CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) [Paperback]

Phyllis Davis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0201696614 | ISBN-13: 978-0201696615 | Edition: 2nd

CorelDRAW is the world's best-selling drawing and graphics package for the Windows platform. It is an extremely powerful, feature-rich program that allows users to create sophisticated, professional-quality graphics.CorelDRAW 8 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is for anyone who wants or needs to create graphics with CorelDRAW. This hands-on guide takes a straightforward, visual approach that enables even those with little past drawing experience to get up and running quickly. New CorelDRAW users will find the step-by-step instructions easy to follow and fun, and readers with some CorelDRAW experience will benefit from the explanations of important new features. Special tips, techniques, and undocumented secrets will enable all users to create professional effects quickly with less effort. All of the book's numerous illustrations are created using CorelDRAW. Readers can learn to duplicate the effects and graphics that appear throughout the book.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Peachpit's "Visual Quickstart Guides" is an excellent series focusing on highly visual software for both Macintosh and Windows. Uses for the software range from 3-D modeling with Ray Dream, to paper-page layout with QuarkXpress, to web design with GoLive and NetObjects. The approach is excellent for both self-learning and classroom work. The editors match great illustrations with total concentration on accomplishing very specific tasks and a minimum of extraneous discussion. My students love this series because the books are much less long-winded than I am.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Publisher

This easy-access reference guide teaches beginners how to create sophisticated, professional-quality graphics. The step-by-step approach reinforces beginning skills, such as creating shapes and drawing lines and curves. It moves on to more advanced skills, such as working with color and fills, text and type, special effects, and clip art. Users quickly master the basics and work with undocumented tips and tricks to create eye-catching special effects.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2nd edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201696614
• ISBN-13: 978-0201696615
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,407,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for graphics beginner, July 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

I grasp computer concepts very quickly and have worked with some desktop publishing programs, but had never worked with a "professional" graphics program before. This book, however, was excellent; within an hour I was up and running and very comfortable using both the program and the book. Would recommend highly. Now I wish the author would write one for Corel PhotoPaint (hint, hint).

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect primer for a complex program, January 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

This book is exactly what the Visual QuickStart Series is all about - concise, illustrated explanations of most of the features you'll need to be up and running with minimal effort. Ms. Davis' enthusiasm and expertise with CorelDraw 8 makes the book a pleasure to read and work with. Although I use the Macintosh version of the program (there are several interface differences), this book for Windows was exactly what I needed to start using the prgram to create a newsletter for work. I'm brand new to these types of programs, and after struggling through the Bible and Real-World books on Illustrator and PageMaker, this book was a welcome and mercifully brief grand slam. You can skip most of the first 40 or so pages if you are not new to desktop design/publishing, and get right to working with the impressive tools in the program. For me, though, they were a godsend.

I'm still hoping for a Mac edition of this book, but I probably have all I need with this one

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, June 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 for Windows, Fourth Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

This is an excellent step by step tutorial book for beginners.