Operation Manual

8 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
Contouring objects....................................................................................................................................................................... 359
Applying perspective to objects.................................................................................................................................................... 362
Creating extrusions....................................................................................................................................................................... 363
Creating bevel effects................................................................................................................................................................... 367
Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 369
Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 372
Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................379
Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................381
Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................381
Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 383
Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 383
Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 387
Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................388
Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 391
Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................392
Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................ 392
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................394
Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 396
Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 397
Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................398
Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................400
Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 404
Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................405
Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................407
Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................407
Formatting characters................................................................................................................................................................... 410
Changing text color...................................................................................................................................................................... 412
Kerning a range of characters...................................................................................................................................................... 413
Changing text case....................................................................................................................................................................... 414
Working with OpenType features..................................................................................................................................................415
Adjusting character and word spacing......................................................................................................................................... 419