Coreldraw has only one tool to choose from, which seems simple, but has a lot of knowledge. Please see:

1. Press the space bar to quickly switch to the pick tool.

2. Hold down the shift key and click the objects to be selected one by one to select multiple objects in succession.

3. Select a single object hidden behind a series of objects, hold down ALT, and then click the previous object with the pick tool until the desired object is selected.

4. Circle several objects:

Drag the mouse diagonally with the pick tool until all the objects are surrounded by the marquee.

5. Circle the objects that are not completely surrounded by the check box:

Click the pick tool. Hold down the ALT key and drag the marquee diagonally until the object to be selected is completely surrounded.

6. Select multiple objects hidden behind a series of objects:

Click the first object in a series of objects to be included in the selected object with the Pick tool.

Hold down the ALT+SHIFT key, and then click the next object to add it to the selected object.

7. Uncheck the selected objects: press the Esc key or click in the blank space of the workspace.

8. When pressing shift to make multiple selections, if the selection is wrong, you can press shift to click the wrong object again to cancel.

9. If you keep pressing the TAB key, you will cycle through the object selection.

10. Press SHIFT+TAB to select objects in drawing order.

1 1. Hold down the CTRL key when you click to select a single object in the group. When you click to select a single object from a series of objects, hold down the ALT key.

Hold down ALT+CTRL when you click to select a single object from the object group.

12. Select all objects:

Do one of the following: Click Edit, Select All, and Object. Or double-click the pick tool.

13. Select all texts:

Click Edit, Select All, and then select the text.

14. Select the hidden locked object:

Use the Pick tool to select objects. Click ALT to select a locked object hidden under other objects. Locked objects will have a lock-like selection handle.

15. Select multiple locked objects and use the Pick tool to select the locked objects. Click SHIFT to select other objects. You cannot circle an unlocked object and a locked object at the same time.

Skills of drawing basic graphics:

1. Draw a square and a circle:

Select the rectangle/ellipse tool, hold down the ctrl key and drag the left key to draw. After drawing, pay attention to release ctrl first, and then release the left button.

2. Draw a square circle from the starting point:

Select the rectangle/ellipse tool, hold down the ctrl and shift keys at the same time, and drag the left key to draw. After drawing, pay attention to release ctrl and shift first, and then release the left button.

3. Drawing a regular polygon is similar to drawing a rectangular circle. However, you should right-click the Polygon tool and choose Properties to set the number and shape of polygon edges.

4. Double-click the rectangle tool to create a rectangle with the same size as the workspace, which can be used as a graphic background in the future.

5. Draw the basic shape from the center

Click the drawing tool you want to use. Hold down the SHIFT key, place the cursor in the center of the shape to be drawn, and then drag the mouse diagonally to draw the shape. First release the mouse button to finish drawing the shape, and then release the SHIFT key.

6. Draw a shape with equal sides from the center.

Click the drawing tool you want to use. Hold down the SHIFT+CTRL key. Center the cursor on the shape you want to draw. Drag the mouse diagonally to draw a shape. Release the mouse button to finish drawing the shape, and then release the SHIFT+CTRL key.

Editing skills

1. Rotate: double-click the object, hold down ctrl, drag the upper handle of the object, and rotate in increments of 15 degrees.

2. Move: Hold down ctrl when moving, and you can limit the movement in the horizontal and vertical directions (similar to orthogonality in Autocad).

3. Move the object step by step: The arrow keys on the keyboard allow you to fine-tune the object in any direction. By default, objects move in increments of 0. 1 inch. You can modify the increment by setting an edit page in the property bar or the Options dialog box.

4. Zoom: Click Select, hold down shift and drag the control handle to zoom in proportion to the size of the object, and hold down ctrl and drag the control handle to zoom in increments of 100%. Just try it.

5. Hold down the CTRL key while dragging, and rotate the object in increments of 15 degrees. What should I do if I accidentally misuse it after drawing it? Press Ctrl+Z to undo (how many steps can be undone at most, which can be set in the tool [$#6 1664] option). Next time, it is a wrong operation. Simple lock! Select and arrange [$#6 1664] from the menu to lock the object. Well, the control handle around the object has become a small lock, which cannot be moved, copied or deleted ... What if it is unlocked? How about unlocking more than one at a time? Arrange [$#6 1664] to unlock (unlock all), OK!

