User manual COREL GRAFIGO

Corelâ GrafigoÔ User Guide The contents of this user guide and the associated Corel Grafigo software are the property of Corel Corporation and its respective licensors, and are protected by copyright. For more complete copyright information about Corel Grafigo, please refer to the About section in the Help menu of the software. Copyright Ó 2002 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, Corel Grafigo, and the "Ideas go here" byline are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft, NetMeeting, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other product, font, and company names and logos may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Table of Contents Welcome to Corel Grafigo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Corel Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Customer feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting Started ..................7 Understanding Corel Grafigo terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Symbols palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Creating and opening documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Changing the look of the work area . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Using underlays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Changing the view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selecting, moving, and copying objects Undoing and redoing actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Using gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Saving and exporting documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Closing documents and quitting Corel Grafigo . . . . . . . . . 16 Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Drawing with the Pen tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Drawing with the Marker tool Erasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Working with Onionskins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Table of contents 3 Working with symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Working with text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Adding, editing, moving, and deleting text . . . . . . . . . . 26 Converting Ink into text Formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Changing the recognized language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Collaborating with others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Setting up Microsoft NetMeeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Placing or receiving a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Table of contents 4 Welcome to Corel Grafigo CorelÒ GrafigoÔ is a graphics application for the Tablet PC. It provides the simplicity of a pencil and paper, and allows you to quickly visualize and communicate your ideas. This chapter provides information on the following: · Corel Corporation · Technical support · Customer feedback Corel Corporation Founded in 1985, Corel Corporation (www.corel.com) is a leading technology company specializing in content development (both text and graphics), business process management and XML-enabled enterprise solutions. The company's goal is to give consumers and enterprise customers the ability to create, exchange and instantly interact with content that is always relevant, accurate and available. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. Technical support Priority Service is fee-based, toll-free technical service designed for individual users and small businesses, including Academic and OEM users, and encompasses two options: Pay-As-You-Go Traditional, per-minute telephone support. For Pay-As-You-Go service call: 1-900-733-8780 (Mon-Fri: 8:30 - 19:30 EST) Support Incident A support incident is the resolution of one technical question, problem or issue, regardless of the number of telephone calls required to resolve it. Y can purchase ou support incidents in the following ways: Welcome to Corel Grafigo 5 Purchase your single support incident at the time of use. This is payable over the phone by major credit card only. Purchase your support incidents, in packs of three or more, before you encounter any technical issues and save over 15% of the individual purchase price. These are payable by major credit card, check, or purchase order. All support incident packs expire one year from the date of purchase. For Support Incident service call: 1-877-662-6735 (Mon-Fri: 8:30 - 19:30 EST) Customer feedback If you have any comments or suggestions about Corel Grafigo, you can send them by email to grafigosuggest@corel.com. If you have any comments or suggestions about the Corel Grafigo Help, you can send them by email to grafigodoc@corel.com or by regular mail to the following address: Product Manager, Corel Grafigo, Corel Corporation, 1600 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Z 8R7. Welcome to Corel