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Top: A vector graphic consists of lines and fills. Bottom: A bitmap is made up of pixels.
Starting and opening drawings
When you start Corel DESIGNER, you can choose the workspace with which you feel the most comfortable. For example, you can choose a
workspace that has the look and feel of CorelDRAW. If you are new to Corel DESIGNER, it is best to choose the default workspace, on which
all procedures in the Help and user guide are based.
Corel DESIGNER lets you start a new drawing from a blank page, a template, or an existing drawing. A blank page gives you the freedom
to specify every aspect of a drawing. A template provides you with a starting point and leaves the amount of customization up to you. The
templates included with the application are available under the following categories:
• ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
• Architectural
• DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung)
• Engineering
• ISO(International Organization for Standardization)
For information about starting a drawing from a template, see “To start a document from a template” on page 465. For more information
about creating and using templates, see “Working with templates” on page 463.
Notes for starting new drawings
When starting a new drawing, Corel DESIGNER lets you specify page, document, and color management settings. You can choose from a list
of preset settings, which are based on how you intend to use the drawing. For example, you can choose the Web option if you are creating
a drawing for the Internet, or the Default CMYK option if you are creating a document destined for commercial printing. However, if the
preset settings are not suitable for the drawing that you want to create, you can also customize the settings and save them for future use.
Notes for opening existing drawings
Basing a new drawing on an existing drawing lets you reuse objects and page settings. Corel DESIGNER lets you open existing drawings
saved to the Corel DESIGNER (DSF or DES) format as well as drawings and projects saved to various other file formats, such as CorelDRAW
(CDR), Adobe Illustrator (AI), Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), and Computer Graphics Metafile
(CGM). However, you may not be able to open certain files, depending on their file type and contents. In such cases, you can try importing
the files as objects in an open drawing. For information about the file formats that you can import into Corel DESIGNER, see “Supported file
formats” on page 625.