Operation Manual

292 | CorelDRAW X8 User Guide
To Do the following
Add multiple colors from an image or object by dragging Drag an image or object from the drawing window to the
Document palette.
Add colors from a selection Select an object or multiple objects. On the Document palette, click
the flyout button , and click Add from selection.
Add a color from a color-related dialog box In the dialog box, click a color swatch, click the arrow next to Add
to palette, choose Document palette, and then click Add to
palette.
Move a color swatch Drag a color swatch to a new position on the Document palette.
When dragging most vector objects to the palette, you add all object colors to the palette. When dragging a bitmap, you can specify
the number of colors that you want to be added to the palette. If an object includes a fountain fill, texture fill, or pattern fill, only
colors that are defined during the fill creation are supported. Colors from PostScript fills are not supported.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.
To add colors from an existing drawing to the Document palette
1 Open a drawing.
2
On the Document palette, click the flyout button , and click Add from document.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.
If the drawing was created in a previous version of CorelDRAW and it includes custom spot colors, they appear in the Document
palette.
If you have a document with both vector and bitmap images, and you want to add only the colors from the vector images to the
Document palette, specify 0 in the Add colors from bitmap dialog box.
To remove a color from the Document palette
1 Click a color swatch on the Document palette.
2
On the Document palette, click the flyout button , and click Delete color.
By default, the Document palette is docked above the status bar at the bottom of the application window.
You can also remove all colors that are no longer used from the Document palette by clicking the flyout button , choosing
Palette, and clicking Reset palette.