Operation Manual

Shaping objects | 185
To create a new object from a boundary
1 Select the objects for the boundary.
2
Click Object Shaping Boundary.
If you want the boundary object to be placed behind the current objects, enable the Place behind selected option in the Shaping
docker.
3 Click Indicate target.
4 Click a point outside or inside the selected objects.
If you want to delete the original objects, enable Delete selected object.
Creating PowerClip objects
Corel DESIGNER lets you place vector objects and bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects, or containers. A frame can be any object, for
example artistic text or a rectangle.When the object is larger than the frame, the object, called the contents, is cropped to fit the form of the
frame. This creates a PowerClip object.
You can create more complex PowerClip objects by placing one PowerClip object inside another to produce a nested PowerClip object. You
can also copy the contents of one PowerClip object to another.
You can create an empty PowerClip frame from an object, or convert a PowerClip frame back to an object. Creating empty PowerClip frames
or text frames is useful when you want to define the layout of your document before adding the content. For more information about text
frames, see “Adding paragraph text” on page 377. After you create an empty PowerClip frame, you can add contents to it. You can also
add contents to a PowerClip frame that already contains another object.
After you create a PowerClip object, you can select or edit its contents, or reposition the contents inside the frame. Whenever a PowerClip
object is selected, a floating toolbar appears.
The PowerClip toolbar lets you edit, select, extract, lock, or reposition the contents
inside the frame. The toolbar appears whenever a PowerClip object is selected.
You can lock the PowerClip contents, so that when you move the frame, the content moves with it. If you want to delete the contents of a
PowerClip object or modify it without affecting the frame, you can extract the contents.
You can set the default behavior for dragging content to PowerClip frames, centering new content, and marking empty PowerClip frames.
To create a PowerClip object
1 Select the object that you want to use as PowerClip contents.
2
Click Object PowerClip Place inside frame.
3 Click the object that you want to use as a frame.
If you want to create a nested PowerClip object, drag the PowerClip object inside another PowerClip object, and hold down the W key as
you release the mouse button to place the object inside the frame.