Operation Manual

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To deselect objects
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To deselect Do the following
All objects Press Esc.
Or click the Pick tool , and click a blank space in the drawing
window.
A single object in multiple selected objects Hold down Shift, and click the object using the Pick tool.
Changing object properties
After you’ve created an object, you can change its properties. There are several ways to do this, including using the property bar, color
palette, and dialog boxes. For more information about changing the default properties for new objects, see “Setting the default property
values” on page 123.
In addition, you can copy object properties such as outline, fill, and text properties from one object to another. For more information, see
“Copying object properties, transformations, and effects” on page 216.
Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects
Corel DESIGNER provides you with several ways to copy objects. When you no longer need an object, you can delete it.
Cutting, copying, and pasting
You can cut or copy an object to place it on the Clipboard and paste it into a drawing or another application. Cutting an object places it on
the Clipboard and removes it from the drawing. Copying an object places it on the Clipboard but keeps the original in the drawing.
Duplicating
Duplicating an object places a copy directly in the drawing window and does not use the Clipboard. Duplicating is faster than copying and
pasting. Also, when duplicating an object, you can specify the distance between the duplicate and the original object along the x and y axes.
This distance is known as the offset.
Duplicate offset