8 | Corel DESIGNER X7 User Guide
Creating drop shadows................................................................................................................................................................ 351
Blending objects........................................................................................................................................................................... 354
Changing the transparency of objects................................................................................................................................................ 359
Applying uniform transparency.....................................................................................................................................................359
Applying fountain transparency.................................................................................................................................................... 360
Applying pattern transparency......................................................................................................................................................362
Applying texture transparency...................................................................................................................................................... 364
Copying, freezing, and removing transparencies...........................................................................................................................365
Applying merge modes................................................................................................................................................................ 366
Using lenses with objects................................................................................................................................................................... 369
Applying lenses.............................................................................................................................................................................369
Editing lenses............................................................................................................................................................................... 371
Text.....................................................................................................................................................................................................373
Adding and manipulating text............................................................................................................................................................375
Importing and pasting text...........................................................................................................................................................375
Adding artistic text....................................................................................................................................................................... 377
Adding paragraph text................................................................................................................................................................. 377
Adding columns to text frames.................................................................................................................................................... 381
Combining and linking paragraph text frames..............................................................................................................................382
Aligning text by using the baseline grid....................................................................................................................................... 385
Selecting text................................................................................................................................................................................386
Finding, editing, and converting text............................................................................................................................................ 386
Shifting, rotating, mirroring, and flipping text..............................................................................................................................388
Moving text.................................................................................................................................................................................. 389
Wrapping text.............................................................................................................................................................................. 390
Fitting text to a path....................................................................................................................................................................391
Inserting special characters, symbols, and glyphs..........................................................................................................................393
Embedding graphics..................................................................................................................................................................... 396
Working with legacy text..............................................................................................................................................................396
Formatting text...................................................................................................................................................................................397
Choosing typefaces and fonts.......................................................................................................................................................397
