I'm currently sitting with the following problem in CorelDraw 11:
I have four circles, one inside the other, with the circles getting smaller towards the centre. I want the two outer circles to be joined and the two inner circles to be joined. Text will be placed on top of these circles and I want to cut out those sections of the circle which will be covered by the text. The circles will also be filled with different colours. Simply placing the text on top of the 'rings' is not an option as the there are also two logos on the right which cover part of the circle (the part which I want to 'cut' out).
I've tried Combine and the Knife tool but somehow I just don't seem to achieve my goal. This would be a lot easier to explain if I could upload a PDF of the image.
Ralf, a visual would help us.
I thought I was following your explanation and then you lost me towards the end.
Is something like this what you want to do?
Diane
Hi Diane,
As per the following. Hope it helps:
Okay, I 'think' I've got it now.
First, combine the 2 sets of circles. (Combine circle one & two and then Combine circle 3 & 4)
Type your text
Put a rectangular box around your text and use that box to trim each ring (circle)
Delete the box.
Is this what you want?
Almost. Are you actually cutting the circles or is the rectangle simply placed over the circles making it appear like they're cut, in other words, if I were to click on the upper purple ring could I move it without moving the bottom one? I also need a cut-out on the right of the pink circle where the smaller 'logos' will be placed but assume the process will be the same. Can one not simply select the horizontal line segments joining the two circles and delete the area between them?
Many thanks.
[EDIT: I was off Typing and did not see that ColorYourWorld had posted a follow up. So, I am deleting my narrative.
Thank you, Diane. I wasn't familiar with the TRIM command ... it worked like a charm. Other sources suggested I use layers to hide what I've now trimmed ... I knew there had to be a better and correct way.