CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

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Guideline presets

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Although you can drag a guideline from a ruler
wherever you need one, you can also use
preset guidelines. There are two types of
guideline presets: Corel® presets and user-
defined presets. Examples of Corel presets
include guidelines that appear at 1-inch
margins and guidelines that appear at the
borders of newsletter columns. User-defined
presets are guidelines for which you specify a
location. For example, you can add preset
guidelines that display margins at a specified
distance or that define a column layout or grid.

Give it a try

1 Click Tools ` Options.

2 In the list of categories, expand
Document, expand Guidelines, and click
Presets.

3 Choose a Corel preset, or click User-
defined presets, and set values for the
margins, columns, or grid.

4 Click Apply presets.

The Options dialog box lets you create preset
guidelines.

Alignment guides

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You can align objects interactively on the
drawing page by using alignment guides.
Alignment guides are temporary guidelines

that appear when you create, resize, or move

objects in relation to other nearby objects.

You can easily enable or disable alignment

guides, or modify their default settings. For

example, you can change the color or add

margins. Margins let you align an object at a

set distance from the edge of another object.

Give it a try

1 Click View ` Alignment guides.

A check mark beside the Alignment

guides command indicates that alignment

guides are enabled.

2 Move an object toward another object.

Alignment guides appear, connecting the

center and edges of the objects.

3 Click View ` Setup ` Alignment guides

setup, and choose the options you want.

To change the color of the alignment

guides, choose a color from the Color

picker.

To add margins to the alignment guides,

enable the Use margins for alignment

guides check box, and type a value in the

Margin box.

Alignment guides appear when an object is moved.

PowerClip frames

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CorelDRAW lets you place vector objects and

bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects,