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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Training Course

 

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3
CorelDraw X3

Course Synopsis: Getting Started with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 is designed to help you get
up to speed quickly with CorelDRAW X3 and its new features. This class begins with an overview of the application, including a tour of the interface and a guide to the basic drawing tools, then moves on to more advanced topics, such as adding text, controlling page layout, publishing PDFs, and printing final documents. Tips and specific examples that teach users how to improve workflows and maximize productivity are also included.

Who Should Attend: Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of the drawing and bitmap editing tools in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn:
• Drawing, Filling, and Adding Effects
• Working with templates
• Transforming Objects
• Using the Step and Repeat docker
• Working with Paragraph Text
• Layers and the Object Manager
• Importing, Publishing, Exporting
• Using the Image Adjustment Lab

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Adobe InDesign CS3, and Adobe Acrobat. Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.


CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Training Course Outline


LESSON 1
Introduction
Welcome to CorelDRAW X3
What’s new in CorelDRAW X3
Getting assistance
Vector vs. rasters/bitmaps


LESSON 2
Jumping Right Into CorelDRAW X3
Welcome to the Welcome Screen
Touring the user interface
Creating drawings
Saving your masterpieces


LESSON 3
Working with Pages and Layout
Working with multiple pages
Customizing the page layout
Working with Guidelines and the Snap To
options


LESSON 4
Creating Objects
Drawing shapes
Polygons, stars, and graph paper
The Perfect Shapes Collection
Lines and curves
Node editing using the Shape Tool


LESSON 5
Transforming Objects
Selecting/deleting objects
Modifying objects
Arranging objects
Working with multiple objects
Converting objects


LESSON 6
Design Time Savers
Cut, copy and paste
Duplicating and cloning objects
Using the Step and Repeat docker
Undo/redo/repeat
Working with symbols


LESSON 7
Working with Artistic Text
Working with the Text Tool to create
Artistic Text
Fitting text to a path
The character formatting docker
Spelling and Quickcorrect

LESSON 8
Working with Paragraph Text
Working with the Text Tool to create
Paragraph Text
The paragraph formatting docker
Linking paragraph text frames
Working with columns
Additional paragraph features

 

LESSON 9
Color Outlines and Fills
Introducing color palettes
Color filling options
Color outline objects
Using the Eyedropper and Paintbucket Tools
Using the Smartfill Tool


LESSON 10
Layers and the Object Manager
Working with layers
Layer properties
Using the master layer
Viewing Your Work
View modes
Preview modes
Using the View Manager
Using the Zoom Tool
Find and Replace
Find and replace objects
Find and replace text


LESSON 11
Bitmaps
Applying effects to a bitmap
Using the Image Adjustment Lab
Cropping bitmaps
Converting vector objects to bitmaps
Shaping Objects
Shaping objects
PowerClipping objects
Adding envelopes
Working the corners


LESSON 12
The Interactive Tools Flyout
Interactive Blend Tool
Interactive Contour Tool
Interactive Distortion Tool
Interactive Drop Shadow Tool
Interactive Extrude Tool
Interactive Transparency Tool
Interactive Fill Tool


LESSON 13
Importing, Publishing, Exporting
Importing and exporting Files
Publish to PDF
Export for Office
Printing basics explained
Print preview basics

 

 

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