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Welcome to CorelDRAW, a comprehensive vector-based drawing and graphic-design program for

the graphics professional.
In this tutorial, ou will become familiar with the terminolog and wor!space of CorelDRAW.
What you will learn
In this tutorial, ou will learn how to
" use CorelDRAW terminolog and concepts
" navigate the CorelDRAW application window
" identif the CorelDRAW wor!space tools
" customi#e the CorelDRAW wor!space
CorelDRAW terminology and concepts
$efore ou get started with CorelDRAW, ou should be familiar with the following terms.
Term Description
ob%ect An element in a drawing, such as an
image, shape, line, te&t, curve, smbol, or
laer
drawing 'he wor! ou create in CorelDRAW( for
e&ample, custom artwor!, logos, posters,
and newsletters
vector graphic An image generated from mathematical
descriptions that determine the position,
length, and direction in which lines are
drawn
bitmap An image composed of grids of pi&els or
dots
doc!er A window containing commands and
settings relevant to a speci)c tool or tas!
*out A button that opens a group of related
tools
artistic te&t A tpe of te&t to which ou can appl
special e+ects, such as shadows
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Term Description
paragraph te&t A tpe of te&t to which ou can appl
formatting options, and which can be
edited in large bloc!s
CorelDRAW application window
When ou launch CorelDRAW, the application window opens containing a drawing window. 'he
rectangle in the center of the drawing window is the drawing page where ou create our
drawing.
Although more than one drawing window can be opened, ou can appl commands to the active
drawing window onl.
'itle bar 'oolbar
/standard0
'oolbo&
Drawing
window
Drawing
page
Color
palette
Ruler
Document
r 1avigator
navigator
'he application window contains the following main parts(
Part Description
2enu bar 'he area containing drop-down menus
with commands grouped b categor
,ropert bar A detachable bar with commands that
relate to the active tool or ob%ect. 3or
e&ample, when the Text tool is active, the
te&t propert bar displas commands that
let ou create and edit te&t.
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bar
Doc!er
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Part Description
'oolbar A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to
menu and other commands. 'he standard
toolbar contains shortcuts to basic
commands, such as opening, saving, and
printing.
'itle bar 'he area displaing the title of the
currentl open drawing
Rulers 6ori#ontal and vertical borders that are
used to determine the si#e and position of
ob%ects in a drawing
'oolbo& A detachable bar with tools for creating,
)lling, and modifing ob%ects in the drawing
Drawing window 'he area outside the drawing page
bordered b the scroll bars and application
controls
Drawing page 'he rectangular area inside the drawing
window. It is the printable area of our
wor! area.
Color palette A detachable bar that contains color
swatches
Doc!er A window containing commands and
settings relevant to a speci)c tool or tas!
5tatus bar An area at the bottom of the application
window that contains information about
ob%ect properties such as tpe, si#e, color,
)ll, and resolution. 'he status bar also
shows the current mouse position.
Document navigator 'he area at the bottom left of the
application window that contains controls
for moving between pages and adding
pages
1avigator A button at the lower-right corner of the
drawing window that opens a smaller
displa to help ou move around a drawing
CorelDRAW workspace tools
Application commands are accessible through the menu bar, toolbars, propert bar, doc!ers, and
toolbo&. 'he propert bar and doc!ers provide access to commands that relate to the active tool
or
current tas!. 'he propert bar, doc!ers, toolbars, and toolbo& can be opened, closed, and moved
around our screen at an time.
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Toolbars
'oolbars consist of buttons that are shortcuts to menu commands. 'he standard toolbar, which
appears b default, consists of commonl used commands. 'he table below outlines the buttons
on
the standard toolbar.
Click this button To
5tart a new drawing

