Introduction to Coreldraw
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of Desktop Publishing. Desktop publishing is the capability to manipulate letters, numbers, and graphics to produce beautiful designs of forms, reports, posters, brochures etc. One of the main packages (Software) for designs and layout principle is CorelDraw.
CorelDraw as a package is programmed for designing of all kinds e.g. Posters, Letterhead, Cards, handbills etc.
How to Launch CorelDraw * Click on Start Button * Point on All Programs * Click on Corel Graphic suites (sub-menu list appears) * Click on CorelDraw 11 (wait for some seconds for program to launch)
The Screen (Window) of CorelDraw
Colour Palette
Drawing Window
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Printable Page
Area
Tools Bar
Property Bar
Standard Bar
Control Menu Box
Horizontal&
Vertical Scroll Bar
Horizontal&
Vertical Rule
Status Bar
Task Bar
Start Button
The CorelDraw Window provides a work area where you can create and modify a job. The Tools present enable you to carry out series of designs.
Some Element Present in CorelDraw Environment
1. Title Bar: It is the first bar in the screen of any opened application. It gives information about the program which you are working on and also the name used in saving the document.
2. Control Menu Box: It is located at the title bar, it contains command like: close, maximize, restore, minimize.
Close: To exit a particular window
Maximize/Restore: To increase and decrease a window (opened program)
Minimize: When you minimize, the opened programs automatically goes to the task bar.
3. Menu bar: CorelDraw as a program has Eleven (11) menus, they include, File, Edit, View, Layout, Arrange, Effect, Bitmap, Texts, Tools Window and Help menu. Each menu has its own function. When clicked on, sub-menu list appears.
4. Standard bar: Tools present in the standard bar enables us to save, undo/redo, zoom etc.
5. Property Bar: It gives us information about the Width/Height, paper size, and orientation of a page and also
Welcome to the world of Desktop Publishing. Desktop publishing is the capability to manipulate letters, numbers, and graphics to produce beautiful designs of forms, reports, posters, brochures etc. One of the main packages (Software) for designs and layout principle is CorelDraw.
CorelDraw as a package is programmed for designing of all kinds e.g. Posters, Letterhead, Cards, handbills etc.
How to Launch CorelDraw * Click on Start Button * Point on All Programs * Click on Corel Graphic suites (sub-menu list appears) * Click on CorelDraw 11 (wait for some seconds for program to launch)
The Screen (Window) of CorelDraw
Colour Palette
Drawing Window
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Printable Page
Area
Tools Bar
Property Bar
Standard Bar
Control Menu Box
Horizontal&
Vertical Scroll Bar
Horizontal&
Vertical Rule
Status Bar
Task Bar
Start Button
The CorelDraw Window provides a work area where you can create and modify a job. The Tools present enable you to carry out series of designs.
Some Element Present in CorelDraw Environment
1. Title Bar: It is the first bar in the screen of any opened application. It gives information about the program which you are working on and also the name used in saving the document.
2. Control Menu Box: It is located at the title bar, it contains command like: close, maximize, restore, minimize.
Close: To exit a particular window
Maximize/Restore: To increase and decrease a window (opened program)
Minimize: When you minimize, the opened programs automatically goes to the task bar.
3. Menu bar: CorelDraw as a program has Eleven (11) menus, they include, File, Edit, View, Layout, Arrange, Effect, Bitmap, Texts, Tools Window and Help menu. Each menu has its own function. When clicked on, sub-menu list appears.
4. Standard bar: Tools present in the standard bar enables us to save, undo/redo, zoom etc.
5. Property Bar: It gives us information about the Width/Height, paper size, and orientation of a page and also