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INTRODUCTION TO CORELDRAW

CorelDraw is an intuitive graphics design


application that gives designers an enjoyable work
experience. The program is built to meet the
demands of today’s graphics professionals.
Whether you work in advertising, printing,
publishing, sign making, engraving or
manufacturing, CorelDraw offers the tools you
need to create accurate and creative vector
illustrations and professional looking page layouts.

CorelDraw Terminologies and Concepts

Object: an element in a drawing such as an image,


shape, line, text, curve, symbol, or layer.

Drawing: the work you create in CorelDraw. For


example: custom artwork, logos, posters, and
newsletters.

Vector graphic: an image generated from


mathematical descriptions that determine the

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position, length, and description in which lines are
drawn.

Bitmap: an image composed of grids of pixels or


dots.

Docker: a window containing available commands


and settings relevant to a specific tool or task.

Flyout: a button that opens a group of related


tools or menu items.

Artistic text: a type of text to which you can apply


special effects, such as shadows.

Paragraph text: a type of text to which you can


apply formatting options, and which can be edited
in large blocks.

CorelDraw Application Window

When you launch CorelDraw, the application


window opens containing a drawing window. The

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rectangle in the centre of the drawing window is
the drawing page where you create your drawing.
Although more than one drawing window can be
opened, you can apply commands to the active
drawing window only.

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Title bar: the area displaying the title of the
currently open drawing.

Menu bar: the area containing pull-down menu


options.

Toolbar: a detachable bar that contains shortcuts


to menu and other commands.

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Rulers: horizontal and vertical borders that are
used to determine the size and position of objects
in a drawing.

Toolbox: a floating bar with tools for creating,


filling, and modifying objects in the drawing.

Drawing window: is the area outside the drawing


page bordered by the scroll bars and application
tools.

Drawing page: is the rectangular area inside the


drawing window. It is the printable area of your
work area.

Document navigator: the area at the bottom left


of the application window that contains controls
for moving between pages and adding pages.

Status bar: an area at the bottom of the


application window that contains information
about object properties such as size, type, colour,

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fill and resolution. The status bar also shows the
current mouse position.

Navigator: a button at the lower-right corner that


opens a smaller display to help you move around
a drawing.

Docker: a window containing available commands


and setting relevant to a specific tool or task.

Colour palette: a detachable bar that contains


colour swatches.

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