CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 47. Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn, step by step, how to create the illustrations you've imagined, quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs, import and edit photos, master the art of typography and the science of color theory, make 3D scenes from 2D objects, and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art, this. | 424 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Tables With CorelDRAW s Table tool tucked into the toolbox you no longer have to struggle to neatly and attractively present tabular data in your documents. Creating datasheets or directories or displaying spreadsheet data no longer hinges on setting up elaborate networks of guidelines or paragraph text blocks with a generous handful of tab and column settings thrown in. Drag out a table with the new Table tool or import a table from your word processor or spreadsheet program and you re all set to use CorelDRAW s tools to make the data look good. Creating a Table You can create a new table with either the Table tool in the toolbox or from the Create New Table command on the Table menu. If you use the Table tool to create the table you can click-drag to position and size the table exactly where you want the table to be inserted. If you create the table using the menu command the table will be inserted in the center of the document. In either case you can drag the table to a new position or resize it just as you would any other object such as a rectangle that you create with toolbox tools. Using the Proper Tool for the Job Customization of a table takes place on several levels the entire table a single cell a range of cells. The content you place inside a cell such as text or graphics is controlled with the same tools and settings that would affect it if it were not inside a cell. Which tool you have active and what you ve selected with that tool if anything determines what customization options are available to you at that moment from the property bar or the menus. Table Options When the Pick Tool Is Active With the Pick tool click anywhere in or on the table to select the entire table. You can use the Pick tool to select move resize stretch skew or rotate the entire table. When the Pick tool has been used to select the table the following commands and options appear on the property bar as shown in Figure 14-6. These options apply
