User manual COREL GRAFIGO 2

[. . . ] Corel® GrafigoTM 2 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 end user license agreement. Corel, the Corel logo, Corel Grafigo, the "Ideas go here" byline, and CorelDRAW are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U. S. Microsoft, NetMeeting, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. [. . . ] Stroke eraser is used to delete entire ink strokes (right). To erase an ink stroke To Erase an ink stroke Do the following In the toolbox, open the Eraser flyout, and tap Stroke eraser. Drag across the area you want to erase. Erase an area of an ink stroke You can also erase an ink stroke by selecting it, and tapping Cut standard toolbar. on the You can also erase an ink stroke by using the scratch-out gesture. For more information about the scratch-out gesture, see "Erase" on page 85. Working with ink strokes 47 Using drawing assistance Corel Grafigo includes drawing assistance tools, which let you apply ink strokes with precision. Using drawing assistance, Corel Grafigo can recognize the shapes you draw and convert them into perfect forms. For example, you can draw an arrow that consists of two pen strokes: one for the body and one for the arrowhead. Whether you start with the arrowhead or the body, Corel Grafigo converts your hand-drawn arrow into a more symmetrical and straightened arrow. Corel Grafigo uses shape recognition to convert hand-drawn shapes (left) into perfect forms (right). Drawing assistance also allows line straightening and collinear alignment. For example, if you draw a staircase pattern that is not perfectly straight, the line segments that are arranged at approximately 90 degrees will be adjusted to be exactly horizontal or vertical and set at 90 degrees. 48 Corel Grafigo User Guide Line segments can be straightened and aligned to the vertical or horizontal axis. Line segments can also be aligned along a single line. You can also use drawing assistance to create symmetrical lines and shapes. For example, if you draw a star, Corel Grafigo will make all opposing sides symmetrical and of equal length. Symmetry affects only straight line segments and not curves. Corel Grafigo will make opposing sides of a shape symmetrical and of equal length. Corel Grafigo also lets you use drawing assistance to snap lines and curves to other lines, and to shapes. For example, if you draw a line close to an existing ink stroke or between two existing ink strokes, the new line is repositioned so that it snaps to the closest Working with ink strokes 49 hotspots of the existing ink strokes. If you draw a line close to an existing shape, the new line is repositioned so that it snaps to the closest hotspot of the existing shape. If you draw a line between two existing ink strokes, the line is repositioned so that it snaps to the closest hotspots of the existing ink strokes. When you draw a line between two existing shapes, the line is repositioned so that it snaps to the closest hotspots of the existing shapes. You can also set the delay between drawing a stroke and the implementation of drawing assistance. For example, if the timer is set to one second and you draw a circle, drawing assistance takes effect one second after you draw the circle. If the delay is set to zero, drawing assistance occurs the instant you lift the pen. 50 Corel Grafigo User Guide You can undo the implementation of drawing assistance. For more information, see "Undoing and redoing actions" on page 24. To enable or disable drawing assistance · Tap Drawing assistance on the standard toolbar. Drawing assistance is available only for the Pen tools. To choose drawing assistance settings 1 Tap Settings on the standard toolbar. 2 In the Settings dialog box, tap the Pen tool tab. To Set the delay between drawing a stroke and the implementation of drawing assistance Enable line straightening and collinear alignment Enable symmetry of lines and straight-line shapes Enable snapping of lines, curves, and shapes Do the following In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen tool page, move the Timer slider. In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen tool page, enable the Align shapes option. In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen tool page, enable the Symmetry option. In the Drawing assistance area of the Pen tool page, enable the Snap to shapes option. The Align shapes, Symmetry, and Snap to shapes commands are available only when drawing assistance is enabled. When drawing assistance is enabled and ink strokes are sent to the recognizer, information about the pen pressure applied when creating the ink strokes is not used. Shape recognition and curve smoothing work only for ink drawn with the Pen tools. [. . . ] Corel Grafigo Writer The printer driver that converts a document from another program into a Corel Grafigo (SVG) file grab area The area of a toolbar that can be dragged. Dragging the grab area moves the bar, while dragging any other area of the bar has no effect. Toolbars with grab areas include the standard toolbar, the toolbox, the Library toolbar, and the View manager toolbar. grid A series of nonprinting vertical and horizontal lines that can be used to determine placement of ink and objects in the workspace hotspots A snap point, such as an endpoint, midpoint, or centerpoint, used to position and align an ink stroke more precisely. [. . . ]