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Re: CorelDraw11 and VBA....
It is true is you use the mouse and select all and tell it "hairline outline" that text will be outline. Easy to select all text and tell to remove the outline.
I'd use the "Select Same" script. When activated, Select Same requires you to select one item you wish to select all of, so select one instance of outlined text, use the little pop-up box to select all the other type, then simultaneously remove all those outlines at once with a right click in the null fill on the color palette.
That should do it. Is that easy enough? I know that this script works in both CorelDRAW 12 and X3.
BTW, you can also do all of what you are using Excel for in DRAW, did you know that? It is part of the merge function.
There is a great free tutorial that shows how Merge works at unleash.com featuring "Number Gen". A search for that name will bring up the right page. Understanding that and how to use labels is all you need to know to just use DRAW for what you are doing. You can use Excel as your data base. Of course your way works, but it is good to know more than one way.
Another thought on the Select Same script is you can also select a shape before selecting all, select one of the shapes, then select all the similar shapes and apply the hairline outline. In order to then edit the line properties, you need to exit Select Same. Hitting F12 brings up your line dialogue box.
That's it.
Re: CorelDraw11 and VBA....
Hi Sally
great, this fast answer!!!
Thank you very much. The SelectSame is a great step in the right direction. I can use that so far to solve the problem at this time. My 'dream' is to do some further things with my Rectangles or with the Text inside. I will have a look at the VBA-Code of SelectSame, may be I will understand and work with it.
I will also have a look of the tutorial you talked about, but I think (till now) that our special routine will work a little better in Excel, because the form of Table is ideal for our work, but we will see.
Once again many thanks for your tips. I'm shure I will be back to this forum to complete my 'dreams'.
Werner