You cannot, however, insert an instance of the same symbol. While editing a symbol, you can insert an instance of another symbol, which creates a nested symbol. To rename a symbol, double-click the symbol’s name in the Symbol manager docker, and type a new name. You may need permission to change files on the network. The symbol appears in the Symbol manager docker, and it can be selected and edited like any other symbol.
Click a library (.csl) filename, and click Open. Choose the drive and folder of the library that contains the symbol that you want to modify. To edit a linked symbol, click File Open. You can also edit a symbol by selecting an instance in the drawing window and clicking the Edit symbol button on the property bar, or holding down Ctrl and clicking a symbol instance. While working in symbol edit mode, you cannot add layers or save a drawing. To open the Symbol manager docker, click Object Symbol Symbol manager.Ĭlick the Finish editing object tab in the bottom-left corner of the drawing window.Ĭhanges made to a symbol are automatically made to all instances in the active drawing. In the Symbol manager docker, choose a symbol from the list. To open the docker, click Object Symbol Symbol manager. You can also convert an existing object or objects to a symbol by dragging the object or objects to the Symbol manager docker. For more information, see Unsupported object types. Not all objects can be converted to symbols. For more information about layers, see Working with layers. If you convert objects on different layers to a symbol, the objects are combined on the topmost object’s layer. Type a name for the symbol in the Create new symbol dialog box. You can also delete all symbols that are stored in the document library but are not used in the document. When you delete a symbol that is used in a document, all instances of the symbol are removed from the document. When the link is broken, the local copy of the symbol remains in the drawing as an internal symbol, and it can be edited independently from the symbol in the external library. You can edit a linked symbol or you can decide to break the link to the external library and make the symbol internal. When you insert a symbol from an external library, a copy of the symbol is added to the active drawing, but it remains linked to the source symbol. Selection handles for symbols are blue selection handles for objects are black. The selection handles for symbols differ from those for objects. You can edit a symbol any changes you make affect all instances in the drawing. For more information, see Managing collections and libraries. In addition, you can create symbol libraries, which contain symbols that can be shared between drawings. The symbols that you create in a drawing are saved with the CorelDRAW (CDR) file. Most objects in CorelDRAW can be converted to symbols, with some exceptions. You can also create a symbol from multiple objects. When you convert an object to a symbol, the new symbol is added to the Symbol manager docker, and the selected object becomes an instance. Using symbols for objects that appear many times helps to reduce file size.