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If you marquee select the objects, CorelDRAW trims the bottom-most selected object. If you select multiple objects individually, the

last object selected is trimmed.

You can also trim objects by marquee-selecting the source and target objects and clicking the Trim button on the property bar.

To trim front or back objects

1 Marquee select the source and target objects.

Click Object Shaping, and click one of the following:

• Front minus back — removes the back object from the front one

• Back minus front — removes the front object from the back one

In the Classic workspace, these commands appear under the Arrange menu.

You can trim the control object of a PowerClip object so that the object inside the PowerClip object will assume the new shape of the

PowerClip container. For information about PowerClip objects, see “Creating PowerClip objects” on page 191.

Linked objects such as drop shadows, text on a path, artistic media, blends, contours, and extrusions are converted to curve objects

before they are trimmed.

To trim overlapping areas among objects

1 Marquee select the objects you want to trim.

Click Object Shaping Simplify.

In the Classic workspace, this command appears under the Arrange menu.

You can trim the control object of a PowerClip object, so that the object inside the PowerClip object assumes the new shape.

Linked objects, such as drop shadows, text on a path, artistic media, blends, contours, and extrusions, are converted to curve objects

before they are trimmed.

Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners

You can fillet, scallop, or chamfer the corners of any curve object, whether it originates from a shape, lines, text, or a bitmap. Filleting

produces a rounded corner, scalloping rounds and inverts the corner to create a notch, and chamfering bevels a corner so that it appears

flat. CorelDRAW also lets you preview the corners before you apply the changes to them. For information about modifying the corners of

squares and rectangles, see “Drawing rectangles and squares ” on page 147.