Operation Manual

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You can search for drawings by different criteria, such as filename, title, subject, author, keyword, comment, text within the file, and other
properties attached to the file. For more information about searching for files, see the Windows Help. For more information about browsing
and searching for content, see “Browsing and searching for content ” on page 101.
You can also display previous versions of a drawing.
To start a drawing
1 Do one of the following:
On the Welcome screen, click Get started New document.
In the application window, click File New.
2 Type a filename in the Name text box.
3 From the Preset destination list box, choose an output destination for the drawing:
CorelDRAW default — applies the CorelDRAW default settings for creating graphics that are destined for printing
Default CMYK — applies settings for creating graphics that are destined for commercial printing
Default RGB — applies settings for creating graphics that are destined for printing to a high-fidelity printer
Web — applies settings for creating graphics that are destined for the Internet
Custom — lets you customize destination settings for a document
You can also
Change the unit of measurement for the page Choose a unit of measurement from the Drawing units list box.
Change the page size Choose a page size for the drawing from the Size list box or type
values in the Width and Height boxes.
Change the page orientation Click one of the following page orientation buttons:
Portrait
Landscape
Set the number of pages Type a value in the Number of pages box.
Set the default color mode for the document to RGB or CMYK Choose a color mode from the Primary color mode list box.
Set the resolution for effects that will likely be rasterized, such as
transparency, drop shadow, and bevel effects
Choose a rendering resolution from the Rendering resolution list
box.
Choose the preview mode for the drawing Choose a preview mode from the Preview mode list box.
Choose an RGB profile for the drawing In the Color settings area, choose a default RGB profile from the
RGB profile list box.
Choose a CMYK profile for the drawing Choose a default CMYK profile from the CMYK profile list box.
Choose a Grayscale profile for the drawing Choose a default Grayscale profile from the Grayscale profile list
box.