CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

Chapter 4: CorelDRAW Basics | 43

dynamic guide. The distance from the base
object is measured as you move the object.

Left: A vertical dynamic guide is used to align objects.
Right: A horizontal dynamic guide is used to align
objects.

To turn on dynamic guides, click View `

Dynamic guides.

You can also use the document grid to align
objects within the document window. The
document grid is a series of intersecting lines in
which each small square acts as a snapping
point. You can reduce the size of these squares
for more precise alignment in your document.

Objects can be placed on the drawing page by aligning
them with a grid.

To display the document grid, click View `

Grid ` Document grid.

Grouping and combining objects

You may want to make changes to a group of

objects or move them without changing their

position in relation to each other. CorelDRAW

lets you group objects to manage them more

easily. When you group objects, each object

retains its own properties. When you finish

working with the objects as a group, you can

ungroup them and work on each one

individually.

The three chair images are selected as a group.

To group objects, marquee select the

objects, and click Arrange ` Group.

By combining two or more objects, you can

create a single curve object that has the fill and

outline attributes of the last selected object.

You can edit this curve object whenever

necessary. In addition, you can combine

objects as a way of creating objects with holes.

To combine objects, click Arrange `

Combine.

For more information, see “Combining

objects” in the Help.

Organizing objects

The more objects you add to your document,

the more difficult it is to find and select specific

objects. To organize objects, you can add layers