CorelDRAW Help | Reference: Symbols

Property	Notes
Position	Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Position objects.
Size	Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Size and scale objects.
Scale	Percentage is relative to the symbol definition. Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Size and scale objects.
Skew	For more information, see Skew and stretch objects.
Rotation angle	Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Rotate and mirror objects.
Transparency	Uniform transparency only. Can be modified in the Symbol section of the Properties docker.
Mirror	Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Rotate and mirror objects.
Wrap text	Can be modified in the Summary section of the Properties docker. Can also be modified on the property bar. For more information, see To wrap paragraph text around an object, artistic text, or a text frame.
Order	Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Change the order of objects.
Name	The name of an instance is displayed in the Symbols docker. Click twice to change it.

Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Position objects.

Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Size and scale objects.

Percentage is relative to the symbol definition. Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Size and scale objects.

Skew

For more information, see Skew and stretch objects.

Rotation angle

Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Rotate and mirror objects.

Transparency

Uniform transparency only. Can be modified in the Symbol section of the Properties docker.

Mirror

Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Rotate and mirror objects.

Wrap text

Can be modified in the Summary section of the Properties docker. Can also be modified on the property bar. For more information, see To wrap paragraph text around an object, artistic text, or a text frame.

Order

Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see Change the order of objects.

Name

The name of an instance is displayed in the Symbols docker. Click twice to change it.

Unsupported object type	Notes
Linked or embedded objects	Includes bar codes
Objects with lenses that are not frozen	Lenses must be frozen.
Control objects in link groups (such as drop shadows, contours, blends, bevels, and extrusions)	All related objects in the link group must be included in the symbol. For example, if an object has a drop shadow, you cannot convert the object without the drop shadow. Alternatively, you can break the group apart.
Objects with Artistic Media effects applied	Spray effects must be broken apart into curve objects. Other Artistic Media effects must be either broken apart, or converted as a link group. Spray effects that contain transparencies cannot be converted to symbols.
Print merge fields
Linked bitmaps
Placed PDF or EPS files
Locked object	Object must be unlocked.
Paragraph text
Connector and dimension lines	Must be broken apart or included with the linked object or objects
Guidelines
Rollovers	You cannot convert a rollover to a symbol; however, you can include a symbol instance in a rollover state.
Objects with transparency or transparency effects applied	Transparency effects must be converted to a bitmap.

Unsupported object type

Notes

Linked or embedded objects

Includes bar codes

Objects with lenses that are not frozen

Lenses must be frozen.

Control objects in link groups (such as drop shadows, contours, blends, bevels, and extrusions)

All related objects in the link group must be included in the symbol. For example, if an object has a drop shadow, you cannot convert the object without the drop shadow. Alternatively, you can break the group apart.

Objects with Artistic Media effects applied

Spray effects must be broken apart into curve objects. Other Artistic Media effects must be either broken apart, or converted as a link group. Spray effects that contain transparencies cannot be converted to symbols.

Print merge fields

Linked bitmaps

Placed PDF or EPS files

Locked object

Object must be unlocked.

Paragraph text

Connector and dimension lines

Must be broken apart or included with the linked object or objects

Guidelines

Rollovers

You cannot convert a rollover to a symbol; however, you can include a symbol instance in a rollover state.

Objects with transparency or transparency effects applied

Transparency effects must be converted to a bitmap.

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