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Getting started

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is an intuitive graphic design application that gives designers an enjoyable work experience.

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work in advertising, printing, publishing, sign making, engraving or manufacturing, CorelDRAW X5 offers the

tools you need to create accurate and creative vector illustrations and professional-looking page layouts.

Menu bar: The area

containing pull-down

menu options.

Toolbox: A floating bar

with tools for creating,

filling, and modifying

objects in the drawing.

Drawing window: The

area outside the drawing

page bordered by the

scroll bars and

application controls.

Drawing page: The

rectangular area inside

the drawing window. It is

the printable area of your

work area.

Property bar: A

detachable bar with

commands that relate to

the active tool or object.

Docker: A window

containing available

commands and settings

relevant to a specific tool

or task.

Color palette: A

dockable bar that

contains color swatches.

Document palette: A

palette specific to the

current open document.

Navigator: A button at

the lower-right corner

that opens a smaller

display to help you move

around a drawing.

Title bar: Displays the title of

the open document.

Rulers: Used to determine the size

and position of objects in a drawing.

Standard toolbar: A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to

menu and other commands, such as opening, saving and printing.

Document navigator: The area at the bottom left of the application

window that contains controls for moving between pages and adding pages.

Status bar: Contains information about object properties such as

type, size, color, fill and resolution. The status bar also shows the

current mouse position.

CorelDRAW X5 toolbox

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H. The Ellipse flyout lets you

access the Ellipse and 3-Point Ellipse

tools.

I. The Object flyout

lets you access the Polygon, Star,

Complex Star, Graph paper and

Spiral tools.

J. The Basic Shapes

flyout lets you access the Basic

shapes, Arrow shapes, Flowchart

shapes, Banner shapes and Callout

shapes tools.

K. The Text tool lets you type words

directly on the screen as artistic or

paragraph text.

L. The Table tool lets you draw

and edit tables.

M. The Dimension tool

lets you draw Parallel, Vertical, Horizontal

Angular, Segment and 3-Point callouts.

O. The Interactive

tools flyout lets you access the

Interactive blend, Interactive contour,

Interactive distortion, Interactive

drop shadow, Interactive envelope,

Interactive extrude and Interactive

transparency tools.

P. The Eydropper flyout lets you

access the Color eyedropper and the

Attributes eyedropper tools.

Q.

The flyout lets you access the

Outline and Outline color dialog

boxes, a selection of outlines of various

widths and the Color Docker window.

Outline

pen

R. The Fill flyout

lets you access the Fill color, Fountain

fill, Pattern fill, Texture fill and

PostScript fill dialog boxes, indicate no

fill and the Color Docker.

S. The Interactive fill flyout lets

you access Interactive fill and

Interactive mesh fill tools.

N. Straight Line Connector tool

lets you access the Straight Line, Right Angle,

Right Angle Rounded and Edit Anchor tool.

B. The Shape edit flyout

lets you access the Shape, Smudge

brush, Roughen brush and Free

transform tools.

A. The Pick tool lets you select and

size, skew and rotate objects.

C. The Crop tool flyout lets

you access the Crop, Knife, Eraser,

and Virtual segment delete tools.

D. The Zoom flyout lets you

access the Zoom and Hand tools.

E. The Curve

flyout lets you access the Freehand,

2-Point line, Bézier, Artistic media, Pen,

B-spline, Polyline and the 3-Point curve.

access the Smart fill and Smart

drawing tools.

F. The Smart tools flyout lets you

G. The Rectangle flyout lets you

access the Rectangle and 3-Point

Rectangle tools.

Here’s a snapshot:

The welcome screen

Opens recent files

so you can

continue working

where you left off.

Starts a new

graphic with the

current default

template.

Starts a new

graphic using the

template of your

choice.

Allows you to

open an existing

file.

The Welcome screen provides users with a centralized location to

access recently-used documents, templates and learning tools,

which include Tips & Tricks and video tutorials. The Welcome screen

also includes a gallery that showcases designs created by

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users around the world.

