Dear Members,

We are going to reverse the selection so you will learn more about the trim.

1. Open Corel Draw.
2. Select Rectangle tool and draw a rectangle.
3. Select Ellipse tool and draw the circle so as to overlap the part of the rectangle.
4. This time select the rectangle and keep the circle unselected.
5. Go to Arrange > Shaping > Shaping
6. This will open the docker i.e. the dialogue box fixed to the right of the desktop.
7. Select Trim from the drop down.
8. "Source Object" is selected by default, if not select it leaving other option blank.
9. Click Trim.
10. You will get "Trim" cursor to select the object you want to trim by the already selected object.
11. Click the cursor on the circle.
12. The selected circle is trimmed; it means the portion of the circle is cut in the shape of the intersected part of the rectangle.
13. And the source object that is the initially selected rectangle will also remain intact.
14. Try this command checking "Source Object and Target Object" on and then off.

With regards
Atul Thakur
Editor
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