8pen a drawing

5ave a drawing

,rint a drawing

Cut selected ob%ects to the Clipboard

Cop selected ob%ects to the Clipboard

,aste the Clipboard contents into a
drawing
9ndo an action

Restore an action that was undone

Import a drawing

:&port a drawing

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Access the Corel ;raphics Communit
Web site
5et a #oom level
In addition to the standard toolbar, CorelDRAW has toolbars for speci)c !inds of tas!s. 3or
e&ample,
the Text toolbar contains commands relevant to using the Text tool. If ou use a
toolbar fre<uentl,
ou can displa it in the wor!space at all times.
'he following table describes toolbars other than the standard toolbar.
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Toolbar Description
=ahoo> 'oolbar ?ets ou access services on =ahoo.com,
such as Calendar and 2ail, and use
=ahoo> 5earch to search the Web. =ou
need an Internet connection to use the
=ahoo> 'oolbar.
'e&t Contains commands for formatting and
aligning te&t
@oom Contains commands for #ooming in and
out of the drawing page b specifing a
percentage of the original view, clic!ing the
Zoom tool, or selecting a page view
Internet Contains commands for Web-related tools
for creating rollovers and publishing to the
Internet
,rint merge Contains commands for print merge items
that combine te&t with a drawing, such as
creating and loading data )les, creating
data )elds for variable te&t, and inserting
print merge )elds
'ransform Contains commands for s!ewing, rotating,
and mirroring ob%ects
Aisual $asic for Applications Contains commands for editing, testing,
and running A$A commands
Property bar
'he propert bar displas the most commonl used functions that are relevant to the active tool
or
to the tas! ouBre performing. Although it loo!s li!e a toolbar, the propert bar has content that
changes depending on the tool or tas!.
3or e&ample, when ou clic! the Text tool in the toolbo&, the propert bar displas onl te&t-
related
commands. In the e&ample below, the propert bar displas te&t formatting, alignment, and
editing
tools.
Dockers
Doc!ers displa the same tpes of controls as a dialog bo&, such as command buttons, options,
and
list bo&es. 9nli!e most dialog bo&es, ou can !eep doc!ers open while wor!ing on a document, so
ou can readil access the commands to e&periment with di+erent e+ects.
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An example is the
Object properties
docker is open, you
can click an object in
and view the
properties of the
outline, and
dimensions.
Doc!ers can be either doc!ed or *oating. Doc!ing a doc!er attaches it to the edge of the
application
window. 9ndoc!ing a doc!er detaches it from the edge of the application window, so it can be
easil
moved around. =ou can also collapse doc!ers to save screen space.
If ou open several doc!ers, the usuall appear nested, with onl one doc!er full displaed. =ou
can <uic!l displa a doc!er hidden from view b clic!ing the doc!erBs tab.
Left: Docked and nested dockers. i!ht: A floatin! docker. "o dock a floatin! docker,
click the docker#s title bar, and dra! to position the pointer on the ed!e of the drawin!
window. "o close a docker, click the $ button at the upper%ri!ht corner& to collapse or
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docker. 'hen this
the drawin! window
object, such as fill,
expand a docker, click the arrow button at the upper%ri!ht corner
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Status bar
'he status bar displas information about selected ob%ects, such as color, )ll tpe, outline, cursor
position, and relevant commands.
Color palette
A color palette is a collection of color swatches. =ou can choose )ll and outline colors b using the
default color palette, which contains EE colors from the C2=F color model. 'he selected )ll and
outline colors appear in the color swatches on the status bar.
'he following table describes how to choose a color from the default color palette.
To Do the ollowing
Choose a )ll color for a selected ob%ect Clic! a color swatch.
Choose an outline color for a selected Right-clic! a color swatch.
ob%ect
Choose from di+erent shades of a color Clic! and hold a color swatch to displa a
pop-up color pic!er, and clic! a color.
Aiew more colors in the default color Clic! the scroll arrows at the top and
palette bottom of the color palette.
Toolbox
'he toolbo& contains tools for editing, creating, and viewing images. 5ome of the tools are visible
b
default, while others are grouped in *outs. 3louts open to displa a set of related tools. A small
arrow in the lower-right corner of a toolbo& button indicates a *out( for e&ample, the Shape edit
*out . Clic!ing a *out arrow opens a set of related tools. Clic!ing and dragging the grab
handles
at the end of the *out sets the *out in its e&panded form.
'he following tables provide descriptions of the *outs and tools in the CorelDRAW toolbo&.
!lyout Description
?ets ou access the Shape, Smudge
brush, Roughen brush, and !ree
transorm tools
?ets ou access the Crop, "nie, #raser,
and $irtual segment delete tools
?ets ou access the Zoom and %and tools
