Anzai! Inc. CorelDRAW 8 Advanced Outline

Course Title	Course Number	Revision	Suggested Duration	Number of Pages	Instructor's Notes	PDF Version?	Price
CorelDRAW 8 Advanced	9802	1.0 Jan '98	2 days	249	General	*Yes*	$24.95 Manual $16.95 PDF

Audience: This manual is intended to be used by students who have taken the Anzai! Inc. CorelDRAW Introduction course or equivalent. This course explores beyond the basics of CorelDRAW and looks at the Advanced features of DRAW (60%), OCR-Trace (10%), and Photo-Paint (30%). Step-by-step exercises lead the students through each topic. Self-check exercises and a short-answer questionnaire summate each section. Comes with a 3.5-inch exercise disk.

Section 1, Introduction

Course Objectives
How to Use the Manual
How to Install the Exercise Files
CorelDRAW Screen Elements

Section 2, Customizing Options

Using Multiple Workspaces
Customizing the Toolbars
Using Shortcuts
Saving Document Settings
Setting Drawing Defaults
Setting File Backups

Section 3, Working With Paragraph Text

Importing and Sizing Paragraph Text
Flowing Text Between Frames
Formatting Paragraph Frames
Wrapping Paragraph Text Around Objects
Applying Drop Caps
Typing Text Into Objects

Section 4, Special Text Effects

Converting Text to Curves
Creating Blended Text Shadows
Special Text Effects
Jumpy Text
Neon Text
Glowing Text
Chrome Text
Bevel Text
Creating 3D Text

Section 5, Special Page Layouts

Creating a Greeting Card
Print Previewing the Layout
Creating Labels

Section 6, Arranging Objects

Arranging Objects
Group and Child Objects
Combining and Breaking Objects
Welding Objects
Using Intersection
Using Trim

Section 7, Using Layers

About Layers
Editing Layers
Setting Up a Master Layer
Moving, Copying, and Locking Layers
Reordering Layers
Using the Object Manager

Section 8, Using Styles and Templates

About Styles and Templates
Creating a Style
Applying a Style
Copying Properties

Section 9, Special Effects

Using PowerClips
Adding Perspectives
Using the Interactive tools
Using the Distortion tools

Section 10, Custom Creation Tools

Creating Custom Patterns
Creating Symbols
Using the Scrapbook
Working With Scripts and Presets

Section 11, Working With Bitmaps

What is a Bitmap
Importing Bitmap Options
Adjusting Color
Hiding Certain Colors in a Bitmap
Applying Special Bitmap Effects
Creating Web Images
Advanced GIF Options

Section 12, Using Corel OCR-Trace

Types of Graphic Formats
About Corel OCR-Trace
Tracing Images
Importing Traced Files into CorelDRAW
Tracing Text (OCR)

Section 13, Using Corel Photo-Paint

About Corel Photo-Paint
Startup Tips
Displaying Image Information
Sizing and Viewing Image Windows
Saving Images into Specific Formats
Masking Objects
Combining Objects
Using the Objects Docker
Feathering Objects
Creating and Modifying Text
Special Text Effects
Creating Shadows
Saving Web Images
Creating Simple Animation
Retouching and Fixing Photos

Appendix A, Publishing to the Internet
Appendix B, Additional Self-Check Exercises
Appendix C, Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix D, Section Questionnaire Answers

Drawing a newsletter nameplate
Customizing the toolbar
Saving text defaults
Restoring damaged files
Importing text from a wordprocessor
Converting text to curves and reshaping the characters
Creating chrome and bevel text
Creating a side-fold invitation card
Using layers and styles to create presentation slides
Adjusting perspectives to create a 3-D illustration
Recording and playback a script
Using bitmap tools in CorelDRAW
Using Corel OCR-Trace to trace a vector to a bitmap image
Using Corel Photo-Paint to create special bitmap effects
Saving GIF and JPEG web images using CorelDRAW and Photo-Paint

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