Note: Locking and unlocking cannot be used for coordinating objects, text that adapts to paths, objects with shadow effects, and so on.

6. Have you noticed that there is a "Page" label under the workspace and above the status bar? Right click will pop up a right-click menu. You can:

Rename the page, insert pages before and after this page, switch the page orientation (landscape), and change the page size.

7. Similarly, right-click the ruler to pop up a right-click menu, where you can set ruler, auxiliary line and grid.

8. Set the origin of ruler: drag the intersection of horizontal ruler and vertical ruler to a certain position, which is the new origin of ruler. Look at the ruler, it has changed, too.

9. Move the mouse to the horizontal or vertical ruler, press and drag, and an auxiliary line will be pulled out and displayed as the current object. You can also pull out multiple auxiliary lines. This is a simple and intuitive method for setting auxiliary lines. Keep the auxiliary line selected, click it again, and turn the two-way arrows at both ends of the auxiliary line, or you can rotate it! (Try pressing CTRL) If you want to set its coordinates and rotation angle accurately, double-click it and set it accurately in the pop-up options dialog box. If it doesn't fit, just press DEL to delete and start over.

10. Fill vector graphics or text: drag the color blocks on the color wheel directly onto the vector graphics (text), and pay attention to the cursor change. When displayed as a solid small color block, it is filled in a standard way; When it is displayed as a hollow color block, it is set with its outline color. Another method: select the vector graphic or text to be set, left-click the color block for standard filling, and right-click the color block to set the outline color.

1 1. What should I do if I want to mix with other colors to adjust the shading, but I don't want to use gradient filling? Hold down (and hold down) the CTRL key, and click another color block with a different color on the color wheel. The color represented by this color block will be mixed with the original fill color at the ratio of 10%/ 1 click.

12. Specify fine tuning or fine tuning distance. Click Tools, Options. Click Workspace Edit in the category list. Do one of the following: Type the value you want to change in the spin box. Type values in the spin box and spin box. If necessary, you can select a unit of measurement from the unit list box.

Collect some tips and frequently asked questions about CDR.

Some collection techniques and frequently asked questions:

First, install fonts.

Step: Control Panel-Fonts-Files-Install New Fonts-Find the folder where the fonts are placed in the dialog window, then select the fonts to install and confirm. Many fonts downloaded from the internet can't be used, and some will be missing words. It is best to use square fonts.

Second, CORELDRAW has a puzzling problem:

First try to restore the default values of the CD. The method is to press F8, double-click the CORELDRAW icon on the desktop, prompt whether to restore to the initial value, and click OK (this method is often used to solve the problem of missing or shifting toolbars and property bars).

Three. Version utilization and compatibility:

CORELDRAW withdrew from the China market after 8.0, so there is no Chinese version of 9- 10, which will lead to the incompatibility of the versions we often say, and there is no such problem in the completely English version. So every version of the file can't be opened. There are two ways to solve this problem:

A: Open the file in the original version, save it in 8.0 format, and then open it in other versions.

B: Download the dedicated file converter.

Four, bitmap and vector diagram

To put it simply: vector diagrams are mostly geometric figures, which can be infinitely enlarged, not discolored or blurred. They are often used in the design of patterns, signs, VI, characters and so on. Software includes CORELDRAW, ILLUSTRATOR, FREEHAND and XARA.

Bitmaps (also known as bitmaps) are patterns composed of countless color points. When you zoom in infinitely, you will see a piece of color, which will be distorted when you zoom in. Commonly used in image processing, film and television wedding renderings, such as common photos, scanning, digital photos, common tools and software: PHOTOSHOP, PAINTER and so on.

1. Unable to create new file.

This is a printer installation failure. Delete the original printer or network printer, and then reinstall the local printer. If there is no local printer, please install the virtual printer that came with the system.

