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Install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

System requirements

Prepare for installation

Install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications

Installation options

Modify and repair installations

Uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Corel accounts and services

Authenticate CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Account settings

Change user credentials

Corel Support Services

What’s new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?

What was new in previous versions

Learning resources

Help and tooltips

Quick Start Guide

Video resources

Developers’ website

Network deployment guide

Web-based resources

Start and set up

Start and quit CorelDRAW

Change the language

Startup settings

CorelDRAW basics

Vector graphics and bitmaps

Start and open drawings

Work with multiple drawings

Undo, redo, and repeat actions

Zoom, pan, and scroll

Preview drawings

Back up and recover files

Add and access drawing information

Explore basic tasks

CorelDRAW.app, CorelDRAW, and Corel Cloud

CorelDRAW workspace tour

CorelDRAW terms

Application window

Standard toolbar

Choose a workspace

Creative tools and content

Change content locations

Acquire applications, plug-ins, and content

Find clipart and other images with the CONNECT Content docker

Use and manage images with the CONNECT Content docker

CONNECT Browser

Find content with the CONNECT Browser

View content in the CONNECT Browser

Use content from the CONNECT Browser

Manage content with the Tray docker

Sync trays with OneDrive

Touchscreen and wheel devices

Using a document management system with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Understanding document management systems

Getting started with Microsoft SharePoint

Checking documents in and out of a document library

Viewing documents and document properties

Lines, shapes, and outlines

Lines, outlines, and brushstrokes

Calligraphic and preset lines

Format lines and outlines

Add arrowheads to lines and curves

Copy, convert, remove, and replace outlines

Brushstrokes and stylus input

Spray objects along a line

Connector and callout lines

Dimension lines

Pressure-sensitive pens and devices

Rectangles and squares

Ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes

Polygons and stars

Predefined shapes

Use shape recognition

Select and move nodes

Align and distribute nodes

Manipulate segments

Copy and cut segments

Add, remove, and join nodes

Transform nodes

Break the path of curve objects

Mirror changes in curve objects

Skew and stretch objects

Smudge and smear objects

Roughen objects

Attract or push away nodes to shape

Apply distortion effects

Add twirl effects

Shape objects by using envelopes

Crop and erase objects

Fillet, scallop, and chamfer corners

Weld and intersect objects

PowerClip objects

Options for nodes, handles, and previews

Symmetrical drawing

Create symmetry

Editing symmetry

Fuse curves in symmetry groups

Remove symmetry and break symmetry links

Objects, symbols, and layers

Transform objects

Copy, duplicate, and delete objects

Create objects from enclosed areas

Create a boundary around objects

Use object coordinates to draw and modify objects

Copy object properties, transformations, and effects

Position objects

Align and distribute objects

Apply object hinting

Alignment guides

Change the order of objects

Size and scale objects

Rotate and mirror objects

Modify objects with the Properties docker

Fit objects to a path

Combine objects

Find and replace objects

Hide and show objects

Constrain objects

Link and embed objects

Insert linked or embedded objects

Edit linked or embedded objects

Insert QR codes

Validate QR codes

View layers, pages, and objects

Change layer properties

Find, move, and copy layers and objects

Create, edit, and delete symbols

Use symbols in drawings

Symbol collections and libraries

Reference: Symbols

Manage and track projects

Set up the project database

Assign and copy object data

Object data summary

Track project time

Color, fills, and transparencies

Document palette

Create and edit color palettes

Organize and show color palettes

Show or hide color palettes

Set color palette properties

Vector and bitmap pattern fills

Two-color pattern fills

PostScript fills

Apply fills to areas

Work with fills

Object transparency

Uniform transparency

Fountain transparency

Pattern transparency

Texture transparency

Copy, freeze, and remove transparencies

Find, manage, and save fills and transparencies

Find and view fills and transparencies

Manage fills and transparencies

Save fills and transparencies

Color management

About color management

Get started with color management

Install, load, and embed color profiles

Assign color profiles

Convert colors to other color profiles

Color-conversion settings

Color management presets

Color management policies

Manage colors when opening documents

Manage colors when importing and pasting files

Manage colors for print

Use a safe CMYK workflow

Manage colors for online viewing

Special effects

Contour objects

Apply perspective

Create extrusions

Create bevel effects

Add drop shadows

Add block shadows

Vector mosaics (Pointillizer effect)

Bitmap mosaics (PhotoCocktail effect)

