Corel Corel Draw Graphics Suite - 2019 Quick Start Manual

With the Welcome Screen, you can quickly start or open a document, choose a workspace that suits your needs, access online learning videos and other learning
resources, and get inspired by a galler y of original ar twork created with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. Plus, discover y files can help you get started quickly with both
CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

Workspace selection

The collection of specialized workspaces are designed to help you increase

your productivity by making more accessible the tools that you use most

often in specific workflows or tasks. Available workspaces include Default,

Touch, Lite, Illustration, Page Layout, and Adobe® Illustrator®.

To choose a workspace, click Window  Workspace, or choose one of the
available workspaces from the Welcome screen.

To add tools or controls to the active workspace, click the Quick customize
button .

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CorelDRAW 2019 toolbox

Man y of the tool s in the Corel D R AW too l box are organized in fly o uts. To access such to ols, click the smal l a rrow in the l o wer-right corner of a button. The illustration
below shows the toolbox and flyouts available in the default workspace, and can help you find tools easily. If you still don’t see the tool you are looking for, click
the Quick customize button at the bottom of the toolbox. With the help of the Quick customize button, you can also hide tools you don’t use often.

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Ellipses

You can draw an ellipse by dragging diagonally with the Ellipse tool . Hold

Select a preset shape on the property bar, and drag the diamond-shaped

handle (glyph) to modify the appearance of some shapes.

down Ctrl

you quickly draw an ellipse at an angle.

To draw an arc or a pie shape, you can click the Arc or Pie button on

the property bar and then drag.

to constrain the shape to a circle. The 3-point ellipse tool lets

Complex shapes

You can use the tools on the Object flyout to draw polygons, grids, spirals,

and two types of stars: perfect and complex. Use the property bar to change

the number of polygon sides, star points, grid columns, or spiral revolutions.

Symmetrical drawing

CorelDRAW lets you create symmetrical objects and designs in real time. You

can include both vector and bitmap objects in your symmetrical designs.

To create a symmetrical design, select or draw a curve or a shape, right-click it,
and choose Create New Symmetry. Add more objects, and edit the objects as
needed. To add more symmetry lines, type a number in the Mirror lines box
on the floating toolbar. Click Object

 Symmetry  Finish Editing Symmetry.

Perfect shapes

With the tools on the Object flyout, you can also draw basic shapes, arrows,

flowchart shapes, banners, and callout shapes.

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