Features for the Graphics Designer

CorelDRAW X5 starts you off right with new drawings, with the New Document dialog box. From there, you’ll notice several enhancements to DRAW’s familiar design tools including new ones. Here’s an overview of what’s in store in this new version and covered in The Official Guide.

The Create a New Document Dialog Box

Unless you choose to override this feature, every time you choose File | New, or click the New button on the standard toolbar, the Create a New Document dialog box appears, as shown next. In the Create a New Document dialog you can choose color mode and color profile options, which alone are lifesavers when you have, for example, a dozen bitmap images to import and you need color consistency between what you draw, the color mode of the bitmaps, and the color profile of your intended output. Whether it’s to the screen as a web page, or to a commercial printer—color reproduction and color accuracy are at the heart of every document you begin. Chapters 27 and 28 are your guides to personal and professional printing.