2. The file is damaged and cannot be opened.

In this case, backup files should be considered first. If everything not set in the CDR is automatically backed up every 65,438+00 minutes, and the file name is: file name _ automatic backup. If you want to open it, just rename it, remove the "_ automatic backup" and change it to "XXX". CDR ",can be directly opened with CDR. If the novice or computer is not very stable, it is recommended to do it automatically.

Try to open it with AI. Generally, the damaged file AI can still be opened, but there may be some deviations in it, but it is better than not opening it. After opening AI, save it as EPS file, and then open it on CD.

3, the problem of text to curve.

It is suggested that if you want to print out or open the same file on another computer, the text must be bent, otherwise it will be unrecognizable when you open it. In addition, note that after the text is saved by curve, the text can no longer be edited, so it is best to save two files, one type of text and one type of curve, for future use.

4, paragraph text to curve problem

Freezing in the filter can be used to solve this problem. Draw a black rectangle on the paragraph text, turn on the filter-Transparency-100%, check Freeze, and then remove the text layer behind, leaving a curve.

This method does not apply to the text with superscript or subscript in the paragraph. There will be errors, for example, the superscript | subscript will become smaller after being converted into curves in this way. In contrast, it is safest to use the output WMF file to convert curves.

5, paragraph text typesetting

If there is less text, use the clip art file (that is, click the text input tool to enter it directly in the page. If there are many words, you can use paragraph words (click the text input tool to pull a dotted box in the middle of the page and then type the text) to convert each other. Pay attention to punctuation at full and half angles. CDR compatibility is not very good. If you don't believe me, try using full-width double quotation marks. The text is all gone. When encountering special symbols such as single quotation marks, the solution is not to enter them first and then add them separately. If there are many words, it is suggested to use PAGEMAKER for typesetting, or first enter the file in WORD, then copy it, and then pull a paragraph text box in CDR for pasting. Note: In WORD, do not use spaces at the end of a paragraph. Go back to CDR, select the text format, align both ends, keep line spacing before paragraphs, and set it to 0 after paragraphs. Other defaults are enough.

If you want to copy word characters to a CD, you can try this method: first select the characters in the WORD file, then create a new text file somewhere and paste the characters into the text file. This method can avoid the problem that some special characters can't be displayed when pasted directly on the CD.

6. The problem of bitmap bottoming

The first method is to pick up the bitmap with a shaping tool, and shape the outer contour of the bitmap by adding, deleting and bending nodes, so as to remove the outer basemap. The second is to use the color mask tool in the filter, adjust an appropriate expansion, pick up the background color to be removed, and apply it, which can also get rid of the relatively monotonous base color map, which is good for transparency. Those who know PS can directly generate PSD transparent background image with PS.

7. Exchange of 7.PSD and CDR files.

CDR files need to be output in JPEG or PSD format if they are to be used in PSD. PSD can only input CDR directly, and the layer structure of PSD format file can be edited after it is dissolved in CD. Pay attention to the scale and actual pixels when paying attention to the CDR output bitmap. If you output once, you need to click the lock on the right or the option of 1: 1 next time.

8. Simple multi-outline fonts

You just need to input text, copy several contours you want, thicken the thickness and color of each contour in turn, and then arrange them in the order from coarse to fine and from back to front.

9. Simple shortcut keys:

Ctrl+a Select All Delete Delete

Ctrl+z regrets ctrl+x scissors ctrl+c copy ctrl+v paste.

E horizontal center alignment r right alignment t top alignment b bottom alignment

C vertical center alignment l left alignment

The four most detailed answers to the CDR question

F4 returns to full screen of standard page F9.

The space bar switches the text format of ctrl+t between the current tool and the previous tool.

ctrl+shift+& lt； & gt Adjust the kerning of single-line paragraph text (this step is more practical)

Ctrl+j opens the custom panel.

1 1, CDR ranking tips

Don't talk about full-page color painting, pay attention to the set of 10. If it is cut according to the standard: 55X90MM, pay attention to the spacing of 1MM in the middle. It is best to set corner lines around the corners for alignment, and make the first cut with a vertical line in the middle.

Selection of bitmap color.

