Copyright: Copyright 1988-1995 Corel Corporation
Citation: Copyright 1988-1995 Corel Corporation (Written by Greg Owens)


Introducing CorelDRAW

Welcome to CorelDRAW [image] a vector-based drawing program with extensive text-handling and precision-drawing features. It is the ideal tool for virtually any design project.

At Corel, we are extremely excited about this version of CorelDRAW. It features a streamlined, customizable interface, improvements to already-favorite features, and a range of new tools and features that we’re sure you’ll find exciting, too. These include multi-document interface (MDI) capabilities and 32-bit processing to help you work faster and with more power, precision, and accuracy than ever before.

Once again, CorelDRAW is the answer to all your graphics needs.


Getting started with CorelDRAW!
Getting started with CorelDRAW

Often, the best way to learn how something works is by using it. If you’re experienced with CorelDRAW you’ll probably spend a few minutes exploring the program’s new interface, then you’ll get right to work.

If you’re new to CorelDRAW, however, you’ll want to work through this tutorial. It won’t make you a CorelDRAW expert, but it will get you started. Its lessons [image] in addition to being fun [image] will help you produce some attractive and useful artwork. Working through this tutorial will also give you a quick overview of CorelDRAW, and hands-on practice learning to use it.

For detailed information about any CorelDRAW feature, see the online Help.


Before you begin

Before you begin the tutorial, you should be familiar with Microsoft Windows [image] the operating system CorelDRAW runs under. You should know how to open and close Windows applications, and how to use a mouse. For more information about Windows, see the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.


Using the lessons

This tutorial is divided into nine chapters. Included in these chapters are seven lessons. Five of these provide you with the opportunity to create fun and creative projects. The other two provide you with useful information about CorelDRAW. Each lesson builds on what you’ve learned in previous lessons. To browse through each lesson in the online tutorial, click the navigate button that appears along the top of the Help window. At the beginning of each lesson, a list of the features that will be demonstrated appears, giving you an idea of what to expect. At the end of each lesson, the name of the lesson that follows appears. Clicking on this information invokes a jump, and will take you there immediately.

As you work through the lessons, here’s what you will learn:

Lesson 1, "Getting to know CorelDRAW 6.0."

In the first lesson, you’ll learn how to start CorelDRAW. Then, you’ll explore the CorelDRAW screen and learn how to customize it. You’ll also learn to use dialog boxes and roll-ups, undo mistakes, and to exit CorelDRAW.

Lesson 2, "Creating a logo."

This lesson is intended for new CorelDRAW users. In the process of creating a simple logo, you’ll learn to extrude and transform objects, shape text to a path, and fill and outline shapes. You’ll insert and edit Clipart, resize and position graphics, and use the Polygon tool. You’ll also learn how to create unusual shapes, like a rectangle with rounded edges.

Lesson 3, "Creating a calendar."

In the third lesson, by creating a calendar, you’ll learn how to work with layers and to import graphics. You’ll create text, apply a fountain fill, and use the Preset Roll-Up. You’ll also use the Graph Paper tool and the Distribute command.

Lesson 4, "Creating a label."

In this lesson you’ll use the Contour Roll-Up, apply fills and drop shadows, and add PowerLines to create a label. You’ll import Clipart, create a tiled background, modify rectangles, and set up crop marks. You’ll also learn how to use the Bar Code Wizard, and the Spiral and Polygon tools.

Lesson 5, "Creating a poster."

In this lesson you’ll create a poster by importing Clipart, using the Trim and Weld Roll-Ups, and applying PowerLines. You’ll also learn how to use the Symbols and Lens Roll-Ups, shape text to a path, create Intersection colors, and use the Eraser tool.

Lesson 6, "Creating a brochure."

This lesson is intended for experienced CorelDRAW users. For this lesson, you’ll create a brochure using some of CorelDRAW’s newest features, including the Graph Paper tool, the text toolbar, irregular bitmap cropping, and more. You’ll also use the Styles, Envelope, and Symbols Roll-Ups. Then, you’ll add bullets to text, add pages in a document, and use the Spell Checker and TypeAssist features. You’ll update styles, assign data to objects, use the dimensioning tools, set a line thickness, apply an arrowhead, and create vertical text.

Lesson 7, "Working with colors."

In the final lesson, you are provided with some useful information about color imaging. You’ll learn about Color Matching Systems, color models, and color gamuts. As well, you’ll learn how to choose and create colors in CorelDRAW.

"Wrapping up."

When you’ve finished the lessons, we’ll summarize what you’ve learned, and suggest where to head next in your quest to master CorelDRAW.


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What’s next

Getting to know CorelDRAW 6.0


Getting to know CorelDRAW 6.0
LESSON 1 Getting to know CorelDRAW 6.0

This chapter provides some basic information you’ll need to complete the lessons that follow.

What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

learn how to launch CorelDRAW

explore the screen where all CorelDRAW activities are performed

learn to use and customize the toolbars

become familiar with some CorelDRAW dialog boxes and roll-ups

customize the CorelDRAW work environment

learn about CorelDRAW’s pop-up menu interaction

use the View Manager

exit CorelDRAW


Exploring the screen

If you’re a first-time user, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the terms and concepts described in this section before you start using the program. Even if you are a long-time user of CorelDRAW, you may notice that a number of changes have been made since Version 5. For that reason, you too may want to review this section before you get started.

To access specific information about any area of the CorelDRAW screen, click on the desired area of the graphic below. Then, click the Back button that appears along the top of the Help window to return to this page.


Color palette

CorelDRAW provides an on-screen color palette for choosing outline and fill colors. By default, a one-row palette appears along the bottom of the screen. To choose a fill color, click the color palette with the left mouse button; to choose an outline color, click it with the right mouse button. To scroll through the colors one at a time, click either the left or right scroll button with the left mouse button. Clicking with the right mouse button takes you to the first or last color that appears on the screen. Clicking the X that appears at the left end of the palette removes the object’s fill if you click with the left mouse button, or outline if you click with the right button.

You can move the color palette anywhere on the screen by clicking the border around the palette and dragging it. Placing it on the screen turns it into a floating palette with a title bar. Placing it on any of the four sides of the window docks the palette there, making it part of the window border.

You can expand the color palette to view up to five rows of colors at once by clicking the up button that appears on the right side of the color palette. The colors displayed are determined by the color model selected. For more information about color models, see Lesson 7, "Working with colors."


To change the colors

1.	Click View, Color Palette.

2.	Choose the name of another color model from the pop-up that appears.


To change the order that the colors appear in the color palette

Click and hold down the left mouse button, then drag a color well.

If the color is dragged to a different location, the button is moved and positioned where you place it. If the color is moved off the color palette, it is deleted.


To customize the color palette

1.	Click the right mouse button on any area of the color palette not occupied by a button or color well, to open a context-sensitive pop-up menu.

2.	Click Customize to open the Options dialog box with the Color Palette tab selected. (This allows you to change the color palette’s properties.)


Drawing window

The large white portion of the screen is the drawing window. The rectangle in the center with the drop shadow represents your printable page. Normally, only the part of your drawing that falls within the printable page is printed.

When you can see both the outlines and the fills of the objects that are drawn, you are working in editable preview mode. This is the default mode when you start CorelDRAW. You can switch to Wireframe view, in which only the outlines of the objects are drawn. In Wireframe view, the screen redraws more quickly. In most cases, you will notice a difference in your machine’s performance when you work in Wireframe view.


To switch to Wireframe view

Click View, Wireframe (or press SHIFT + F9).


To preview the entire screen

Click View, Full-Screen Preview (or press F9).


Horizontal/vertical scroll bars

Used to pan the current viewing window and view other areas of a window that don’t fit on your screen. Panning is useful when you are using a zoomed-in view.

Tip:	CorelDRAW has an Auto-Panning feature that scrolls the view automatically when you drag beyond the edges of the drawing window. You can enable and disable this feature by clicking the View tab in the Options dialog box.


Menu bar

A special area displayed across the top of a window directly below the title bar. It contains the names of the menus. Clicking a menu name displays a list of commands for accessing CorelDRAW’s functions.


On-screen alignment aids

Aligning objects in your drawing is done using grids and guidelines. Both have a snap option that, when enabled, forces objects into horizontal, vertical, or angular alignment. In addition to snapping to the grid and guidelines, you can have objects snap to other objects. This feature is useful for drawing objects of the same dimension and for aligning objects with each other.

Grid:	A grid is a series of evenly spaced dots that appear on the screen. You can specify the spacing, frequency, and other options in the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box (shown below) by clicking Layout, Grid Setup.

Guidelines:	Guidelines are non-printing lines that are used to align objects. They are displayed by clicking a ruler and dragging onto the drawing window. A dotted blue line appears, which can be used to align objects. Clicking Layout, Guidelines Setup displays the Guidelines Setup dialog box (shown below) that allows you to choose Horizontal, Vertical, or Slanted guidelines.


Page counter

CorelDRAW allows you to create multi-page documents. The number of pages in the document is displayed in the page counter box in the bottom left corner of the drawing window. You go to a page by clicking the page forward and page back arrows that appear on either side of the page counter box. You can also use your keyboard’s PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys; click Layout, Go to Page; or use the page flippers found along the bottom of the page (shown below).

Each time a new page is created, an additional tab is added. You can rearrange the order of the pages by clicking on the tab and dragging it to another location.


Rulers

CorelDRAW provides optional rulers at the edges of your drawing window for determining the size and position of objects. To move the 0,0 point of the rulers, click the icon at the junction of the rulers (shown below) and drag the crosshairs anywhere on the page. The new zero point of the rulers is moved when you release the mouse button. As you scroll the drawing window, the rulers move to reflect your position on the page. You can also move a ruler by holding down the SHIFT key, then clicking and dragging the ruler anywhere in the drawing window. You can hide the rulers by clicking View, Rulers.

When the Paragraph Text tool is selected, the look of the rulers and the way they work changes. A white indented area appears in the center of the ruler, the same width as the paragraph frame selected (as shown below).

In this area, you can add tabs, indents, and perform other word processing-related tasks. Options are available from a pop-up menu that is accessed when you click this white area of the rulers with the right mouse button.


Scroll arrows

At the end of each scroll bar, pointing in opposite directions, are scroll arrows. They point in the direction that the window moves over. Click the arrow with the left mouse button to move the window a small amount in that direction. For more rapid scrolling, click and hold the mouse button down on the scroll arrow.


Status bar

The status bar gives you information on your currently selected object, or action. By default, the status bar appears at the bottom of the screen, below the color palette. You can display the status bar at the top of the screen instead.

You can also have it display only one line of information instead of the usual two, or you can hide it. These options, and others, can be selected from the pop-up that appears when you click the status bar with the right mouse button (shown above). Below is an example of what the status bar looks like after you choose Show, Time and Date from the pop-up menu.


Title bar

The bar that extends across the top of the window, inside the border, is the title bar. It displays the name of the file you’re working on, and is used to reposition the CorelDRAW window on the screen. The icons found at the right end of the title bar can be used to reduce the window to its smallest size so that it appears only on the task bar, maximize the CorelDRAW window to full screen size, or close the window.


Toolbox

The toolbox gives you quick access to the following CorelDRAW tools and flyouts:

Tool	Used for
Pick tool	Selecting and transforming objects.
Shape tool	Shaping objects. Flyout gives you access to the Knife and Eraser tools.
Zoom tool	Changing the viewing window. Flyout gives you access to the Panning tool.
Freehand tool	Drawing lines, curves, and PowerLines. Flyout gives you access to the Bezier tool.
Vertical Dimension tool	Adding dimension lines. Flyout gives you access to the Horizontal and Slanted Dimension tools, the Callout tool, the Angled Dimension tool, and the Connector Line tool.
Rectangle tool	Drawing rectangles and squares.
Ellipse tool	Drawing ellipses and circles.
Polygon tool	Drawing multiple-sided shapes, like stars. Flyout gives you access to the Spiral and Graph Paper tools.
Text tool	Adding Artistic text. Flyout gives you access to the Paragraph text tool
Outline flyout	Setting outline attributes.
Fill flyout	Setting fill attributes.
You will use all of these tools in the tutorial lessons that follow.

You can move the toolbox anywhere on the screen by clicking the area that surrounds the tools, and dragging it. Placing it on the screen turns it into a floating toolbox, with a title bar. Placing it on any of the four sides of the window docks the toolbar there, making it part of the window border.

When you click and hold down the left mouse button on certain tools, a flyout appears. These tools also have a small triangle located in the bottom right corner that can be clicked to access the flyout. Flyouts can be torn off from the toolbox, and left floating in the same way that you can float the toolbox.


Windows border

A boundary that defines the shape of the CorelDRAW window. Most windows can be scaled using icons that appear in the title bar. Scaling is useful when you have other Windows applications running.


Toolbars

Toolbars provide quick, one-click access to commonly used features. All functions available on the toolbars can also be accessed from the menu bar. Clicking a toolbar with the right mouse button displays a pop-up that allows you to access the Text, Zoom, Rollups, and Flyout toolbars. This pop-up also allows you to hide the toolbars.

Clicking Toolbars from the pop-up displays the Toolbars dialog box (shown below). Here, you can specify which toolbars are displayed, their size, and more.

You can also customize a toolbar by holding down the SHIFT key, then selecting and dragging a button. If the button is dragged onto a different toolbar, the button will move to that toolbar and be positioned where you place it. If the button is moved off the toolbar, but not onto another, the button is deleted. The button can also be moved to another location on that toolbar.


Using CorelDRAW dialog boxes

CorelDRAW uses dialog boxes that let you control operations like printing, changing text attributes, and more. If you are familiar with other Windows applications, you’ll find using these dialog boxes easy.

For a more detailed discussion of Windows dialog boxes, see your Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.

To access specific information about any area of a CorelDRAW dialog box, click on the desired area of the graphic shown below. Then, click the Back button that appears along the top of the Help window to return to this page.


Buttons

Used to present two or more mutually exclusive choices. To pick one of the choices, click the associated button to enable it.


Cancel button

Causes CorelDRAW to ignore any changes you’ve made to the dialog box options and returns you to the drawing window.


Check boxes

Enables or disables a command option. The option is enabled when an X, or a check mark, appears in the check box; it is disabled when the check box is empty.


Command buttons

Cause an action to occur, such as resetting dialog box values or presenting you with a supplementary dialog box.


