Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours [Paperback]

David Karlins (Author), Paul Mikulecky (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: The Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series | Publication Date: June 1999

CorelDRAW is a cross-platform illustration program. This title is aimed at the user who wants to learn the basics of this software, or who wants to become familiar with the features of this version. Topics include drawing and editing shapes; blends and gradients; and placing files onto the Web.

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From the Back Cover

Readers will work through the most useful and important features of the latest version of CorelDRAW, including: Drawing and editing shapes; Drawing and editing Bézier curves; CorelDRAW's powerful lenses and transparency features; Blends and gradients; Importing and exporting images; Special coverage of DRAW for the Web; Brief coverage of Photo-Paint and Dream 3D so they can begin to manipulate photos and render three-dimensional objects.

About the Author

David Karlins is a Web site consultant, a teacher at U.C. Berkley Extension and author of Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 8 in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself FrontPage 98 in a Week, Wild Web Graphics with ImageComposer, and Advanced Productivity with CorelDRAW 6. David is currently authoring Complete Idiot's Guide to Macromedia Flash 5, 0-7897-2442-1. www.ppinet.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 414 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing; 1st edition (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067231570X
• ISBN-13: 978-0672315701
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,583,566 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book - better than taking a class, April 9, 2001

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sheltieowner "bethmcgoldrick" (Edina, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I already knew the concepts of desktop publishing, but was new to CorelDRAW and needed something that would get me up and running quickly. Each chapter of the book showed me what the program could do and then told me how to do it. I liked the web-links to see some finished projects in color.

Also, I had a question about how to pronounce something in the book and e-mailed the author. He e-mailed me back with the answer right away.

I am very impressed with this book and with the author. I highly recommend "Sam's Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours" by David Karlins.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, December 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

I haven`t read the book. But I think it has a good layout.(I have a friend who has bought the book for CDraw Ver 8,He says it`s very easy to follow.)I think this newer version has the same approuch if not better.

3.0 out of 5 stars a good book but not good for a beginner, December 29, 1999

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dakun Xu (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 9 in 24 Hours (Paperback)

Normally, a marked as 24 hours course book should be easy to follow with and easy to learn from. However, Mr.Karlins tried to cover almost everything of Corel Draw 9 in this book, which causes a lot of confusion for the beginner reader.