Corel Draw 13 Work Space

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Corel Draw 13 Work Space
standard menus
context sensitive menu
rulers / guides
dockers
swatch
document
drawing tools
pagination
paste board
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Bitmaps
Vector shapes
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Poster Dimensions

• The regular requested poster size requested is
  A0
• Use these measurements for best finish 1060 x
  750mm
• Landscape or Portrait
• Document Size can be specified from Layout
  page setup
• or - if you have the pick tool selected (but
  nothing selected on the page) you can add new
  measurements in the Dimensions windows (see
  workspace diagram context sensitive menu)

1060 mm
1060 mm
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Drawing Images

• Refer to the diagram of the Corel Draw work
  space. On the left are all the tools available
  for drawing. If the tool has a black arrow head
  pointing bottom right, this means that if you
  click and hold the mouse button for a few
  seconds, further tools in that series will become
  visible. This is called a Flyout.
• Use these tools to draw basic shapes and lines.
  There are two types of drawn shapes / lines
  A Curve or an Object.
• All drawings are combinations of
  manipulated/geometric shapes and freehand drawn
  shapes.

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Drawing Images

• CURVES
• Select the drawn object then Arrange Convert
  to curves If a shape is a curve, a customised
  tool bar appears at the top of the screen
  allowing you to change line thickness, add arrow
  heads etc. This will appear if you have the Pick
  Tool selected and not the drawing tool.
• NOTE Line thickness should not be below
  1pt Hairlines will be ignored by our HP Poster
  Printer
• When using Drawn objects, you may need to alter
  the stacking order, so that the object of your
  choice is visible in front of another.
• Using the drop down menu Arrange Order and
  from the list of available choices (To Front
  etc) you can alter the stacking order of objects
  on the page.

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Drawing Images

• Objects
• Right click on the object for a list of options.
  Select Properties from the dialogue box that
  opens you can alter line thickness etc.
• NOTE Line thickness should not be below
  1pt Hairlines will be ignored by our HP Poster
  Printer
• Use the Outline Tool to add or remove outlines
  from an object or curve.
• To colour an object or curve, select it with the
  Pick Tool, and then select a colour from the
  colour swatch.
• Drawn objects are useful for background shapes
  for posters (columns etc.) as well as diagrams.

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Rulers and Guides

• Rulers appear on the left and top of the work
  space. You can set the units of measurement from
  the drop down list on the main tool (property)
  bar.
• To use Guides click and drag on a vertical or
  horizontal Ruler and drag across the document
  window. A doted guide will appear. These may be
  selected and moved about the screen.
• Single click on a guide to get rotating nodes.
• Double click to get a guide properties box.
• When using Text Boxes, tab guides etc. appear
  within the rulers.
• Use the View drop down menu to hide guides and
  grids.

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Layers

• Layers are visible in the Object Manager
• Layers are useful for separating Backgrounds,
  Diagrams, Labels and Text. This can simplify
  selecting objects on a complex poster.
• Create a new layer using the icons in the top of
  the Object Manager window.
• You can also Lock individual layers to prevent
  accidental alterations.
• Click on the Eye icon to hide other obscuring
  layers while working on a specific layer.
• NOTE If you Group objects which are on
  different layers, they will all be moved and
  grouped on to the top most layer.
• You can still use the normal stacking order
  options on individual layers.

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Screen Views

• Setting the screen view (drop menu) allows you
  to find hidden objects, it also allows you to
  work easily in a lower resolution.
• Wire frame
• This option will show traced outlines of all
  objects on the page. This helps you to find an
  object obscured by something above it in the
  stacking order.
• Draft / Normal / Enhanced
• These options allow you to view the page at
  differing resolutions. The computer uses a large
  amount of memory to render the screen image,
  which slows down processing. use the Normal
  option to alleviate this problem. Only use
  Enhanced to preview final artwork and EPS
  embedded objects.

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Text

• Posters with a Dark Background and Light Text
  are more difficult to read than Dark Text and
  Light Background.
• Text can be coloured by selecting the text with
  the A tool, see left Tool Box. Then choose a
  colour of your choice from the colour palette.