Grafigo 6 Getting Started In this chapter you will learn about: · Understanding Corel Grafigo terms · The toolbar · The Toolbox · The Symbols palette · Creating and opening documents · Changing the look of the work area · Using underlays · Changing the view · Selecting, moving, and copying objects · Undoing and redoing actions · Using gestures · Saving and exporting documents · Closing documents and quitting Corel Grafigo Understanding Corel Grafigo terms Tap: To touch an item once with your tablet pen and then lift the pen quickly. Corresponds to a click with a mouse. Double-tap: To tap twice quickly with your tablet pen. Corresponds to a double-click with a mouse. Pressure sensitivity: The ability of a Tablet PC to sense pressure. It allows you to increase or decrease the thickness of ink by varying the amount of pressure on the tablet pen. Onionskin: A translucent drawing surface that is placed on top of a work area. Y ou can use it like trace paper when drawing. 7 Getting Started Ink: The writing or drawing strokes that you make with your tablet pen. Underlay: A background image that can be inserted in the work area. Work area: The area in which you create and edit the content in a document. The toolbar When you open Corel Grafigo the toolbar is, by default, at the top of the screen. It includes the following commands: New--creates a new document. Open--lets you browse for a file to open. Close--closes a document. Save--saves the open document Cut--removes a selected object from the work area and copies it to the Clipboard Copy--places a selected object on the Clipboard so it can be pasted Paste--places the contents of the Clipboard into the work area (only objects that are supported in Corel Grafigo can be pasted into a document). Undo--reverses the previous action. You can undo up to 21 of the previous actions. Redo--reverses the previous Undo Underlay--allows you to select a file to place as an underlay in your work area. Collaborate--allows you to collaborate with other users over the Internet or a network by using Microsoftâ NetMeetingâ . Settings--opens a dialog box for setting options. Help--opens the Corel Grafigo Help. The Toolbox The Toolbox contains tools for drawing, creating text, and manipulating objects in the work area. It contains the following tools: Lasso--lets you select ink and text in the work area Pen 1, Pen 2, and Pen 3--These pens let you draw using opaque ink. Getting Started 8 Marker--lets you draw lines and shapes using partially transparent ink Onionskin--lets you place a translucent drawing surface on top of a work area. An Onionskin works like a piece of trace paper on a drawing. Eraser--lets you remove ink and text from the work area Text--lets you add a text box, or convert handwriting to text Zoom--lets you reduce or magnify the view, or fit your work to the view Pan--lets you move the view within the work area The Symbols palette The Symbols palette contains shapes that you can add to a drawing. From the Symbols palette you can place a shape on the work area and determine its size and orientation by dragging. You can create new symbols and add them to the Symbols palette. Creating and opening documents Corel Grafigo creates SVG files. Only SVG files created in Corel Grafigo can be opened by the application. To create a new document 1 On the toolbar, tap New . A new instance of Corel Grafigo is launched. To open a Corel Grafigo document 1 On the toolbar, tap Open . 2 In the Look in box, choose the drive and folder where the Corel Grafigo SVG file is stored. 3 Choose a file. 4 Tap Open. Getting Started 9 Notes · Only SVG files created in Corel Grafigo can be opened. Changing the look of the work area You can change the look of the work area by adding a background color or a grid. These elements are for display only, and are not part of a document. To add a grid to the work area 1 2 3 4 5 On the toolbar, tap Settings . Tap the Work area tab. In the Grid section, choose either Small or Large to set the size of the grid. Tap the Color button and choose a color for the grid. Tap OK. To change the color of the canvas 1 2 3 4 On the toolbar, tap Settings . Tap the Work area tab. In the Display section, tap the Canvas color button and choose a color. Tap OK. Using underlays An underlay is an image that you place in the background of your work area. The underlay is embedded in a document and becomes part of it. Y can draw and place ou text on the underlay. To insert an underlay 1 On the toolbar, tap Underlay . 2 Browse to select the image file you want to use as an underlay. 