Display boxes

Also referred to as preview windows, they are included in some of the dialog boxes and roll-ups to give you a visual representation of your current selection. As you change the selection, the graphic shown in the display box changes to reflect your choice.


List boxes

Give you a list of options to choose from. Scroll through the list using the scroll bars, and select an item by double-clicking it, or choosing it and then clicking OK.


Number boxes

Used to enter numeric values. You can either type in the values, use the attached spin boxes, or click the right mouse button, Settings to change the full value.


OK button

Click this button to enter your choices, exit the dialog box, and return to editing your drawing.


Spin boxes

Used to change values in number boxes using the mouse. The top arrow increases the value displayed; the bottom arrow decreases it. You can either click the arrow to change the value by a single increment or hold the mouse button down on the arrow to change the value continuously. For more rapid scrolling, click and hold the mouse button down on the horizontal bar that appears between the arrows until you get the lightning icon, then drag up or down to increase the scrolling speed. If this is not functioning, click the right mouse button, Settings, enable the Lightning scroll check box, then click OK.


Tabs

Tabs appear along the top of some dialog boxes, allowing you to move among its property sheets. Tabs also appear along the bottom of the screen in a multiple-page CorelDRAW file. These tabs, called page flippers, are used to quickly go to specific pages.


Text boxes

Allow you to enter text strings.


Variable units

Allow you to set the units for the selected option. The units are only associated with the option they are beside, allowing you to use inches in one dialog box and points in another. To change units, click the down button that appears beside the units, then choose the desired units from the list box. When you choose a different unit, the value is automatically converted.


Using CorelDRAW roll-ups

CorelDRAW’s roll-ups are dialog boxes that remain on screen and active as long as you want them there. You use them to control many of CorelDRAW’s operations. They streamline the operations, since you don’t have to repeatedly access a dialog box through a menu command to fine tune parameters. They are called roll-ups because you can roll them up like window shades, leaving just their title bar visible. Below is a typical roll-up.

With Version 6, a number of changes have been made to DRAW’s roll-ups. To better manage the large number of roll-ups that appear on-screen, you can now group them.

When you press the CTRL key and drag one roll-up onto the title bar of another, the two combine into a roll-up group. In a group, only one roll-up is active at a time. Roll-ups can still exist as single entities, but grouping them allows you to carry more than one roll-up around in a single box. This saves a lot of screen space.

Roll-ups also have an Arranged behavior. When you activate a roll-up that is to be placed where another roll-up already exists, the first roll-up is rolled up, leaving just the title bar visible. Opening numerous roll-ups on top of one another results in a stack of title bars, instead of a screen cluttered with roll-ups that have to be cleared away. To access a roll-up from this stack, click the down button on the title bar of the desired roll-up. It is rolled down, and placed in front of the other roll-ups.


To roll a window up and down

Click the up button or down button in the title bar, or

Double-click the roll-up title bar.


To close a roll-up

Click the X in the top right corner, or

Enable the AutoClose button (shown below), click Apply, or press ENTER or ESC.


To move a roll-up

Click the title bar, hold the left mouse button down, and drag the roll-up to the desired location.


To get Help on an open roll-up

1.	Click the right mouse button on the roll-up.

2.	Choose Help from the submenu that appears. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

3.	Click the roll-up to access the context-sensitive help information.


To arrange open roll-ups

Click the right mouse button on the roll-up’s title bar, and choose Arrange All to roll up all open windows and move them to the top corners of the drawing window.


To define a custom roll-up configuration

1.	Click Tools, Roll-Up Groups, Roll-Up Customization.

The Customize dialog box is displayed, with the Roll-ups tab selected. The dialog box is divided into two parts: Left aligned roll-ups, which lists the roll-ups that are opened on the left-hand side of your screen, and Right aligned roll-ups, which lists the roll-ups that are opened on the right-hand side of your screen.

2.	To move a roll-up from one group to another, select it, then click the appropriate Move button.

3.	Once you have specified your roll-up configuration, click Save Custom to save it as the start up configuration.

4.	Click OK to return to the drawing window with the roll-ups displayed as specified.


To select a roll-up configuration for start up

1.	Click Tools, Roll-Up Groups, Roll-Up Customization.

2.	Choose a roll-up configuration from the Start Up Setting list box.

3.	Click OK. The next time you launch CorelDRAW, the roll-ups will be displayed as specified.


Setting up a new drawing

When you begin a project, you should start by setting up the page. You do this in the Page Setup dialog box. As you choose options, a sample of your selections is displayed in the preview window of the dialog box.


To open a new drawing page

Click File, New, Document. (A second drawing window is opened, and the two open windows are cascaded.)


To open a new drawing based on a template

Click File, New, From Template. (A second drawing window is opened, and the two open windows are cascaded.)


To tile the windows horizontally

Click Window, Tile Horizontally.


To tile the windows vertically

Click Window, Tile Vertically.


To access the Page Setup dialog box

Click Layout, Page Setup.

The Page Setup dialog box allows you to customize the layout of your page. This section provides a brief explanation of a number of options available.


Page size

Enable Portrait if you want the vertical dimension of your page to be greater than the horizontal dimension. If you want the opposite, enable Landscape.

When you print your drawing, CorelDRAW will alert you if the printable page and printer page orientation (as specified with the Print Setup command) do not match. Choose Yes if you want CorelDRAW to change the printer orientation to match the printable page.


Paper

Click the Paper list box and choose a standard paper size from the list. Or, choose a custom size by choosing Custom from the list and then entering the page dimensions in the Width and Height fields. (You can specify a page size of up to 1800 inches, or approximately 150 feet.)


Set From Printer

If you click Set From Printer, CorelDRAW queries your current default printer for its default page size and orientation. These dimensions appear in the Width and Height fields of the Page Setup dialog box.


Show page border

The page border is the rectangle that appears around the printable page. This option is enabled by default. If you disable it, it’s a good idea to enable it again before printing since it represents the paper size of your printable page. This way, you’ll see whether any parts of your drawing fall outside the border and won’t get printed as a result.


Facing pages

If your document contains multiple pages, you can opt to display facing pages. This option is not appropriate, and therefore not available, for top-fold and tent cards.

If you enable this option, you must choose between Right Side and Left Side in the Start on list box. This determines whether you want to begin the document on the left or right page.


Add Page Frame

Puts a printable background frame the same size as the page on the screen. It is given the default fill and outline, which you can change the same way as you would for any other CorelDRAW object.


Paper color

Displays a dialog box that lets you color the preview screen (and the drawing window, if you are working in editable preview mode) to approximate the paper you plan to print it on. The color you choose is for viewing and information only; it does not print. If you want a color background that does not print, choose Add Page Frame, and fill the page with a color.


Layout

Click the Layout list box and choose from the six page layouts listed below:

Full Page	This is the default page layout style. It prints one full page per sheet.

Book	Prints two pages per sheet, which you would cut down the middle.

Booklet	Prints two pages per sheet, which you would fold vertically to obtain a side fold.

Tent Card	Prints two pages per sheet, which you would fold horizontally to obtain a top fold.

Side-Fold Card	Prints four pages per sheet, which you would fold first horizontally to create the top fold, then vertically to create the side fold.

Top-Fold Card	Prints four pages per sheet, which you would fold first vertically to create the side fold, then horizontally to create the top fold.

Once you’ve selected a page layout style, you still need to insert the required number of pages for the style, provided you want text and graphics on each page. For example, Side-Fold Card prints four pages per sheet, however, when you start a new drawing and choose this style, you still need to insert the three remaining pages.


Customizing the CorelDRAW work environment

You can customize the CorelDRAW work environment to suit the way you work. Using either the Options or the Customize dialog box, you can specify where duplicated objects are placed, what action is performed when you start CorelDRAW, how often (and if) backups are created, how many Undo levels are available, which properties are assigned to each tool, and much more.


Options dialog box

The Options dialog box controls settings that affect how CorelDRAW displays objects on the screen and how it performs certain operations. You can change these settings at any time.


To access the Options dialog box

Click Tools, Options (CTRL + J).

Think of this dialog box as a filing cabinet. Its contents are separated into the following files: General, Display, and Advanced. Access these sections by clicking the appropriate tab. Some of the options available from the Options dialog box are outlined in the pages that follow.


To adjust the placement of duplicates

1.	Click Tools, Options (CTRL + J).

2.	In the Place Duplicates and Clones section of the Options dialog box, type 0 in the horizontal and vertical fields.

3.	Ensure that 0.100 appears in the Nudge field, and that 15 appears in the Constrain Angle field.

4.	Click OK.


To assign functions using the right mouse button
To assign functions to the right mouse button

1.	Click the Advanced tab in the Options dialog box.

2.	In the Pop Up Menu Customization section, select an option from the First Menu item list box.

3.	Click OK.


To make backups of your work in CorelDRAW

1.	Click the Advanced tab in the Options dialog box.

2.	The Make backup on save and Auto-backup check boxes are enabled by default.

3.	Enter a value (in minutes) to create backups at set intervals.

4.	Click Select Directory.

5.	From the Select Directory dialog box, choose the location where you want to store your backup files.

6.	Click OK to save your changes.


To specify a start-up action

1.	Click the General tab in the Options dialog box.

2.	Choose one of the following options from the On start-up list box in the Application Start-up section:

Welcome Screen

Start a New Document

Open an Existing Document

Select a Template

Start Application Tutorial

3.	Click OK.


Assigning tool properties

From the Tool Properties dialog box, you can choose a tool and customize its properties. For example, you can enable the Treat all objects as filled check box for the Pick tool, which allows you to select an object by clicking anywhere on it, rather than having to click on its outline.


To assign tool properties

1.	Click View, Properties, Tool.

2.	Choose a tool from the Tools list box. (Options specific to the chosen tool are displayed.)

3.	Select the options you want to assign to each tool.

4.	Click OK to save your customization.


The Undo command

The Undo command reverses actions performed during the current session. Use Undo after making a change you do not want implemented. Immediately after you choose Undo, the Redo command becomes available, allowing you to restore what you just undid.

The Undo command changes depending on the last action you performed [image] for example, Undo Fill if your last action was a fill operation, or Undo Rotate if your last action was a rotation. If the action cannot be undone, or if there are no actions to be undone, the command is grayed.

The Undo levels setting in the Options dialog box determines how many consecutive actions you can undo and redo. The default setting is four, but you can enter any number.


To set the number of Undo levels

1.	Click the General tab in the Options dialog box.

2.	In the Undo Levels box, enter any value.

Note:	The number of Undo levels available is limited only by your system’s available resources. As this number increases, however, your machine’s performance will be affected.

3.	Click OK.

Shortcuts:	To undo an action, press CTRL + Z or ALT + BACKSPACE.

To redo an action, press ALT + ENTER.

You cannot undo the following actions:

any change of view (zooming, scrolling, etc.)

any file operations (open, saving, importing, etc.)

any object selection operations

any Grid or Guidelines operation


Customize dialog box

The Customize dialog box lets you customize CorelDRAW’s appearance, and the way it reacts to your commands. You can change these settings at any time. Only a few of the options available from the Customize dialog box are outlined in the pages that follow.


To access the Customize dialog box

Click Tools, Customize.


To configure the toolbars

1.	Click the Toolbars tab in the Customize dialog box. (In the Command categories list, all the menus that are available in CorelDRAW are listed.)

2.	Locate and choose the menu you want to customize. (All of the buttons associated with that menu are provided on the right side of the dialog box.)

3.	Click one of the buttons and drag it toward the screen. (A new toolbar is created, with that button on it.)

4.	Drag and drop any other buttons that you want to include onto this new toolbar.

5.	Click OK once you have assigned all the toolbar icons that you want.


To configure the hotkeys

1.	Click the Keyboard tab in the Customize dialog box (shown below). (In the Commands list, all the menus that are available in CorelDRAW are listed.)

2.	Double-click the menu, then choose the command for which you want to create a hotkey.

3.	Click inside the Press new shortcut key field.

4.	Press the key combination that you want to assign to that command. (A list of Shortcut keys currently assigned to that command is provided in the Current shortcut keys field for your reference.)

5.	Click Assign, then repeat steps 3 and 4 for any additional Shortcut keys that you wish to assign.

6.	Click OK.


Pop-up menu interaction

Clicking an object with the right mouse button displays a pop-up menu. The pop-up that is displayed depends on the object that is selected and the tool that is currently in use.

Although the pop-up menu displayed varies depending on the object selected, certain options are normally available. They include:

What’s This?	Displays help for any object on the screen, including property sheets, dialog boxes, and roll-ups.

Properties	Displays a property sheet for the object, allowing you to change some of its attributes.


Using the View Manager

The View Manager is a roll-up that allows you to name different areas of your drawing, then quickly access them by double-clicking. This feature is useful when completing a complicated drawing [image] like the one shown in Lesson 6. The steps that follow provide simple instructions on using View Manager that can be adapted to suit your needs whenever you need to complete a similar drawing.


To assign a name in View Manager

1.	Select an object and zoom in on it so that you can comfortably view the object.

2.	Click Tools, View Manager.

3.	Click the plus button (+). (A new field, named View 1, is created.)

4.	Click the View 1 field twice, then type in the name you want assigned to that view.

5.	Repeat steps 1 to 4 for every view you want to create.

Once you have created multiple views, double-click the view you want to work on. You are taken there instantly. This feature eliminates the need to zoom in and out on different areas or flip through pages in a multiple-page document, allowing you to concentrate on the creative aspects of your task.


Exiting CorelDRAW

Clicking File, Exit ends the CorelDRAW session. If you’ve made any changes since you last saved your file, CorelDRAW prompts you to save the file before exiting.

Click Yes to save the changes you have made to your drawing. Click No to exit CorelDRAW without saving the changes. Click Cancel to return to your drawing, without saving your changes.

If you’ve made any changes to your template and its styles, CorelDRAW prompts you to save the modified template before exiting. For more information about CorelDRAW styles and templates, see the online Help.

Shortcut:	Pressing ALT + F4, or clicking the close button that appears in the top right corner of the title bar, exits CorelDRAW.