?ets ou access the !reehand, &'(ier,
Artistic media, Pen, Polyline, ) point
cur*e, +nteracti*e connector, and
Dimension tools
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!lyout Description
5mart tools ?ets ou access the Smart ill and Smart
drawing tools
?ets ou access the Rectangle and )
point rectangle tools
?ets ou access the #llipse and ) point
ellipse tools
?ets ou access the Polygon, Star,
Complex Star, ,raph paper, and Spiral
tools
?ets ou access the &asic shapes, Arrow
shapes, !lowchart shapes, &anner
shapes, and Callout shapes tools
?ets ou access the +nteracti*e blend,
+nteracti*e contour, +nteracti*e
distortion, +nteracti*e drop shadow-
+nteracti*e en*elope, +nteracti*e
extrude, and +nteracti*e transparency
tools
?ets ou access the #yedropper and
Paintbucket tools
?ets ou access the .utline pen and
.utline color dialog bo&es, a selection of
outlines of various widths, and the Color
doc!er
?ets ou access the !ill color, !ountain
ill, Pattern ill, Texture ill, and
PostScript/ ill dialog bo&es, and the
Color doc!er
?ets ou access the +nteracti*e ill and
+nteracti*e mesh ill tools
Tool Description
'he Pick tool lets ou select and si#e,
s!ew, and rotate ob%ects.
'he Shape tool lets ou edit the shape of
ob%ects.
'he Smudge brush tool lets ou distort a
vector ob%ect b dragging along its outline.
'he Roughen brush tool lets ou distort
the outline of a vector ob%ect b dragging
along the outline.
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:llipse
8b%ect
,erfect 5hapesI
Interactive tools
:edropper
8utline
3ill
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Tool Description
'he !ree transorm tool lets ou
transform an ob%ect b using the !ree
rotation, Angle rotation, Scale, and
Skew tools.
'he Crop tool lets ou remove unwanted
areas in ob%ects.
'he "nie tool lets ou cut through
ob%ects.
'he #raser tool lets ou remove areas of
our drawing.
'he $irtual segment delete tool lets ou
delete portions of ob%ects that are between
intersections.
'he Zoom tool lets ou change the
magni)cation level in the drawing window.
'he %and tool lets ou control which part
of the drawing is visible in the drawing
window.
'he !reehand tool lets ou draw single
line segments and curves.
'he &'(ier tool lets ou draw curves one
segment at a time.
'he Artistic media tool provides access to
the &rush, Sprayer, Calligraphic, and
Pressure tools.
'he Pen tool lets ou draw curves one
segment at a time.
'he Polyline tool lets ou draw lines and
curves in preview mode.
'he ) point cur*e tool lets ou draw a
curve b de)ning the start, end, and center
points.
'he +nteracti*e connector tool lets ou
%oin two ob%ects with a line.
'he Dimension tool lets ou draw vertical,
hori#ontal, slanted, or angular dimension
lines.
'he Smart ill tool lets ou create ob%ects
from enclosed areas and then appl a )ll to
those ob%ects.
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Tool Description
'he Smart drawing tool converts the
freehand stro!es that ou draw to basic
shapes and smoothed curves.
'he Rectangle tool lets ou draw
rectangles and s<uares.
'he ) point rectangle tool lets ou draw
rectangles at an angle.
'he #llipse tool lets ou draw ellipses and
circles.
'he ) point ellipse tool lets ou draw
ellipses at an angle.
'he Polygon tool lets ou draw
smmetrical polgons and stars.
'he Star tool lets ou draw perfect stars.
'he Complex star tool lets ou draw
comple& stars that have intersecting sides.
'he ,raph paper tool lets ou draw a grid
of lines similar to that on graph paper.
'he Spiral tool lets ou draw smmetrical
and logarithmic spirals.
'he &asic shapes tool lets ou choose
from a full set of shapes, including
he&agram, a smile face, and a right-angle
triangle.
'he Arrow shapes tool lets ou draw
arrows of various shape, direction, and
number of heads.
'he !lowchart shapes tool lets ou draw
*owchart smbols.
'he &anner shapes tool lets ou draw
ribbon ob%ects and e&plosion shapes.
'he Callout shapes tool lets ou draw
callouts and labels.
'he Text tool lets ou tpe words directl
on the screen as artistic or paragraph te&t.
'he +nteracti*e blend tool lets ou blend
two ob%ects.
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Tool Description
'he +nteracti*e contour tool lets ou
appl a contour to an ob%ect.
'he +nteracti*e distortion tool lets ou
appl a ,ush or ,ull distortion, a @ipper
distortion, or a 'wister distortion to an
ob%ect.
'he +nteracti*e drop shadow tool lets
ou appl a drop shadow to an ob%ect.
'he +nteracti*e en*elope tool lets ou
distort an ob%ect b dragging the nodes of
the envelope.
'he +nteracti*e extrude tool lets ou
appl the illusion of depth to ob%ects.
'he +nteracti*e transparency tool lets
ou appl transparencies to ob%ects.
'he #yedropper tool lets ou select and
cop ob%ect properties, such as )ll, line
thic!ness, si#e, and e+ects, from an ob%ect
on the drawing window.
'he Paintbucket tool lets ou appl ob%ect
properties, such as )ll, line thic!ness, si#e,
and e+ects, to an ob%ect in the drawing
window after ou select these properties
with the #yedropper tool.
'he .utline tool lets ou set outline
properties.
'he !ill tool lets ou set the )ll properties.

