CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Guidebook

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Master layers (New and enhanced!)

With CorelDRAW X6, the new and improved
odd-page, even-page, and all-page master
layers make it easier to create page-specific
designs for multipage documents. If you are
laying out multipage documents, such as
brochures and flyers, it’s now easy to
incorporate page-specific headers, footers,
and page numbers. For example, you might
want to have different headers on even and
odd pages.

Examples of CorelDRAW X6 page layouts with different
odd-page and even-page master layers

Page numbering (New!)

With CorelDRAW X6, the new Insert page
number command helps you instantly add
page numbers on all pages of a document,
starting on a specific page, or at a particular
number. This flexibility is ideal for working with
multiple CorelDRAW files that will eventually
become a single publication.

You can choose from alphabetic, numeric, or
roman formats, and you can display page
numbers in lower-case or upper-case letters. In
addition, page numbers are automatically
updated when you add or delete pages in your
document. You can also insert a page number
inside existing artistic or paragraph text.

Alignment guides (New!)

The new alignment guides help you position

objects more quickly, appearing on the fly with

suggested alignment to existing objects on the

page. These temporary guidelines appear

when you create, resize, or move objects in

relation to other nearby objects. Alignment

guides interactively connect the centers and

the edges of objects, and you also can choose

to display alignment guides from the edges of

one object to the center of another object.

You can modify the default settings for

alignment guides to suit your needs. For

example, if you are working with a group of

objects, you can display alignment guides for

individual objects within the group, or for the

bounding box of the group as a whole. In

addition, you can specify margins for

alignment guides to help you align objects at a

set distance from the edge of another object.

You can also specify whether the alignment

guides follow only the margins or the actual

edges of the object as well.

Using alignment guides to position objects quickly

Interactive frames (New!)

CorelDRAW X6 provides interactive frames that

help you efficiently generate mock-ups of

design ideas. The new empty PowerClip™ and

text frame functionality lets you populate your

designs with placeholder PowerClip and text

frames, which makes it easier to preview a