Corel Draw Introduction

Outcomes

Participants will learn how to become familiar to the CorelDRAW interface and tools in order to create various drawings. They will start with the basics of drawing shapes, reshaping, and moving within the document. Then, a progressive method is used to ramp up participant's skills to demonstrate how to create special effects, import clipart, and transform objects. Participants will also benefit in applying tips and tricks that are mentioned in the step-by-step exercises and page margins.

Prerequisites

Windows (95/98/NT 4) introduction, or equivalent knowledge.

What should you be familiar with?

Experience with a word-processor and/or presentation software.
Experience with other desk-top publishing applications is recommended, but not essential

Session Length

1 Day, 9:00am to 4:30pm

Location

This session is conducted either on site, or at our training rooms.

Topics Covered in this session

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Introduction What is CorelDRAW Course Objectives How to Use the Manual How to Install the Exercise Files Getting Started Using the Mouse Exploring the CorelDRAW Screen Getting Assistance Opening a Document Saving Documents Setting Up the Page Undoing Mistakes Switching Between Documents Closing a Document Creating a New Document Moving Around and Viewing Drawings Moving Around the Current Page Viewing Modes Inserting and Deleting Pages Changing Pages Selecting & Manipulating Objects Selecting and Deselecting Objects Moving Objects Copying and Deleting Objects Deleting Objects Sizing Objects Using Symbols and Clipart Adding Symbols Adding Clipart Transforming Objects Mirroring Objects Rotating and Skewing Objects Using the Transformation Docker Special Effects Fitting Text to a Path Drawing With the Artistic Media Tool Using the Lens Effect Adding Perspectives Using PowerClips Applying Presets Applying Drop Shadows Drawing and Shaping Objects Drawing and Shaping Tools The Freehand Tool Drawing Lines and Polylines Drawing Freehand Polygons Using the Polygon Tool Reshaping Lines and Polylines Drawing Curves Reshaping Curves Drawing Rectangles Drawing Circles Arranging Objects Arranging Objects Grouping and Ungrouping Objects Using Guidelines Using Snap To Aligning Objects Working with Text The Text Tool Creating Artistic Text Editing Text Formatting Text Setting Text Options Creating Paragraph Text Choosing Paragraph Options Setting Indents Using the Ruler Importing Text Using the Spell Checker The Outline Tool Choosing Outline Thicknesses Choosing Outline Colors The Fill Tool Copying Attributes Exporting Drawings Exporting Drawings Printing Printing a Document Choosing Print Options Appendix The Final Assignment Keyboard Shortcuts Section Questionnaire Answers Web resources

Performance-based objectives

• Open, close, switch between, and save CorelDRAW documents.
• Use various techniques to zoom and move around objects.
• Customize and insert/delete pages.
• Move, copy, clone, delete, and size objects.
• Draw lines, polylines, polygons, rectangles, and circles.
• Use the Shape tool to reshape curves and lines.
• Group, ungroup, use guidelines, snaps, and align objects with each other.
• Work with Artistic and Paragraph text.
• Assign outlines and special fills to objects.
• Incorporate symbols and clipart into the document.
• Mirror, rotate, skew, and size using the Transformation docker.
• Fit text to path and draw with the Artistic Media tool.
• Apply Lens, Perspective, PowerClips, Presets, and Drop Shadow special effects.
• Export objects into other Window applications.
• Print and choose print options.