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Introduction to Coreldraw

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of Desktop Publishing. Desktop publishing is the capability to manipulate letters, numbers, and graphics to produce beautiful designs of forms, reports, posters, brochures etc. One of the main packages (Software) for designs and layout principle is CorelDraw.
CorelDraw as a package is programmed for designing of all kinds e.g. Posters, Letterhead, Cards, handbills etc.
How to Launch CorelDraw * Click on Start Button * Point on All Programs * Click on Corel Graphic suites (sub-menu list appears) * Click on CorelDraw 11 (wait for some seconds for program to launch)

The Screen (Window) of CorelDraw
Colour Palette
Drawing Window
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Printable Page
Area
Tools Bar
Property Bar …show more content…

Flyouts are described following the Tool Overview. Pick Tool | Selects objects or groups of objects. Once selected, you can use the Pick Tool of move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects. | Shape Tool | Reshapes objects. Objects are reshaped by moving nodes, lines, and control points. | Zoom Tool | Changes the current view of the drawing. You can also select magnification options from the Property Bar in the Zoom mode. | Freehand Tool | Draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace bitmaps. | Smart Drawing Tool | Converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and smoothed curves. | Rectangle Tool | Draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the Control key while drawing. | Ellipse Tool | Draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down the Control key as you draw. | Graph Paper Tool | Draws a collection of boxes that simulates a sheet of graph paper. | Perfect Shapes Tool | A collection of objects which you can add to your drawing. They include such things as arrows, stars, talk bubbles, and flow chart symbols. | Text Tool | Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing. | Interactive Blend Tool | The Blend Tool allows you to merger objects together through a series of steps. The flyout gives access to several more interactive tools that are described on the

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