Hello List,
I am working on a 34 page document which identical. I need to edit transparency on on a curve on page 1, 7, 14, 21, 28 - then the same on different curve on 2, 8. 15, 22, 29 and so on. Yes I know about layers but in this situation working with 32 layers in Coreldraw....... shoot me first!! Shame Coreldraw doesn't have a simple drop down menu for layers like AutoCAD.
Its neon that has sections fading in and out.
Thanks!!
Just so I understand...
Are you working with ~12 shapes on a page, on 34 pages - and so you need to edit the transparency of ~12 x 34 = ~408 shapes?
Hi Eskimo.....so sorry for the late reply, we've been very busy. I went ahead an edited each object one by one.
I am spoiled by AutoCAD. If I was doing this in AutoCAD I would create as many layers as I want as I mentioned layers are a simple dropdown menu, and view and hide them easily. AutoCAD is not a graphics program and CorelDraw is not a CAD program...alas.
I wish CorelDRAW had an easy way to measure point to point without using the dimension tool.
Oh well... one can dream, yes?
Thanks again for your reply and sorry I didn't get back sooner!
Cheers!
For measurement, I have a macro that can measure the distance between two parallel guidelines: #17: Macro - "Guides Distance".
That doesn't measure point-to-point distances, but something like that could certainly be done. There may already be macros available to do that; I've never looked.
Cool, I'll check that out, thanks!
I have worked out a round about way to do this. I set two vertical guidelines and use the dimension tool to get the distance between them. Then in my drawing I drag the guidelines to the either side of what I want to measure as I am doing right now.
I dragged the left guideline to the new position and the dimension gives me the distance
I work in metric whenever I can even though I am in America. I lived overseas for 33 years and it took me less than 10 minutes to work with metric measurements...its damn easy!
Cheers