Summary:
Mastering Coreldraw 9 is the ideal resource for beginning, intermediate, and expert users of Corel's popular graphics program. Written by Rick Altman, this new edition offers comprehensive, in-depth examination of every feature and capability, including basic fundamentals, advanced techniques, and all the enhancements found in the latest release. You don't need to be a professional artist to produce professional-quality Web graphics, business art, and technical illustrations - this book teaches you everything you need to know to put CorelDRAW to work.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART I A QUICK TOUR OF CORELDRAW
Chapter 1 A Tour of the Tools
Chapter 2 What's New in CorelDRAW
PART II LIFE IN AN OBJECT-ORIENTED WORLD
Chapter 3 The Miracle of the Click: Maneuvering the Mouse
Chapter 4 As the Curve Turns
Chapter 5 Making Arrangements
Chapter 6 Applying Fill Patterns
Chapter 7 Understanding Outlines
PART III MASTERING TEXT
Chapter 8 Working with Text
Chapter 9 Working with Paragraph Text
Chapter 10 Advanced Text Handling
PART IV EFFECTS AND AFFECTS
Chapter 11 When Objects Collide
Chapter 12 A Matter of Perspective
Chapter 13 The Envelope, Please
Chapter 14 Blending It All Together
Chapter 15 The Enigma of Extrude
Chapter 16 The Different Faces of Contour
Chapter 17 Through the Looking Glass
Chapter 18 Dropping Shadows
Chapter 19 The Power of the Clip
PART V DRAWING FOR CYBERSPACE
Chapter 20 The Basics of Creating Web Graphics
Chapter 21 Creating a Web Graphics Laboratory
Chapter 22 Strategies for Webmastering
PART VI THE BITMAP ERA
Chapter 23 The Bitmap Era Is Here
Chapter 24 An Introduction To Photo-Paint
Chapter 25 PHOTO-PAINT Survival Skills
PART VII THE CORELDRAW FREEWAY
Chapter 26 Print, Darn You!
Chapter 27 Color for the Color Blind
Chapter 28 Publishing to PDF
Chapter 29 Sneaking over the Border:
Importing Files from Other Sources
Chapter 30 Exit, Stage Left: Exporting Files to Other Formats
PART VIII TAKING CONTROL
Chapter 31 Using Styles
Chapter 32 Finding and Managing Objects
Chapter 33 Scripting Success
Chapter 34 Your Very Own Interface
Appendix A Installation
Index