What's Next
What’s next

Creating a Logo


left arrow


right arrow


up arrow


Pick tool


Shape tool


Zoom tool


Freehand tool


Vertical Dimension tool


Rectangle tool


Ellipse tool


Polygon tool


Artistic Text tool


Outline tool


Fill tool


down button


close button


save button


No Outline


Depth tab


Bezier tool


Fountain Fill


Import button


Group button


Color tab


Graph Paper tool


Paragraph Text tool


Spiral tool


Blend Steps tab


Two-color Pattern icon


Eraser tool


Lock icon


Fit Text To Path button


PowerLine tab


Speed tab


Symbols Roll-Up button


Callout icon


Pen Roll-Up button


CorelDRAW icon


Bitmap Texture icon


Outline color button


Fill color button


Creating a logo
LESSON 2 Creating a logo

In this lesson, you’ll create shapes, add shadows, extrude text, fit text to a curve, and import Corel Clipart to produce the logo shown below.


What's in store
What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

specify your page setup

create a rounded rectangle

use the Presets Roll-Up

define fill and outline attributes for shapes

create 3-D effects using the Extrude Roll-Up

apply text to a curve

resize and position graphics

draw multi-sided shapes using the Polygon tool

insert and edit Clipart


Before you get started

Before you begin creating graphic components, you should specify your page size and orientation, text attributes, grid setup, and the relative placement of duplicates and clones. If anything appears on your CorelDRAW drawing window, click File, New, Document to display a new page.


To set up the page

1.	Click Layout, Page Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the shadow that appears behind the printable page also displays the Page Setup dialog box.

2.	Confirm the following setup in the Page Settings dialog box (shown below):

Size: Letter, Landscape, 11" x 8.5, and

Layout: Full Page.

3.	Click OK to save your page setup.


To set the default text attributes

1.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

2.	From the Character Attributes dialog box (shown below), ensure that only the Artistic Text check box is enabled. (This dialog box appears because you have no objects selected.)

3.	Click OK.

4.	In the second Character Attributes dialog box that appears (shown below), Avant Garde Bk BT should be the default font that appears in the Fonts list.

5.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 75 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK to save the default text attributes.


To set up a grid

1.	Click Layout, Grid Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the rulers also displays the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box.

2.	In the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box (shown below), click the Grid tab.

3.	Set the horizontal and vertical frequencies to 8.

4.	Ensure that the Show Grid and Snap To Grid check boxes are disabled.

5.	Click the Ruler tab, and ensure that the Horizontal and Vertical Origin field values are both 0.

6.	Click OK.


To adjust the placement of duplicates

1.	Click Tools, Options (CTRL + J).

2.	In the Place duplicates and clones section of the Options dialog box (shown below), type 0 in the horizontal and vertical fields.

3.	Ensure that 0.100" appears in the Nudge field, and that 15 appears in the Constrain Angle field.

4.	Click OK.


To improve fountain fill quality

1.	Click Tools, Options (CTRL + J).

2.	Click the Display tab.

3.	In the Preview Fountain Steps field, enter 80. (This will improve the on-screen appearance of your fountain fills.)

4.	Click OK.

Now might be a good time to save the work that you’ve completed so far.


To save your work

1.	Click the Save button from the toolbar. Because your file does not have a name, the Save Drawing dialog box is displayed (shown below).

Tip:	You can also press CTRL + S to save your work, or click File, Save.

2.	Type the name you want to give your file (e.g., SPORTSLOGO.CDR). Then, in the Save in list box, locate the drive and folder where you want to save the file.

3.	Click Save.

From now on, just press the Save button to save your work, and the previously saved file will be overwritten with the updated version.


Drawing the logo

We will now create all of the different elements of the logo. The design has been broken up into a number of separate sections to make the lesson easier to follow.


To create a rectangle with rounded corners

1.	Click the Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The rectangle is selected automatically.)

Tip:	You can also select the Pick tool by pressing CTRL + SPACEBAR.

3.	Click one of the rectangle’s corner handles and drag until the rectangle’s measurements are approximately 4.00" x 1.00". (The status bar that appears at the bottom of the screen [image] below the color palette [image] gives you information about your currently selected object.)

You should have a small, thin rectangle, as shown below.

4.	With the rectangle still selected, click the Shape tool. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

5.	Click the top left node and drag it to the right. The corners of the rectangle become curves, as shown below.


To add a shadow to the rectangle

1.	With the rectangle still selected, click Tools, Presets (ALT + F5).

2.	Choose Design12 from the list box, and click Apply.


To add text to the rectangle

1.	Click the Text tool from the Toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "ZONE".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

4.	Click the Font tab, then choose GeoSlab703XBdCn BT from the Fonts list.

Note:	If this font is not available on your machine, open Font Master. Refer to the online Help for instructions on installing fonts.

5.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 95 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Place the text in the center of the rectangle.

8.	Click the white well with the left mouse button to apply a fill.

9.	Using the right mouse button, click the black well in the color palette to apply an outline.


To extrude the text

1.	Click Effects, Extrude Roll-Up (CTRL + E).

2.	Click the X that appears below the text (referred to as the vanishing point).

3.	Move the vanishing point slightly above, and to the left, of the text.

4.	Click Apply in the Extrude Roll-Up.


To apply color to the text

1.	Click the Color tab in the Extrude Roll-Up.

2.	Enable the Shade button.

3.	Click the From color button, then click the red well in the color palette that appears.

4.	Click the To color button, then click the black well (if it is not already selected).

5.	Click Apply.

6.	Using the left mouse button, click the red well in the color palette to apply a fill.

7.	Using the right mouse button, click the X that appears to the left of the color palette to assign no outline.


To create the top banner

1.	Using the Rectangle tool, draw a rectangle.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The rectangle is selected automatically.)

3.	Click one of the rectangle’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 4.00" x 1.00".

4.	Click Effects, Envelope (CTRL + F7).

5.	Click Add New in the Envelope Roll-Up.

6.	Press and hold down the SHIFT key, then click the two middle nodes from the top and bottom of the rectangle.

7.	Drag the nodes up approximately 0.6" (as indicated in the status bar).

8.	Click Apply in the Envelope Roll-Up.


To fill the banner

1.	Click the Pick tool. (The banner is selected automatically.)

2.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout. (It is the first icon in the second row of the flyout.)

3.	In the Fountain Fill dialog box (shown below), choose Radial from the Type list box.

4.	In the Color blend section, click the From color button, then click the first blue well found in the color palette that appears.

5.	Click the To color button, then click the light blue well that appears next to the blue used in step 4.

6.	Using the slider that appears below the To color button, change the Mid-point value to 35.

7.	Click OK.


To specify no outline to the banner

Click the Outline tool from the toolbox, then click the No Outline icon in the flyout.


To extrude the banner

1.	Click the title bar of the Extrude Roll-Up to make it active, then click the Depth tab.

2.	Click the vanishing point that appears below the banner, and drag it slightly below, and to the middle of, the banner.

3.	Click Apply.


To add text

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "SPORTS".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

Tip:	You can also select the text by pressing CTRL + SPACEBAR after using the Text tool.

3.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

4.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 70 in the Size field. (Avant Garde Bk BT should appear in the Fonts list.)

5.	Click OK.


To fill and outline the text

1.	Apply a radial fountain fill to the text from red to yellow.

2.	Apply a blue outline to the text by clicking the blue well in the color palette that appears along the bottom of the screen with the right mouse button.


To apply the text to a curve

1.	Zoom in on the text and banner.

2.	Click the small arrow on the Freehand tool, then click the Bezier tool icon in the flyout.

3.	Draw a line by tracing the bottom curve of the banner.

4.	Select the line and click the X that appears to the left of the color palette with the left and right mouse button to assign no fill and outline.

5.	Press and hold down SHIFT, then select the text.

6.	Click Text, Fit Text To Path (CTRL + F).

7.	Accept the first default setting, select the center button from the second list box, then select the center button from the third list box (as shown below).

8.	Click Apply.

9.	Press and hold down the CTRL key, select the newly shaped text, then center it in the banner.


To create the star

1.	Click the Polygon tool with the right mouse button, then click Properties.

2.	In the Tool Properties dialog box, click the Polygon tool from the Tools list box.

3.	Type 8 in the Number of points field.

4.	Enable the Polygon As Star button.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click the Polygon tool and draw a star.

7.	Select the Pick tool. (The polygon is selected automatically.)

8.	Click one of the star’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 1.8" x 1.6".


To fill and outline the star

1.	Click the Polygon with the right mouse button, then click Properties.

2.	Click the Fill tab, then click the Fountain Fill button.

3.	Apply a linear fountain fill from dark purple, to light purple.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Apply no outline to the polygon by clicking the X that appears on the left side of the color palette, using the right mouse button.

6.	Position it at the top center of the banner, then click Arrange, Order, To Back (SHIFT + PG DN) to position it behind the banner.


To add more text

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "THE".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

4.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 27 in the Size field. (Avant Garde Bk BT should already appear in the Fonts list.)

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click the Outline tool from the toolbox, then click the Outline icon in the flyout.

7.	Type 0.003" in the Width field.

8.	Click OK.


To apply color to the text

1.	With the text selected, click Tools, Presets (ALT + F5).

2.	Select Metallic Orange from the list box.

3.	Click Apply.


To shape the text

1.	Click Effects, Envelope Roll-Up.

2.	Click Add New.

3.	Drag the top corner nodes out, then drag the side middle nodes out to create a cone-like shape.

4.	Click Apply.

5.	Center the text inside the star.


Importing Clipart

CorelDRAW comes with libraries of ready-to-use Clipart images and symbols. The collection is provided in uncompressed format on CD-ROM disk # 4. You may want to browse through the CorelDRAW Clipart manual before importing Clipart into your drawing. In this chapter and in others, we will use Clipart in our illustrations. This eliminates the need to create complex graphics from scratch.


To add the basketball

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Place the CorelDRAW CD # 4 into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	Locate the file BBALL355.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\SPORTS.

4.	Click Import. (A full-page image of a basketball appears on the screen.)

5.	To change the size of the image, click one of the object’s corner handles and resize it to approximately 0.95" x 0.95".

6.	With the object selected, press and hold down the CTRL key, then select the object’s middle right handle.

7.	Drag the handle to the right until an outline of the object appears to the right.

8.	Release the left mouse button. (The ball has been mirrored horizontally.)

9.	Position the object above the Z in the rectangle, slightly overlapping the banner.


To add the football

1.	Click the Import button.

2.	Locate the file FOOTBALT.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\SPORTS.

3.	Click Import. (A full-page image of a football appears on the screen.)

4.	Change the size of the image to 0.9" x 0.8" as you did in the previous section.

5.	Position the object above the E in the rectangle, slightly overlapping the banner.


To add the tennis racket

1.	Click the Import button.

2.	Locate the file TEN_RAQ.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\SPORTS.

3.	Click Import. (A full-page image of a tennis racquet appears on the screen.)

4.	Change the size of the image to 1.3" x 1.5" as you did in the previous two sections.

5.	Position the object between the basketball and football, below the banner.


The final touches

To group the logo:

Marquee-select the entire logo (or double-click the Pick tool, and click the Group button.) You are now left with a logo (as shown in the final image at the beginning of this lesson).


What's next (logo creation)
What’s next

Creating a Calendar


Creating a calendar
LESSON 3 Creating a calendar

In this lesson, you’ll design the calendar shown below. You’ll learn how to add a new layer, import Clipart, add symbols, and use the Presets Roll-Up.


What's in store
What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

work with layers to create backgrounds

import graphics

work with text

define fill and outline attributes for shapes

use the Graph Paper tool to draw the calendar

use the Distribute command to line up objects

use the Presets Roll-Up


Before you get started

Different projects call for different settings in CorelDRAW. So before starting any new project, it’s a good idea to check your settings. Before creating our calendar, we’ll check the page, grid, and guidelines settings, and change them if necessary.


To set up the page

1.	Click Layout, Page Setup.

2.	Confirm the following setup in the Page Setup dialog box:

Size: Letter, Portrait, 8.5 x 11", and

Layout: Full Page.

3.	Click OK.


To set up a grid

1.	Click Layout, Grid Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the rulers also displays the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box.

2.	In the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box (shown below), click the Grid tab.

3.	Set the horizontal and vertical frequencies to 16.

4.	Enable the Snap To Grid check box. (The option is enabled when a check mark appears in the check box; it is disabled when the check box is empty.)

5.	Click OK.


To set up the guidelines

1.	Click Layout, Guidelines Setup.

2.	Click the Horizontal tab in the Guidelines Setup dialog box (shown below).

3.	The cursor should appear in an unlabeled field. Type 5.5 in this field, then click Add. (Ensure that the Show Guidelines check box is enabled.)

4.	Click OK.

Now might be a good time to save the work that you’ve completed so far.


To save your work

1.	Click the Save button from the toolbar. Because your file does not have a name, the Save Drawing dialog box is displayed.

Tip:	You can also press CTRL + S to save your work, or you can click File, Save.

2.	Type the name you want to give your file (e.g., CALENDAR_SEPT.CDR). Then, in the Save in list box, locate the drive and folder where you want to save the file, and click Save.

From now on, just press the Save button to save your work, and the previously saved file will be overwritten with the updated version.


Creating a background

Our calendar will be more useful if we can change it easily each month. So we’ll begin by creating a master layer made up of elements that don’t change from month to month. That way, when a new month starts, we’ll only have to change the month’s name and the number of days.


To add a new layer

1.	Click Layout, Layers Manager (CTRL + F3).

2.	Click right button, New.

3.	A new layer is added, called Layer2 by default. (The name of the new layer is selected automatically.)

4.	Type MASTER.

5.	Click right button, Settings.

6.	Enable the Master Layer check box. (Objects placed on the master layer are repeated on all pages in a multi-page document.)

7.	Click OK. (The new layer you just created appears in the roll-up.)


To add background colors

1.	On the Master layer, draw a large rectangle using the Rectangle tool.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The rectangle is selected automatically.)

Tip:	You can also select the Pick tool by pressing the SPACEBAR.

3.	Click one of the rectangle’s corner handles and drag until the rectangle’s measurements are approximately 8.5" x 5.5". (The status bar gives you information about your currently selected object.)

4.	Move the rectangle to the top of the page.

5.	To make a copy of the rectangle, click Edit, Duplicate (CTRL + D).

6.	Using the Pick tool, click and drag the second rectangle and move it below the first, so that they form a larger rectangle covering the entire drawing page.

7.	Select the top rectangle, then fill it with black by clicking the black well in the color palette that appears along the bottom of the page (as shown below), using the left mouse button.

8.	Select the bottom rectangle and assign no fill by clicking the X that appears to the left of the color palette, using the left mouse button.