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Colour

• The colour you see on the screen is generally not
  the same as the colour that is printed.
• Each printer can print a poster with variation of
  colour.
• A Printer Swatch for the CorelDRAW CMYK Palette
  is available to view in the Photo-Graphics
  office, showing CMYK colours printed from the HP
  Poster printer.
• Corel Draw has a selection of colours for
  different jobs. The palette for print jobs
  should be CMYK, the palettefor screen work
  should be RGB Corel Draw 13 drop down menu
  Window Color Palettes - select default CMYK
  palette

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Colour

• Background Colour can be applied to your poster
  by either
• Drawing a rectangle over the whole page using
  the Rectangle Tool, add a colour by selecting
  the rectangle edge with the Pick Tool and
  selecting the colour of your choice from the
  swatch on the right of the screen. Possibly on a
  new layer (see layer notes)
• or
• Select Layout Page background, a dialogue box
  will open. Select Solid and pick a colour from
  the drop down swatch.

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Colour

• Additional Colour can be applied to your poster
• to create columns of colour, or add colour boxes
  behind text. Use the Rectangle tool to draw
  boxes and place them behind text.
• When using shapes and text, you may need to
  alter the stacking order, so that the object of
  your choice is visible in front of another.
• Using the drop down menu Arrange Order and
  from the list of available choices (To Front
  etc) you can alter the stacking order of objects
  on the page.

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Colour

• Advanced colour application
• A colour in a shape is called a Fill
• Gradient Fills and Textured Fills are available
  from the Fill Tool (Bucket icon)However
• Using complex Fills adds greatly to your overall
  file size and adds complexity and unreliability
  to the print process itself.
• Where possible keep the poster as simple as
  possible so that the print process will be
  straight forward and you do not detract from the
  readability of the poster.

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Text

• Posters should not contain too much text.
• Break the content into a clear title and
  sub-sections. Type the text in Word for ease,
  but formatting can be done in Corel Draw.
  (colour, Bold, Italics etc.)
• Choose a clear, readable font. (Arial etc.) If
  you use a special font it may not be available on
  the computer printing the poster, causing
  delays.
• Check any scientific symbols in Corel Draw as
  they may alter when imported.
• Font sizes e.g. Titles 48 200pt Sub
  Titles 30 - 44pt Text 20 - 24pt
• If the bulk of page text is below 20 there is too
  much!

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Text

• Importing text from Word (or other source)
• There are many ways to add text from an external
  document to your poster.
• A) The Import option
• If you have prepared text from another
  source,you can use the File Import option to
  add it to your poster. The Import dialogue box
  allows you to set a sort type (Text) and file
  type (DOC - MS Word for Windows 6/7). Then your
  locate the file you need and click the import
  button. The text is converted and placed into a
  Corel Draw Text Box

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Text

• Importing text from Word (or other source)
• B) Copy and Paste
• Select your text in Word etc. use the copy
  function. This can now be pasted into your
  poster document in two different formats.
• Artistic Text
• Paragraph Text

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Text

• Importing text from Word (or other source)
• C) Artistic Text
• If you paste the text into your Corel Draw poster
  without selecting the A text tool, the text
  will be added as Artistic Text.This means that
  the text will appear without a restrictive text
  box, and all its associated features. each letter
  is assigned a Node, which can be used to alter
  the position of the individual letters.
• Artistic Text is most useful for single lines of
  text e.g. Titles
• To create new Artistic Text, use the A Text
  Tool, click onto your document window, a cursor
  will appear, type your text.

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Text

• Importing text from Word (or other source)
• D) Paragraph Text
• Select the A Text Tool, click onto the document
  area, still holding the left mouse button down,
  drag the tool diagonally across left to right. A
  Text Box will appear, this can be now be used for
  typing new text (click inside it with the Text
  Tool)or paste text into it from the clipboard.
• Using the anchor nodes on the sides and corners
  of the text box you are able to create a column
  shape of your choice. Apply text alignment by
  selecting the text and using the usual toolbar
  options.
• you can not apply background colours to a text
  box.NOTE You may discover text flow, linking
  text between text boxes. Do not use it as it
  creates print errors.

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Text

• Using Text Symbols - e.g. b µ
• Corel Draw has an insert character docker
  available from
• Text Insert Symbol Character this will
  appear on the right of the workspace, select the
  font of your choice from the drop down menu, a
  list of symbols will appear.
• If you have a text box selected, double click on
  the symbol of your choice in the docker window.
  the symbol will appear where your cursor is in
  the text box.
• If you do not have a text box selected, you can
  Drag and Drop a symbol from the docker onto
  the document as an independent Artistic Text
  object.

