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CorelDRAW X5 Introduction course
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Overview
CorelDRAW is a feature-packed vector graphics suite which includes a large collection of fonts and clip art. A full range of editing tools allows the user to produce illustrations of just about any description via the ability to edit any shape or character with ease and precision, generate text both in paragraph or headline style, fit text to curves and objects and add special effects.
This course is designed to enable new users to start using CorelDRAW’s extensive editing tools to work with text and precision drawing features quickly and easily.
The course content also applies to earlier versions of CorelDRAW and can be customised to fit into 1 day.
Audience
Anyone needing to use CorelDRAW to create and work with images.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Use tools and palettes effectively and understand the terminology used
- Create and edit images and text
- Apply a range of special effects to images
Prerequisites
No prior knowledge of CorelDRAW is assumed.
Course Contents (2 days)
- Introduction
- CorelDRAW overview
- Navigating within a document
- Show/hide palettes
- Using Zoom & Viewing modes
- Creating basic objects
- Using the drawing tools
- Drawing rectangles, circles,
polygons & lines - Setting object fills & outlines
- Copying object attributes
- Manipulating objects
- Select/Move/Resize objects
- Rotate & skew objects
- Altering the pivot point
- Copying objects
- Group and lock
- Changing the stacking order
- Working with text
- Artistic vs paragraph text
- Adding & Formatting artistic text
- Adding paragraph text
- Setting paragraph options
- Using Spell check
- Using Find and Replace
- Importing text
- Aids to accuracy
- Customising the ruler & grid
- Using snap-to
- Moving the zero point
- Moving the ruler
- Specifying precise object parameters
- Creating complex objects
- Creating bézier curves
- Using Tools: - shape, freehand,
knife & eraser - Reshaping paths
- Converting text to paths
- Combining objects
- Images and clipart
- Importing bitmaps & clipart
- Inserting symbols
- Creating symbols
- Crop/Edit/Export Bitmaps
- Effects
- Fit Text To Path
- Transforming objects with envelopes
- Creating blends
- Drop shadows
- The artistic media tool
- Adding perspective
- Extruding objects
- Lens effects
- Applying PowerClips
- Printing
- Choosing the right file format
- Printing documents
- Setting print options
- Creating print styles
- Using the Print Merge Wizard
- Exporting