To add the border

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	From the Import dialog box, locate and choose the graphic ORIENTAL.CMX, which is located in the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

3.	Click Import.

4.	With the imported frame still selected, fill it with light green by clicking the left mouse button on the color palette.


To add the year

1.	Click the Master layer from the Layers Roll-Up to ensure that you are working on the Master layer.

2.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "1995".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

5.	Choose Century Schoolbook from the Fonts list box, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then choose 87 from the Size list box.

6.	Click the light green well in the color palette using the left mouse button.


To position the year

1.	Click Layout, Guidelines Setup.

2.	In the View section, enable Vertical Guidelines.

3.	Add two vertical guidelines at 2.0" and 6.5", then click Add.

4.	Fit the text "1995" between these two vertical guidelines.

5.	Select Master in the Layers Roll-Up, then click right button, Settings. (The Edit Layers dialog box is displayed.)

6.	To lock the layer, ensure that the Editable check box is disabled.

7.	Click OK.

You’ve now created your master layer and are ready to add the month-specific data to your calendar.


Creating the month grid

In this section, we will add the month-specific information to our calendar. The number of boxes required depends on the month you are creating (e.g., April, June, September, and November each have 30 days). In this case, you will be creating a calendar for September 1995. This requires creating a grid that has five rows and seven columns. The five extra cells, or boxes, will be deleted, leaving 30 boxes; one for each day of the month.


To draw the day boxes

1.	Click Layer 1 from the Layers Roll-Up.

2.	Click and hold down the Polygon tool from the toolbox, then click the Graph Paper icon in the flyout.

3.	Double-click the Graph Paper tool.

4.	In the Tool Properties dialog box, type 7 in the Number of cells wide field and 5 in the Number of cells high field.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Draw a grid in the bottom half of the page (above the text created in the previous section), approximately 6.0" x 2.5"

7.	With the grid still selected, press CTRL + U to ungroup the grid.

8.	Delete the five left-most boxes from the top line.

9.	Marquee-select the top two boxes, then press CTRL + G to group them. Then, do the same for the other four rows.

10.	Select the bottom row, and move it toward the bottom of the page (just above the text), then move the top row toward the top of the page (just below the imported image).

11.	Marquee-select all five rows then click Arrange, Align & Distribute.

12.	Click the top button from the group of buttons that appears to the right of the preview window (to distribute the objects vertically), select Extent of Selection from the Distribute To list box, then click the down arrow that appears to the right of the Distribute To list box.

13.	Select Space between Objects from the Distribute Vertically list box, then click Apply.

14.	Select each row and ungroup them.

15.	Move the right box in the second line to the right, until it is aligned with the right guideline created earlier.

16.	Move the left box in the second line to the left, until it is aligned with the left guideline created earlier.

17.	With the left box selected, marquee-select the other six boxes.

18.	Click the title bar in the Align Roll-Up to make it active.

19.	Click the first button in the group of buttons that appears below the preview window (to distribute the objects horizontally), select Extent of Selection from the Distribute To list box, then click the down arrow that appears to the right of the Distribute To list box.

20.	Select Space between Objects from the Distribute Horizontally list box, then click Apply.

21.	Repeat steps 14 to 20 for the other three rows, then line up the top two boxes manually.


To apply an outline to all the boxes

1.	Marquee-select all the rows.

2.	Click the forest green well in the color palette (C=40, M=0, Y=20, K=60) with the right mouse button to apply an outline.

Note:	The four fields (CMYK) represent Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black [image] the ink colors used in four-color process printing. CorelDRAW allows you to specify colors using CMYK values in the Uniform Fill dialog box.


To apply a fill to the first row

1.	Marquee-select the top row.

2.	Fill the squares with ghost green (C=20, M=0, Y=20, K=0).


To apply a fill to the second row

1.	Marquee-select the second row.

2.	Fill the squares with a lighter green (C=15, M=0, Y=15, K=0).


To apply a fill to the third row

1.	Marquee-select the third row.

2.	Fill the squares with a lighter green (C=10, M=0, Y=10, K=0).


To apply a fill to the fourth row

1.	Marquee-select the fourth row.

2.	Fill the squares with a lighter green (C=5, M=0, Y=5, K=0).


To apply a fill to the bottom row

1.	Marquee-select the bottom row.

2.	Fill the squares with white.


To add the date

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor inside the first box, and type the number 1.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character.

4.	Choose Arial from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 8.0 in the Size field.

5.	Click OK.


To apply a fill and outline to the number

1.	Click the orange well in the color palette with the left mouse button to apply a fill to the number.

2.	Place the number in the center of the box you created by selecting the number, holding down SHIFT, then selecting the square that the number is in. Click the title bar in the Align Roll-Up to make it active, then click the Center buttons along the bottom and right side of the preview window.

3.	Click Apply.


To apply the remaining numbers

1.	Click the number 1 with the Pick tool.

2.	Press CTRL + D to duplicate the number.

3.	Position the duplicate in the center of the second box.

4.	Click Text, Edit Text and change the number 1 to a 2.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Repeat steps 1 to 5 to add the numbers in the remaining boxes.


Adding the days and month

In this section, we will add the days of the week that will appear above the month grid, and add the month along the bottom of the calendar.


To add the days of the week

1.	Click MASTER from the Layers Roll-Up.

2.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type S.

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character, then choose Arial from the Fonts list.

5.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 18.0 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Using the Pick tool, place the text above the first column of squares.

8.	To ensure it is centered, select the letter, then SHIFT + select the square.

9.	Click the Center button that appears below the preview window in the Align Roll-Up.

10.	Click Apply.

11.	Add the remaining days of the week, centering them above the appropriate column.


To add the month

1.	Click Layer1 from the Layers Roll-Up.

2.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, then type "SEPTEMBER".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character, then choose Arial from the Fonts list.

5.	Make sure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 49.0 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Place the text above the grid created earlier, between the two vertical guidelines that were created earlier to line up the text "1995".


Adding graphics

In this section, we will add the graphics to our calendar.


To import the graphic

1.	Click MASTER from the Layers Roll-Up.

2.	Click File, Import.

3.	From the Import dialog box, locate and choose the graphic LEAVES2.TIF, which is located in the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

4.	Click Import.

5.	With the imported graphic still selected, center it inside the black rectangle at the top of the page.


To add the maple leaf symbol

1.	Click Tools, Symbols Roll-Up (CTRL + F11).

2.	Choose CommonBullets from the list box, then type 107 in the # field.

3.	Click the symbol (shown below) and drag and drop it onto your drawing along the top left corner of the graphic imported in the previous section.


To apply a radial fill

1.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

2.	In the Fountain Fill dialog box, choose Radial from the Type list box, then click the From color button.

3.	Click the light red well in the color palette that appears.

4.	Click the To color button, then click the white well in the color palette that appears (if it is not already selected).

5.	Click OK.

6.	Using the right mouse button, click the X that appears to the left of the color palette to assign no outline.


To rotate the symbol

1.	Click the symbol with the Pick tool, until the rotate and skew arrows appear (as shown below).

2.	While holding down the CTRL key, drag the top left rotate arrow to the left, rotating it 45°. (The amount that the object has been rotated is displayed in the status bar.)

Note:	The CTRL key constrains the movement of rotations to 15-degree increments by default.

3.	Drag the object down so that it covers the letter S in September. Before releasing the left mouse button, quickly click the right mouse button to leave the original behind.

4.	Click Arrange, Object, To Front, then Arrange, Object, Back One to move it behind the text.


Adding the buttons

This section describes how to add the small buttons that appear between the numbers in the year at the bottom of your calendar.


To add a button preset

1.	Click Tools, Presets (ALT + F5).

2.	Choose Button Orange from the list box.

3.	Click Apply.

4.	Click one of the circle’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 0.25" x 0.25".

5.	Position this circle so that it appears between the 1 and 9 in "1995."

6.	Press CTRL + D twice to make two duplicates.

7.	Place one duplicate between the two 9s, and one between the 9 and the 5 in "1995".


The final touches

To add the Quote:

1.	Click and hold down Text tool from the toolbox, then click the Paragraph Text icon in the flyout.

2.	Drag a marquee for the paragraph text below the imported bitmap, then type:

"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature."

Jacob Bronowski (1908-74)

3.	Select the text box with the Pick tool.

4.	Click the toolbar with the right mouse button, then choose Text from the pop-up. (A new toolbar is added along the top portion of the screen.)

5.	Click the down button that appears beside the fonts field, and choose Times New Roman from the list box.

6.	Click the down button that appears beside the size field, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then choose 9.0 from the list box.

7.	Fill the text by clicking orange from the color palette using the left mouse button.


To group the calendar

Marquee-select the entire calendar (or double-click the Pick tool, and click the Group button.) You now have a calendar like the one shown at the beginning of this lesson.


What's next (Calendar creation)
What’s next

Creating a Label


Creating a label
LESSON 4 Creating a label

In this lesson, you’ll draw PowerLines, add contours, blend shapes, fit text to a curve, import Clipart, and add a bar code to create the label shown below.


What's in store
What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

define fill and outline attributes for shapes

use the Contour Roll-Up to create color blends

use the Polygon tool to draw triangles

use the Spiral tool to create patterns

create 3-D effects using drop shadows

shape text by blending it to a path

use the PowerLines Roll-Up to create thick, flowing lines

import Clipart

create a tiled background using the imported graphic

create rectangles with rounded corners

add a bar code

set up crop marks for trimming the objects that appear on the page


Before you get started

Before you begin creating graphic components, you should specify your page size and orientation. If anything appears on your CorelDRAW drawing window, click File, New, Document to display a new page.


To set up the page

1.	Click Layout, Page Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the shadow that appears behind the printable page also displays the Page Setup dialog box.

2.	Confirm the following setup in the Page Setup dialog box:

Size: Letter, Landscape, 11" x 8.5, and

Layout: Full Page.

3.	Click OK.

Now might be a good time to save the work that you’ve completed so far.


To save your work

1.	Click the Save button from the toolbar. Because your file does not have a name, the Save Drawing dialog box is displayed.

Tip:	You can also press CTRL + S to save your work, or click File, Save.

2.	Type the name you want to give your file (e.g., LABEL_SALSA.CDR). Then, in the Save in list box, locate the drive and folder where you want to save the file, then click Save.

From now on, just press the Save button to save your work, and the previously saved file is overwritten with the updated version.


Creating a background

Now that our page options have been set up, we can start working on our next project. The first step is to create a background.


To create the background

1.	Draw a large rectangle using the Rectangle tool.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The rectangle is selected automatically.)

Tip:	You can also select the Pick tool by pressing CTRL + SPACEBAR.

3.	Click one of the rectangle’s corner handles and drag until the rectangle’s measurements are approximately 9.0" x 3;0". (The status bar gives you information about your currently selected object.)

4.	Fill the rectangle with yellow by clicking the yellow well in the color palette that appears along the bottom of the page (as shown below), using the left mouse button.

5.	Position the rectangle in the center of the page.


To add contours

1.	Click Effects, Contour (CTRL + F9).

2.	Click the Outside button.

3.	Type 0.15" in the Offset field and 3 in the Steps field. (The Offset field specifies the distance between the intermediate shapes. The Steps field specifies the number of shapes created.)

4.	Click the Color tab.

5.	Click the Outline color button, then, if it is not already selected, click the black well in the color palette that appears.

6.	Click the Fill color button, then click the red well.

7.	Click Apply.

8.	Click Arrange, Separate.


To change the colors

1.	Using the Pick tool, click the yellow rectangle and fill it with purple.

2.	Click the second rectangle from the inside, then press CTRL + U to ungroup the three remaining circles.

3.	Click the third rectangle, and fill it with grass green (C=60, M=0, Y=40, K=40).


To create the top portion of the label

1.	Click the outer, red rectangle and press CTRL + D.

2.	Click one of the duplicate’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 10.0" x 1.2".

3.	Fill the new rectangle with white, and apply an orange outline. Position this new rectangle above the first group. (This is the second component of our label.)

4.	With the second rectangle selected, press CTRL + D. (A third rectangle is created.)

5.	Click the third rectangle’s top middle handle and drag until its measurements are approximately 10.0" x 0.4".

6.	Fill the new rectangle with red, and keep the orange outline.

7.	Center this new bar inside the orange rectangle, along the bottom (as shown below) by clicking both objects, then clicking Arrange, Align & Distribute Roll-Up.

8.	In the Align Roll-Up (shown below), click the third button from the group of four buttons that appear beneath the preview window (to center the objects horizontally) and click the fourth button from the group of four buttons that appear to the right of the preview window (to position the red bar inside the bottom of the red rectangle).

9.	Click Apply.


To create a background
To create the background

1.	Click Layout, Snap To Objects.

2.	Using the Rectangle tool, draw a small square while holding down the CTRL key.

3.	Fill the square with purple.

4.	Using the Pick tool, click one of the square’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 0.4" x 0.4".

5.	Click and hold down the Polygon tool from the toolbox, then click the Spiral tool icon in the flyout.

6.	Double-click the Spiral tool, then type 6 in the Number of Revolutions field in the Tool Properties dialog box.

7.	Click OK.

8.	Using the Spiral tool, press and hold down the CTRL and SHIFT keys, then draw a spiral inside the square you just created.

9.	Apply a yellow fill and outline to the spiral.

10.	Click the two objects, then press CTRL + G to group them. (The message "Group of 2 objects on Layer 1" appears in the status bar.)

11.	Press CTRL + D three times, then place a square in each corner of the large rectangle. If you have followed the directions so far, the following graphic should be displayed on your screen.


To create the top triangle pattern

1.	Click and hold down the Spiral tool from the toolbox, then click the Polygon tool icon in the flyout.

2.	Double-click the Polygon tool, then type 3 in the Number of points field of the Tool Properties dialog box.

3.	Click OK.

4.	Draw a triangle.

5.	Using the Pick tool, click one of the triangle’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 0.5" x 1.0".

6.	Fill the rectangle with red, and apply no outline.

7.	Place the triangle in the top left corner of the long thin rectangle, above the red bar, then press CTRL + D to duplicate the triangle.

