Corel DESIGNER Help | Managing content

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To add content to a tray

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To add content to a folder

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To remove content from a tray

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To create a tray

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To change the folder to which trays are saved

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To work with trays

Managing content

You can organize your content by using trays or by adding content files to specific folders on your computer.

A tray is useful for gathering content from various folders. While the files are referenced in the tray, they actually remain in their original location. You can add and remove content from the tray. The tray is shared between CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel CONNECT. You can also open files from the tray to preview them more easily.

You can create trays so that you can organize your content. Trays are saved to your user folder with .Tray file extensions. You can change the default folder to which trays are saved. For example, you can save a tray to a network folder to share it with others.

You can rename trays to give them meaningful names. When working with multiple trays, you can close some trays temporarily to avoid clutter. You can easily reopen a tray when you need it. In addition, you can load a tray file that is not listed among the available trays. You can delete a tray at any time.

To add content to a tray

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Select one or more thumbnails in the viewing pane, and drag them to the tray.

If you want to open a file from the tray, double-click its thumbnail.

You can also drag content from a folder on your computer to the tray.

To add content to a folder

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Select one or more thumbnails in the viewing area, and drag them to a folder in the Favorite folders or Folders pane, or any other folder on your computer.

You can drag content from the tray to a folder.

To remove content from a tray

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Select one or more thumbnails in the tray, and click the Remove from tray button

To create a tray

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Click the Add new tray button

, which is located in the lower-right corner of the tray pane.

By default, a tray is saved to the Users\[UserName]\My Documents\Corel\Corel Content\Trays folder.

You can email trays that contain only online content.

To change the folder to which trays are saved

In the standalone utility, click the arrow on the Help and options button, and click Options.

Type a path in the Default tray location box.

To browse to a folder, click the Browse button next to the Default tray location box.

To share a tray, you can save it to a network folder.

To work with trays


To	Do the following
Select a tray	Click the tray tab.
Rename a tray	Right-click the tray tab, click Rename, and type a new name.
Open a tray	Click the All trays arrow, and click a tray. An open tray has a check mark beside its name.
Close a tray	Right-click the tray tab, and click Close.
Load a tray file	Click the All trays arrow, click Open tray file, and navigate to the tray file.
Navigate through multiple trays	Holding down Ctrl, press Tab.
Delete a tray	Right-click the tray tab, and click Delete.

You can also close and delete a selected tray from the All trays menu.

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