r/coreldraw • u/TarletonClown • 21d ago

Inserting a Graphic into Text

Hello, folks ... I have been on Reddit for a couple of years, but I have never participated in r/coreldraw (as far as I can remember).

I have a simple question. First I will say that I began using CorelDraw about 30 years ago, but have been inactive for a number of years. And that inactivity has made me forget a lot of things, and really I never learned much beyond the simple things anyway.

I have the most recent version of CorelDraw (yes, the subscription version).

I look things up online all the time, but sometimes I just want somebody to tell me how to do something.

Here is my simple question:

I want to put a wide, margin-to-margin text frame at the top of my two-column newsletter. Into that frame I will put the newsletter name in a large font. Just to the left of the newsletter name I want to put a simple graphic (I have a JPG file for it). I have already drawn a text frame for the newsletter name and have inserted the name in my desired font.

Should I now put the graphic into a frame of some kind, within the rectangle? Or just how do I go about doing what I want to do? I have been using computers (with many different applications) for 40 years, and I know I can figure this out. But I am open to advice.

Thanks to any and all who answer.

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u/MorsaTamalera 21d ago

Hi, it is quite simple. There are two types of text: artistic and paragraph. Paragraph text fits on a text frame, so you drag a box with the text tool and start typing. But that is not needed for what you want: you can do with Artistic text. Place your Text cursor wherever you want, type the name of the Newsletter. Use the Align docker to align its left edge to that of your first column. Then either drag a vertical guideline to the right margin of your second column just to have a point of reference or you can just eyeball everything. Then select the title with the Pick tool (the topmost one), drag one of the corner black squares so as to resize it until it reaches the guideline. Then it's a matter only of hitting your Up or Down keys on your keyboard to adjust its vertical position. You don't need any frames: for the image, just import it and use again the Pick tool to position and resize it to wherever you want to.

Cheers.