8.	Place the duplicate triangle in the top right corner of the long thin rectangle, above the red bar.

9.	Click both rectangles, then click Effects, Blend (CTRL + B).

10.	Click the Blend Steps tab, then type 22 in the field below the Steps field.

11.	Click Apply.

12.	With all triangles selected, click the Group button. You are left with a string of red triangles (as shown below).


To create the bottom triangle pattern

1.	Press CTRL + D to duplicate the triangles, and position the duplicates along the bottom of the large rectangle.

2.	Click one of the group’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 9.1" x 0.8".

3.	With the triangles selected, press CTRL + U to ungroup them.

4.	Change the blend to 20 steps and click Apply.

5.	Press CTRL + D to duplicate the triangles.

6.	Select the duplicate, press and hold down the CTRL key, then select the object’s top middle handle.

7.	Drag down until a dotted blue box appears [image] approximately the same size of the group [image] underneath the original group.

8.	Release the left mouse button and the CTRL key. (You should have a horizontally mirrored copy of the group.)

9.	Position the reversed group along the top of the large rectangle.


To add PowerLines

1.	Click the Freehand tool, and draw a curvy line (shown below).

2.	Apply an orange fill and outline, then position it under the triangle that appears to the far left.

3.	Click Effects, PowerLine (CTRL + F8).

4.	Choose Max. Width from the list box.

5.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, then type 0.10 in the Max. width field.

6.	Click Apply.

7.	Press CTRL + D 23 times.

8.	Marquee-select all 24 lines, then click the title bar of the Align Roll-Up to make it active.

9.	Click the third button from the group of buttons that appears to the right of the preview window (to center the objects vertically), then click the first button from the group of buttons that appears below the preview window (to distribute the objects horizontally).

10.	Select Extent of Selection from the Distribute list box, then click the down arrow that appears to the right of the Distribute To list box.

11.	Choose Space between Objects from the Distribute Vertically list box, then click Apply.


To create a frame for the product name

1.	Draw a square using the Rectangle tool while holding down the CTRL key.

2.	Click one of the square’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 2.4" x 2.4".

3.	Fill the square with purple and assign a 3 point yellow outline.

4.	Place the square in the center of the large purple rectangle created earlier.

5.	Click the Shape tool, then round the corners of the rectangle until the Corner Radius (displayed in the status bar) is 0.20" (as shown below).

6.	Click Effects, Add Perspective. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

7.	Place the cursor over the top left node until the cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].

8.	While holding down CTRL + SHIFT, drag the top left node approximately 0.5" toward the center of the top line (shorten the length of the top line). You are left with the shape shown below.


To create additional triangles

1.	Double-click the Polygon tool, then type 3 in the Number of points field of the Tool Properties dialog box.

2.	Click OK.

3.	Draw a triangle.

4.	Using the Pick tool, click one of the triangle’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 0.5" x 0.3".

5.	Fill the triangle with yellow and assign no outline.

6.	Make four duplicates of this triangle, and place them to the left of the frame, at varying angles, to create the effect shown below.

7.	Select the five triangles, press and hold the CTRL key, then select the group’s right middle handle.

8.	Drag right until a dotted blue box appears to the right of the original group.

9.	Release the left mouse button and the CTRL key. You should have a vertically mirrored copy of the group of triangles, creating a symmetry between the triangles on either side of the frame (shown below).


Adding the Text

The label we are creating consists of a number of textual elements. In the following steps, a number of text effects are described, including fitting text to a curve, adding a shadow to text, applying fills and outlines to text, and using artistic and paragraph text.


To add the word "SALSA"

1.	Click the Text tool, then click anywhere on the page.

2.	Type "SALSA".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

5.	Choose Lithograph from the Fonts list, and choose Bold from the Style list.

Note:	If this font is not available on your machine, open Font Master. Refer to the online Help for instructions on installing fonts.

6.	In the Size field, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 65 in the Size field.

7.	Click OK.


To edit the text

1.	With the text still selected, click the Shape tool from the toolbox.

2.	Select the node that appears to the left of the first letter S in "SALSA", then click Arrange, Transform, Scale & Mirror.

3.	Type 140 in the H and V fields.

4.	Click Apply.

5.	Select all five letters with the Pick tool, then fill them with red.

6.	To tilt the first letter S, click the Shape tool, select the node that appears to the left, then click Rotation in the Transform Roll-Up

7.	Type 15 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

8.	To tilt the first letter A, select its node, type -10 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

9.	To tilt the letter L, select its node, type 10 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

Note:	You can also use the TAB key to select objects.

10.	To tilt the second letter S, select its node, type -5 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

11.	To tilt the second letter A, select its node, type 20 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

The letters should all appear at different angles (as shown below).

12.	Using the Pick tool, drag two guidelines onto the page by clicking anywhere in the rulers and dragging onto the page. A dotted line appears, which can be placed anywhere on the page and used as a guideline for aligning text or objects.

13.	Place one guideline above the first letter S, and one below the first letter S.

14.	Click the first letter A and align it with the bottom guideline.

15.	Click the letter L and align it with the top guideline.

16.	Click the second letter S and A and align them with the bottom guideline.

17.	Using the technique discussed in steps 2 to 4, enlarge the second S by 114%.

18.	Marquee-select all five letters, then click Arrange, Group.


To apply an outline to the text

1.	With the text still selected, click the Outline tool from the toolbox, then click the Outline icon in the flyout.

2.	Click the Color button that appears in the Outline Pen dialog box.

3.	Click the yellow well in the color palette that appears.

4.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, type 0.028 in the Width field, then click OK.


To apply a fill to the text

1.	With the text still selected, click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

2.	Choose Linear, if it is not already selected, from the Type list box that appears in the Fountain Fill dialog box.

3.	Click the From color button, then click the red well in the color palette that appears.

4.	Click the To color button, then click the light beige well (C=0, M=20, Y=40, K=0).

5.	Click OK.

6.	Position the text in the center of the purple rectangle, toward the bottom.


To apply a shadow to the text

1.	Select the word "SALSA", then duplicate it by pressing CTRL + D.

2.	Fill the duplicate with black, and assign a black outline.

3.	Click Arrange, Order, Back One to place the duplicate behind the text.

4.	Position the shadow behind the text until you get the desired effect.


To add the word "SPICY"

1.	Click the Text tool, then click anywhere on the page.

2.	Type "SPICY".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

5.	Choose Lithograph from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 50 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Apply a yellow outline to the text.


To apply a fill to the text

1.	With the text still selected, click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

2.	Choose Linear from the Type list box.

3.	Click the From color button, then click the light beige well in the color palette that appears (C=0, M=20, Y=40, K=0).

4.	Click the To color button, then click the red well.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Position the text above the word "SALSA", inside the purple rectangle.


To apply the text to a curve

1.	Using the Bezier tool, draw a curved line on the page, approximately 2.0" long. (You may want to do this by first drawing an ellipse, and then tracing a curve along the top.)

2.	Click the line, and ensure that it has no fill or outline assigned.

3.	Press and hold down the SHIFT key and click the text.

4.	Click Text, Fit Text To Path (CTRL + F).

5.	Accept the default options in the roll-up, and click Apply.

6.	Click the Shape tool.

7.	Click the node that appears to the left of a letter and drag it. Do the same with each letter, until you are happy with the spacing.


To add "125 ML"

1.	Click the Text tool, then click anywhere on the page.

2.	Type "125 ML".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character (CTRL + T).

5.	Choose Arial from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 11.0 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Fill the text with yellow, and assign no outline.

8.	Center the text below the word "SALSA".


To add the word "SAMMY'S"
To add the word "SAMMY’S"

1.	Click the Text tool, then click anywhere on the page.

2.	Type "SAMMY’S".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character.

5.	Choose Arial from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 22.0 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Fill the text with yellow, and assign no outline.

8.	Center the text above the word "SALSA".


To add the ingredients

1.	Click and hold down the Text tool, then click Paragraph Text icon in the flyout.

2.	Draw a frame in the lower right-hand corner of the label, then type "INGREDIENTS: TOMATOES, ONIONS, TOMATO PASTE, REALLY, REALLY SPICY CHILI PEPPERS, TABASCO SAUCE, CRUSHED BLACK PEPPER, SALT."

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character.

5.	Choose Century Gothic from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 10.0 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Fill the text with yellow, and assign no outline.


To add "SAMMY'S SPICY SALSA"
To add "SAMMY’S SPICY SALSA"

1.	Click the Text tool, then click anywhere on the page.

2.	Type "SAMMY’S SPICY SALSA".

3.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

4.	Click Text, Character.

5.	Choose Lithograph from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 20 in the Size field.

6.	Click OK.

7.	Fill the text with yellow, and assign no outline.

8.	Position the text along the bottom of the label’s top rectangle (over top of the PowerLines created).

9.	Press CTRL + D twice.

10.	Spread the three sets of text out, so that they cover the entire length of the label.


To add the chili pepper

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Place the CorelDRAW CD # 4 into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	Locate the file CHILIPEP.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\FOOD\VEGI_FRUI.

4.	Click Import. (The chili pepper will appear on the screen.)

5.	To change the size of the image, click one of the object’s corner handles and drag until its measurements are approximately 0.4" x 0.7".

6.	Click the word SPICY, click the node to the left of the letter I, then apply no fill and no outline.

7.	Position the chili pepper between the P and C in SPICY, where the letter I used to appear.

8.	Duplicate the object by pressing CTRL + D.

9.	Fill the duplicate with black.

10.	Click Arrange, Order, Back One to position the duplicate behind the text.

11.	Position the shadow behind the object until you get the desired effect.

12.	Click the object and the shadow and group it by clicking the Group button from the toolbar.


To create a background using the chili pepper

1.	Select the chili pepper with the Pick tool, then press CTRL + D.

2.	Position the duplicate on the white area of the page, then press CTRL + U.

3.	Delete the shadow.

4.	Click Tools, Create, Pattern.

5.	In the Create Pattern dialog box (shown below), click the Two Color button in the Type section and the High button in the Resolution section.

6.	Click OK. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

7.	Marquee-select the object, then click OK. (This new pattern is added to the preset list in the Two-color Pattern dialog box.)

8.	Click the purple rectangle.

9.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Two-color Pattern icon Two-color Pattern icon in the flyout.

10.	Click the arrow in the preview window, then scroll to the bottom of the presets. (You should see your new pattern at the bottom of the list.)

11.	Double-click the pattern you created.

12.	Click the Back color button, then click the purple well in the color palette that appears.

13.	Click the Front color button and click the black well.

14.	Click OK to apply the pattern to the rectangle.


Adding the bar code

With DRAW 6, you can create bar codes quickly and easily using the Bar Code Wizard.


To add the bar code

1.	Click Edit, Insert Bar Code.

2.	From the Bar Code Wizard dialog box (shown below), select the type of symbol you want to create. (Since we are creating a product label, select UPC-A.).

3.	Click Next.

4.	Enter the 11-number code you want to assign to your bar code. (Certain types of bar codes allow the entry of letters, numbers, and special characters.)

5.	Click Next.

6.	Enable the By Font Name button, then click next. (This allows you to select the font used to display the bar code.)

7.	Choose a font from the list, then click Next. (You are presented with a sample of what the bar code looks like.)

8.	Click Finish to add the bar code. (The newly created bar code is added to your drawing.)

9.	Position the bar code along the bottom left side of the label.

Note:	If you resize the bar code after it is created, it will not work with most commercial scanners.

10.	To edit the bar code once it is created, double-click it.


Adding Crop marks

Crop marks are alignment marks that appear at the corners of a printed page or an object. They are used as aids for trimming the paper to the proper size or for trimming objects that appear on a page.


To add crop marks

1.	Click the Pick tool.

2.	Drag four guidelines onto the page from the ruler at the top of the page.

3.	Position one at the top and one at the bottom of each of the two elements of the label.

4.	From the ruler at the side of the page, drag two guidelines onto the page, positioning one at the right edge and one at the left edge of the label.

5.	Click Layout, Snap to Guidelines.

6.	Draw two short lines (0.25") at the corners of each of the two elements, indicating where the images should be cut until you have 8 sets of crop marks (as shown in the final image at the beginning of this lesson).


The final touches

To group the label:

Marquee-select the entire label (or double-click the Pick tool, and click the Group button.) You now have a label like the one shown at the beginning of this lesson.


What's next (Label creation)
What’s next

Creating a Poster


Creating a poster
LESSON 5 Creating a poster

In this lesson, you will trim and weld objects, blend text to a path, import Clipart, draw PowerLines, and use the Symbols and Lens Roll-Ups to create the poster shown below.


What's in store
What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

erase objects using the Eraser tool

import Clipart

use the Trim and Weld Roll-Ups to create new shapes

use the PowerLines Roll-Up to create thick, flowing lines

use the Symbols Roll-Up to add objects

shape text by blending it to a path

use the Lens Roll-Up to create a heatmap effect

create Intersection colors


Before you get started

Before you begin creating graphic components, you should specify your page size and orientation, and the relative placement of duplicates and clones. If anything appears on your CorelDRAW drawing window, click File, New, Document to display a new page.


To set up the page

1.	Click Layout, Page Setup.

2.	Confirm the following setup in the Page Setup dialog box:

Size: Custom, Portrait, 10.0" x 14.0".

Layout: Full Page

3.	Click OK.


To adjust the placement of duplicates

1.	Click Tools, Options (CTRL + J).

2.	In the Place Duplicates and Clones section of the Options dialog box, type 0 in the horizontal and vertical fields.

3.	Click OK.

Now might be a good time to save the work that you’ve completed so far.


To save your work

1.	Click the Save button from the toolbar. Because your file does not have a name, the Save Drawing dialog box is displayed.

Tip:	Pressing CTRL + S, or clicking File, Save, also saves your work.

2.	Type the name you want to give your file (e.g., MUSIC_POSTER.CDR), locate the drive and directory where you want to save the file, and click Save.

From now on, just press the Save button to save your work, and the previously saved file will be overwritten with the updated version.


Creating a background

Now that our page options have been set up, we can start working on our poster. The first step is to create a background.


To create the background

1.	Double-click the Rectangle tool to create a frame.

2.	Click the Pick tool and apply a black outline by clicking the black well in the color palette that appears along the bottom of the screen, with the right mouse button.

3.	Apply a white fill by clicking the white well in the color palette, with the left mouse button.

4.	Click Arrange, Transform, Scale & Mirror (ALT + F9).

5.	Type 70 in the H field.

6.	Click the down arrow to reveal the Proportional selector.

7.	Enable the Proportional check box.

8.	To make the left-center the reference point, enable the left-center button.

9.	Click Apply To Duplicate.

10.	Fill the duplicate rectangle with ruby red (C=0, M=60, Y=60, K=40).


To add the top curve

1.	Using the Ellipse tool, hold down the CTRL key and draw a circle.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The circle is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Size in the Transform Roll-Up.