3 Tap Open. Getting Started 10 Notes , · Underlays must be in one of the following file formats: JPG, BMP TIF, GIF, PNG, EMF. · Once you insert an underlay and save your document, the underlay is embedded in the document and cannot be removed. However, you can replace it with another underlay. Changing the view You can change the view by zooming in or out, or panning within the work area. To zoom in and out 1 2 3 4 In the Toolbox, tap Zoom . In the work area, tap the area that you want to zoom in on. To increase the magnification, tap the work area again. To zoom out, tap Zoom then hold down the button on the tablet pen and tap the area that you want to zoom out on. Note · By default, a document is at a zoom level of 100%. The minimum zoom level is 25% and the maximum zoom level is 400%. Tips · You can zoom in on a specific area by tapping Zoom and then dragging a box on the work area to define the area you want to zoom on. · You can also Zoom in or out by using Gestures. For more information see "Using gestures" on page 13. · You can double-tap Zoom to fit your work to the view. To pan 1 In the Toolbox, tap Pan . 2 Place the tablet pen on the screen, and drag to move the view within the work area. Getting Started 11 To fit your work to the view 1 In the Toolbox, double-tap Zoom fit your document to the view. . The zoom level and panning is adjusted to Selecting, moving, and copying objects You can select one or more objects in a document by using the Lasso tool. Selected objects can be cut, copied, or moved. To select objects 1 In the Toolbox, tap Lasso . 2 Drag around one or more objects, then lift the tablet pen from the screen. The appearance of a selected object changes as shown below. In the following picture, an object is shown when it is not selected (left) and when it is selected (right). To move objects 1 In the Toolbox, tap Lasso and select one or more objects. 2 Place the tablet pen on a line in the object, and when the pointer changes to drag the selected object or objects to another location within the work area. , To copy, cut, and paste objects 1 In the Toolbox, tap Lasso and select one or more objects that you want to copy or cut. 2 On the toolbar, tap Copy , or to remove selected objects and place them on the Clipboard, tap Cut . 3 To paste a copy of the selected objects, tap Paste . The objects that you paste are added to the work area as selected objects. Y can tap and drag the selected ou objects to move them within the work area. Getting Started 12 Undoing and redoing actions If you make a mistake you can undo up to 21 of your previous actions. Immediately after undoing actions, you can redo them. To undo or redo an action 1 On the toolbar, tap Undo . 2 To redo the action that was just undone, tap Redo Note . · If you want to undo or redo more than one action, continue tapping the appropriate button. Tip · You can also undo or redo actions by using gestures. For more information see "Using gestures," below. Using gestures Gestures are shortcuts for performing frequently used commands. Gestures are invoked by pressing the tablet pen button as you make the gesture strokes. The following is a list of gestures that can be used in Corel Grafigo. Erase The Scratch-out gesture erases content. Make the strokes as horizontal as possible, and draw at least three strokes. If the height of the gesture increases, the number of back and forth strokes also needs to increase. Undo The Left-semicircle gesture invokes the Undo command. Make sure to draw the Getting Started 13 semicircle from the right to the left. The two ends of the arc should be on the same horizontal line. Redo The Right-semicircle gesture invokes the Redo command. Make sure to draw the semicircle from the left to the right. The two ends of the arc should be on the same horizontal line. Zoom-in The Up gesture magnifies the view to the next zoom level. This gesture is a single, fast flick upward. Zoom-out The Down gesture reduces the view to the lowest level of magnification. This gesture is a single fast flick downward. Up one Onionskin The Chevron-left gesture activates the next lower layer of onionskin. Draw the chevron in a single stroke. Getting Started 14 Down one Onionskin The Chevron-right gesture activates the next higher layer of onionskin. Draw the chevron in a single stroke. Getting Started 15 Saving and exporting documents You can save a document in SVG format, or export it to a bitmap format. To save a new document 1 On the toolbar, tap Save . 2 In the Save in box, browse to select the folder in which you want to save the document. 3 In the File name box, enter a name for the document. 4 Tap Save. To save changes to a document 1 On the toolbar, tap Save . To export a document 1 On the toolbar, tap the small arrow to the right of Save . A menu appears. 2 Tap Export. 3 In the Type box, select the type of file format that you want to export to. The available settings for the exported file will change depending on the file format you choose. 