar, 844

toolbox, 7–8, 15–21. See also user interface

Curve flyout

Bezier tool, 17, 102–104, 103, 111–115

defined, 17

customizing

creating floating toolbox, 830–831

creating hotkeys for tools, 850

defined, 7, 826

Ellipse tool, 17–18

Eyedropper flyout, 19, 50, 168–169

Fill flyout, 18, 20–21, 20, 139–140, 140, 154

Freehand tool

defined, 17

deleting lines created with, 13

drawing straight lines, 99–101, 100

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 48

exercises, 90–92, 91, 93, 115–116

Freehand Smoothing setting, 101

Graph Paper tool, 18

Interactive Drop Shadow tool, 380, 411–417

color options, 417

versus Contour tool, 380

creating drop shadows, 411–412

Direction option, 413

Feathering option, 414–415

Opacity option, 413, 414

perspective settings, 415–416

Interactive Fill tool

for fountain fills, 151–153

overview of, 138–139, 138

Interactive Mesh Fill tool, 18, 49, 139, 160–161

Interactive Tool flyout, 19

Interactive Transparency tool, 19, 394–404

applying transparency, 395–397, 397, 398

converting transparent graphics to bitmaps, 403

defined, 19, 394–395, 396

design considerations, 403–404

exercise, 398–402, 399

preparing print files, 403

versus Transparency lens, 394

moving, 830–831

new interactive tools in CorelDRAW 9, 50

Object flyout, 18

Outline flyout, 19, 184–185

Pick tool

defined, 15–16

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 107

nodes and, 92

in Print Preview, 657

sizing text, 202

Polygon tool, 18

in Print Preview, 657

Rectangle tool, 17–18, 49

Shape Edit flyout, 16

Shape tool

curves and, 91

ellipses, rectangles, polygons, text strings and, 107

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 49

nodes and, 92

Spiral tool, 18

Text tool, 18, 201, 202, 208, 228

using tools, 7–8

Zoom tools

customizing, 832–833

hotkeys for, 77–78, 833

overview of, 16–17

in Print Preview, 658

zooming on objects, 77–78

Tools menu. See also Options dialog box

CorelSCRIPT command, 810, 811, 815

defined, 24

Graphic and Text Styles command, 766

Scrapbook command, 69–70, 69, 728–730, 729, 770, 819

Symbols and Special Characters command, 68, 68

Top-Fold Card Layout option, 618–619

TRACE. See CorelTRACE

Trace Bitmap command in Bitmaps menu, 535–536

traffic counters in Web pages, 523

Transformation dockers, 63, 121–126. See also Arrange menu; rotating

Apply to Duplicate option, 123

overview of, 63, 121–123, 122

placement controls, 123–124

and restoring objects to original condition, 125–126

Scale with Image option, 126, 126

units of measurement in, 124–125

translators. See filters

transparent objects. See also lenses

converting transparent images to bitmaps, 403

design considerations, 403–404

exporting transparent bitmap effects, 752

Interactive Transparency tool, 19, 394–404

applying transparency, 395–397, 397, 398

defined, 19, 394–395, 396

exercise, 398–402, 399

versus Transparency lens, 394

preparing print files, 403

Transparency lens, 384–385, 385, 386, 394, 403–404

Transparent Background option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

transparent GIFs, 452–455, 453

transparent text, 250–256, 251

trapping, 637–639, 677–686. See also separations

Always Overprint Black option in Print dialog box, 637, 683

Auto-Spreading option in Print dialog box, 638, 684–685

in CorelDRAW, 684–685

defined, 677–680, 679, 680

eliminating registration errors using common colors, 681–682, 681

imagesetters and, 681

knockouts and, 637, 679, 681

overprinting and, 637–639, 682–683, 682, 683, 684, 685–686, 686

overprints and, 637–639

print shops and, 684

registration and, 678–680, 679, 680

Registration Marks option in Print dialog box, 642

service bureaus and, 678, 681

Trapping options in Print dialog box, 637–638

trapping outline technique, 685–686, 686

trapping software, 680

Treat As Filled command, 847, 848

Trim tool, 39, 265–267, 271–276, 281–285

defined, 271–272, 272

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

overview of, 265–266

versus PowerClips, 423

property bar options, 281

source objects, 266, 271–272

target objects, 266–267, 266, 271–272

trimming objects, 272–276, 274, 277

tritones, 37

TrueType fonts. See also fonts

converting to Type 1 fonts in Print dialog box, 645–646

converting to Type 1 fonts in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

versus Type 1 fonts, 645–646

TruMatch swatch books, 141, 691

T-shirt transfers, 641

turning off Windows Autorun feature, 859

tutorial, 24

two-color pattern fills, 154–156

two-point perspective, 292–295, 293, 294

Type 1 fonts. See also TrueType fonts

converting TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts in Print dialog box, 645–646

converting TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts in Publish to PDF dialog box, 705

