Corel draw screen

1. Title bar Title bar is the top most bar in window .it displays the title of the application and name of the current open document. Minimize button Restore Close button Extreme left corner

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Menu bar The menu bar contains number of menus file menu bar option, the edit menu bar option, view menu bar option and so on. each menu contains a list of commands that can be used to create and change the document

Menu bar contains

File Edit View Layout Arrange Effects Bitmap Text Table Tools Window Help

VIEWS
COREL DRAW PROVIDES WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF VIE MODES.FOR INSTANCE SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT REQUIRE THE MENU BAR,TOOL BAR YOU JUST REQUIRE OTHER THINGS ON SCREEN .

1.NORMAL VIEW
IT DISPLAYS THE NORMAL VIEW

FULL SCREEN VIEW

FULL SCREEN VIEW PROVIDE FULL PREVIEW OF THE WORK AND HIDE ALL OTHER COMPONENETS ON SCREEN.IT SHOWS WORK APPEAR WHEN PRINTED. PRESSING F9 SHIFT+F9

SIMPLE WIREFRAME VIEW

THIS OBJECTS HIDES ALL COMPLEX OBJECT PROPERTIES AND DISPLAY IN BLACK AND WHITE . THIS VIEW IS ESPECIALLY USEFULL FOR EDIITING GRAPHICS,EVEN THE COMPLEX ONES,QUICKLY AND EASILY. THIS IS BECAUSE COREL DRAW CAN DISPLAY BLACK OUTLINES FASTER THAN COLORED ONES

WIREFRAME VIEW
THE WIREFRAME VIEW WILL HELP YOU TO DISPLAY IMAGE QUICKLY.IT DISPLAYS THE DRAWING IN SKELTAL FORM. IN THIS MODE THE BLACK THIN OUTLINES ARE MORE AS COMPARED TO SIMPLE WIREFRAME VIEW

DRAFT VIEW
THIS VIEW IS USED FOR ACCURATE DISPLAY OF SOLID FILLS.A FILL IS COLOR OR PATTERN HICH TOTALLY SPREADS ENTIRELY INSIDE THE OUTLINE OF THE OBJECT.

ENHANCED VIEW
VIEW PROPERTIES ARE MAXIMIZED IN ENHANCED VIEW THIS VIEW OFFERS BEST POSSIBLE DISPLAY OF THE DOCUMENT.

PAGE SORTER VIEW

THIS VIEW IS VERY HELPFUL IN CASE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PAGE IN OUR DOCUMENT ON SINGLE SCREEN

ZOOM TOOL
GO TO TOOL MENU IN MENU BAR OPTIONS ZOOM CONTAIN FOLLOWING OPTION
ZOOM IN:ENLARGE THE PAGE ZOOM OUT:PAGE IS SHRINKED ZOOM TO SELECTED: ZOOM TO ALL OBJECTS ZOOM TO PAGE ZOOM TO PAGE WIDTH

3.Standard tool bar

Standard tool bar contains a number of icons which are shortcut to some of the menu driven commands.Each icon on the toolbar performs a specific function

New Save Open Print Cut, copy Paste,undo,redo ( to restore actions reversed by undo) Import, export Application launcher

4.Work area and print area

Work area is that part of the screen where you type text and draw images.you can work anywhere in the work area but the object placed on printable page only gets printed

 The Paper The first thing you see when you start Coreldraw is a white piece of paper in the center of the screen. The function of this paper is to guide your drawing. You can draw everywhere on the screen, but only objects placed on the paper will be printed.

 You can change the size and orientation of the paper by either selecting nothing and setting the size in the property bar. Or you can change the paper size by double clicking the border of the paper, and making the changes in the menu which appears. This menu has some more advanced settings, which can be modified.

5.Property bar
The property tool bar is a special tool bar which displays the commands i.e if pick tool is selected the property bar will display the properties of the pick tool

6.Page counter bar

You can create multi page documents in corel draw .the page counter bar displays the number of pages and number of currently active pages. It also allows you to move from one page to another by simply clicking on the relevant page. Click on plus sign to create new page

7.Dockers window
Dockers display the same type of controls as dialog box,such as command buttons. You can keep dockers open while working on document so you can readily acess the commands to experiment with different effects. Docking and docker attaches it to the application window.

8.Color paletes
By default color palette is on right side in the corel draw.color palette consist of numerous colors

 The palette gives you quick access to a lot of colors. To use a color as an objects' fill, select the object and next left click on the color. To use a color as an objects' outline color, select the object and right click the color in the palette.

 Varying color If the exact color you are looking for is not in the palette, choose a color which is close, and click and hold the left mouse button for about two seconds. A square palette will appear, offering varieties of the color you clicked

 Using other palettes More palettes are available from the menu: "Window > Color Palettes >". These palettes allow you to use specific kinds of color for a drawing, for example you can choose to use an RGB only palette, or a CMYK palette. As a rule of thumb, you should use RGB colors for on screen colors, for use on the web, or presentations, and use CMYK for use in print

9.Tool box
As name suggest tool box is a collection of tools used for performing different tasks Some of the tools have small traingles at their lower right corner.clicking on these traingles dissplay the flyouts menus which contains a number of icons

Pick tool Shape tool Shape editing tool Curve tool Fill tool Interactive tool Crop Zoom Table Dimensions Connector

Status bar
Status bar display the status of the document it is the bottom most bar of the document

 PAPER SIZE: this is where you choose the paper size of your workspace e.g A4, A3, Envelop, Letter etc. PAGE ORIENTATION: where you choose your page orientation. There are two page orientation options available in coreldraw. See examples below... 1. Portrait 2. Landscape

 MEASUREMENT MEDIUM: here you select the medium of measurement that best suite your purpose, ranging form millimeters, centimeters, meters, points, pixels etc. You can leave this with the default setting if you will not be needing it. TOOLBOX: this is a very important section of CorelDraw because it holds all the major tools in icon format that you will be working with, e.g. Pick tool, Shape Tool, Drop Shadow etc.

 Importing images into Corel Draw (*.tif, *.jpg etc.) Under "File" select "Import" or use the import button up on the tool bar

positioning
Positioning objects CorelDraw provides several tools to help you position and align your objects on the page. You can use these tools to avoid small gaps or misalignments that are not apparent on-screen but become noticeable after printing. You can use snapping to align an object with another object in a document. When snapping is turned on, snap points appear in various locations around an object, such as the corner, center, or edge.

. To turn on object snapping, click View Snap to objects.If you want to align an object with another object but do not want to snap directly to the object, you can use dynamic guides. Dynamic guides are temporary guidelines that are based on one of the following snap points of an object: center, node, quadrant, or text baseline. You can drag the object along the dynamic guide. The distance from the base object is measured as you move the object

 Working with bitmaps The document that you create with CorelDraw is a vector graphic. Vector graphics are resolution-independent, which means that the graphic is not compromised when you scale or distort it. Vector graphics are based on mathematical equations, which remain thsame regardless of the changes you make .When you import a photograph into CorelDraw, the photograph is imported as a bitmap image. Bitmap images are based on pixels, which are tiny units of color.

 Inserting bitmaps You can import a bitmap image into document either directly or by linking it to an external file. When you link to an external file, any edits that you make to the external file are automatically applied to the imported file in CorelDraw. After you import a bitmap, the status bar provides information about the color mode, size, and resolution of the bitmap. When you import the bitmap into the document, you can make changes to thebitmap by using the Edit bitmap feature in CorelDRAW.

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