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Working with color management
policies
Color management policies determine how
colors are managed in documents that you
open and work with in an application. In
CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can
set one color-management policy for opening
documents and another for importing and
pasting files and objects in the active
document.
The default policies for color management in
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite can help you
produce consistent colors in your documents.
If you are familiar with color management, you
can modify the default color policies to suit
your specific workflow.
To change a color management policy, click
To o l s ` Color management ` Default
settings, and set options in the Color
management policies area.Color management policies area of the Default
color management settings dialog box
In the Default color management settings
dialog box, you can choose one of three color-
management options for opening documents.
•The Use embedded color profile option
assigns the color profiles that are
embedded in the document. This option is
recommended, because it preserves the
original color appearance and color values
of the document.
•The Assign default color profile option
uses the default color profiles to define
document colors. Color values are
preserved, but the appearance of colors
may change.
•The Convert to default color profile
converts document colors to the default
color profiles. The appearance of
document colors is preserved, but the
color values may change.In the same dialog box, you can choose one of
three color-management options for importing
and pasting files.
•The Convert to document color profile
option converts the colors of the imported
or pasted file to the color profile of the
active document. This option is used when
the imported file contains a color profile
that does not match the color profile of
the document.
•The Assign document color profile
option assigns the color profile of the
document to the imported or pasted file.
The color values of the file are preserved,
but the color appearance may change.
•The Use embedded color profile option
uses the color profile that is embedded in
the file. This option preserves the color
values and color appearance of the
imported or pasted file. This option
converts document colors to the color