4.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, then type 12.0 in the H and V fields.

5.	Click Apply.

6.	Type 14.0 in the H and V fields of the Transform Roll-Up and click Apply To Duplicate.

7.	Press and hold down SHIFT, then click the second circle.

8.	Click Arrange, Align & Distribute (CTRL + A).

9.	Click the third button in the group of buttons that appears below the preview window (to center the objects horizontally), click the third button that appears in the set of buttons that appears to the right of the preview window (to center the objects vertically), then click Apply.

Note:	The new shape may look the same, but it has changed. After step 9, you have two circles, After step 10, you have a large ring.

10.	Click Arrange, Combine (CTRL + L). You should be left with a large circle with a hole in the center [image] like a donut (as shown below).

11.	Fill the new shape with blue.

12.	Click the title bar of the Align Roll-Up to make it active, select Center of Page from the Align To list box, then click Apply.

13.	Using the Pick tool, move the new shape down approximately one inch.


To create the "wave"
To create the wave

1.	Click the red rectangle, then click Edit, Duplicate (CTRL + D).

2.	With the duplicate still selected, click Arrange, Intersection.

3.	With the Target Object and Other Object(s) check boxes disabled, click Intersect With. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

The preview window provides a graphical representation of what will happen when you complete the Intersection, Trim, or Weld. The black area represents the new shape that will be created once the action is carried out; the gray area represents the other shapes that will remain, in addition to the new shape, and the dotted line represents the existing shape that will be deleted once the action is carried out.

4.	With the new larger cursor, click the large blue circle.

5.	Click Arrange, Break Apart (CTRL + K).

6.	Delete the remaining pieces of the blue curve from the bottom of the page.

7.	With the blue curve selected, click Trim in the Intersect Roll-Up.

8.	With the Other Object(s) check box enabled, click Trim. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

9.	With the new larger cursor, click the red rectangle.

10.	Move the blue curve below the trimmed rectangle.

11.	Click and hold down the Shape tool from the toolbox, then click the Eraser tool icon in the flyout.

12.	Where the curve was trimmed, a line connecting the two new shapes remains; drag over this line with the Eraser tool. (You are left with two new objects.)

13.	Move the blue curve over the gap between the two new shapes.


To fill the top object

1.	Apply a Linear Fountain Fill to the top object just created, by clicking the Fill tool from the toolbox, then clicking the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout. (Linear should appear in the Type field.)

2.	Type 105 in the Angle field, then click the From color button.

3.	Click More from the bottom of the color palette that appears, then type 0 in the C field, 60 in the M field, 60 in the Y field, and 40 in the K field.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Click the To color button, and click the deep navy blue well.

6.	Click OK.


To apply a Fractal Fill to the bottom object
To fill the bottom object

1.	Fill the bottom object with a Fractal Fountain Fill by clicking the Fill tool from the toolbox, then clicking the Bitmap Texture icon in the flyout.

2.	Choose Samples from the Texture Library list, then choose Curtains from the Texture List.

3.	Type 27743 in the Textures # field.

4.	Unlock the field by clicking the Lock icon.

5.	Type 50 in the Density % field and 0 in the Brightness % field (if these values are not already present).

6.	Click the 1st color button, then click the black well in the color palette that appears.

7.	Click the 2nd color button, then click the dark red well (R=153, G=0, B=0).

Note:	The three fields (RGB) represent Red, Green, and Blue [image] the ink colors used in three-color process printing. CorelDRAW allows you to specify colors using RGB values in the Uniform Fill dialog box.

8.	Click OK.


To add the small circles

1.	Using the Ellipse tool, hold down the CTRL key and draw a circle.

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Size in the Transform Roll-Up, ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, then type 0.5 in the H and V fields.

4.	Click Apply.

5.	Fill the circle with yellow, then apply no outline by clicking the X that appears at the far left side of the color palette with the right mouse button.

6.	Place the circle on the left side of the blue curve.

7.	Press CTRL + D, then place the duplicate on the right side of the blue curve.

8.	Click the Freehand tool and draw a line between the two circles.

9.	Click the Shape tool and double-click the line you just drew.

10.	In the Node Edit Roll-Up, click the To Curve button (shown below).

11.	Click the solid line that appears in the middle of the line and drag it up until the line curves along the inside of the blue curve.

12.	Click the duplicate circle with the Pick tool, press and hold down SHIFT, then click the first circle.

13.	Click Effects, Blend Roll-Up (CTRL + B).

14.	Click the Blend Steps tab, then type 5 in the field below the Steps field.

15.	Click the Fit text to Path button in the Blend Roll-Up, then choose New Path. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

16.	Click the curve you just created, then click Apply. (The text is blended along the path that you created.)

17.	Click the line, then make it invisible by assigning no fill and outline.


To create the spotlights

1.	Draw a long thin rectangle using the Rectangle tool.

2.	Click Size in the Transform Roll-Up, then type 1.0 in the H field and 11.0 in the V field.

3.	Click Apply.

4.	Press CTRL + Q to covert the rectangle to curves, then click the Shape tool.

5.	Node edit the rectangle so it takes on more of a cone shape (as shown below).

6.	Click the Pick tool. (The new shape is selected automatically.)

7.	Click Rotation in the Transform Roll-Up.

8.	Type 10 in the Angle of Rotation field and click Apply.

9.	Fill the spotlight with light blue, assign no outline, then position the spotlight beam so that it appears to be coming from the second yellow circle you created earlier.

10.	Click Arrange, Order, After Object. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

11.	Click the yellow circle. (The spotlight now appears to be coming from behind the circle.)

12.	Press CTRL + D twice to make two duplicates, then position them behind the fourth and sixth yellow circle, rotating them by 5 and -20 degrees to create a criss-cross effect.

13.	Click the second beam to the right, then click Weld in the Intersect Roll-Up.

14.	With both check boxes disabled, click Weld To. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

15.	Click the third beam. (This joins the second and third beams together, making them one object.)


Completing the design

You’ve now created the backdrop for your design and are ready to add the finishing touches.


To import Clipart

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Place the CorelDRAW CD # 4 into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	Locate the file VIOLNEST.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\MUSIC.

4.	Click Import.

5.	Position the image in the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

6.	Press CTRL + U to ungroup the image.

7.	Click the white box behind the image and delete it by pressing DEL.

8.	Click the black frame that surrounds the image, and click the Shape tool from the toolbox.

9.	Node edit the image so that the box surrounds the image exactly, acting as a border.

10.	Fill the border with white and assign no outline.

11.	Double-click the Pick tool to select all objects, then click the Group button in the toolbar to group the entire image.


To create the PowerLines

1.	Click and hold down the Freehand tool from the toolbox, then click the Bezier tool icon in the flyout.

2.	Draw a curve like the one shown below.

3.	Click Effects, PowerLine (CTRL + F8).

4.	Click the PowerLine tab, then choose Bullet1 from the list box.

5.	Type 0.10 in the Max. width field.

6.	Click Apply.

7.	Click the Speed tab, then drag the slider so that the Pen leakiness value is 0 and the Ink flow value is 100 (if these values are not already selected).

8.	Enable Scale with Image, then click Apply.

9.	Press CTRL + D four times to create duplicates.

10.	Position the curves beside each other, creating the effects shown in the final image at the beginning of this lesson.

11.	Click the Blend Steps tab, then type 3 in the field below the Steps field.

12.	Click Apply.

13.	Select the curves, then press CTRL + G to group them.


To apply a fountain fill to the PowerLines

1.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

2.	Click the From color button in the Fountain Fill dialog box, then click the red well in the color palette that appears.

3.	Click the To color button, then click the black well.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Apply no outline to the PowerLines.


To add the music notes

1.	Click the Symbols Roll-Up button in the toolbar to access the Symbols Roll-Up.

2.	Choose Musical Symbols from the roll-up, then type 58 in the # field.

3.	Double-click the Size field, then type 0.8 in the field.

4.	Drag and drop the symbol onto the screen (shown below).

5.	Repeat steps 3 to 4 for symbols 59, 81, and 82.

Note:	You’ll have to rotate symbols 81 and 82 by 180 degrees after dropping them onto the screen.


To apply a lens to the blue curve

1.	Click the blue curve created earlier and click Effects, Lens (ALT + F3).

2.	Choose Heat Map from the list box, then type 70 in the Palette rotation field.

3.	Click Apply.


To apply a lens to the spotlight beams

1.	Click the left spotlight beam.

2.	Fill the beam with yellow, then choose Brighten from the list box in the Lens Roll-Up.

3.	Type 30 in the Amount field and click Apply.

4.	Click the right beam, type 20 in the Amount field of the Lens Roll-Up, and click Apply.


Adding the Text

In the steps that follow, several text effects are described, including fitting text to a curve, and applying fills and outlines to text.


To add the words "6th Annual"

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "6th Annual".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

Tip:	You can also select the Pick tool by pressing CTRL + SPACEBAR after using the Text tool.

3.	Click Text, Character.

4.	Choose ProseAntique from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 50 in the Size field.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Fill the text with white and assign no outline.


To apply the text to a curve

1.	Using the Ellipse tool, draw a circle that overlaps the top line in the blue curve.

2.	Click the Shape tool, then drag the node clockwise until the circle becomes a curve.

3.	Choose the curve and assign no fill or outline to it.

4.	Press SHIFT and click the text.

5.	Click Text, Fit Text To Path (CTRL + F).

6.	Accept the default settings, then click Apply.


To add the words "International Music Festival"

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "International Music Festival".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character.

4.	Choose ProseAntique from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 75 in the Size field.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click Text, Convert To Paragraph Text.

7.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor between the first two words and add a hard return (press ENTER).

8.	Add a hard return between the second and third words as well.

9.	Fill the text with yellow and assign no outline.

10.	Click the Pick tool, then click the Shape tool.

11.	Press and hold down the SHIFT key, then click the node to the left of the first letter in each of the three words or marquee-select them.

12.	Click Text, Character.

13.	Choose ShelleyAllegro BT from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 148 in the Size field.

14.	Click OK.

15.	Using a vertical guideline, line up the text with the text added in the previous section.


To add a vertical guideline

Using the Pick tool, click the ruler that appears on the left side of the page and start dragging onto the screen.

A dotted line appears, which can be placed anywhere on the page and used as a guideline for aligning text or objects.


To add the words "A Celebration of the Classics"

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "A Celebration of the Classics".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character.

4.	Choose ProseAntique from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 47.0 in the Size field.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click Text, Convert To Paragraph Text.

7.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor between the words "Celebration" and "Classics".

8.	Fill the text with white and assign no outline.

9.	Line up the text with the vertical guideline added in the previous section.


To add the words "June 10-19"

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "June 10-19".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Click Text, Character.

4.	Choose ProseAntique from the Fonts list, ensure that the unit of measurement is points, then type 59.0 in the Size field.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Fill the text with yellow and assign no outline.

7.	Line up the text with the vertical guideline added in the previous section.


The final touches: Grouping the poster
The final touches

To group the poster:

Marquee-click the entire poster (or double-click the Pick tool, and click the Group button.) You now have a poster, as shown in the final image at the beginning of this lesson.


What's Next
What’s next

Creating a Brochure


Creating a brochure
LESSON 6 Creating a brochure

In this lesson, you will add symbols, import Clipart, shape text using envelopes, apply arrowheads to lines, add bullets to text, and apply lenses to create the brochure shown below.


What's in store
What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

insert additional pages

use the Type Assist feature

use the Symbols Roll-Up to add objects

change the size of objects using the Transform Roll-Up

modify objects using the PowerClip feature

use the Styles Roll-Up to create and update styles

join objects together using the Weld Roll-Up

import text and Clipart using the Multimedia Manager

edit imported Clipart images

use the Spell Checker to proofread text

format text using the text toolbar

break apart text blocks

apply lenses

copy attributes between objects

shape text using the Envelope Roll-Up

draw a room layout using the Graph Paper tool

use Callouts to label a diagram

apply an arrowhead to a line

use dimension lines to illustrate measurements

use the Object Data Roll-Up to add data to objects

add real-world dimensions


Before you get started

Before you begin creating graphics, you should specify your page size and orientation, and the number of pages required in your file. If anything appears on your CorelDRAW drawing window, click File, New, Document to display a new page.


To set up the page

1.	Click Layout, Page Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the shadow that appears behind the drawing page also displays the Page Setup dialog box.

2.	Confirm the following setup in the Page Setup dialog box:

Size: Letter, Portrait, 8.5" x 11"

Layout: Booklet

3.	Enable the Facing pages check box, then choose the Right Side from the Start on list box.

4.	Click OK.


To insert additional pages

1.	Click Layout, Insert Page.

2.	Type 3 in the Insert field.

3.	Ensure that the After button is enabled, not the Before button.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Double-click the Rectangle tool on every page to add a frame.


To use Type Assist

1.	Click Text, Type Assist.

2.	In the Type Assist dialog box, enable any of the following check boxes:

Capitalize first letter of sentences [image] automatically capitalizes a sentence’s first letter, after the creation of a sentence.

Change straight quotes to typographical quotes [image] changes straight quotes to curly, typographic quotes automatically.

Correct two initial, consecutive capitals [image] if a word is started with two capitals (without a space or period), the second letter is automatically changed to lower case.

Capitalize names of days [image] automatically capitalizes the days of the week.

Replace text while typing [image] enables the Replacement Text option, which allows you to define shortcuts for certain words. (A list of suggestions appears in the list box in the bottom of the dialog box.)

3.	Click OK.

Now might be a good time to save the work that you’ve completed so far.


To save your work

1.	Click the Save button from the toolbar. Because your file does not have a name, the Save Drawing dialog box is displayed.

Tip:	You can also press CTRL + S, or click File, Save, to save your work.

2.	Type the name you want to give your file (e.g., BROCHURE_RESTAURANT.CDR), locate the drive and directory where you want to save the file, then click Save.

From now on, just press the Save button to save your work, and the previously saved file is overwritten with the updated version.


To apply a fill
Page 1

To apply a fill:

1.	On page 1, select the page frame.

2.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

3.	Click the Custom button in the Color Blend section of the Fountain Fill dialog box.

4.	With the From color button enabled (the small black box at the far left of the color bar), click the Current color button and type 20 in the C field, 40 in the M field, and 0 in the Y and K fields.

