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I am trying to draw a wedge. I get the, "pick the elipse flyout, choose elipse, pick the wedge button from the property bar." Ok, there is nothing there that says "wedge". Am I looking the wrong place?
About colors - First Edition told me not to use CMYK, but spot. How do I change this and what is the default?
I have really enjoyed learning CorelDraw. I usually use free software for everything. It's nice to have software with hardcopy manuals.
It might be up top after you draw a circle and have the circle selected. Its icon looks like a cheesewheel with a section cut out, mouseover on it says "Pie", then if you just want the part that's cut out, you can click on the icon that's similar to it with an arrow, mouseover on it says "Clockwise/Counterclockwise for arcs or pies". That's how it is in CorelDraw X3 anyway.
For spot colors, you need to change pallettes. The default pallettes are CMYK. All spot colors have a small white rectangle inside the color on the pallettes to denote it's a spot color. Most of the time when I use spot colors it's either for a contour cut on my plotter, or to Pantone match with the Pantone palletes. If you click on the Window menu option and go down to Color Pallettes, you should see Pantone listed. Again, that's how it is in X3, so sorry if it isn't the same on a prior or newer version, hope it answered your questions though.
For spot colors, you need to change pallettes. The default pallettes are CMYK. All spot colors have a small white rectangle inside the color on the pallettes to denote it's a spot color. Most of the time when I use spot colors it's either for a contour cut on my plotter, or to Pantone match with the Pantone palletes. If you click on the Window menu option and go down to Color Pallettes, you should see Pantone listed. Again, that's how it is in X3, so sorry if it isn't the same on a prior or newer version, hope it answered your questions though.
I had the same Question, So from what you are saying the spot colors are this pantone? What about the colors on the side bar, are they spot colors or are they CMYK?
I am also dealing with first addition! and want to make sure everything is correct.
Pantone colors are a spot color, there are also other types of spot colors. The default pallette does not have spot colors, you need to add them by going to Window, Color Pallettes. Once you have added them, you'll see the difference between it and a regular color, since they all have small boxes inside the actual color. The reason for using spot colors is what you are looking at is not always what you get. I once had a shade of red that when printed on my vinyl plotter went from a pink in one program to a burgundy in the other. Spot colors help eliminate the programs interpretation, and as long as your output device supports them, it should get you the same result no matter what program or RIP software you use. It is also commonly used among graphics people to get colors exact when subcontracting for a client.
I've attached an image of a spot color pallette next to the default cmyk pallette so you could see what I was refering to.
Pantone colors are a spot color, there are also other types of spot colors. The default pallette does not have spot colors, you need to add them by going to Window, Color Pallettes. Once you have added them, you'll see the difference between it and a regular color, since they all have small boxes inside the actual color. The reason for using spot colors is what you are looking at is not always what you get. I once had a shade of red that when printed on my vinyl plotter went from a pink in one program to a burgundy in the other. Spot colors help eliminate the programs interpretation, and as long as your output device supports them, it should get you the same result no matter what program or RIP software you use. It is also commonly used among graphics people to get colors exact when subcontracting for a client.
I've attached an image of a spot color pallette next to the default cmyk pallette so you could see what I was refering to.
I'm new at Drawing software 
