CNTR-I to add another color (like black to shade) an object.
http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=5600122&storeKey=us&languageCode=en
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Click a blank space in the drawing window using the Pick tool.
In the Character formatting docker, specify the properties you want. (character formatting under text menu, or CNTR-T)
If the Character formatting docker isn’t open, click Text Character formatting.
Following each property change you make, by default you must specify whether the changes are applied to artistic text, paragraph text, or both
3. To have changes to the default text style apply to future documents, click Tools Save settings as default.
OR (for a bunch of defaults by document or globally)
tools / object styles (docker)
default object properties. This shows a whole bunch of things incl. artistic and paragraph text.
changes will only affect the current document unless you save "styles as defaults for new documents", which is a drop down choice with the little button just under the window above.
12/10/14 This site is really helpful for setting up defaults: Setting Up Your Defaults In CorelDraw X6