CorelDRAW(r) 10: The Official Guide

✍ Scribed by Steve Bain, Anthony Celeste, Michael Cervantes, Nick Wilkinson

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1105
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

CorelDRAW is a full-featured illustration package that offers a wide range of tools to build simple to complex illustrations and drawings, including working with text and graphics for print and online. Corel is updating CorelDRAW to version 10, this Official Guide has been updated to reflect the new software features and tools. This edition provides users with a comprehensive CorelDRAW 10 reference and fully reveals drawing tips and illustration techniques. By following the full-colour workshops, it serves as a practical guide and teacher. The CD-ROM includes tutorial images from the book, a trial version of CorelDRAW 10 and royalty-free images for experimentation. It also includes chapters on advanced CorelDRAW topics, including printing, using scripts and exploring VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).

✦ Table of Contents

Copyright......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
About the Author.........Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 24
Introduction......Page 26
PART I CorelDRAW 10 Quick Start Guide......Page 34
1 Installing CorelDRAW and Finding Help......Page 36
2 What’s New in CorelDRAW 10?......Page 52
3 A Primer on Using CorelDRAW 10’s Interface......Page 72
4 Opening and Saving Files......Page 94
PART II Getting Started with CorelDRAW 10......Page 120
5 Controlling Documents and Pages......Page 122
6 Measuring and Drawing Helpers......Page 146
7 Zooming and Viewing......Page 174
8 Essential Object Commands......Page 196
PART III Working with Object Tools......Page 218
9 Basic Shape Creation......Page 220
10 Drawing with Line Tools......Page 246
11 Cutting, Shaping, and Reshaping Objects......Page 288
12 Managing and Arranging Objects......Page 308
13 Object Organization Resources......Page 342
PART IV Organizing Objects and Applying Effects......Page 366
14 Envelope and Distortion Effects......Page 368
15 The Power of Blends and Contours......Page 406
16 Applying Lens and Transparency Effects......Page 452
17 Creating Depth with Shadows......Page 484
18 Drawing and PowerClips......Page 506
PART V Working in 3D......Page 520
19 Creating Depth with Perspective Effects......Page 522
20 Extruding Vector Objects......Page 536
21 Applying Bitmap Extrude to Objects......Page 568
22 Manipulating 3D Models......Page 586
PART VI Working with Digital Images......Page 600
23 Using Bitmap Commands......Page 602
24 Applying Bitmap Filter Effects......Page 644
PART VII Beyond the Basics......Page 680
25 Under the Hood of the Print Engine......Page 682
26 Import and Export Filters......Page 752
27 CorelDRAW 10’s Web Resources: Introducing Corel R.A.V.E.......Page 780
28 Take Control Through Customization......Page 814
29 Adventures with Scripts and VBA......Page 838
PART VIII Appendix......Page 884
What’s on the CorelDRAW 10 Official Guide CD-ROM?......Page 886
Index......Page 892
How to Use This CD-ROM......Page 912
WARNING......Page 913
CorelDRAWCD......Page 0
CD–ROM 1......Page 914
CD–ROM 2......Page 963
CD–ROM 3......Page 983
CD–ROM 4......Page 1013
CD–ROM 5......Page 1034
CD–ROM 6......Page 1071