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CorelDRAW 11: The Official Guide by Steve Bain |
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CorelDRAW 11:
The Official Guide
by Steve Bain |
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| Pros |
• thorough coverage of CorelDRAW
11
• well organized and cross-referenced
• easy to read |
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| Cons |
• few hands-on exercises for
practical application
• bland layout and writing,
too few color pages
• little coverage of PAINT
& R.A.V.E. |
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The Bottom Line
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A good reference manual, particularly for CorelDRAW
veterans who may have skipped a few versions
and need to get up to speed on new features.
May be too disjointed for new CorelDRAW users.
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| Product Description |
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A thick book, over 800 pages with 29 chapters, an
index, and an appendix listing keyboard shortcuts. |
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Part I: CorelDRAW 11 Quick Start Guide |
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Part II: Getting Started with CorelDRAW 11 |
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Part III: Working with Object Tools |
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Part IV: CorelDRAW 11's Text Arsenal |
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Part V: Applying Color Fills and Outlines |
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Part VI: Organizing Objects and Applying Effects |
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Part VII: Working in 3D |
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Part VIII: Beyond the Basics |
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Images and scripts can be downloaded from the publisher's
Web site. |
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| Guide Review |
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CorelDRAW 11: The Official Guide by Steve Bain
CorelDRAW 11 is an extremely robust application, so
it's no surprise that the Official Guide is a bulky,
800-page tome. It provides thorough coverage of DRAW's
tools, features, and commands, but has only a few
pages discussing R.A.V.E. and no coverage of PHOTO-PAINT.
Although the book does provide step-by-step exercises
for each item discussed, there is little to show the
reader how it all works together to create real-world
projects. The writing lacks personality, and as a
result, it reads like a reference manual. It's a bit
hard to stick with, but if you do, you'll no doubt
learn some new tricks, as I did. The book is for both
Windows and Macintosh users of CorelDRAW 11, but it's
distinctly biased to Windows in the screen shots and
keyboard shortcuts. |
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