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Creating text
You may need to include text in your
documents. CorelDRAW lets you create two
types of text:
- Paragraph text is contained within a text
frame. You can change many common
formatting properties of paragraph text,
such as font type and size, text color, and
font style. Paragraph text is ideal for larger
blocks of text. - Artistic text is not contained within a text
frame, and you can add special effects to it
such as contouring and drop shadows.
Artistic text is ideal for logos, banners, and
headlines.
Left: Paragraph text. Right: Artistic text, formatted as a
logo.
You can create both paragraph and artistic text
by using the Te x t tool. For more information,
see “Working with Text” on page 105.
Creating tables
One way to organize graphic and text objects
in a document is by creating a table and
inserting the objects into the table cells. Tables
offer a quick way to create a pleasing layout for
your documents.The Ta b l e tool was used to design this Web page.You can create tables by using the Ta b l e tool.
When you click the Ta b l e tool, controls for the
tool become available on the property bar.
After specifying the number of rows and
columns, you can simply drag diagonally on
the drawing page to create the table.Working with bitmaps
The document that you create with
CorelDRAW is a vector graphic. Vector graphics
are resolution-independent, which means that
the graphic is not compromised when you
scale or distort it. Vector graphics are based on
mathematical equations, which remain the
same regardless of the changes you make.When you import a photograph into
CorelDRAW, the photograph is imported as a
bitmap image. Bitmap images are based on
pixels, which are tiny units of color. You can
think of a vector graphic as composed of lines
and fills, and a bitmap image as composed of
a mosaic of colors.