5.	Click OK.

6.	Click the To color button (the small white box at the far right of the color bar), then click the Current color button and type the same values that you used in step 4 above.

7.	Click OK.

8.	Double-click above the color bar. An inverted triangle appears (referred to as a slider).

9.	Move the slider until the value in the Position box is 50%.

10.	Click the Current color button, then click the white well in the color palette that appears.

11.	Click OK twice.

12.	With the object still selected, click the Outline tool from the toolbox, then click the No Outline icon in the flyout.


To add a symbol

1.	Click the Symbols Roll-Up button in the toolbar.

2.	Choose ZapfDingbats BT from the list box, then type 166 in the # field.

3.	Click the symbol and drag it onto the drawing page.

4.	Click Arrange, Transform, Size.

5.	Ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, then type 5 in the H and V fields.

6.	Click Apply. (The object should overlap the drawing window.)

7.	Position the symbol along the top center of the frame.

8.	With the shape still selected, click Edit, Copy Attributes From.

9.	Enable the Fill check box in the Copy Attributes dialog box, then click OK. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

10.	Click the rectangle with the new, larger cursor. (The fill assigned to the rectangle is now also assigned to the symbol.)


To edit the fill

1.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Fountain Fill icon in the flyout.

2.	Click the Current color button in the Fountain Fill dialog box, enable the Color Models button (if it is not already enabled), then choose HSB from the Model list box.

The three fields (HSB) represent hue, saturation, and brightness. The HSB model creates color by varying these three parameters. Hue refers to the quality that makes one color different from another. Blue, red, and green, for example, are all hues. Saturation refers to the purity or intensity of a color. By varying the intensity, you can make the color lighter or darker. Brightness refers to the percentage of black in a color, where 0 percent is black and 255 is white.

3.	Type 55 in the S field. (The H field should have a value of 270 and the B field should have 255.)

4.	Click OK.

5.	Click the To color button, then repeat steps 2 to 4.

6.	Assign no outline to the symbol by clicking the X that appears to the left of the color palette using the right mouse button.


To apply a PowerClip

1.	Drag the symbol to the bottom portion of the frame. Before releasing the left mouse button, quickly click the right mouse button to leave the original symbol behind.

2.	Click Scale & Mirror in the Transform Roll-Up, then click the Vertical mirror button.

3.	Click Apply.

4.	While holding down the SHIFT key, click the second symbol.

5.	Press CTRL + G to group the two objects together.

6.	Click Effects, PowerClip, Place Inside Container. The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image]. (The bitmap is the contents object; that is, the object that is placed inside another object.)

7.	Click the page. The symbols are fit inside the page’s borders. (This shape is the container object; that is, the object that holds the contents object. Only part of the contents object can be seen.) Once completed, the two objects become a unit, known as a PowerClip object.


To add text to page 1

1.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "The Leaf".

2.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

3.	Choose ShelleyAllegro BT from the Fonts list box in the text toolbar, then choose 72 from the Size list box.

4.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "RESTAURANT".

5.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

6.	Choose ShelleyAllegro BT from the Fonts list box, then choose 18 from the Size list box.

7.	Position the word "RESTAURANT" under the word "Leaf" to achieve the effect shown below.

8.	While holding down the SHIFT key, click the other text, then press CTRL + G to group the text.

9.	Position the newly grouped text in the center of page 1.


To add more text to page 1

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Locate and select TEXT1.TXT from the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

3.	Click Import.

4.	Click Arrange, Break Apart to split the text up into separate blocks.

5.	Place the text "Modern French..." below the grouped text created in the previous section.

6.	Place the rest of the text inside the symbol that appears in the background, along the bottom of the page.

7.	Apply the following text properties to both parts of the imported text:

Galliard BT,

Bold, and

17.0 points.


Pages 2 and 3

To apply a fill to pages 2 to 4:

1.	Click Layout, Styles Manager.

2.	Click the right button, Style Sheet, Load.

3.	Choose MENULEAF.CDT from the COREL\DRAW\TEMPLATE directory.

4.	Click Layout, Go To Page.

5.	Type 2 in the Go To Page field, then click OK.

6.	With the page frame selected, select Background from the Styles Roll-Up, then click Apply.

7.	Repeat step 6 for pages 3 and 4 of the brochure.


To create a background on pages 2 and 3

1.	Marquee-select pages 2 and 3.

2.	Press CTRL + G to group the frames.

3.	Assign no outline to the symbol by clicking the X that appears to the left of the color palette using the right mouse button.

4.	Press CTRL + D to duplicate the frame.

5.	Press CTRL + U to ungroup the duplicate.

6.	With one of the pages selected, click Arrange, Weld.

7.	With the Target Object and Other Objects(s) check boxes enabled, click Weld To. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

8.	With the new, larger cursor, click the second page.

9.	Fill the duplicate with white by clicking the white well in the color palette using the left mouse button.

10.	Click Arrange, Order, To Front (SHIFT + PG UP).

11.	Click Scale & Mirror in the Transform Roll-Up, type 95 in the H field and 96 in the V field.

12.	Click Apply.

13.	While holding down the SHIFT key, select the original rectangle.

14.	Press CTRL + A, click both the vertical and horizontal Center buttons in the Align Roll-Up (shown below), then click Apply. (This aligns the second, smaller, rectangle inside the larger rectangle, creating a border effect.)

15.	Draw guidelines along the four sides of the duplicate rectangle.


To add the symbol

1.	From the Symbols Roll-Up, drag the symbol used on page 1 of the brochure onto the page.

2.	In the Transform Roll-Up, click Size, then type 7.0 in the H field and 10.5 in the V field.

3.	Click both the vertical and horizontal center buttons in the Align Roll-Up, then click Apply. (The symbol should now appear in the center of the page.)

4.	Click the Fill tool from the toolbox, then click the Color icon in the flyout.

5.	Type 2 in the C field, 6 in the M field, and 0 in the Y and K fields.

6.	Assign no outline to the symbol.


To add text to pages 2 and 3

1.	Click and hold down the Text tool from the toolbox, then click the Paragraph Text tool icon in the flyout

2.	Draw a long, thin frame in the top left-hand corner of the page.

3.	Double-click the paragraph frame, then type "The".

4.	Add a page break after each letter.

5.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

6.	Choose BauerBodni BdCn BT from the Fonts list box in the text toolbar, then type 35.0 in the Size field.

7.	Click the Paragraph Text tool from the toolbox.

8.	Place the cursor inside the frame, then type "Leaf".

9.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

10.	Choose BauerBodni BdCn BT from the Fonts list box in the text toolbar, then type 213.0 in the Size field.

11.	Click Rotation in the Transform Roll-Up.

12.	Type -90 in the Angle number box, then click Apply.

13.	Position the frame along the left side of the page beside the word "The".

14.	Click the Paragraph Text tool from the toolbox.

15.	Place the cursor inside the frame, then type "Restaurant".

16.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

17.	Choose BauerBodni BdCn BT from the Fonts list box, then type 92.0 in the Size field.

18.	Click Rotation in the Transform Roll-Up.

19.	Type -90 in the Angle number box, then click Apply.

20.	Position the frame along the left side of the page beneath the word "Leaf".


To add more text to pages 2 and 3

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Locate and select TEXT2.TXT from the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

3.	Click Import.

4.	Apply the style Menu to the five imported paragraphs by selecting the paragraph with the Pick tool, then clicking Menu in the Styles Roll-Up, and clicking Apply.

5.	Apply the style Heading to the paragraph’s headings using the technique described in step 4 above.


To add the house image to page 3

1.	Create a new file by clicking File, New, Document.

2.	Click Window, Tile Horizontally.

3.	Click Tools, Multimedia Manager (ALT + F1).

4.	Locate and select the file HOUSE.TIF in the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL. (Multimedia Manager presents thumbnails of the image, allowing you to preview images, organize them, and import them. For more information, see the online Help.)

5.	Select the file, then drag it onto your new window.

6.	Click Exit Multimedia Manager.

7.	Align the imported bitmap to the center of the page.

8.	Click the Shape tool from the toolbox.

9.	Edit the nodes so that just the white house appears in the image (as shown in the image at the start of this lesson).

Note:	Do not select the bitmap, as you do not want to trace it.

10.	Press CTRL + D to make a duplicate of the shape that you just created.

11.	With the bitmap selected, click Effects, PowerClip, Place Inside Container. (The cursor changes from a [image] to a [image].)

12.	Click the duplicate shape that you just created with the new, larger cursor.

13.	Click Effects, PowerClip, Edit Contents.

14.	Position the duplicate over the original shape, then click Arrange, Order, To Back.

15.	Click Effects, PowerClip, Finish Editing This Level.

16.	Select the bitmap, drag it over to the other window, and drop it onto page 2/3.

17.	Select the original shape and click Effects, Lens Roll-Up (ALT + F3).

18.	Choose Tinted Grayscale from the list box.

19.	Click the color button, then click the light purple well in the color palette that appears.

20.	Click Apply.


To create a background on page 4
Page 4

To create a background on page 4:

1.	Click Layout, Snap To Guidelines.

2.	Click the Page 4 tab that appears along the bottom of the page.

3.	Select the frame and press CTRL + D.

4.	In the Transform Roll-Up, click Size, ensure that the unit of measurement is inches, then type 4.0 in the H field and 10.5 in the V field.

5.	With the duplicate rectangle selected, hold down the SHIFT key, click the original rectangle, and press CTRL + A.

6.	Press both the horizontal and vertical center buttons, then click OK.

7.	Disable Snap To Guidelines by clicking Layout, Snap To Guidelines.


To add text to page 4

1.	Go to page 1 of the brochure, select the text "The Leaf Restaurant" created earlier, and press CTRL + C to copy it.

2.	Go to page 4 of the brochure, then press CTRL + V to paste the copied text.

3.	Place the pasted text along the top of the page.

4.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "Call today for reservations".

5.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

6.	Choose ZapfHumnst BT from the Fonts list box in the text toolbar, choose Bold from the Styles list box, then type 22.0 in the Size field.

7.	Click the Text tool from the toolbox, place the cursor anywhere on the page, and type "225-LEAF".

8.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

9.	Choose ZapfHumnst BT from the Fonts list box, choose Bold from the Styles list box, then type 32.0 in the Size field.


To add more text to page 4

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Locate and select TEXT3.TXT from the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

3.	Click Import.

4.	Apply the following text properties to both paragraphs:

ZapfHumnst BT,

Bold, and

12.0 points.


To check the text's spelling
To check the text’s spelling

1.	Select the frame containing the text with the Pick tool.

2.	Click Text, Proofreading, Spelling.

3.	In the Spell Checker dialog box (shown above), do one of the following:

Select the correct word from the Change to list box and click Change to change this instance only.

Click Change All to change all occurrences.

Click Ignore to ignore this instance.

Click Ignore All to ignore all occurrences.

Click Add word to add the word to your dictionary selected in the Dictionary field.

Click Options, Create New Dictionary to make your own personal dictionary. (Type a file name for the dictionary you want to create, then click OK.)

Choose Full Text from the Check range list box to check the spelling of an entire frame.

4.	Repeat steps 1 to 3 for any text you want to spell check.


To add Clipart to page 4

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Place the CorelDRAW CD # 4 into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	Locate and select the file WINEBOTL.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\DRINKS.

4.	Click Import. (A full-page image appears on the screen.)

5.	To change the size of the image, click Size in the Transform Roll-Up, then type 1.0 in the H field and 1.6 in the V field.

6.	Click Apply.

7.	Locate and select the file SPAGETTI.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\PRODUCT.

8.	Click Import. (A full-page image appears on the screen.)

9.	To change the size of the image, click Size in the Transform Roll-Up, then type 1.2 in the H field and 0.6 in the V field.

10.	Click Apply.

11.	With the Clipart still selected, hold down the SHIFT key and click the other imported image.

12.	Press CTRL + G to group them.


To add an envelope to the text

1.	Select the top paragraph of text, then click Effects, Envelope.

2.	Click Add New.

3.	Edit the nodes to create an envelope that wraps the text around the Clipart imported in the previous section.

4.	Click Apply.

In the next section, you will add the grid that creates a basis for the layout diagram that will appear on page 4 of the brochure.


To draw the grid

1.	Click and hold down the Polygon tool from the toolbox, then click the Graph Paper icon in the flyout.

2.	Double-click the Graph Paper tool.

3.	In the Tool Properties dialog box, type 10 in the Number of cells wide field and 16 in the Number of cells high field.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Draw a grid in the bottom half of the page, above the text "Call for Reservations".

6.	Fill the grid with army green (C=20, M=0, Y=20, K=40), and apply a light gray outline (C=0, M=0, Y=0, K=20).

7.	Double-click the Graph Paper tool.

8.	In the Tool Properties dialog box, type 6 in the Number of cells wide field and 6 in the Number of cells high field.

9.	Click OK.

10.	Draw a grid in the bottom half of the page, to the right of the first grid.

11.	Fill the grid with pastel blue (C=40, M=40, Y=0, K=0), and apply a light gray outline (C=0, M=0, Y=0, K=20).

To save time, you will find a partially completed CDR file that includes most of the components of the layout. Only a few things remain to be done; these tasks are outlined in the following procedures.


To import the partially-completed layout file

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Locate and select the file LAYOUT.CDR in the directory \COREL\DRAW\TUTORIAL.

3.	Click Import.

4.	Place the imported file over the grid that you just created, so that the two objects overlap.


To add a callout

1.	Click the Vertical Dimension tool from the toolbox, then click the Callout icon in the flyout.

2.	Click inside the small rectangle, move outside the circle, click again, then drag a little to the right and click a third time. (A text cursor appears.)

3.	Type "Private Restroom".

4.	Click the Pick tool. (The text is selected automatically.)

5.	Choose ZapfHumnst BT from the Fonts list box in the text toolbar, then type 12 in the Size field.


To add an arrowhead to the callout

1.	Select the callout, click the Outline tool from the toolbox, then click the Pen Roll-Up icon in the flyout.

2.	From the Pen Roll-Up, click the left box below the window, then select the arrow that appears in the top right corner of the list that appears.

