As we have seen that now Corel draw treats the guideline like a normal object that can be selected, deleted even can be rotated. While working in Corel draw sometimes its advisable to lock the guideline so that it will not move while working with the objects. You can select and lock or unlock the guidelines.
1. Open Corel DRAW.
2. Drag the few horizontal and vertical guidelines using pick tool.
3. Using Pick Tool, select any guideline.
4. Go to Arrange > Lock Object
5. Try to move the guideline using pick tool, it will not move. It won't even get deleted.
6. Select the locked guideline with pick tool.
7. Go to Arrange > Unlock Object
8. Now it can be moved or deleted.
Let us go into the deep of guidelines using Guidelines Setup.
9 . View > Guidelines Setup
10. By default, show guidelines will be checked, if not, check it.
11. Change the default guideline color to Green and click OK.
12. Drag the guideline on the page.
13. It will have green color and when selected will turn into red.
14. Go to View > Guidelines Setup
15. Uncheck Show Guidelines
16. The guidelines will disappear.
17. Bring them back by either checking the same box or View > Guidelines
There is another way to access Guidelines Setup and clear the guidelines on the page.
18. Drag the horizontal and vertical guidelines on the page.
19. Double click on the horizontal guideline using pick tool.
20. This will open guidelines setup box with Horizontal option opened.
21. If you click on vertical guideline, it will open the guidelines setup box with Vertical option opened.
22. The number in the box indicates the position of the selected guideline.
23. Press clear, the number will vanish and the guideline will disappear.
24. You can press delete to delete the guideline.
Let us see how to move and add the guideline at the precise distance using guidelines setup.
25. Open Corel DRAW.
26. Drag the horizontal and vertical guidelines on the page.
27. Double click on the horizontal guideline using pick tool.
28. This will open guidelines setup box with Horizontal option opened.
29. Add some figure in the box other than what is present by default, if suppose it is 6, then add 10.
30. Click Move.
31. The selected guideline will be moved at 10.
32. Now add 2 in the box and click Add.
33. You will get new guideline at 2.
Outline
Let us learn the details about the basic editing of outline which includes changing of color, thickness and removing outline.
1. Open Corel DRAW. Draw rectangle. Keep it selected.
2. Right click on any color in the color palette situated at the right side. The outline color will change to that color.
3. If you right click on white color the out line may seems to be disappeared. But its still there because you won't be able to see white line on white background.
4. Right click on any color other than white. Try to experiment with different colors.
5. Press the cursor on Outline Tool (marked with red circle).
6. It will display the options available. Click on 24 Point Outline (Thick). The outline of the rectangle becomes thick.
7. You can right click on any color in the color palette to change the color of this thick outline. Tryout different thickness available in the outline tool.
8. Observe the color palette carefully. There is a cross with no fill on the top.
9. Right click on the cross mark. The outline of the rectangle will get disappeared.
10. Again color it by right clicking on some color. Go to Outline Tool and click "No outline" option (marked with green circle).
11. Again the outline is disappeared.
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