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6 Click Save.
All symbols and symbol instances are saved with the document.
You can also click the name of the active document in the Symbol manager docker, and then click the Export library button .
When you export a library, only the symbols are saved with the document.
To add a collection or library to a drawing
1 In the folder tree of the Symbol manager docker, click Local symbols or Network symbols.
2
Click the Add librarybutton .
3 Locate and choose a collection or library.
4 Click OK.
By default, library files are referenced from their original location. If you want to copy a library to your Symbols folder, enable the
Copy libraries locallycheck box.
If you are adding a collection, you can enable the Recursive check box to include subfolders.
To delete a collection or library
1 In the Symbol manager docker, click a collection or library.
2 Press Delete.
The collection or library is removed from the folder tree in the Symbol manager docker, but files are not deleted.
To add a symbol to an existing library
1 In the Symbol manager docker, right-click a symbol, and click Copy.
2
Click File Open.
3 Choose the drive and folder where the library is stored.
4 Choose CSL - Corel Symbol Library from the Files of type list box.
5 Choose the library file where you want to add a symbol.
6 Right-click in the Symbol manager docker, and click Paste.
7 Save the library file.
Reference: Working with symbols
Modifying symbol instances
The following object properties can be modified for symbol instances. If a symbol contains multiple objects, all objects in the symbol instance
are treated collectively as a single object, just as if they were grouped.
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