Touring the application

Only the part of your drawing that falls within this shadowed area is printed. Any part of your drawing that overlaps the border shown will appear cut off when printed.

Above the Drawing Window, there is a Title Bar that extends across the top of the window.

It displays the name of the file you're working on and is used to reposition the Application window on the screen.

Try minimizing the Application Window by clicking the Minimize button.

To bring the minimized window back into view, click the CorelDRAW button on the task bar.

The Menu Bar also appears along the top of the Application Window directly below the Title Bar is the Menu Bar.

The Menu Bar contains commands that can be accessed by clicking any of the menu names.

Beneath the Menu Bar, you will find a collection of buttons. This is referred to as the toolbar, and it provides quick access to many commonly used features.

For example, to open a file, click the Open button. To close this dialog box, click Cancel.

Using the right mouse button provides access to a pop-up menu that contains commands specific to that item.

For example, you can display toolbars by doing the following:

Right-click the Standard toolbar with the Pick tool.
Click a toolbar name in the pop-up menu that appears.
A check mark appears beside the name of the toolbars that are displayed.

The Application Window also contains the Property Bar - a context-sensitive toolbar that displays different information and controls depending on the selected tool or object.

Click a blank space in the window to ensure that no objects are selected.
Click the Landscape button on the Property Bar.

Notice that the page size values change automatically.

The Status Bar is displayed along the bottom of the Application Window, unless you move it to the top of the window.

The Status Bar gives you information about your selected object, the action that you are performing, or the cursor position. You decide!

To move the Status Bar to the top the Application Window, right-click the Status Bar, and click Position, Top.

To return the Status Bar to its default position, right-click it again and click Position, Bottom.

Along the right side of the Application Window, you will find the Color Palette. This is used to apply outline and fill colors.

To change colors in the Color Palette, click one of the scroll buttons to view the colors one at a time or to view the entire palette.

Right-clicking the scroll bars takes you to the first or last color in the Color Palette.

The Toolbox functions much like the toolbar; it provides quick access to CorelDRAW functions.

The main difference is that the Toolbox contains all of the CorelDRAW tools and flyouts.

To learn more about the tools in CorelDRAW, consult the online help.

If you want to view different parts of your drawing that don't fit in your view of the Drawing Window, use the scroll bars.

To scroll the current window, hold down the left mouse button on one of the scroll arrows until the Drawing Window is no longer visible.

For more rapid scrolling, click one of the scroll elevators or drag the thumb.

To return the Drawing Page to the center of your screen, press SHIFT + F4.

Along the top and left edges of the Application Window are a set of rulers. The rulers are used for determining the size and position of objects.

To reposition the rulers, hold down SHIFT and drag the ruler to a new position.

To return the rulers to their default position, press SHIFT, then double-click the rulers.

You can align objects in your drawing, using the rulers and the grids and guidelines.

Grids and guidelines are not displayed automatically when you start CorelDRAW.

You can display the grid by clicking View menu, Grid.

You can create guidelines by dragging a ruler onto the Drawing Window.

Click View menu, Guidelines, to display the guidelines in the Drawing Window.

A Docker window is a dialog box that contains the same operations as most dialog boxes, e.g., command buttons, options, and list boxes.

Unlike most other dialog boxes, you can keep Docker windows open while working on a document to access the operations you use most frequently or to experiment with different effects. You can dock Docker windows to the left or right of the Application Window, or you can undock them.

Open a Docker window by clicking View menu, Dockers, and click the Docker window you want to open.

Close a Docker window by clicking the "X" button in the top right corner of the Docker window.

R oll-Ups are floating dialog boxes that contain a set of related controls. Unlike other dialog boxes, Roll-Ups remain on the screen after you apply changes.

To carry out the selections made in a Roll-Up, click the Apply button.

To close a Roll-Up, click the X button in the top right corner of the Title Bar.

R ight-clicking controls in dialog boxes, Roll-Ups, and other areas displays What's This? Help, which displays information that is relevant to the item that you clicked on.

To see an example of What's This? Help

Click File menu, Open.

Right-click a button, list box, or almost any control in a dialog box, and click What's This?.

Click Cancel to close the dialog box.

Tip

You can also press F1 when a command, tool, or control is highlighted to display What's this? Help.

W hen you want to view or change information about an object, you look at its properties.

Click here to open a sample file.

Right-click the object with the Pick tool.
Click Properties from the menu that appears.
Change any settings in the dialog box and click the Apply button.

Tip

Click the X in the top right corner to close the window.