'he +nteracti*e ill tool lets ou appl
various )lls.
'he +nteracti*e mesh tool lets ou appl a
mesh grid to an ob%ect.
Customi(ing the workspace
=ou can customi#e our application b creating a custom wor!space to suit our needs. 3or
e&ample, ou can create custom toolbars and color palettes.
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0sing multiple workspaces
A wor!space is a con)guration of settings that speci)es how the various command bars,
commands,
and buttons are arranged when ou open the application. =ou can alwas reset the current
wor!space to the default settings.
To reset the current workspace
" 6old down !1 while the application is starting.
Customi(ing toolbars
=ou can customi#e toolbar position and displa. 3or e&ample, ou can move or resi#e a toolbar,
and
ou can choose to hide or displa a toolbar.
'oolbars can be either doc!ed or *oating. Doc!ing a toolbar attaches it to the edge of the
application
window. 9ndoc!ing a toolbar pulls it awa from the edge of the application window, so it *oats
and
can be easil moved around.
=ou can customi#e toolbars b adding, removing, and arranging toolbar items.
When moving, doc!ing, and undoc!ing toolbars, ou use the grab area of the toolbar.
!or a The grab area is
Doc!ed toolbar Identi)ed b a double line
at the top or left edge of the
toolbar
3loating toolbar 'he title bar. If the title is
not displaed, the grab
area is identi)ed b a
double line at the top or left
edge of the toolbar.
To customi(e toolbar position and display
To Do the ollowing
2ove a toolbar Clic! the toolbarBs grab area, and drag the
toolbar to a new position.
Doc! a toolbar Clic! the toolbarBs grab area, and drag the
toolbar to an edge of the application
window.
9ndoc! a toolbar Clic! the toolbarBs grab area, and drag the
toolbar awa from the edge of the
application window.
Resi#e a *oating toolbar ,oint to the edge of the toolbar and, using
the two-directional arrow, drag the edge of
the toolbar.
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To Do the ollowing
6ide or displa a toolbar Clic! Tools menu K Customi(ation, clic!
Command bars, and disable or enable the
chec! bo& ne&t to the toolbar name.
Reset a toolbar to its default setting Clic! Tools menu K Customi(ation, clic!
Command bars, clic! a toolbar, and clic!
Reset.
To add or remo*e an item on a toolbar
2 Clic! Tools menu K Customi(ation.
3 In the Customi(ation list of categories, clic! Commands.
) Choose a command categor from the top list bo&.
4 Drag a toolbar item from the list to a toolbar in the application window.
If ou want to remove an item from a toolbar, drag the toolbar item o+ the toolbar.
To arrange toolbar items
2 Clic! Tools menu K Customi(ation.
3 In the Customi(ation list of categories, clic! Commands.
) 8n the toolbar in the application window, drag the toolbar item to a new position.
If ou want to move a toolbar item to another toolbar, drag the toolbar item from one toolbar to
the other.
Creating custom color palettes
Custom color palettes are collections of colors that ou save. Custom color palettes are useful
when
ou fre<uentl choose the same colors, or when ou want to wor! with a set of colors that loo!
good
together.
When ou create a custom color palette, the color palette is emptL however, ou can edit it b
adding
the colors ou want to include, as well as changing, deleting, sorting, and renaming colors.
To create a custom color palette
2 Clic! Window menu K Color palettes K Palette editor.
3 Clic! 5ew palette .
) 'pe a )lename.
4 Clic! Sa*e.
To edit a custom color palette
2 Clic! Window menu K Color palettes K Palette editor.
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3 Choose a palette from the list bo&.
) 2odif an colors.
To Do the ollowing
Add a color Clic! Add color. Clic! a color in the color
selection area, and clic! Add to palette.
Change a color In the color selection area, clic! the color
that ou want to change, clic! #dit color,
and clic! the new color in the color
selection area.
Delete a color Clic! a color in the color selection area,
and clic! Delete color.
5ort colors Clic! Sort colors, and clic! a color sorting
method.
Rename a color Clic! a color in the color selection area,
and tpe a color name in the 5ame bo&.
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=ou can e&plore CorelDRAW on our own, or ou can learn more b completing other
Corel'9'8RI tutorials.
3or more information about the topics and tools discussed in this tutorial, refer to the 6elp. 'o
access
CorelDRAW 6elp, clic! %elp menu K %elp topics.
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