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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Text

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Find fonts

There are two types of text you can add to drawings: paragraph text (1) and

artistic text (2). You can also import existing text from an external file or paste

text from the Clipboard.

Paragraph text can be used for larger bodies of text that have greater

formatting requirements. Before you add paragraph text, you must drag with

the Tex t tool to create a text frame.

To insert placeholder text, right-click the text frame, and click Insert

Placeholder Text. Placeholder text makes it easier to assess the appearance of

your document prior to finalizing its content.

You can use artistic text for short lines of text to which you can apply a wide

range of effects, such as drop shadows or contours. You can add artistic text

to an open or a closed path.

Fit text to a path

To fit text to a path, select the text, and click Te xt  Fit Text

to Path. Move the pointer over a path and use the dynamic

preview to position the text. Click to attach the text to the

path.

With the Font list box in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can view,

filter, and find fonts easily. Filter fonts based on weight, width, supported

scripts, and more; use keywords to search for fonts; and download font packs

with ease.

Interactive OpenType features

OpenType features let you choose

alternative appearances for individual

characters (glyphs), provided that the

font and selected characters support

OpenType features. OpenType

features include fractions, ligatures,

ordinals, ornaments, small caps,

swashes, and more. OpenType fonts

are based on Unicode, which makes

them ideal for cross-platform and

multi-language design work. In addition, CorelDRAW will suggest eligible

OpenType features that you can apply to your text.

Glyphs docker

The Glyphs docker (Tex t  Glyphs) presents all

characters, symbols, and glyphs associated with a

selected font, making it easier to find and insert

characters into your documents.

To type text on a path, click the Text tool , and point to a path.
When the pointer changes to a Fit to Path pointer, click to add text.

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Master layers

Guidelines

With a choice of odd, even, and all-page master layers, it is easy to create

page-specific designs for multi-page documents, such as 16- or 32-page

brochures. For example, you might want a different header or footer design

to appear on even-numbered pages and on odd-numbered pages.

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

Drawing scale

You can choose a preset or custom drawing scale so that distances in a

drawing are proportionate to real-world distances. For example, you can

specify that 1 inch in the drawing corresponds to 1 meter in the physical world.

To s et the drawing scal e, double-click a ruler to display the Document Options
dialog box. Click Edit scale, and choose a preset or a custom drawing scale.

Grid and baseline grid

The grid is a series of intersecting dashed lines or dots that you can use to

precisely align and position objects in the drawing window. The baseline grid

consists of lines that follow the pattern of a ruled sheet, helping you to align

text baselines.

To set up the grid and the baseline grid, click Layout  Page Layout, and
choose Grid in the left pane of the dialog box.

Guidelines are lines that can be placed anywhere in the drawing window to

aid in object placement. You can select, move, rotate, lock, or delete a

guideline, and you can change its color or dashed line pattern.

To add a guideline, drag from the vertical or horizontal ruler into the drawing
window, or click Layout
pane of the dialog box.

 Page Layout, and choose Guidelines in the left

Snapping

When you move or draw an object, you can snap it to another object in a

drawing, to page elements (such as the center of the page), to the document

grid, pixel grid, baseline grid, or the guidelines. When an object is moved near

a snap point, it is locked to the snap point.

To turn snapping on or off, click Snap To on the standard toolbar, and enable
or disable snapping for the page elements you want.

To disable all selected snapping options temporarily, click View
restore the selected snapping options, click View

 Snap Off once again.

 Snap Off. To

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To apply a block shadow, click the Block shadow tool , click the object, and
drag in the direction you want until the block shadow is the size you want.

Bevel effect

A bevel effect (Effects  Bevel) adds 3D depth to a graphic or text object by

making its edges appear sloped. Bevel effects can contain both spot and

process (CMYK) colors, so they are ideal for printing.

Mosaics

QR codes

Popular in consumer advertising and packaging, Quick

Response (QR) codes give smartphone users quick access

to a brand’s website, which can offer additional product

information. You can choose what information to include in

the QR code, such as URL, email address, phone number,

SMS, Contact, Calendar event, or Geo location.

To insert a QR code, click Object  Insert  QR Code. In the QR code area of
the Properties docker, choose an option from the QR code type list box.

Import files

CorelDRAW lets you importfiles (File  Import, or Ctrl + I) created in other

applications to use in your projects. For example, you can import a Portable

Document Format (PDF), JPEG, or Adobe® Illustrator® (AI) file. You can sor t

the file types by most recent, extension, text, or description.

With the Pointillizer effect (Effects  Pointillizer), you can create high-quality

vector mosaics from any number of selected vector or bitmap objects. From

precise halftone patterns to artistic effects that resemble pointillistic art, this

effect gives you the tools you need to create striking designs.

You can import a file in the active application window as an object. You can

also resize and center a file as you import it.

Pixels view

Pixels view displays a pixel-based rendition of the

drawing, which allows you to zoom in on an area and

align objects more precisely. It also provides a more

accurate representation of how a design will appear

on the web.

To enable Pixels view, click View  Pixels. From the Zoom levels list box on the
property bar, choose 800%.

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Export files

B - Bottom

E - Even

T - Top

R - Right

L - Left

C - Center

P - Center of Page

Keyboard shortcuts

You c an exp or t (File  Export, or Ctrl + E) and save images to a variety of file

formats that can be used in other applications. For example, you can export a

file to the Adobe Illustrator (AI), PDF, or JPEG format. Some file formats may

not support all the features that a CorelDRAW (CDR) file has so it is a good

idea to save the original file as a CDR file before exporting it.

The Export for Web dialog box (File  Export

For  Web) provides common

export controls and lets you preview the results of various filter settings

before you export the file. In addition, you can specify object transparencies

and matting colors for anti-aliased edges — all with real-time preview.

To view all keyboard shortcuts, click To ol s  Options  Customization. In the

Customization list of categories, click Commands, click the Shortcut

Keys

tab, and click View all. To download a list of keyboard shortcuts, visit

product.corel.com.

You can use alignment keyboard shortcuts to quickly position objects on the

page. Select the objects that you want to align, and press a shortcut key.

You can a ls o e xp or t yo ur projects to bitmap images suitable for WordPress
and then upload them to your WordPress account (File  Export

WordPress).

For 

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Find and manage content

Corel Font Manager™

You can easily find and manage

clipart and photos that are stored

on your computer and portable

devices, or in network folders. The

CONNECT Content docker

(Window

Content) provides a central location

where you can search and browse

available content. After you find the

clipart or bitmap you need, you can

add it to your project.

To get you started, Corel provides

local content that is stored in your

Documents\Corel\Corel
Content\Images folder. If you are

looking to expand your image

collection, you can download

additional image packs from within
the Get M or e dialog box.

 Dockers  CONNECT

Corel Font Manager™ lets you easily handle, organize, and explore your

typeface and font collections. You can find and install fonts for your projects,

create font collections for easy access to your favorite fonts, manage

unneeded fonts, download fonts and font packs, and more.

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