CorelDRAW

I. Part I – Diving In

A.Introduction
How This Book Is Structured
What You?ll Need
Conventions Used in This Book

B.Hour 1 - Dive In! Having Fun with CorelDRAW 9
Welcome to CorelDRAW 9
Taking a Quick Look Around
Drawing Straight Lines
Drawing Curved Lines
Selecting Objects
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C.Hour 2 – Creating Artistic Text
Working with Artistic Text
Creating Artistic Text
The Text Property Bar
Formatting Text
Editing and Formatting Text Characters
Assigning Text Fill and Outline Color
Managing Fonts with the Font Navigator
Inserting Symbols
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D.Hour 3 – Working with Shapes
Working with Rectangles
Creating Ellipses and Circles
Drawing Polygons
Drawing Spirals
Drawing Graph Paper Grids
Editing Shapes
Sizing Shapes
Rotating Objects
Moving Shapes from Front to Back
Transforming Shapes
Selecting Fill Colors from Palettes
Selecting Outline Colors
Copying Shapes
Saving Your Drawing
Printing Files
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II.Orchestrating Your Illustration

A. Hour 4 – Controlling the CorelDRAW 9 Environment
Viewing Property Bars and Toolbars
What?s on the Standard Toolbar?
Working with Docker Windows
Managing Docker Windows
Interpreting the Status Bar
Defining Default Outline and Fill Settings
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B. Hour 5 – Setting Up Page Layout
Defining Page Size
Customizing Your CorelDRAW 9 Page Layout
Defining Nudge and Duplicate Distance Properties
Using Guidelines and Grids
Working with Views
Controlling Objects
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C. Hour 6 – Defining Outlines
Creating Outlines
Defining Default Outlines
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D. Hour 7 – Mixing Up Fills
Uniform Color Fills
Spot Colors Versus Process Colors
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III.Working with Curves

A.Hour 8 – Drawing and Editing Freehand Curves
Draw Freehand Curves
Closed Curves
Edit Curve Nodes
Edit Artistic Text Nodes
Drawing with the Artistic Media Tool
A Quick Look at Dimension, Connector, and Flow Lines
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B.Hour 9 – Bezier Curves
Trace with the Bezier Tool
Draw Curves with the Bezier Tool
Editing Bezier Curves
Fit Text to Paths
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C.Hour 10 – Working with Shapes and Curves
Editing Shapes
Transforming Shapes to Curves
Editing Curves
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IV.Adding Effects

A.Hour 11 – Working with Bitmap Images in CorelDRAW 9
What are Bitmap Images?
Why Edit Bitmap Images in CorelDRAW?
Where to Get Bitmap Images
Applying Effects to Bitmaps
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B.Hour 12 – Lenses and PowerClips
Creating Lenses
Applying PowerClips
Defining Interactive Transparency
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C.Hour 13 – Blends and Contours
Working with Blends
Defining Contours
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D.Hour 14 – Working with Perspective
Applying Perspective
Enclosing Objects in Envelopes
Wild Effects with Extrusion
Adding Interactive Shadowing
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V.Handling Complex Drawings

A.Hour 15 – Designing with Paragraph Text
Create Paragraph Text and Check Spelling
Assigning Effects to Paragraph Text
Adjust Line and Word Spacing
Shape Text with Envelopes
Flow Text Between Frames
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B.Hour 16 – Managing Layers and Pages
Working with Multiple Pages
Navigating with the Object Manager
Creating a Master Layer
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C.Hour 17 – Importing and Exporting Objects
Many Ways to Transfer Objects
Exporting Paragraph Text
Importing Paragraph Text
Importing Graphic Objects into CorelDRAW
Copying Objects from CorelDRAW
Exporting Objects from CorelDRAW
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D.Hour 18 – Printing
Printing with Your Printer
Bringing Your Publication to a Commercial Printer
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E.Hour 19 – From CorelDRAW to the World Wide Web
Using Web-Compatible Colors
Saving Objects as Web-Compatible Graphics
Publishing Your Illustration as a Web Page
Final Advice on CorelDRAW 9
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VI.Photo-Paint

A.Hour 20 – Diving into Photo-Paint
A Brief Introduction to Bitmap Images
Setting Up the Environment
Creating a new Bitmap Image
Setting Colors and Fills
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B.Hour 21 – Painting Text
Choosing Different Types of Fills
Anti-aliased Text
Editing a Text Object
Using the Objects Docker
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C.Hour 22 – Painting Bitmap Objects
A Quick Introduction to Masks
Painting Shapes
Modifying Paint Modes
Changing Fill Colors
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D.Working with Objects
Ordering Objects
Grouping Objects
Aligning Objects
Transforming Objects
Object Transparency Tool
Working with Paintbrushes
Paint Tool
Effect Tool
Spraying Images
Cloning
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E.Having Too Much Fun with Masks
Working with Masks
More Mask Tools
Mask Effects
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