If you import a bitmap and you want to make words in a certain color on the bitmap, you may die in the palette and can't find the same color. Try the straw tool on the left. If the eyedropper tool fails, please remember to convert the bitmap into a bitmap first, because once you edit the bitmap with the plastic tool, it is not a bitmap.

13. Opening a simple CDR file is very slow.

I don't know if this is a file virus or a CDR BUG. Anyway, many people meet. The solution I know is to open this file first and output it in CMX format, then reopen the CMX file and turn it into a CDR file. This can be solved, but there may be some changes in the detailed text. It is best to turn the text into a curve before outputting.

The common formats of vector software such as 14 and CDR are CMX, EPS, EMF and WMF.

15, CDR files should be exported to Wen Tai for carving, and first exported to PLT format. Even better, 1: 1, and pay attention to the words without outline, otherwise it will be engraved twice in the same position, resulting in paper breakage.

16, the problem of CDR color changing to fluorescent color, this question has been asked by many people in the bar recently, so please answer it in a unified way.

The first method: the problem of fluorescent color is the problem of color description file. Click (Tools)-(Color Management) and a window will appear. Adjust the window to adjust the color. Generally, the color of CDR will be cancelled. You can adjust it to be close to the printing color or download the description file here.

The second method:

1. Tools → Folder Options → View → Show all files and folders.

2. Find the Graphicsll folder and delete it completely.

c:\ Documents and setting \ Application Data & lt； To hide a folder > \ corel \ graphicsll < Delete this folder >

After deleting, restart Coreldraw 1 1, the color will be re-read, and it will be OK!

18. Customize the harmonic path: firstly, harmonic the linear effect of A to B, then draw a path, click the new path attribute, and then click the path curve to make an interactive gradient along the path. (This method is common in graphics, characters and combination patterns. )

19: plastic tool tip: When you often use plastic tools to shape a curve, you will find that the lines are too sharp or stiff to be soft and natural. At this time, you only need to double-click the two sides of this node to add a node, and then double-click the middle node to delete it, so that the natural lines become smooth and smooth.

20: Bar code problem

9。 You need to customize the barcode installation of 0. Although there is one in the edit menu after installation, it cannot be used. 12 You can call directly. 9 You need to open the bar code editing tool in the startup program to edit the bar code of EAN 13 (China standard) (note: EAN 13 only needs to input the first 12, and the last one will be recognized automatically, so you don't need to input it directly to do the next step), and then you can open the CD program and paste it. If you want to paste it into vector format, you can change the position and size of the barcode. However, it should be noted that if it is for printing, the current bar code is in four colors, and you should change it to k 100.

2 1. Press and hold the alt key to directly select the contents of the layer below, and at the same time, you can box the contact selection like AI.

22. When accurately cropping an image, many people will encounter the situation that the image placed in the box is automatically centered. In fact, you can use ctrl+J to find an "automatic center of image cropping" and remove the tick, so you can crop the image in situ, much like the mask of AI.

23. The search function and replacement function of CDR are very powerful. I suggest you use it more, which will save you a lot of time.

24. Press the space bar to switch back and forth between the selected tool and the tool just used. Accustomed to it, save operation time.

25. Color management of CDR. Many people complain that the color display of CD is not as real as PS and AI. Indeed, CD is not as good as the first two in this respect, but I only tried it on CD 1 1. The definition of color management in it is very good, and it can completely display the same color as AI.

The problem of opening the high version of 26.9. In fact, the high-end version of CD can completely open the content of the low-end version, except for CD9, because the Chinese characters used by everyone now are all changed in China. Historically, CD company has never released a Chinese version of CD9, so it changed the kernel file of CD9, which led to the incompatibility between CD9 and other versions. Patches and plug-ins can be used to generate standards. The CDR file is CD9, but even so, sometimes the text is confused.

27. cdr on MAC. Many people complain that CDR doesn't perform well on MAC. There's really nothing to do. CDR is only developed for PC. On MAC, corel has given up CD 12.

28.CDR can be automatically imposition. In print preview, you can make some simple imposition.

29, text stroke, in fact, the method is very simple, right-click to color him, put a tick in the property panel, so that his stroke does not occupy the position of the text.