Working with pages and layout tools

You can customize and display page rulers, grids and guidelines to

help you organize objects and place them exactly where you want.

To view or hide grids, guidelines and rulers, open the View menu and

toggle the check mark next to the layout command.

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CorelDRAW ConceptShare™ is a valuable collaboration tool that lets

you share designs and ideas and receive real-time feedback from

clients in a Web-based environment. You can create multiple

workspaces, upload your designs, and invite others to post comments.

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CorelDRAW ConceptShare

You can have objects snap to grid lines, guidelines or other objects,

so that when an object is moved near a snapping point, the target will be

highlighted and releasing the object will lock it to the snapping point.

Snapping

Setting up the grid

The grid is a series of intersecting dashed lines or dots that you

can use to precisely align and position objects in the drawing window.

To set up the grid dimensions, click View menu, Grid and Ruler Setup.

Dynamic guides help you precisely move, align and draw objects in

relation to other objects. Dynamic guides are temporary guidelines that

you can pull from object snap points, such as edge, node, center,

midpoint and quadrant.

Dynamic guides

To activate dynamic guides, move an

object over the snap point of the object

that you are aligning with.

Working with objects

Before you can change an object, you must select it by clicking on it

with the Pick tool (Use SHIFT to select multiple objects). This

activates the Sizing handles. Clicking on a selected object activates

the Rotation handles.

45° (1.5 in)

When you group two or more objects, they are treated as a single

unit. Grouping lets you apply the same formatting, properties,

and other changes to all the objects within the group at the same time.

Sizing handles let

you change the

dimensions of an

object proportionally

by preserving its

aspect ratio.

Stretching handles

let you change an

object’s vertical and

horizontal dimensions

non proportionally.

You can position a selected object by

dragging its to a

new location, or by nudging it using the

Arrow Keys, (+ CTRL = Nudge ÷ 2 or

SHIFT = Nudge X 2).

Positioning handle

Rotation handles

let you spin an

object around its

rotation.

Skewing handles

let you slant an

object.

The

can be

dragged to a new

location to change

the effect of the

Rotation handles.

Center of

Rotation

Dynamic Guides help you precisely

move, align and draw objects in

relation to other objects.

Working with layers

printable

visible

grouped

objects

editable layer

name

Layers are edited independently for each page of

your document. Local, independent guidelines can

be added for individual pages and master guidelines

can be added for the entire document.

Guidelines

Guidelines are lines that can be placed any-

where in the drawing window to aid in object

placement. After you add a guideline, you can

select it, move it, rotate it, lock it in place or

delete it.

Add guidelines by dragging from the vertical or

horizontal rulers into the drawing window or

click View menu, Guideline Setup.

Calibrating the rulers

You can have one inch on your screen equal one inch of “real”

distance. You need a clear plastic ruler for comparing real-world and

on-screen distances.

Click Tools; in Options under Workspaces,

select Toolbox and click Zoom/Hand tool

Click Calibrate Rulers. Place a clear

plastic ruler under the on-screen

horizontal ruler

Click the up or down arrows on the

Horizontal box to match one unit of

measurement on the actual ruler

Repeat for the vertical ruler

Working with pages

You can begin working on a drawing by specifying settings for the

size of the page (standard or custom) and the orientation

(landscape or portrait). You can also add and delete pages.

To access the Page Property bar, use the Pick tool to click in the

Drawing Window

Choose a

preset

page size in

the Paper

list box.

Specify a custom page

size by type values in the

Width and Height boxes.

Set the page orientation

to Landscape or Portrait Use the Current Page

size and orientation for

an individual page in a

multi-page document

Select the

Unit of

Measure

you want

to work in

Go to the

first page

Open Go To

Page dialog

Go to the

Go to the

last page

next page

Use the Page Tab to go to a

specific page

Right-click a page tab to

open the context menu

Go to the

previous page page

Add a new

the right template. You can browse, preview or

search for templates by name, category,

keywords or notes. You can also view useful

information about the template, such as category

and style.