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Text

• Using Text Symbols cont
• Occasionally the Corel Draw symbols insertion
  method can prove unreliable. The alternative
  is Select Start Programs Accessories
  System Tools Character Map choose a font of
  your choice, click on a character to view it
  larger, choose the character you want, click
  select then copy The character is then in the
  clip board, and ready to paste into a Corel Draw
  text box or as an artistic text object.
• You may then need to set the font size and
  colour.
• The Character Map is useful for finding symbols
  and special bullets.

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Importing Photos / Bitmaps

• Corel Draw is a Vector drawing package, which is
  drawings created by mathematical equation rather
  than coloured dots (pixels) which are used for
  bitmap images.
• To import a photo / bitmap (usual file types
  JPEG, BMP and TIFF) Use the Import option from
  the File drop down menu.
• NOTE 1 GIF files, generally found on the
  Internet are low resolution and are unsuitable
  for use in a large poster. The size of the
  final print stresses the low quality of the Gif
  image.
• NOTE 2 Copying images from Word or PowerPoint
  to Corel Draw. This process is unreliable.
  Images that are copied from these two programs
  can easily become corrupted in the process.
• This may not be apparent on certain printers,
  but can become a problem on the HP Poster
  Printer. Always allow time for an A4 proof print
  and corrections.

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Images

• Some logos are available from the Photo Unit
  file store (ask for use). These include good
  quality copies of the University logo.
• Important considerations for bitmap images
  are Resolution - the lowest resolution you
  should use is 150dpi to 100 of print size, the
  largest is 300dpi. Colour Mode - The printer
  uses Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK Inks. Your photo
  files may be in Red Green Blue (computer screen
  colours). The colour conversion within the HP
  DesignJet poster printer will make a reasonable
  swap between RGB and CMYK colour modes - check
  colours by A4 proof before final print.

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Importing Excel Charts

• There is a strict method for importing Excel
  graphs into any other program.
• In Excel, open your chart.
• Select the entire chart.
• Select Shift (keyboard) Edit (drop down
  menu) simultaneously.
• From the drop down menu choose copy picture
• From the copy picture dialogue box that appears
  select as shown on screen and format picture.
• From here you can use the paste action in Corel
  Draw to insert the graph.
• Using this method allows the chart to be copied
  as seen, without the need for linking the data
  to the chart.

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Could be trouble !

• For trouble free last minute printing use less
  of
• Multiple Gradients
• Drop Shadow Tool
• Complex Fills / Textures / Tiles
• Images as Large Backgrounds
• Images with Transparency
• Drawn Objects with Transparency
• Dont avoid these features completely, but try to
  use them effectively and do not over use them.

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PowerPoint for Posters

• PowerPoint can be used for very basic poster
  design. it is not designed for this purpose and
  so is not the ideal choice of application.
• Page setup can be found under the File menu.
  Add page dimensions here. 1060 x 750mm
• To create shapes use the Drawing Tool Bar, if
  this is not visible, right click your mouse on
  the tool bars under the drop down menus and
  select it from the list.
• Create shapes with this tool bar. right click on
  them, select order and stack the shapes
  accordingly.
• Use the Insert drop down menu for images etc.
• Keep it simple.

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Drawing Tool Bar
rotate objects
arrow tool
oval tool
word / clip art
out-line colour
Draw Tab
line thickness
arrow style
3D
select objects
line tool
text colour
Fill / colour Bucket
drop shadows
dash style
text box
rectangle tool

• labels in BOLD mean not suitable for poster
  use. These options use a large amount of memory
  / resources.
• Word Art and Microsoft Clip Art is not suitable
  quality for a poster.

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Aligning Objects in PowerPoint

• Zooming in and out of a poster in PowerPoint is
  not as easy as Corel Draw. this makes it more
  difficult to precisely arrange text boxes,
  images or drawn shapes.
• Select the objects you wish to align, then
  select the Draw Tab (see Tool Bar diagram) from
  the list that appears you can select a variety
  of alignment styles from the Align or distribute
  option.
• You will also find other useful options, such as
  grouping, order, rotate and snap.