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Move opposing nodes an equal distance in opposite directions
Click the Single-arc mode or Double-arc mode button
on the property bar, hold down Shift, and drag one of the nodes
to a new position.
Change an envelope node type Click the Unconstrained mode button on the property bar, and
click the Cusp node , Smooth node , or Symmetrical
node button.
Change an envelope segment to a straight line or curve Click the Unconstrained mode button on the property bar, click
a line segment, and click the Convert to line button or the
Convert to curve button .
To change the mapping mode
1
Click the Interactive tools button in the toolbox, and click the Envelope tool .
2 Click an object with an envelope.
3 On the property bar, choose one of the following from the Mapping mode list box:
• Horizontal — stretches the object to fit the basic dimensions of the envelope and then compresses the object horizontally to fit the
shape of the envelope
• Original — maps the corner handles of the object’s selection box to the envelope’s corner nodes. The other nodes are mapped linearly
along the edge of the object’s selection box.
• Putty — maps the corner handles of the object’s selection box to the envelope’s corner nodes
• Vertical — stretches the object to fit the basic dimensions of the envelope and then compresses the object vertically to fit the shape of
the envelope
4 Drag the nodes or the nodes’ control points.
You can’t change the mapping mode of paragraph text frames to which you’ve applied an envelope.
Reference: Shaping objects
Objects created in Corel DESIGNER follow a path that gives them their defining shape. When this path is broken or cut, subpaths remain.
Paths and subpaths
• Paths outline an object’s shape and are often visible as one or more line or curve segments. You can disconnect line segments from
one another to create subpaths. Even though they are not connected, subpaths are still part of the defining path of the original object;
however, you can extract a subpath to create two separate objects: the extracted subpath and the object it was extracted from.
• Subpaths are the basic curves and shapes from which a single curve object is constructed. For example, a single curve object with
subpaths is often created when text is converted to curves. The letter “O,” for instance, is composed of two ellipses: the outside ellipse
that defines the letter’s shape and the inside ellipse that defines the “hole.” The ellipses are subpaths that compose the single curve
object, “O”. One of the basic reasons for creating an object with subpaths is that you can produce objects with holes in them.