When starting a new project, you can easily find

Templates and search capability

button to set the page

Working with tables

Objects in a drawing exist in a stacking

order, usually the order in which they

are created or imported. To change the

order of selected objects, use the

Arrange / Order menu.

A table provides a structured layout that lets you present

text or images within a drawing. You can draw a table, or

you can create a table from paragraph text. You can easily

change the look of a table by modifying the table properties

and formatting. In addition, because tables are objects, you

can manipulate them in various ways. You can also import

existing tables from a text file or a spreadsheet.

Ellipses

You can draw an ellipse or circle (when using the CTRL

key) by dragging diagonally with the Ellipse tool, which

you can then change to an arc or pie shape by using

the Property bar.

The 3-Point Ellipse tool lets you quickly create an

ellipse at an angle, eliminating the need to rotate

the ellipse.

Complex shapes

You can use the Object flyout to draw polygons, grids, spirals

and two types of stars: perfect and complex. Use the Property

bar of each tool to change the number of sides, points, columns,

rows and revolutions.

Predefined shapes

Using the Perfect Shapes collection, you can

draw Basic, Arrow, Flowchart, Banner and Callout

shapes. Use the shape’s type picker on the

Property bar to select a specific shape from the

category. You can then drag a to modify

the appearance of some shapes.

glyph

Rectangles

By dragging diagonally with the Rectangle tool, you

can draw a rectangle or a square (when constrained

with the CTRL key).

The 3-Point Rectangle tool lets you quickly draw

rectangles at an angle.

Drawing lines and curves

CorelDRAW X5 provides various drawing tools that let you draw

curved and straight lines, and lines containing both curved and

straight segments. The line segments are connected by nodes,

which are depicted as small squares. The line tools can be

accessed through the Curve flyout.

The Freehand and Polyline tools from the Curve

flyout let you draw freehand lines as if you were

sketching on a sketchpad.

To draw a straight segment, click where you want to

start the line segment, and then click where you want

to end it

To draw a curved segment, click where you want to

start the segment and drag across the drawing page

Drawing Shapes

CorelDRAW offers a wide variety of tools for drawing shapes.

The Bézier and Pen tools let

you draw lines one segment at a

time by placing each node with

precision and controlling the shape

of each curved segment.

Adding and formatting text

There are two types of text you can add to drawings: artistic

text and paragraph text. You can also import existing text from

an external file or paste from Windows clipboard.

Artistic text can be used to add short lines of

text to which you can apply a wide range of

effects, such as drop shadows or envelopes.

add artistic text to an open or

closed path.

You can also

Artistic text

B

Paragraph text can be used for larger

bodies of text that have greater formatting

requirements. When adding a paragraph

frame, you must first drag the text tool to

create a text frame.

Paragraph text

Fit text to a path

To fit text to a path, select text, go

to Text menu and click Fit Text to

Path. Use the dynamic preview to

position text on the desired path and

click to attach text to the path.

Tip: Click the text tool and

point to a path, when the

cursor changes to Fit to

Path, click to add text

Easy font identification

You can quickly identify the font in a client’s artwork by capturing a

sample and sending it to the WhatTheFont page of the MyFonts

website (available in English only): www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont.

Tip: Click the Text tool and

position the cursor inside the

shape’s outline. When the cursor

changes to the text cursor, click to

add text.

Click the Table tool

Type values in the Number of Rows and Columns boxes on the

Property bar

Drag diagonally to draw the table

When you sample color with the Eyedropper tool in CorelDRAW X5, the

Apply Color mode is automatically activated so that you can

immediately apply the sampled color.

An eyedropper tool is also conveniently located throughout in various

color dialog boxes to let you sample and match colors from a document

without closing the dialog box.

Eyedropper and Paintbucket

To create a table:

The B-spline tool lets you draw curved lines by

setting control points that shape the curve

without breaking it into segments.

Shaping objects

To start changing the shape of an object, click it with the

Shape tool to display its nodes. Each type of object

provides a specialized set of shaping methods.

