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Importing and exporting files | 597
Importing and exporting files
Your application provides filters that convert files from one format to another when you import or export files.
This section contains the following topics:
• “Importing files” (page 597)
• “Exporting files” (page 600)
Importing files
You can import files created in other applications. For example, you can import an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), JPEG, or Adobe
Illustrator (AI) file. You can import a file and place it in the active application window as an object. You can also resize and center a file
as you import it. The imported file becomes part of the active file. You can also import a bitmap as an externally linked image. When you
import a linked bitmap, edits to the original (external) file are automatically updated in the imported file.
While importing a bitmap, you can resample it to reduce the file size, or crop it to eliminate unused areas of the image. You can also crop a
bitmap to select only the exact area and size of the image that you want to import.
When you import a file from an earlier version of Corel DESIGNER that contains text in a language different from the language of your
operating system, you can use code page settings to ensure that object names, keywords, and notes saved with the file are displayed
correctly.
To import a file into an active drawing
1
Click File Import.
2 Choose the folder where the file is stored.
If necessary, you can search for a file by using the search box. You can search for such things as file name, title, subject, author, keyword,
comment, bitmap name, object name, and so on.
3 Choose a file format from the list box next to the File name box.
If you don’t know the file’s format, choose All file formats.
4 Click the file name.
If the file contains text in a language different from that of your operating system, choose the corresponding option from the Select
code page list box to ensure that object names, keywords, and notes are correctly displayed.
These options are not available for all file formats.
5 Click Import, and do one of the following:
• Click the drawing page to maintain the dimensions of the file and position its top-left corner where you click.