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DRAW 8 SECTION ONE
CH1 THE BASIC

OPEN COREL DRAW 8
WHAT�S NEW IN COREL DRAW 8
GETTING START
THE COREL DRAW 8 SCREEN
MENUS
TO ACCESS THE TOOLBARS
THE TOOLBOX
TO ZOOM IN AND OUT USING THE ZOOM TOOL
THE ZOOM TOOL
THE PAN TOOL
TO CHANGE THE VIEW QUALITY
TO VIEW A ROLL UP
TO VIEW A DOCKER
GETTING HELP

CH2 START UP

PUT A SHORTCUT TO COREL DRAW 8 ON THE WINDOW DESKTOP
START A NEW DOCUMENT USING TEMPLATE
OPEN AN EXISTING DOCUMENT
SAVE YOUR WORK
CLOSE A DOCUMENT
EXIT COREL DRAW

CH3 RECTANGLE AND ELLIPSES

DRAW A RECTANGLE
ROUND THE CORNERS OF A RECTANGLE
CREATE AN ELLIPSE
CHANGE AN ELLIPSE INTO A PIE SHAPE OR ARC

CH4 SELECT, MOVE, AND SIZE

SELECT AN OBJECT
SELECT MULTIPLE OBJECTS BY CLICKING
SELECT MULTIPLE OBJECTS BY DRAGGING
SELECT ALL OBJECTS ON A PAGE
DESELECT AN OBJECT
MOVE AN OBJECT
COPY AN OBJECT BY DRAGGING
DUPLICATE AN OBJECT
CREATE A SERIES OF OBJECTS USING SMART DUPLICATION
CLONE AN OBJECT
VIEW THE SAME DRAWING IN TWO WINDOWS
VIEW TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS AT THE SAME TIME
COPY AN OBJECT FROM ONE DOCUMENT TO ANOTHER
MOVE AN OBJECT FROM ONE DOCUMENT TO ANOTHER
CHANGE AN OBJECT�S WIDTH
CHANGE AN OBJECT�S HEIGHT
TO PROPORTIONALLY CHANGE AN OBJECT�S WIDTH AND HEIGHT
DELECT AN OBJECT

CH5 POLYGONS, STARS, AND SPIRALS

CREATE A POLYGON
SET THE NUMBER OF SIDES A POLYGON WILL HAVE
DRAW A STAR
CREATE A POLYGON AS START
CREATE A SYMMETRICAL SPIRAL
DRAW A LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL
MORE ABOUT SPIRALS

CH6 NODES AND PATHS

CONVERT AN OBJECT TO CURVES
SELECT A NODE
SELECT MULTIPLE NODES
MAKE A CURVED LINE STRAIGHT
START THE HEART
CREATE A HEART: CONVERT A SMOOTH NODE TO A CUSP NODE
CREATE A HEART: TO MOVE A NODE
CREATE A HEART: MOVE A CONTROL POINT
FINISH THE HEART: CREATE THE TOP OF THE HEART
MANUALLY ADD A NODE TO A PATH
AUTOMATICALLY ADD A NODE TO A LINE SEGMENT
DELETE A NODE FROM A PATH
BREAK A CURVE OR BREAK APART A NODE
MAKE WAVES

DRAW 8 SECTION TWO
CH7 LINES AND CURVES

INTRODUCING THE CURVE FLY-OUT
FREEHAND TOOL: DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE
FREEHAND TOOL: DRAW A CURVED LINE
FREEHAND TOOL: ERASE PART OF A LINE AS YOU DRAW

CH8 DEZIER TOOL

BEZIER TOOL: CREATE A STRAIGHT LINE
BEZIER TOOL: CREATE A CURVE LINE
DRAW A FLAG

CH9 OUTLINE TOOL AND PEN ROLL-UP

THE OUTLINE TOOL FLY-OUT AND PEN ROLL-UP
CHANGE LINE THICKNESS
CHANGE LINE STYLE
ADD ARROWHEADS TO A LINE

CH10 KNIFE AND ERASER TOOL

KNIFE TOOL: TO CUT AN OBJECT WITH A STRAIGHT LINE
KNIFE TOOL: TO CHANGE AN OBJECT WITH A FREEHAND LINE
ERASE PART OF AN OBJECT
ERASER TOOL: CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE ERASED AREA
ERASER TOOL: TO ACCESS THE DIFFERENT MODES OF THE NATURAL PEN TOOL

CH11 PAGE AND DOCUMENT SETUP

SET PAGE SIZE AND ORIENTATION
ADD PAGES TO A DOCUMENT
DELETE A PAGE FROM A DOCUMENT
MOVE BETWEEN PAGES
VIEW DOCUMENT INFORMATION

CH12 WORKING WITH TEXT

ADD ARTISTIC TEXT
EDIT ARTISTIC OR PARAGRAPH TEXT
TO ADD PARAGRAPH TEXT
TO CONVERT PARAGRAPH TEXT TO ARTISTIC TEXT
TO CONVERT ARTISTIC TEXT TO PARAGRAPH TEXT
TO CHANGE THE FONT OF A TEXT OBJECT
TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF PARAGRAPH OR ARTISTIC TEXT CHARACTERS
ANOTHER WAY TO CHANGE ARTISTIC OR PARAGRAPH TEXT CHARACTER SIZE
TO CHANGE THE FORMATTING OF INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS
TO CHANGE THE TEXT OBJECT�S JUSTIFICATION
TO LET COREL DRAW KERN THE SPACE EQUALLY BETWEEN ALL CHARACTERS
TO KERN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS
TO CHANGE THE LEADING BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL