Corel Draw

Opening CorelDRAW:

1. When CorelDRAW is loaded, a new section is created on the Start Menu. To open DRAW, click the Start button from the Taskbar. This opens the Windows Start menu.

2. Select Programs from the list. This activates the Programs panel. Programs are contained in groups, but rather than being initially displayed in a group window, each group is listed.

3. Find the Corel section and select CorelDRAW 12. This opens up the program with the CorelDRAW welcome screen. If you have used the program before, you may have turned off this screen.

 Choose Open Graphic or use the Open command on the File menu. New Graphic creates a new, one-page document. Open Last Edited opens the last document you had open. The splash screen will show the names of the files over the icon. The Template icon allows you to access many professionally created templates you can then modify for your projects.

The Corel Tutor gives you a brief overview of how to use the program and What’s New? shows you all the improvements from Version 11. Designer.com connects you to the Corel Designer.com website where you can find many helpful areas. If you clear the check from the box in the lower left corner, you will not see this graphic but will open a new file when you open the program.

Direct the Explorer to your hard drive and the folder where you saved the class files.

Choose the file Open 1st.cdr. 

If the Panose Screen appears listing fonts that are not loaded, click the OK button. This utilitythe state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial. More allows you to load fonts for a document when you open the document. You must have the Font Navigator utility loaded and active for the fonts to install automatically.

The CorelDraw Window:

Window Components:

A – Standard Toolbar	You can customize this or any other Toolbar or create additional Toolbars.
B – Property Bar	The Property Bar is dynamic. Property options change depending on what you are working on. This enables you to access commands that are specific to the current tool or feature you are using.
C – Main Tool Box	The main tools you will use are accessed from this bar.
D – Rulers	The Rulers show the current mouse cursor location as you move in the work area.
E – Color Palette	The Color Palette by default is located to the right of the work window. Like the Toolbars, it can also be relocated. You can choose from a preset palette of colors, or use a specific colour system such as Pantone Spot Colors.
F – Status Bar	The Status Bar is used to give you information about cursor movements or symbol properties such as the fill or size.
G – Page Navigator	The Page Selector is used to add and move between pages. When a file contains multiple pages, individual page tabs appear to the right of the Page Selector bar.
H – Docker Tabs	Dockers allow access to effects, styles, colours, and many other features of CorelDRAW. They can be floated or “docked” at the side of the window.   When closed, they are accessible through a vertical tab.

Setting Up A Page:

Pages in a CorelDRAW document can have mixed orientations. Some can be portraits and some can be landscapesA landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal. A... More. In these exercises, you will explore the various options on the Page setup dialogue. When you print the document, DRAW will adjust the orientation so the page prints properly, in other words, you will see the pages as mixed orientation but they will print with all pages rotated to either landscape or portrait.

1. Go to the Standard Toolbar and select the New button. 
Or use (Crtl+N) or the button on the Standard toolbar.

2. Go to the Property Bar and choose the Landscape button.

Notice the two buttons to the right of the Landscape button. When the icon at the top is pressed, the page orientation change applies to all pages of the document. When the lower icon is depressed, the change applies only to the active page. In other words, if you add a page when the bottom icon is depressed, that page will be portrait, not landscape.

3. Go to the Layout menu and select Page Setup.
This activates the Page Size dialogue box within the Options dialogue. You can also double-click on the page border in the drawing area to activate the Page Size dialogue box.

4. Change the orientation to Portrait. Notice the preview window that shows your changes.

5. Drop down the Paper menu and explore the various sizes of paper available. If you choose the Custom size, you can set a specific page size and then save that size for future projects. Notice the option to apply the change only to the current page of the document.

6. Go to the dialog window on the left and change to the Page option.

7. Clear the box in front of Show page border. 
This is the default parameter. Show printable area puts a dotted line on your page based on the currently selected default printer.

8. Click OK.  Notice the page is no longer visible. The Show page border gives the illusion that the page is floating above the Desktop.

9. Go to the Tools → Options → Page and turn the Show page border back on. This is a third way of accessing the Page Setup dialog.

10. Change to the Layout dialogue window under Page
This allows you to set up publications such as newsletters, two-sided documents or other page arrangements. Leave the parameters at default.

11. Change to the Label dialogue.  Templates for almost every type of label stock available worldwide are accessible in this dialogue. CorelDRAW opens the page with only one label showing, then prints as the labels are located on the page. It also has templates for such things as perforated business cards and CD labels.

12. Change to the Background dialogue window. Leave the parameters at default but look at the possibilities, not only can you change the colour of the page, but you can assign a bitmap as a background. This is a Web-friendly feature to assist you in designing graphics that are compatible with your background on a Web site.

13. Click OK to return to the page.