Bring It Home with CorelDRAW : A Guide to In-House Graphic Design.

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Design Process -- The Brief Is the Foundation -- Setting Up a Business -- Working with the Manage Workspace -- Chapter 2 The History of CorelDRAW -- The Ultimate Illustration Package -- CorelDRAW 3 and Full Color Design -- CorelDRAW 6 Improves Printing -- Additional Releases Add Impressive Features -- And Finally, CorelDRAW X6 -- Chapter 3 Set Up and Start Smoothly -- The Welcome Screen -- The Quick Start Tab -- What's New? -- Learning Tools -- Gallery -- Updates -- Hints and Highlight What's New -- Hints -- Highlights -- Workspace -- Creating Keyboard Shortcuts -- Customizing Icons and Menu Text -- Customizing the Caption -- Changing the Look of the Icon -- Command Bars -- Creating a Custom or New Toolbar -- Rearranging Toolbars -- Rearranging Menu Items -- Customizing a Context Menu -- Saving and Exporting Workspaces -- Importing Workspaces -- Default Settings -- Changing Outline Color and Pen Width -- Changing Fill Color or Pattern -- Changing Default Text Properties -- Resetting Default Settings -- Chapter 4 Elements of Design-File Formats -- File Formats -- Vector Files -- Raster Files -- AI (Adobe Illustrator) -- CDR (CorelDRAW) -- CMX (Corel Presentation Exchange) -- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) -- GIF (CompuServe Bitmap) -- JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) -- PDF (Portable Document Format) -- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) -- Chapter 5 Elements of Design-Typography -- Typography Terms -- Types of Fonts -- Windows 7 -- Windows Vista or XP -- Installing Fonts -- Fonts from Other Sources -- TrueDoc -- Font Collections with Bitstream Font Navigator -- Express Yourself with Fonts -- Type Modifications -- Above and Beyond Ordinary Type -- How to Access Alternates -- Let's Talk Numbers -- Maintaining Features -- Typography Best Practices -- Chapter 6 Elements of Design-Color.

Color Space vs. Color Model -- RGB -- CMY(K) -- Spot Colors -- How Do They Fit Together? -- Color Palettes -- Default Palette -- Document Palette -- Custom Palettes -- Specialty Palettes -- Color Styles and Harmonies -- Creating a Color Style -- Color Harmonies in CorelDRAW X6 -- Chapter 7 Elements of Design-Resolution -- Dissecting the Terminology -- What Resolution Is Best? -- Changing the Image Size -- Be Careful When Resizing Bitmaps -- Halftones -- Creating a Halftone Reference Chart -- Black-and-White Halftone Images -- Chapter 8 Create Layouts with Ease -- Working with Templates -- Saving a Template -- Template Properties -- Layout Toolbar. -- PowerClip in X5 and Earlier -- Rulers, Grids, and Guidelines -- Adjusting the Rulers -- Grid -- Guidelines -- Object Manager -- Let's Examine It -- Setting Up a Page -- Working with Multipage Documents -- Document Navigation -- Page Sorter View -- Page Numbers -- Working with Styles -- Object Properties Docker -- Object Styles Docker -- Creating a Style in CorelDRAW -- Creating and Using Scripts -- Creating a Calendar in CorelDRAW -- Sample Color Swatches -- Quick-Launch a Script -- Corel Connect -- Searching for Content -- Adding Content to the Tray -- Creating a Custom Template -- Three-Fold Brochure -- Chapter 9 Designing Your Business Graphic -- The Corporate Identity Package -- What Makes a Corporate Identity Package? -- Logo Creation -- The Business Card -- Impositioning in CorelDRAW -- Let's Impose Again -- Letterhead -- Creating a Postcard Invite -- Make Your Postcard Stand Out -- Double That Exposure -- Print Merge -- Creating a Desktop Background -- The Setup -- Finishing It Off -- Backgrounds for Presentation Software -- CorelDRAW as a Presentation Tool -- Web Tools -- Pixel View in CorelDRAW -- Export for Web -- What File Format Is Best -- Creating a Feature Sheet Template.

Constructing a Feature Sheet from a Template -- Creating a Wine Label -- Signs and Vinyl Graphics -- Signs -- Vinyl -- Print Considerations -- Proof Your Work -- Collect for Output -- Other Considerations for Output -- Vector Complexity -- Bitmap Size -- Fonts -- Color -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Troubleshooting 101 for CorelDRAW -- Video -- User Account -- Operating System -- Printing -- Isolating the Corruption -- Fonts -- Temporary Files -- Application Workspace -- File Corruption -- Recovering Lost Documents -- Appendix B: 50 Tips, Tricks, and Techniques from the Professionals -- Bitmaps -- Double-Clicking -- Fills -- I/O (Input / Output) -- Keyboard Shortcuts -- Multi-Page Documents -- Printing -- Techniques -- Text/Fonts -- Tools -- Appendix C: Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J-K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.