3.	Click the scroll bar in the top window until the value is 0.020, then click Apply.


To add symbol # 95

1.	Click Tools, Symbols (CTRL + F11).

2.	Choose HomePlanning from the list box.

3.	Type 95 in the # field. (You should see a symbol that represents an air conditioner highlighted in the roll-up.)

4.	Select the symbol and drag it onto the drawing page.

5.	Click Rotation, type -90 in the Angle of Rotation field, then click Apply.

6.	Position the symbol outside the large rectangle, below the telephone symbol.


To add a dimension line

1.	Click the Vertical Dimension Lines tool from the toolbox.

2.	Click the top left edge of the large rectangle, drag to the left bottom edge, click the left mouse button, then drag to the right until a box surrounds the symbol, then click a third time. (A dimension line is created, with the numeric value entered automatically.)

3.	You can edit the position of the dimension line by clicking it with the Pick tool, and dragging it to where you want it to appear. (The same can be done with the measurement associated with the dimension line.)

4.	To edit the properties of the dimension line’s measurement, click Text, Edit Text, and edit it as you would any other text.


To add symbol # 130

1.	Type 130 in the # field. (You should see a symbol that represents a chesterfield highlighted in the roll-up.)

2.	Select the symbol and drag it onto the drawing page.

3.	Click the title bar of the Transform Roll-Up to make it active, then click Size.

4.	Type 0.65 in the H field and 0.28 in the V field, then click Apply.

5.	Fill the symbol with any color and position it inside the top middle of the large rectangle.


To add more Clipart to page 4

1.	Click File, Import.

2.	Place the CorelDRAW CD # 4 into your CD-ROM drive.

3.	Locate and select the file CHAIR2.CMX in the directory \CLIPART\OFFICE_E.

4.	Click Import. (A full-page image appears on the screen.)

5.	To change the size of the image, click Size in the Transform Roll-Up, then type 0.85 in the H field and 1.14 in the V field.

6.	Click Apply.


To add a lens to the chair
To apply a lens to the chair

1.	Using the Ellipse tool, hold down the CTRL key and draw a circle.

2.	Place the circle so that it overlaps the chair.

3.	Click Effects, Lens (ALT + F3).

4.	Choose Transparency from the list box, type 50 in the Rate field, then click Apply.


Assigning Object Data

CorelDRAW’s Object Data feature allows you to attach information to individual objects and groups of objects. The information can be text, numbers, dates, times, or any other type of data you want to record. For example, you could record part names and numbers for a technical illustration you are working on. Then, data from CorelDRAW can be used in a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE ) with popular spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel, Lotus 123, and CorelCHART.

The information is stored in a database that you can access by clicking an object with the right mouse button. The database has four fields: Name, Cost, Comments, and CDRStaticID. You can change these and add new ones to suit your needs.


To assign Object Data

1.	Select any object, then click Tools, Object Data (CTRL + F12).

2.	In the Object Data Roll-Up (shown below), click the icon that appears in the top left-hand corner of the roll-up.

3.	In the Object Data Manager (shown below), enter values or text in the Name, Cost, Comments, or CDRStaticId fields.

4.	Click Edit, Select By Properties.

5.	Choose Object Types from the General list box.

6.	Choose Rectangle from the Detail list box.

7.	Click Select to scroll through the rectangles until the chesterfield is selected.

8.	In the Object Data Roll-Up, type "chesterfield " in the Name field.

9.	Repeat this procedure for any other objects to which you wish to assign data.


Adding real-world dimension
Adding real-world dimensions

If you want your illustration to accurately represent the dimensions of the room that you are designing, you can use real world dimensions. These settings can be modified in the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box.


To set up the grid

1.	Click Layout, Grid Setup.

Tip:	Double-clicking the rulers also displays the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box.

2.	In the Grid & Ruler Setup dialog box, click Edit Scale.

3.	From the Typical scales list box, choose 3/32"=1’.

4.	Click OK.

5.	Click the Grid tab, then set the horizontal and vertical frequencies to 0.12 per unit.

6.	Disable the Show Grid and Snap To Grid check boxes.

7.	Click the Ruler tab, then ensure that the Horizontal and Vertical field values in the Origin section are both 0.

8.	Click OK.


The final touches: Grouping the brochure
The final touches

To group the brochure:

Marquee-select each page of the brochure (or double-click the Pick tool, and click the Group button.) You are now left with a brochure, as shown in the final image at the beginning of this lesson.


What's next
What’s next

Working with colors


Working with colors
LESSON 7 Working with colors

This lesson provides an introduction for people who are new to color imaging. Although complete coverage of all the issues regarding this new and rapidly changing technology is beyond the scope of this lesson, some basic introductory information is included.

What’s in store

In this lesson you’ll:

learn about color matching systems, spot colors, and process colors

use the RGB and CMYK color models

choose and create colors

learn about color gamuts


Before you get started

CorelDRAW offers many ways of choosing and creating colors. If your work is to be reproduced in print (as opposed to being used for on-screen presentations only), you must decide on a color specification method: spot color inks or process color inks. CorelDRAW supports both.

For the artistically inclined, CorelDRAW also offers the opportunity to create colors. This can be done using one of three color models: CMYK, RGB, or HSB.


Color matching systems

Using a brand-name color matching system ensures that there are standards being used when you refer to the colors used in a project. Color matching systems are used for printing in color and can be divided into two main categories: spot and process.


Spot colors

Spot colors are created by ink manufacturers and are used whenever there is a need for a precise color (e.g., your corporate logo), or to produce colors that cannot be produced using process colors (e.g., metallic inks). Spot colors are selected from an assortment of hundreds of pre-defined, pre-mixed colors.

Spot color inks are opaque. The light bounces off the ink and is reflected back to the eye. Although overlaying spot colors produces unpredictable results and, therefore, is not generally recommended, CorelDRAW supports PANTONE Spot Colors.


Process colors

Process color inks are largely transparent. Light passes through them and is filtered through the overlaid coats of ink. It then bounces off the paper and is reflected back to the eye. This transparency is what makes the outcome of mixing cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks possible and predictable.

By using process colors, you will never choose a color that is out-of-gamut (cannot be printed). As well, if you have your images printed at a service center, you are assured that the final result will match the swatch color regardless of how the color appears on your monitor.

CorelDRAW supports three proprietary color matching systems based on process inks: TRUMATCH, FOCOLTONE, and PANTONE Process Colors (the equivalent of the PANTONE spot colors, expressed in CMYK values).

For your image editing projects, there are two ways you can use color matching systems. You can choose colors from the manufacturers’ swatch samples, in which case you should ignore the colors that appear on your screen. Or, you can calibrate your system using the Color Manager. This method allows you to choose colors based on how they appear on screen. For more information about the Color Manager, see the online Help.


Color models

CorelDRAW provides a number of color models from which you can choose colors. These include RGB, CMYK, HSB, HLS, L*a*b, and YIQ. If you are printing your work, the CMYK model is recommended. If your work will be displayed solely on screen, use whichever model is most intuitive to you.


RGB model

The RGB model is an additive color model in which three primary colors of light (red, green, and blue) are combined in varying intensities to produce all other colors. Two primary colors, when mixed, produce the secondary colors: cyan, magenta, and yellow. The RGB model is considered an additive color model since adding all three primary colors together creates white. Additive color models are used for television, video monitors, desktop scanners, film recorders, and any color system that mixes light to generate colors.

The screen on your monitor is coated with red, green and blue phosphor dots. Each dot can be a different brightness. Because the dots are so close together and so small, the color you see on your screen is the result of mixing the light from all three dots.

Additive colors (RGB)

Video monitor


To use the RGB model

1.	Click the Color Model button in the Uniform or Fountain Fill dialog box, then select RGB from the Model list box.

2.	Enter a numeric value (0-255) in each of the R, G, and B number boxes. (These values represent the amount of red, green, and blue that go into making the new color.)

The color as you have defined it is displayed in the preview window that appears in the top right-hand corner of the dialog box.

3.	Click OK to apply the new color to the selected object.


CMYK model

The CMYK model is a subtractive color model. A subtractive color model produces color when light is reflected off an object or surface. The reflected light determines what color we see when we look at that object. For example, a perfectly white surface reflects all wavelengths of light. A black surface absorbs all wavelengths. The pink flamingo (shown below) reflects pink and red wavelengths and absorbs all others.

The three primary colors in the subtractive color model are cyan, magenta, and yellow. Two primary colors, when mixed, produce the secondary colors: red, green, and blue (the opposite of the RGB model). Combining all three primaries produces black.

Subtractive colors (CMYK)

Reflected light

The CMYK model is used for images that are to be professionally printed. Unfortunately, because of impurities in the ink pigments, combining equal percentages of cyan, magenta, and yellow inks does not produce pure black. To resolve this, black is added when you print full-color CMYK images. The K designation represents the black component (since B might be confused with blue) of the CMYK model.


To use the CMYK model

1.	Click the Color Model button in the Uniform or Fountain Fill dialog box, then select CMYK from the Model list box.

2.	Enter a numeric value (0-100) in each of the C, M, Y, and K number boxes. (These values represent the percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black that go into making the new color.)

The color as you have defined it is displayed in the preview window that appears in the top right-hand corner of the dialog box.

3.	Click OK to apply the new color to the selected object.

The same procedure is used to create colors using any of the other color models.


HSB model

The HSB model approximates the way that the human eye perceives color. In the HSB model, color is defined by three components: hue, saturation, and brightness.

Hue refers to the name of the color, for example, red or green. Saturation defines the intensity of the color, how deep or vibrant the color is. Brightness defines how much white is added to or removed from the color.


HLS model

The HLS model is a variation of the HSB model and contains three components: hue, lightness, and saturation. The lightness component is similar to the brightness component in the HSB model. Hue and saturation are the same as in the HSB model.


L*a*b model

One of the major problems with using any of the previous color models is that color display can vary from device to device. This is not only true for monitors created by different manufacturers, but also for those created by the same manufacturer. The problem is that monitors differ in their response to an applied voltage and will drift with time.

The L*a*b model is a refinement to the original CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage) model. The L*a*b model attempts to remove device-dependence and is based on the way the human eye perceives color. It contains a luminance (or lightness) component (L) and two chromatic components: the a component (green to red) and the b component (blue to yellow).


YIQ model

The YIQ model was developed with the invention of the color television and was designed to be backwards compatible with black and white television. The Y component contains the luminance information and the I and Q components contain the chroma (or color) information. The Y component contains all the information required to construct a black and white television image (or grayscale). Tuning circuits in your color television separate and recombine the luminance and chroma information back into its RGB so that the image can be displayed on your television screen.


Choosing and creating colors

CorelDRAW allows you to create colors for filling and outlining objects. The dialog box and technique you use for filling and outlining are similar. To create a fill color, use the Uniform Fill dialog box. To create an outline color, use the Outline Color dialog box. The descriptions that follow apply to fills, but are also applicable to the creation of outline colors.


To access the Uniform Fill dialog box

Click the Fill tool in the toolbox, then click the Uniform Fill icon from the flyout.


Choosing an ink type

Printing is the process of laying ink on paper (or other surface). As discussed earlier, inks fall into two categories: spot color inks and process color inks.

Generally, spot colors are used for jobs put together with no more than three colors, or jobs that require specific color matching (such as corporate logos).

Jobs that call for four colors or more are generally printed with process colors to cut costs. Jobs that contain full-color photographs must be printed with process inks.


Choosing from a Color Matching System

CorelDRAW supports four name-brand palettes of pre-mixed colors, also known as Color Matching Systems. One is based on spot colors, the other three on process colors. These systems let you preview colors on commercially printed swatch books and pick the corresponding colors from the on-screen color picker.

Using one of these Color Matching Systems ensures that the colors you chose for your artwork will be printable. Whichever brand-name Color Matching System you choose, the procedure for picking and applying colors is the same.


To choose a color from the Visual Selector

1.	Enable the Palettes button in the Uniform Fill or Outline Color dialog box. (The attributes of the dialog box change.)

2.	Choose a brand-name Color Matching System from the Type list box.

3.	Scroll through the color wells in the Visual Selector (the color palette that appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the dialog box) and click a color. (It is displayed in the New Color box and its name is displayed in the Name field.)

4.	Click OK to apply the color to the selected object.


To choose a color by name

1.	Choose a brand-name Color Matching System from the Type list box.

2.	Click Color Options, then choose Show Color Names from the pop-up submenu that appears.

The Visual Selector is replaced by a list of color names and numbers (as shown below).

3.	Do one of the following:

scroll through the list and click a color name

if you know it, enter the name and number of the color in the Search field.

4.	Click OK to apply the color to the selected object.


Creating custom process colors

CorelDRAW provides three color models for creating process colors: CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black), RGB (red, green, blue), and HSB (hue, saturation, brightness). If you use the RGB or HSB models, CorelDRAW will internally convert the colors to their CMYK equivalents at print time (for color separations and PostScript jobs solely). The conversion will only be an approximation, however, since the RGB and HSB models create color in a fundamentally different way than the CMYK model. If your work is to be printed, it is best to create your colors directly from the CMYK model. The RGB and HSB models are best reserved for on-screen presentations.


To create a custom process color

1.	Choose the color model you want to use from the Model list box.

2.	Regardless of the model selected, you can create custom colors in one of two ways:

by entering a numeric value for each color channel

by clicking in the general area of the desired color in the Visual Selector, and dragging the markers to define your choice

3.	Click OK.


Color gamuts

Gamut refers to the range of colors that can be displayed or printed by a color system. Whether color is reproduced using additive or subtractive methods, there are limits to the number of colors that can be reproduced. The human eye can see the widest range of colors. The photographic gamut (film and photographic paper) has a larger color gamut than an RGB monitor. An RGB monitor has a larger color gamut than that available using CMYK process inks. This is why there is often a disparity between the colors you see in the image on screen and the final printed image.


What's next
What’s next

Wrapping up


Wrapping up

In this tutorial you’ve created five useful and attractive projects, and have made a good start toward mastering CorelDRAW. Now you’re probably eager to try out your new skills on projects of your own.


Where to next?

Many of the instructions in this tutorial can be applied to any number of projects. So keep it handy, and refer to it from time to time. Use it to pinpoint features that you want to research further using CorelDRAW’s online Help.


Build a third party library

CorelDRAW’s popularity has spawned a number of third-party books and magazines. Some are excellent. Each offers something to add to your storehouse of CorelDRAW knowledge. Check them out when you’re browsing in your favorite bookstore, and consider building a CorelDRAW library that will add to your reference alternatives.


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