Objects created with Shape tools like the Rectangle tool need to be

converted to curves in order to edit the Rectangle tool nodes. To convert

an object to curves do the following:

Select object with Pick tool

Go to Arrange menu and click Convert to Curves or use shortcut

key CTRL + Q

Select Rectangle with Shape tool

Click and drag any corner node to adjust

rounding

To create a pie shape from an

ellipse, click and drag a node,

keeping the pointer inside the

ellipse.

To shape a polygon by mirror editing, click

and drag a node in any desired direction

Drag in to center for star shape

Shaping lines and curves

You can shape curve and line objects by manipulating their nodes

and segments, and by adding and deleting nodes.

Objects created using the basic shape tools, such as

Rectangle, Ellipse or Polygon tools have unique shaping

methods and often provide a glyph or oversized node to

adjust their particular shape properties.

Double-click on the path to add a new node, or click on the

path and press the Add Node button on the Property bar.

Select the nodes to remove and press Delete, or select

the node(s) and press Delete Node from Property bar

Rounded rectangles

Shaping ellipses:

Shaping polygons and stars:

Converting to curves:

Add a node:

Delete a node:

Contour

Drop Shadow

Bevel effect

Color dialog

Adding 3D effects

You can create the illusion of three-dimensional depth in objects by

adding contour, perspective, extrusion, bevel, or drop shadow

effects.

Open the Contour Docker from the

Tools menu

Select an object and adjust the

Contour Docker settings and click Apply

Direction: Outside, Offset: 0.03

Steps: 3, Fill Color: Yellow

Open the Interactive Tools flyout, and

click the Interactive Drop Shadow tool

Click an object

Drag from the center or side of the

object until the drop shadow is the

size you want, or select a preset

from the Property bar

Specify attributes on the Property bar

Windows, Dockers menu. You can

choose from the following bevel

styles:

Soft Edge – creates beveled

surfaces that appear shaded in some

areas

Emboss – makes an object appear

as a relief

Open the Bevel Docker from the

Bevel effects can contain both spot

and process (CMYK) colors, so they

are ideal for printing.

When you add a Drop Shadow,

you can change its perspective

and you can adjust attributes

such as color, opacity, fade

level, angle and feathering

before emboss soft edge

To create an arc from an

ellipse, click and drag a node,

keeping the pointer outside of

the ellipse.

Reduce nodes

Marquee select nodes with Shape tool

Click Reduce Nodes on Property bar

Choosing color from a palette

To fill a selected closed object with a solid (uniform) color, left-

click a color swatch from the color palette

To change the outline color, right-click a color swatch

Mix colors by selecting an object, pressing Ctrl, and clicking

another color on the color palette

Click and hold a color swatch to select a neighboring color

Drag and drop color

To change an outline color, drag a color swatch

onto an object and drop it when the outline

cursor appears.

To change the fill of a closed object, drag a

color swatch onto an object and drop when the

fill cursor appears

Starting node

Control point

Control handle

Node

Ending node

(Indicates curve direction)

Select the Pen Outline dialog from

the Pen Tool flyout menu on the

Toolbox

Select the Fill Color dialog or the

Fountain Fill from the Fill tool on

the toolbox

Filling and outlining objects

You can add colored fills to the inside of objects or

other enclosed areas, as well as change the color

of their outlines.

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Corel CONNECT™ is a full-screen browser that

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synchronizes with both CorelDRAW X5 and

Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ X5. Corel CONNECT

provides an easy and quick way of finding

content on your computer, local network, Corel

content DVD and selected websites. You can

browse or search for clipart, photo images,

fonts, symbols, objects and file formats that are

supported, as well as content that is not

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supported by CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5.

The new Pixels view lets you create drawings in actual pixel units,

providing a more accurate representation of how a design will appear on

the Web. Accessible from the View menu, the Pixels view mode helps

you align objects more accurately.

The new Export for Web dialog box provides a single access point for

common export controls, eliminating the need to open additional dialog

boxes when preparing a file for export. It

also lets you compare the results of

various filter settings before you commit

to an output format, making it easier to

achieve optimal results. In addition, you

can specify object transparencies and

matting colors for anti-aliased edges—all

with real-time preview.

