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    •  When we first open CorelDraw there may be one or   •   You should also “zero” your rulers by clicking on the
                   more  dialog boxes which you probably want to just   corner where the 2 rulers meet and dragging it to the
                   close.                                               corner of the page (see image). Keep in mind that the
                •   To create a new document you can do file->new or    horizontal ruler increases to the right but the vertical
                                                                        ruler increases in the up direction. This means that all
                   ctrl-n or you can click on the icon in the extreme upper   the locations on the page have a negative Y value.
                   left corner of the window, just below the “file” menu.
                                                                      •   To save a document you can use  file->save as. Once
                •   This will cause a dialog box (see image). In this dialog
                   box you can set the name of the document and various   you’ve specified the file name you can use ctrl-S or
                   other things but for now just say “OK”.              click on the disk icon at the top of the page or use
                                                                        file->save.
                •   There  is  a  rectangle  on  the  screen  with  a  drop   •   If you want to save a different file type you would use
                   shadow behind it. This is the document. At the upper   file->save as and use the “save as type” pull down
                   left side there is a drop down that might say “letter”   to select what type of file you want. Again, if you
                   or “broadsheet” or “custom”. Pull it down and select   are using this file at techshop and you have version
                   “custom” (see image). Next to that pull-down there are   X6 you want to save it as a “coreldraw presentation
                   2 boxes with horizontal and vertical dimensions of the   exchange format 5.0”.
                   page. If you are using a laser etcher, you should set
                   these to 24”x18”.                                  Step 2: Making Shapes (Box/Circle/Freehand/
                                                                      Polygon) (Fig 3)

                  Fig 3

                •   Now we need some kind of object. You can use the   Fig 4
                   box tool (F6 and the 7th tool on the left hand tool
                   bar). Or the ellipse tool (F7 and the 8th tool). Or the
                   freehand tool (F5 and the 6th tool). Or the polygon
                   tools (F8 and the 9th tool). The polygon tool will let
                   you do spirals or stars.
                •   To access the various options for each tool, click on
                   the lower right hand corner of the tool button (where
                   there is a little black triangle) and select the option
                   you want.
                •   Create an object just so you can play with it through
                   the rest of this tutorial. It doesn’t matter WHICH object.
                                                                      •   When you select something, all the menus change
                I created a complex star (see image).                   based on what is selected; there are different options
                Step 3: Select an object (Fig 4)                        for objects and text and bitmaps and nothing selected.
                                                                        For  example,  if  you  select  two  things  together
                •   The selection tool is the very first tool in the tool bar   the “trace” options in the bitmap menu will not be
                   on the left (see image). It has a rectangular picker and   available. Keep this in mind if a menu option you want
                   a freehand picker but most of the time you will simply   is grayed out.
                   click on an object. It helps if you click on an edge.
                   One caveat: if there are multiple objects and some   Step 4: Fill and outline (Fig 5)
                   are in front of some others the program will select the   •   Select the object you created. You can now use the
                   object that’s in front. In those cases you can use the   fill and outline tools (the “outline pen” is the 15th tool
                   “Object Manager” (tool->object manager) to get the   on the left, it looks like a pen nib; the fill  tool is the
                   exact object you want. More on this in step 10.      16th, it looks like a bucket) to set the fill and outline
                                                                        parameters(see image).

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