CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide is the one-stop tutorial for learning how to create gorgeous graphics for a variety of print and web uses. Packed with examples and techniques, this book delivers details no CorelDRAW user can afford to be without! Ideal for beginners through experts getting started on the new release, the book explains how to install the software, use the illustration and drawing tools, work with text, apply colors, fills, and outlines, apply special effects, and work in 3D.

Table of Contents:
Part I CorelDRAW X5 Essentials 1 What’s New in CorelDRAW X5? 2 Exploring Your Workspace 3 CorelDRAW’s Ins and Outs: Importing, Exporting, and Saving Design Work 4 Navigation and Page Setup 5 The X5 Test Drive Part II Getting Started with CorelDRAW X5 6 Working with Single- and Multi-Page Documents 7 Measuring and Drawing Helpers 8 Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations 9 Moving, Scaling, Rotating: Basic Transformations Part III Working with Object Tools 10 Drawing and Editing Objects 11 Editing Objects Part IV Working with Text 12 Getting Artistic with Text 13 Typography Rules and Conventions 14 Getting Your Words Perfect Part V Attributes for Objects and Lines 15 Filling Objects 16 Outline Attributes 17 Digital Color Theory Put to Practice Part VI Creating the Illusion of 3D Objects 18 Working with Perspective 19 Extruding Objects Part VII Creating Special Effects 20 Envelope and Distortion Effects 21 Blends and Contours 22 Lens Effects, Transparency, Shadows, Glows, and Bevels Part VIII The Bitmap Side of Corel Graphics Suite 23 Bitmap Boot Camp: Working with Photographs 24 Advanced Photography Techniques with CorelDRAW 25 An Introduction to PHOTO-PAINT 26 PHOTO-PAINT Effects and Advanced Editing Part IX Thinking Outside of the (Tool) Box 27 Printing: Professional Output 28 Basic HTML Page Layout and Publishing Index