Operation Manual

Working with symbols | 271
Property Notes
Position Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see
“Positioning objects” on page 220.
Size Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see
“Sizing and scaling objects” on page 237.
Scale Percentage is relative to the symbol definition. Can be modified
on the property bar. For more information, see “Sizing and scaling
objects” on page 237.
Skew For more information, see “Skewing and stretching objects” on
page 168.
Rotation angle Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see
“Rotating and mirroring objects” on page 238.
Transparency Uniform transparency only. Can be modified in the Symbol section
of the Object properties docker.
Mirror Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see
“Rotating and mirroring objects” on page 238.
Wrap text Can be modified in the Summary section of the Object properties
docker. Can also be modified on the property bar. For more
information, see “To wrap paragraph text around an object, artistic
text, or a text frame” on page 397.
Order Can be modified on the property bar. For more information, see
“Changing the order of objects” on page 236.
Name The name of an instance is displayed in the Symbol manager
docker. Click twice to change it.
Unsupported object types
Most objects in CorelDRAW can be converted to symbols, with the following exceptions.
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Unsupported object type Notes
Linked or embedded objects Includes bar codes
Objects with lenses that are not frozen Lenses must be frozen.
Control objects in link groups (such as drop shadows, contours,
blends, bevels, and extrusions)
All related objects in the link group must be included in the symbol.
For example, if an object has a drop shadow, you cannot convert