Download Type 1 Fonts option in Print dialog box, 645

Subset Type 1 Fonts option in Publish to PDF dialog box, 706

versus TrueType fonts, 645–646

Type Assist tool, 23

Typical installation option, 860–861, 860, 861, 862, 866

U

Uncompressed File Size option in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

unconstrained mode for envelopes, 309, 310

Undo command

in Edit menu

actions that cannot be undone, 79

setting levels of, 79

undoing welds, 75

Local Undo tool in PHOTO-PAINT, 576, 598–599

ungrouping objects, 73–74, 74, 130–131

uniform fills, 139–143. See also fills

color palettes and, 141

defined, 139

setting default fill color, 140, 142–143

system requirements, 160

using Color docker, 141–143, 142, 143

using Uniform Fill dialog box, 139–140, 140

Uninstall utility, 867–868, 868

units of measure

for line spacing, 204–205

setting, 124–125

for Web graphics, 447

unlocking objects, 23, 39, 76, 77, 131, 798

Unsharp Mask bitmap effect, 545

Update from Link command in Bitmaps menu, 538–539

Use Bounding Box to Define Hotspot option, 501

Use Color Profile option

in Bitmap Export dialog box, 756

in Print dialog box, 650

in Publish to PDF dialog box, 709

Use JPEG Compression option in Print dialog box, 644

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

user interface, 6–10. See also color palettes; customizing; menus; property bars; toolbars; toolbox

color palette, 9–10

displaying or hiding color palette, status bar, rulers, and property bar, 10, 10, 11