30. Turn word into a virtual printer that can install -RIP on cdr winxp, print it as a. png file, and then select and put it in cdr. There is an option to select curves when placing, but note that bold words in word may not be good in cdr.

Another method is to install ac7 Professional Edition and print word as a pdf file. I only tried to get a pdf file from cd 12, but cd9 didn't succeed.

3 1, bitmap to vector, when installing cdr, you can install an attachment, CorelTRACE. After that, right-click the bitmap directly in the cdr, and a bitmap will be drawn, so that you can easily enter the CorelTRACE interface and convert the bitmap into a vector diagram.

32. In ctrl+j, the choice of cdr can be changed to the same as ai. The mouse can drag in the frame without affecting the outer frame, and you can press alt to touch and select objects.

34. How to adjust the following operations in a CD: When pressing up, down, left and right keys, the selected object only moves a little.

On the premise of selecting nothing, adjust the property bar and then fine-tune the offset value, which is 3MM by default.

35. Why can't I see the special character fonts on the CD after copying to the CD with adobe Table, but I can see them in Adobe Table?

It is normal. Use output to PSC. CDR does not support many special character sets.

36. CORELDRAW that has been downloaded many times will not work. It will become an unopened file after downloading! ! I'm really bored! ! Please beg me quickly, and I will thank you!

Generally, there are few files that can be directly installed with EXE downloaded from the Internet, and they are generally compressed files of RAR or ZIP. You need to extract these files before installation. If you can't extract them by right clicking, it means that your compression software is not installed. Online download: WINRAR or WINZIP.

If compression software is installed, it will prompt an error after decompression, which may kill viruses, especially the FUNLOVE virus, destroy compressed files and cause file errors.

37. I think the default color in coreldraw is wrong, which affects the color of the file. Specifically, the overall brightness is strange.

The reason is that the proofreading color and printer color are turned off. The solution is: press CTRL+J, click Wide Area-Color Management, and tick: correct the display color, and correct the tick in front of the analog printer color to confirm.

38. There are few text font types in CD12. How to install a new font for him?

After a system is installed, there are only about ten Chinese fonts. If you need more fonts, you need to install them yourself. It is very convenient to download or buy. The main reason is that no matter what font is installed in the font directory of the system, all software can call this font. The directory is located at: c:\windows\fonts.

39. If this problem occurs, when you open coreldrw 12, a Welcome Application Recovery Manager wizard will appear.

Generally, these problems are mostly caused by the software itself. Please try to replace the disk or download a different version for reinstallation, and remember to completely delete the original file before installation.

40. The following prompt "Internal error 2500 1. There is not enough disk space to extract the script engine file ",and the above prompt will also appear when uninstalling. Unable to operate.

Due to insufficient hard disk space. Here is a reminder, no matter what software, try not to install it to the default C drive. The larger the space reserved in C drive, the faster the software will run, and there is no need to reinstall other software in case of system failure. (It is suggested to divide the disk into C disk system disk, D disk software area, E disk file area, F disk game music video area and G disk backup area).

4 1. How to convert a PC CorelDRAW file into a MAC Illustrator file without garbled words?

Try to output: EPS, AI, WMF and other formats.

42. Prompt to open the file failed. I use coreldrare 12 version, and I do typesetting. After saving, the file size is 330M. You can't save the operation directly now. There is always an error. I also changed the system, but it didn't work. I also used more than 1G memory, which was useless. What is the reason? !

I don't know if you are arranging books or a single poster, it's just this big. CDR found a BUG, that is, when the file is too large, unexpected bugs will appear, and all versions exist. It can only be said that when typesetting, you can use fewer pictures, bitmap pictures as little as possible, interactive effects as little as possible. In addition, if it is not necessary, there is no need to correspond to the size one by one, and try to control the file size. But if you use it in books and magazines, it is recommended to use PAGEMAKER or INDESIGN, which is where they come in. Although CDR is fully competent in typesetting, it is not its strength. Unless you fully master the CDR typesetting function and skills, try not to use CDR to arrange multi-page pages. It is ok to organize newspapers. (there is also a small picture, sometimes it doesn't have to be high pixel or large size. If it is within 65438+200km, the JPG image should be controlled.