Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To edit default object properties
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To set the current style settings as the new document defaults

Managing default object properties

The default object properties in CorelDRAW control the appearance of text and graphic objects in the active document. For example, when you install CorelDRAW for the first time, the default properties for graphic objects determine that each new graphic object has a black outline and no fill.

You can modify the default properties of the following types of objects: artistic media, artistic text, callout, dimension, graphic, and paragraph text. When you modify the defaults, CorelDRAW automatically saves these changes to the current document. If you want to use the custom settings in subsequent documents that you create, you can set them as the new document defaults.

You can specify which object styles, style sets, color styles, or default object properties in the active drawing are set as the new document defaults.

To edit default object properties Back to Top
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Click Tools Object styles.
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In the Object styles docker, open the Default object properties folder, and select an object type.
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Modify the attributes you want.
Any changes you make are applied to all new objects in the active document and are automatically saved with the document.

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Undo changes by reverting selected default properties to the new document defaults
Do one of the following:
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Click the Revert to new document default button next to the object type.
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Right-click the object type, and choose Revert to new document default.
Undo changes to the default object properties for all object types by reverting to the new document defaults
Do one of the following:
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Click the Revert all to new document default button next to the Default object properties folder.
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Right-click the Default object properties folder, and click Revert all to new document default.
Set selected object properties as the default settings for new documents
Do one of the following:
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Click the Set as new document default button next to the object type.
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Right-click the object type, and click Set as new document default.

You can also edit the default object properties by deselecting all objects in the document window, clicking a color or a color style on a palette, or choosing a control that lets you change fill, outline, or text properties, and then enabling the respective check boxes in the Change document defaults dialog box.
You can also edit the default object properties while editing any object in the document window. Right-click the Default object properties folder in the Objects styles docker, and choose Update default properties while editing objects. Any change you make to an object becomes the default setting for new objects.
To set the current style settings as the new document defaults Back to Top
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Click Tools Object styles.
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In the Object styles docker, click the Import, export, or save defaults button, and click Set as new document defaults.
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Enable the check boxes for the settings that you’d like to save as the default settings for new documents.
You can also save settings as the default settings for new documents by using the Options dialog box. For more information, see Saving defaults.
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