subject: Corel Draw Import, Preview, Format & Resample Of Files [print this page] To import a file simply choose File from the Menu Bar. First of all locate the file with Windows file selector. Choose the file type if you remember it from within the window that appears and the files will reduce to only that type of file. Now simply select the file that you want to import to Corel Draw then click Import.
How to get a preview of the file that is being imported? This step is very simple all you have to do is that you can check preview check box that is to the right in the file listing window and you can turn a preview on. Although it is a good option because you can see that what are you importing and can have a better idea about the right type of file (it is exactly for that purpose the preview is available in the window of file listings).But still there are files that cannot give you a preview and some other files that are not saved with a preview but you do not need to worry about that because most of the files will give you a fine preview.
How to get file Information of the file that is being imported? This is a simple one too; just go to Menu Bar and select File Menu and click it then as before go to Import. You will rarely find this step explained in any of the graphics tutorials. Now choose your file that you want to import in Corel Draw. Now locate on the window that appears the Image Size and File Format. That section will tell you all exactly about the size of the image that you are importing to Corel Draws as well as the format of the file. It tells you exactly that how large file you are importing to Corel Draw and what type of file is it. It has a purpose that it servers in Corel Draw and it is that you cab sure that it is the very right file that you are importing in case you are making your file selection on the basis of file size and its format and type. You have more options to do with your file that you are importing like you can crop the file that you are importing or you can resample it. You will see how to crop and resample a file in Corel draw in next step.
Before you import a file Corel draw provides you an option and that is that you can reduce the size of the file before you import it and it is very much easy to do just find the fly-out with Full Image as the default. Now go to click and open it and choose to resample it. Now when you will start importing it by clicking on the import; a menu will open with which you can resample your file fully well. You can enter the size and also the resolution as well that you wants your image to be of. So all that is also best suited for importing web graphics files too.