4 Tap OK. Note · Corel Grafigo allows you to export to the following formats: JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, BMP EMF , Closing documents and quitting Corel Grafigo When you close a document, Corel Grafigo remains open as a new document. When you quit Corel Grafigo, both the document and the application close. Getting Started 16 To close a document 1 On the toolbar, tap Close Document . If the document has been changed since it was last saved, you will be asked if you want to save the document. To quit Corel Grafigo 1 Tap in the upper right corner of the work area. Getting Started 17 Drawing Corel Grafigo provides tools for drawing lines and shapes. Corel Grafigo has drawing assistance which automatically smooths lines and recognize shapes. For example, if you draw a square or circle, Corel Grafigo will recognize your intent and convert the shape to a perfect square or circle. The sensitivity of the drawing assistance tools can be adjusted or turned off. · Drawing with the Pen tools · Drawing with the Marker tool · Erasing · Working with Onionskins · Working with symbols Drawing with the Pen tools The Toolbox provides four tools for drawing. There are three Pen tools and a Marker tool. The Pen tools use opaque ink while the Marker tool uses ink that is partially transparent. Shape recognition, curve smoothing, and text recognition work only for lines and shapes drawn with a Pen tool. To draw with a Pen tool 1 In the Toolbox, tap one of the three Pen tools. 2 Use the tablet pen to draw in the work area. Notes · You can change the line thickness and color for each of the pens by tapping Settings , and making changes in the Pen Tool tab of the Settings dialog box. Drawing 18 To change settings for the Pen tools 1 2 3 4 On the toolbar, tap Settings . In the Settings dialog box, tap the Pen Tool tab. For each of the three pens, choose a nib size and ink color. For each of the three pens, enable or disable the Pressure sensitive check box. When pressure sensitivity is enabled, you can increase or decrease the thickness of ink while drawing by varying the amount of pressure on the tablet pen. To change the Drawing Assistance settings 1 On the toolbar, tap Settings . 2 In the Settings dialog box, tap the Pen Tool tab. 3 In the Drawing Assistance section, set the following options: Timer--specifies the time between a pen stroke and the implementation of drawing assistance and the auto-growing for Onionskins. For example, if the timer is set to 1 second and you draw a circle, shape recognition will take effect one second after you lift your tablet pen. If the timer is set to zero, shape recognition will occur the instant you lift your pen. Therefore, when the timer is set to zero you can only draw recognized shapes consisting of one stroke. Curve smoothing level--determines the amount of curve smoothing that is applied. To turn curve smoothing off, move the slider all the way to the left. Shape recognition level--determines the tolerances that are set for shape recognition. If this control is set to its highest level, shapes will be recognized even when they are not drawn very precisely. If the control is set to a lower level, only shapes that are drawn more precisely will be recognized. To turn shape recognition off, move the slider all the way to the left. Automatically straighten shapes--If this check box is enabled, recognized shapes that are close to the vertical or horizontal axis will be automatically straightened. If the Shape recognition level is set to off, this check box is not available. Drawing 19 To draw a recognized shape 1 In the Toolbox, tap one of the Pen tools . 2 In the work area, draw a circle, square, or other recognized shape. If the shape is recognized, it will change to a precise shape. Notes · The following shapes are recognized: straight line, square, rectangle, parallelogram, diamond, circle, ellipse, and triangle. Dashed lines are also recognized. · For shapes to be recognized, shape recognition must be turned on in the Settings dialog box. For more information, see "To change the Drawing Assistance settings" on page 19 . Tips · To make the outline of your shape thicker, go over the shape several times with the tablet pen. Use the same motion that you would when using a pencil to make a thicker outline on paper. The outline becomes thicker for each time that you go over the shape. To disable shape recognition for a single shape 1 In the Toolbox, tap one of the Pen tools . 2 Immediately lift the tablet pen slightly and click the tablet pen button. Notes · You must click the tablet pen button before shape recognition takes effect. For information on increasing the lag time between when you lift your tablet pen and when a shape is recognized, see "To change the Drawing Assistance settings" on page 19 Drawing with the Marker tool The Marker tool uses ink that is partially transparent. It has a different nib shape than the Pen tools. The size of the nib and the color of the ink can be changed in the Settings dialog box. The lines and shapes you draw with the Marker tool are not affected by shape recognition, curve smoothing, or text recognition. Drawing 20