Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 8 in 24 Hours

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Summary: Easy and fun to read.
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to use, and have fun with "CorelDraw". Very nicely put together.

Rating:
Summary: Easy and fun to read.
Review: If you want to learn CorelDRAW 8 quickly, you need this book. There are 24 chapters and, presumably, each chapter can be completed in one hour. How much can be learned in one hour with a book like this? Plenty. The book is easy to read, the illustrations are very good, and the workshops are excellent. Each chapter has a self test at the end which reinforces what you've learned in that chapter. By the time I reached chapter 19 "From CorelDRAW to the World Wide Web" I felt comfortable creating a Web page using CorelDRAW, and was quite pleased with the results. The next three chapters introduce Photo-Paint 8 and the final two chapters provide an introduction to Corel Dream 3D. The Photopaint and Dream 3D chapters will get you started with those packages. Overall, I enjoyed the book and gained a good understanding of CorelDRAW 8 in the process. The book should be completed in one hour (or greater) segments, a chapter at a time, in order to get the full benefit of the workshops. The book is reasonably priced and, in my opinion, an excellent buy.

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Summary: Something missing
Review: Sorry, I can't agree with the other reviewers. Maybe since they are new to Corel they didn't realize the fact that information on some very important tools is completely missing. Although shown in a toolbar description, the interactive drop shadow, blend, and distortion tools are forgotten. I'm also new to Corel, and I stumbled on this fact while experimenting. It does provide a good basis for a robust piece of software, but I can't give it 5 stars.

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Summary: Something missing
Review: What an excellent choice to make if you want to learn a graphic software in a short period of time! I am an avid reader of self teaching books, since we have not many classes on the computer graphics subject here in Alaska. This one is one of the best ones ever. If you follow the chapters one by one, practicing one hour a day, after 24 days you are quite the capable user of CorelDRAW, which - by the way - is a lot of fun. The way David Karlins describes the different tools and how to use them makes it very easy even for the novice to follow. I also loved the tips and notes and sense of humor. It is also an excellent update for seasoned CorelDRAW users. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: YES! You can learn how to use CorelDRAW in 24 hours!
Review: What an excellent choice to make if you want to learn a graphic software in a short period of time! I am an avid reader of self teaching books, since we have not many classes on the computer graphics subject here in Alaska. This one is one of the best ones ever. If you follow the chapters one by one, practicing one hour a day, after 24 days you are quite the capable user of CorelDRAW, which - by the way - is a lot of fun. The way David Karlins describes the different tools and how to use them makes it very easy even for the novice to follow. I also loved the tips and notes and sense of humor. It is also an excellent update for seasoned CorelDRAW users. I highly recommend it!