AntiPoetics CorelDRAW Macros

Included Macros

• BrowseFolders v1.0

  • Quickly access various document, system, and application folders:
    • ActiveDocument_FilePath
    • AllUsersProfile
    • ApplicationData
    • ApplicationPath
    • CommonFiles
    • ConfigPath
    • default
    • HomePath
    • LanguagePath
    • ProgramFiles
    • SetupPath
    • SystemRoot
    • Temp
    • UserDataPath
    • UserProfile
    • UserWorkspacePath
    • WindowsDir

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• CopyValues v1.0

  • Copy various values to the clipboard:
    • FileName
    • FilePath
    • FullFileName
    • MetaData_Author
    • MetaData_Copyright
    • MetaData_DocID
    • MetaData_DocLanguage
    • MetaData_Keywords
    • MetaData_LastAuthor
    • MetaData_Notes
    • MetaData_Revision
    • MetaData_Subject
    • MetaData_TemplateFolds
    • MetaData_TemplateIndustry
    • MetaData_TemplateSided
    • MetaData_TemplateType
    • MetaData_Title
    • Name
    • PageHeight
    • PageWidth
    • Resolution
    • ResolutionX
    • ResolutionY
    • Title

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• ExportBitmaps v2.02

  • Quickly export all bitmaps for the current document (in the appropriate size) as CPT files.
  • ExportBitmaps Screenshots
    • Choose export settings...
      
    • Browse for an output folder...
      
    • Files saved using document's name.
      

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• InsertDateStamp v1.02

  • Insert an Artistic Text object with the current date and/or time.
  • InsertDateStamp Screenshots
    • Enter date format.
      
    • Confirm date stamp.
      
    • Artistic Text object created.
      

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• InsertPageNumbers v1.7

  • Insert custom format page numbers at the specified location on each page. Settings are stored with the document and page numbers can be easily updated.
  • InsertPageNumbers Screenshots
    • Specify settings....
      
    • Page numbers created.
      

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• OutlineThickness v1.02

  • Easily change the outline thickness for one or more selected shapes.

  • OutlineThicknes Screenshot
    • Easily adjust the outline on multiple shapes.
      

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• SelectionToMaster v1.0

  • Swap selected shapes and guidelines to and from the active and master pages.

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• SetDocumentScale v1.01

  • Easily set the document's working scale.
  • SetDocumentScale Screenshot
    • Easily adjust the document's scale.
      

Setup

• Extract the GMS file to your CorelDRAW X3 GMS folder.
  For a typical installation, the GMS folder's path will be:
  C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Corel\Graphics13\User Draw\GMS
• Start CorelDRAW X3 or restart it if it was already running.

Usage

Manually starting a macro

Macros can be manually run by going to the CorelDRAW menu: Tools, then Visual Basic, and then Play. From the dialog that appears, choose "AntiPoetics_CDMacros" from the Macros in dropdown box. Next, select the desired macro from the list above and click the Run button.

Assigning a macro to a button

Revisions

• 05-08-2008
  • Added SelectionToMaster.
  • Added CopyValues macros.
  • Added BrowseFolders macros.
• 04-22-2008
  • Updated InsertDateStamp.
    • Macro now remembers the last date/time format used.
  • Minor changes to the way settings are saved and loaded.
• 01-12-2008
  • Updated InsertPageNumbers.
    • Numbering when pages are facing should now work correctly.
    • A page numbering offset can now be specified.
    • Starting and ending pages for numbering can be chosen.
    • The color used for the page numbers can now be chosen.
    • Text is now right/left aligned based on its position within the page.
  • Updated all forms to remember their settings.
• 12-25-2007
  • Updated InsertPageNumbers.
    • InsertPageNumbers should now correctly support margin widths entered according to your computer's regional settings (eg. 1.000,5 vs 1000.5, etc.).
  • Updated all forms to remember their settings.
• 11-03-2007
  • Updated InsertPageNumbers.
    • InsertPageNumbers can now update page numbers previously created with the macro (from this version on).
  • Updated all forms to remember their settings.
• 08-27-2007
  • Updated InsertPageNumbers.
    • Added a dialog for entering settings.
  • Updated all forms to remember their settings.
• 08-23-2007
  • Added InsertPageNumbers.
  • Added SetDocumentScale.
  • Updated ExportBitmaps.
• 08-10-2007
  • Added InsertDateStamp.
• 08-06-2007
  • Initial Release.

Support

For bug reporting, questions, comments, feature requests, etc., please send me a message via the Contact page.