•Selected only — saves only the editable areas defined in your image, when there are no active and selected objects. If there are no editable areas, this option saves only the active and selected objects.

•Web_safe_filenames — replaces the white space in a filename with an

underscore. Special characters are replaced by characters suitable for Web-based filenames.

• Do not show filter dialog — suppresses dialog boxes that provide other options when exporting

7 Click Save.

You can also

Compress a file	Choose a compression type from the
	Compression type list box.
Save a file in a new folder	Click New, type a name in the Name of
	new folder box, and click Create.
Specify information about a file	Type any comments you want in the Notes
	box.

When you save an image containing objects to a file format that does not support objects, you can continue working on the original file (which still contains the objects) in the image window. The image and its objects can still be saved to the Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) format.

You can also save an image by clicking the Save button on the standard toolbar.

You can add notes to an image when you save it by typing text in the Notes box. You can view notes in the Notes box in the Open dialog box when you open an image, or in the Import dialog box when you import an image. Some file formats do not let you save annotations with an image.

Exporting images to other file formats

You can export Corel PHOTO-PAINT images to a variety of file formats. The file format you choose depends on how you want to use the image in the future. However, when you export an image to another file format, you may lose some image properties;

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each file format has its own idiosyncrasies and appropriate use. For example, if you want to work on an image in another image editing application, you can export it to the Adobe Photoshop (PSD) file format. You retain many image properties, such as objects and masks, so you can continue to edit the image. If you want to share an image, the Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) or the Windows bitmap (BMP) file format are suitable because they are standard formats; images in these formats can be opened in most image viewers and most image editing and desktop publishing applications.

You can also export a file so that it is optimized for use with a suite of office productivity applications, such as Microsoft Office or WordPerfect Office.

For information about the image properties supported by file formats, consult the technical notes for each file format in “File formats” in the Help.

To export an image to another file format

1Click File ` Export.

2Choose the folder where you want to save the file.

3Choose a file format from the Files of type list box.

4Type a filename in the File name list box.

The file extension for the file format you choose is appended to the filename automatically, but can be removed.

5Click Options.

6Enable any of the following active check boxes:

• Selected only — saves only the editable areas defined on your image, when

there are no active and selected objects. If there are no editable areas, this option saves only the active and selected objects.

•Web_safe_filenames — replaces the white space in a filename with an underscore. Special characters are replaced by characters suitable for Web-based filenames.

•Do not show filter dialog — suppresses dialog boxes that provide other options

when exporting 7 Click Save.

To compress an image while exporting, choose a compression type from the

Compression type list box.

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