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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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