Convert your bitmap images into high-quality vector objects with even

more precision and smoothness, thanks to the greatly enhanced Corel

PowerTRACE. You can trace an image in one step by using the Quick

Trace command. Alternatively, you can choose a suitable tracing method

and preset style and then use the Corel PowerTRACE controls to

preview and adjust the traced results. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

offers two methods for tracing bitmaps: Centerline trace and Corel

Outline trace. CorelDRAW offers two methods for tracing bitmaps:

Centerline Trace and Outline Trace. Centerline tracing with Corel

PowerTRACE produces more accurate curves or strokes for tracing

technical illustrations, line drawings, or signatures. Improved smoothing,

color, and corner control help you

optimize traced results.

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Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 provides greater control when converting

images to grayscale by letting you choose the range of colors used in the

conversion. This eliminates results that appear washed out because of

predominant blues or reds in the original photo. The new dialog box

provides a preview window, which lets you adjust the colors to create a

more realistic conversion.

A collection of new and enhanced

drawing tools includes a B-Spline

tool, an Object Coordinates docker,

scalable arrowheads, enhanced

Connector and Dimension tools, and

the new Segment Dimension tool.

The B-Spline tool lets you create

smooth curves with fewer nodes than curves drawn by using freehand

paths. For maximum precision, the Object Coordinates

docker lets you specify both the size of a new object and its location

on the page.

You can now create chamfered, scalloped or round

corners from the Rectangle Property bar. When you

stretch a rectangle rounded corners are preserved

without distortion, and the original radius of a corner is

maintained during scaling. In addition, corners are

now expressed in units of true radii, which makes

them easier to work with. You can stretch rectangles

with scalloped, chamfered and round corners without

distorting the corners.

Pixels view

Export for Web dialog box

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Corel PowerTRACE X5

Drawing tools

Convert to grayscale

Round corners

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What’s new and enhanced in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5

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Corel CONNECT™

The Mesh Fill tool lets you design multicolored

filled objects with more fluid color transitions. The

Smooth Mesh Color option on the Property bar,

and the Eyedropper and Color Picker, make it

easier to select or sample color for the mesh, so

you can achieve color transitions that retain the

color richness.

One other addition of note is the Transparency

Per Node option, which allows you to reveal

objects behind individual nodes or patches in a

mesh.

CorelDRAW X5 introduces a Create a New Document dialog box,

which provides a selection of presets for page size, document

resolution, preview mode, color mode and color profiles.

The enhanced Color Palette Manager Docker includes new

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PANTONE profiles such as the PANTONE Goe™

system and the Fashion+Home palette. The Color

Palette Manager makes it easier to create, organize

and show or hide both default and custom color

palettes. You can create Web-specific RGB palettes

or print-specific CMYK palettes. For optimal color

consistency, you can also add third-party color

palettes when working with multiple applications.

With both CorelDRAW X5 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT

X5, a custom color palette is automatically created

on the fly for each design project. The palette is saved with the file,

which gives you quick access to this project’s colors in the future.

For CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the color management engine

has been completely redesigned. The new Default Color

Management Settings dialog box lets you set default color profiles,

policies and rendering intents for each application. This new

approach helps you easily achieve accurate color representation

while also providing greater control for more advanced users.

With the introduction of the Document Color Settings dialog box, you

can adjust color settings that apply only to the current document.

These document-specific settings override the

default application settings while you are working

on that file.

All color proof settings are grouped within a single

docker, which lets you save presets and prepare

artwork for various output devices more efficiently.

The docker helps you save time by providing a list

of output devices which you can choose from to preview the output.

When seeking approval from clients, you can easily export soft

proofs and print hard proofs from the docker.

The addition of the Eyedropper tool to various color dialog boxes

lets you conveniently sample and

match colors from a document

without closing the dialog box. The

Eyedropper tool is also available on

color palettes, as well as in color

pickers on the Property bar.