Add movement and focus

Add and manipulate text

Import and paste text

Add columns to text frames

Combine and link paragraph text frames

Align text to the baseline grid

Find, edit, and convert text

Shift, rotate, mirror, and flip text

Fit text to a path

Special characters, symbols, and glyphs

Choose typefaces and fonts

Format characters

Change text color

Kern a range of characters

Changing text case

OpenType features

Adjust character and word spacing

Adjust line and paragraph spacing

Add bullets to text

Change character position and angle

Add tabs and indents

Formatting codes

Nonprinting characters

Work with text in different languages

Format Asian text

Line-breaking rules for Asian text

OpenType support for Asian text

Format multilingual text

Display text correctly in any language

Change the default font

Substitute fonts

Search for fonts

Acquire more fonts

Corel Font Manager

Spell Check and Grammatik

Work with languages

Customize the writing tools

Checking styles

Check statistics

Reference: Writing tools

Templates and styles

Manage templates

Create templates

Styles and style sets

Create styles and style sets

Apply styles and style sets

Edit styles and style sets

Manage default object properties

Export and import style sheets

Assign keyboard shortcuts to styles or style sets

Find objects that use a specific style or style set

Break the link between objects and styles or style sets

Create and apply color styles

Edit color styles

View color styles

Export and import color styles

Break the link between a color style and an object

Pages and layout

Pages and layout tools

Page background

Add, duplicate, rename, and delete pages

Insert page numbers

Calibrate the rulers

Document grid and pixel grid

Set up guidelines

Modify guidelines

Select, move, and navigate table components

Insert and delete table rows and columns

Resize table cells, rows, and columns

Format tables and cells

Convert tables to text

Merge and split tables and cells

Manipulate tables as objects

Add images, graphics, and backgrounds to tables

Work with bitmaps

Convert vector graphics to bitmaps

Bitmap dimensions and resolution

Straighten bitmaps

Correct perspective distortions

Use Digimarc watermarks to identify bitmaps

Remove dust and scratch marks from bitmaps

Change and mask colors in bitmaps

Image Adjustment Lab

Adjust color and tone

Tone Curve filter

Transform color and tone

Edit bitmaps with Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Apply special effects to bitmaps

Special effects categories

Color transform

Bitmap color modes

Change the color mode of bitmaps

Change bitmaps to black-and-white

Change bitmaps to duotones

Change bitmaps to the paletted color mode

PowerTRACE controls

Preview traced results

Fine-tune traced results

Adjust colors in traced results

Default tracing options

Tips for tracing bitmaps

RAW camera files

Use RAW camera files

Import RAW camera files in CorelDRAW

Adjust the color and tone of RAW camera files

Sharpen RAW camera files and reduce noise

Preview RAW camera files and obtain image information

Print your work

Lay out print jobs

Fine-tune print jobs

Print colors accurately

Print to a PostScript printer

Preflight summaries

Prepare files for print service providers

Prepare for a print service provider

Imposition layouts

Printers’ marks

Maintain OPI links

Color separations

Color trapping and overprinting

In-RIP trapping settings

Prepare banners for printing

Work with a print service provider

Create objects for the web

Create pixel-perfect graphics for the web

Export bitmaps for the web

Export and upload bitmaps to WordPress

Save and apply web presets

Export objects with transparent colors and backgrounds

Web-compatible text

Bookmarks and hyperlinks

Add hotspots and alternate text to objects

Import and export files

PDF hyperlinks, bookmarks, and thumbnails

Reduce PDF file size

Text and fonts in PDF files

Encode PDF files

View options for EPS files

PDF color management options

PDF security options

Optimize PDF files

PDF preflight summaries

Prepare PDF files for a print provider

Work with office productivity applications

Import files from office productivity applications

Export files to office productivity applications

Add objects to documents

Supported file formats

Adobe Illustrator (AI)

Adobe Type 1 Font (PFB)

Windows Bitmap (BMP)

OS/2 Bitmap (BMP)

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)

CorelDRAW (CDR)

Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX)

Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT)

Corel Symbol Library (CSL)

Cursor Resource (CUR)

Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, or RTF)

Microsoft Publisher (PUB)

Corel DESIGNER (DES, DSF, DS4, or DRW)

AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG) and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

PostScript (PS or PRN)

JPEG 2000 (JP2)

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD)

PaintBrush (PCX)

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

HPGL Plotter File (PLT)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Adobe Photoshop (PSD)

Corel Painter (RIF)

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Adobe Flash (SWF)

TrueType Font (TTF)

WordPerfect Document (WPD)

WordPerfect Graphic (WPG)

RAW camera file formats

Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (WI)

Windows Metafile Format (WMF)

Additional file formats

Recommended formats for importing graphics

Recommended formats for exporting graphics

General notes on importing text files

Customize and automate

Setting basic preferences

Disabling warning messages

Viewing system information

Customize CorelDRAW

Save and restore defaults

Create workspaces

Import and export workspaces

Customize workspace appearance

Customize keyboard shortcuts

Customize menus

Customize toolbars

Customize the toolbox

Customize the property bar

Customize the status bar

Customize filters

Use macros and scripts to automate tasks

JavaScript scripts

CorelDRAW for Adobe Illustrator users

Comparing terminology

Comparing tools

Using the Adobe Illustrator workspace