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can anyone help please corel draw wont scan?

Posted by Hugh Potter on September 28, 2005 at 12:13 pm

HI all,

i’m currently redrawing a design that a customer sent, it won’t scan or trace so i’m doing it the slow way, ie… drawing lines over the top, i’ve done the first part of the design quite easily, what want to do i colour fill the objects / shapes i’ve made, but because they’re made up of several lines, i cant seem to fill wth colour, i’ve tried welding them together and a few other things, but just cant seem to fill em with reference colour,

any ideas welcomed !! 😉

Phil Halling replied 18 years, 7 months ago 6 Members · 9 Replies
9 Replies

David Rowland

Member
September 28, 2005 at 12:24 pm

Hi, hugh.. Press F1, search for “Closing multiple line segments” and “combining objects”

Also interesting read is “Working with Curve Objects”

All the lines and shapes need to be combined into ONE object. An object can be coloured or outlined.
Hugh Potter

Member
September 28, 2005 at 12:29 pm

as fast as ever dave, thank you !

EDIT:
awesome !!! done in seconds, i must be honest, i’m not one for using help pages on most programs cos i don’t find them much help, as a result i didnt think to use corels, you’re a star !!!

easy when ya know how !!
Stephen Sill

Member
September 28, 2005 at 5:19 pm

<Bows to Dave>
You solved a problem with me too! Probably saved me the price o’ entry!
Peter Normington

Member
September 28, 2005 at 8:14 pm

HEY GUYS
many years ago I was taught, if you dont know, R T F B
Or Read The F..ing Book

Most help files are the book, so dont ignore them
Peter
Hugh Potter

Member
September 28, 2005 at 9:03 pm

cheers Peter !!!!! i heard that before too !! just normaly find the usal windows help files never have what i want help on, or offer no good solution, so i guess i just got used to trying to figure it out myself, and if al else fails…. ask ! i shall however endevour to use corels useful help files more often !
David Rowland

Member
September 28, 2005 at 9:36 pm

Corel 12 has some nice help, even Macromedia products are well expained.

Yes Mister Lynn… RTFM, I sometimes tell people that.
Alan Drury

Member
September 29, 2005 at 7:25 am

To all Corel Draw users – go to http://www.oberonplace.com and http://www.isocalc.com for some FREE add ons, there are also some pay bits there too but they are cheap. Look out for the tiler (step and repeat) registration mark – round corner fixer, these 3 are free and can be a great time saver.
Alan
Hugh Potter

Member
September 29, 2005 at 8:16 am

cheers Alan, i’ll check that lot out tonight !
Phil Halling

Member
September 29, 2005 at 9:04 am

Yes Mister Lynn… RTFM, I sometimes tell people that.

Dave,

I presume you are refering to the manual, not the book as mentioned above?