Symbols are graphics that are defined once and can be referenced many times in a drawing. With Corel DESIGNER, you can link to symbols that have already been created, or you can create objects and save them as local symbols within a document. Symbols that you can link to are stored in library files, which have a .csl filename extension.
Each time you insert a symbol into a drawing, you create an instance of the symbol. Editing a drawing is quicker and easier because changes made to a symbol are automatically inherited by all instances. Plus, using symbols for objects that appear many times in a drawing helps to reduce file size.
Symbol definitions, as well as information about instances, are stored in the Corel DESIGNER (DES) file.
This section contains the following topics:
For information about modifying symbol instances and about unsupported object types, see Reference: Working with symbols.