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 32–37

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 45–47

overview of, 6–8, 6

scroll bars, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11

status bar

customizing, 92, 831

defined, 8–9, 826

displaying or hiding, 10, 10, 11

moving, 831

V

vanishing points

in extrusions, 352–353

in isometric extrusions, 352–353

overview of, 352–353

VP Locked to Object option, 353

VP Locked to Page option, 353, 354

in perspective effects, 292

vector graphics. See also bitmaps

converting to bitmaps, 76, 403, 531–535, 653

anti-aliasing option, 535

background options, 534, 534

color options, 532–534

dithering, 533–534, 533

exercise, 545–549, 546

overview of, 76, 531, 532

with Rasterize Entire Page option, 653

resolution options, 532

transparent images, 403

drop shadows and, 409–410, 410

importing, 730–738

Adobe Freehand files, 732–733

Adobe Illustrator files (.AI), 731–732

Adobe PDF files, 720, 737

AutoCAD .DXF and .DWG files, 733

with Clipboard, 66–67, 66, 737–738

CorelDRAW .CDR files, 720, 733–734

CorelDRAW .CMX files, 720, 734

EPS files, 721, 731–733, 734

Help for, 730from Microsoft PowerPoint, 735–738, 735, 736

overview of, 730, 731

Placeable EPS or Placeable PDF files, 732, 734, 737

PostScript files, 53, 719, 721, 734

PostScript Interpreted files, 735–737, 735, 736

Windows Metafiles (.WMF), 718–719, 733, 738

printing tips, 660

vector-based drawing programs versus painting programs, xxix–xxxi, xxxi, xxxii

verso settings in Page Setup dialog box, 620

vertical justification settings for paragraph text, 220

Vertical mapping mode for envelopes, 313, 313

View menu

defined, 10, 22

in Print Preview, 656

viewing. See also displaying; hiding

list of dockers, 14, 24

lists of palettes and toolbars, 24

objects in Object Manager, 800–801, 801

Viewpoint option for lenses, 391, 392

views

enhancements CorelDRAW 9, 55–56

Full Screen view, 294

Print Preview, 655–658

Imposition Layout tool, 632–634, 632, 657

Marks Placement tool, 657–658

overview of, 655–656

Pick tool, 657

Settings menu, 656

Standard toolbar, 656

toolbox and property bar, 657

View menu, 656

Zoom tool, 658

Wireframe view

layers and, 799–800

and selecting objects, 72, 72

vinyl cutting, 281

virus protection, 864, 864

visibility of layers, 797

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), 56, 864

VP Locked to Object option for extrusions, 353

VP Locked to Page option for extrusions, 353, 354

W

warnings for Web pages, 509–510

warping artistic text with Envelope tool, 226, 245, 245

watermarks, importing, 727

Weather bitmap effects, 542–543

Web graphics, 441–524

anti-aliasing, 455–456, 456, 457

backgrounds, 43, 470–486, 522

adding graphic elements, 485–486, 485

background sounds, 522

border stripes, 475–479

design considerations, 470

exercise, 480–483, 483

finishing, 483–484, 484

in image maps, 501–502

Options dialog box settings, 483–484, 484

printing, 485

tiling, 471–475, 472, 473, 474

tips, 43, 479–480

colors

Calibrate Colors for Display option, 486

color depth of graphics, 517–519, 517

color management and Web graphics, 486, 691

in GIF files, 446

in image maps, 501–502

in Web publishing versus printing, 443

creating, 515–520

color depth and, 517–519, 517

CorelDRAW versus Web page editors, 489

file size and, 515–516, 516

GIF files versus JPEG files, 446, 515

Paletted option and, 518–519

repeating graphics in Web pages, 519

resolution and, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

using thumbnails, 520, 520

creating Web pages with CorelDRAW, 506–515

conflict warnings, 509–510

CorelDRAW versus Web page editors, 489, 505, 511–513, 512, 513

creating HTML compatible text, 509–510

design considerations, 514–515

exercise, 506–508, 507, 508

layer and style options, 510–511

design considerations, 521–524

background sounds, 522

backgrounds, 470

blinking text, 523

creating Web pages with CorelDRAW, 514–515

project checklist, 523–524

scrolling banners, 522–523

simplicity, 521

traffic counters, 523

using features “because they are there,” 522

exporting, 490–497

with Clipboard, 496

exporting from CorelDRAW, importing into PHOTO-PAINT, 492–496

limitations of, 490–492, 490

methods compared, 497

to PHOTO-PAINT, 492–493

features in CorelDRAW 8, 42–43

features in CorelDRAW 9, 54–55

GIF files, 445–455, 461–462

colors in, 446

creating, 447–448

creating animated GIFs, 461–462

creating interlaced GIFs, 455

creating transparent GIFs, 452–455, 453

defined, 446

displaying in Web pages, 448–449, 449

dithering, 450

versus JPEG files, 446, 515

overview of, 445–446

Paletted option, 450–451, 451, 518–519

HTML code and, 442–443, 443

image maps, 497–506

creating, 499–502, 499

defined, 497–498, 498

Foreground and Background Colors of Hotspot option, 501–502

limitations of using CorelDRAW, 504–506

publishing with Publish To Internet Wizard, 502–504

Show Hotspots option, 500

Use Bounding Box to Define Hotspot option, 501

Use Object Shape to Define Hotspot option, 501

JPEG files, 446, 457–460

Compression and Smoothing settings, 459–460, 460

creating, 458–459, 458

defined, 446, 457

versus GIF files, 446, 515

Optimize option, 460

Progressive option, 460

Use JPEG Compression option in Print dialog box, 644

overview of, 441–442

units of measure for, 447

Web page setup, 465–470

length settings, 468–470

Options dialog box settings, 466–467

pixels and, 465–466

resolution settings, 467–468, 616

width settings, 468, 469–470, 469

Web publishing versus printing

colors, 443

proofing, 444–445, 444, 445, 514–515

resolution, 444, 467–468, 516, 616

Web site about, 461, 497

Web sites

book’s companion Web page, xxviii, 86

about scripts, 822

about Web graphics, 461, 497

Weld tool, 39, 75, 265–267, 277–285

creating silhouettes, 278, 279

defined, 277, 278

enhancements in CorelDRAW 8, 39

exercise, 282–285

Leave Original option, 267

outlining script text, 280, 280

overview of, 74, 75, 265–266

property bar options, 281

sign making, vinyl cutting and, 281

source objects, 266

target objects, 266–267, 266

white objects, printing on colored backgrounds, 622

white space, No White Spaces, Special Characters option in Export dialog box, 747

Width option in Outline Pen dialog box, 184–186

width settings for Web pages, 468, 469–470, 469

Window menu

Color Palette command, 164

defined, 24

Windows Metafiles (.WMF)

exporting to, 751, 752

importing, 718–719, 733, 738

Wireframe lens, 389

Wireframe view

layers and, 799–800

and selecting objects, 72, 72

Wizards

Barcode Wizard, 863

Color Profile Wizard, 688–691

Duplexing Wizard, 863

Find Wizard, 803–804

Publish To Internet Wizard, 502–504

Replace Wizard, 803–805

Setup Wizard, 859–867, 860, 866

.WMF files

exporting to, 751, 752

importing, 718–719, 733, 738

workspaces

archiving, 853

CorelDRAW configuration files and, 851–852

creating, 829–830, 829, 850–851

and customization, 826–827, 827

_default workspace, 830

defined, 826–827

moving or copying, 852–853

workspace settings, 33, 826–827

.WPG files, exporting to, 754

wrapping text

automatic text wrapping, 235–236

enhancements in CorelDRAW 9, 50

paragraph text, 215, 216, 221, 221

paragraph text around objects, 232–240, 232, 307, 317

Writing Tools flyout, 23, 207, 207, 865

Z

Zoom tools

customizing, 832–833

hotkeys for, 77–78, 833

overview of, 16–17

in Print Preview, 658

zooming on objects, 77–78