Document/Image dialog box

Color Palette Manager docker

Document/Image palettes

Global color management

Document Color Settings

Color proof settings

Color sampling options

Mesh Fill tool

B-Spline

Keyboard shortcuts

Help Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom to All

SHIFT+ What’s This? Zoom to Sel. Change Case Zoom to Page

CTRL+ View Docker

ALT+ Linear Dim Lens Docker Exit

Last Tool Rectangle Ellipse Text

SHIFT+

CTRL+ Styles Docker Next Window Convert Text

ALT+ Move Docker Rotate Docker

Full Screen Shape Fountain Fill Outline Pen

SHIFT+ Toggle Disp. Uniform Fill Outline Color

CTRL+ Text Options Symbols Spell Check

ALT+ Scale Docker Size Docker VBA Editor Align to Base

F1 F4F3F2

F5 F8F7F6

F9 F12F11F10

Keyboard alignment shortcuts

Function keys

To view all shortcut keys, go to: Tools, Options, Commands, Shortcut Keys, View All

Toolbox

Toggle between

Pick & Last Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . Space

Pick & Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Space

View

Refresh Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+W

Full Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Toggle Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+F9

Pan Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alt+Arrow

Marquee Zoom In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Zoom Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Zoom to:

All Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+F4

Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+F2

Arranged Selected

Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+G

Ungroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+U

Break Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+K

Combine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+L

Convert to Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Q

Order:

Back One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+PgDn

Forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One Ctrl+PgUp

To Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+PgDn

To Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift+PgUp

File

Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+O

Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+S

New Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+N

Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+I

Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+E

Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+P

Text

Align to Baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alt+F12

Bulleted Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+M

Convert Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+F8

Edit Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Shift+T

Format Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+T

Edit

Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+C

Copy Properties From . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Shift+A

Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+X

Delete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delete

Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+D

Paste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+V

Redo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Shift+Z

Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+R

Step & Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Shift+D

Undo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ctrl+Z

Discover raster editing features

When importing RAW files directly from your digital camera, you

can view information about file properties and camera settings,

adjust image color and tone, and improve image quality. Interactive

controls let you preview changes quickly.

Edit images more efficiently by previewing changes and comparing

results in real time as you adjust image tone, apply effects or process

RAW camera files.

The Image Adjustment Lab consists of automatic and manual controls,

which are organized in a logical order for image correction. By starting in

the upper-right corner and working your way down, you can select only

the controls you need to correct the problems specific to your image. It is

best to crop or retouch any areas of the image before beginning the color

and tone corrections.

Importing and exporting files

C orelDRAW allows you to import or export a wide variety of file

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 offers a large number of features to

and efficiently manipulate many raster formats.effectively

CorelDRAW lets you import files (Ctrl+I) created in other

applications. For example, you can import a Portable Document

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Format (PDF), JPEG, or Adobe Illustrator (AI) file. You can import a

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file and place it in the active application window as an object. You

can also resize and center a file as you import it. The imported file

becomes part of the active file.

While importing a bitmap, you can resample it to

reduce the file size, or crop it to eliminate unused

areas of the photo. You can also crop a bitmap to

select only the

exact area and

size of the

image you want

to import.

To make importing easier, you can sort the file

types by most recent, extension, text or

description.

Importing files

Exporting files

You can export (Ctrl+E) and save images to a variety of file

formats that can be used in other applications. For example, you

can export a file to the Adobe Illustrator (AI) or GIF format.

Some file formats may not support all the features that a

CorelDRAW (CDR) file has, so it is a good idea to save the

original file as a CorelDRAW (CDR) file before exporting it.

TIP: If you are importing a text

file, have the Text tool selected

when you import. This will filter

out any non-text file types in the

list box.

RAW camera file support

The Straighten image dialog box lets you

straighten bitmap images quickly. This feature is

useful for straightening photos that were taken or

scanned at an angle.

Image Straightening Lab

Histogram feedback

Image Adjustment Lab

formats.

T - Top

B - Bottom

L - Left R - RightP - Center of PageE - Even

C - Center