Introducing CorelDRAW
& its tools
CorelDRAW is an extremely powerful program of which you will probably only need to use half of the tools and features of the program. In this section we will introduce you to the tools in CorelDRAW and what they do and also take you through the most common tasks you will need to complete in CorelDRAW.
Below is an image of the toolbox in CorelDRAW with explanations of the tools based on Corel 11.
Pick Tool
Shaping Tools
Zoom Tools
Drawing Tools
Rectangle Tools
Ellipse Tools
Polygon Tools
Basic Shapes Tool
Text Tool
Interactive Tools
Eyedropper Tools Outline Tool
Fill Tool
Interactive Fill Tool
Each of the tools shown here except the Pick tool and the Text tool have extra tools hidden in what are called flyout menu's, to access a fly out menu hold the left mouse button down on the corresponding button and the menu will pop out allowing you access to the extra tools.
Each of the flyout menus are shown below giving you a breakdown of where all the tools are stored, on the next page we will go over the most common tools and their functions.
Shaping Tools
In order:
Shape Tool, Knife Tool, Eraser Tool, Smudge Brush, Roughen Brush, Free Transform Tool
Zoom Tools | Drawing Tools |
In order: | In order: |
Zoom Tool, Pan Tool | Freehand tool, Bezier Tool, Artistic Media Tool, Pen Tool, |
| Polyline Tool, 3 Point Curve, Interactive Connector, |
| Dimension Tool |
Rectangle Tools | Ellipse Tools | Polygon Tools | Basic Shapes Tools |
In order: | In order: | In order: | In order: |
Rectangle Tool, | Ellipse Tool, | Polygon Tool, | Basic Shapes Tool, Arrow Shapes Tool, |
3 Point Rectangle | 3 Point Ellipse Tool | Graph Paper Tool, | Flowchart Shapes, Star Shapes, Callout Shapes |
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| Spiral Tool |
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Interactive Tools | Eyedropper Tools Outline Tool | ||
In order:
Blend Tool, Contour Tool,
Distortion Tool, Envelope Tool
Extrude Tool, Shadow Tool,
Transparency Tool
Interactive Fill Tools
In order:
Eyedropper Tool,
Paintbucket Tool
Fill Tool
In order:
Outline Pen Tool, Outline Colour Tool, No outline, Various widths of line, Colour Docker Window
In order:
Interactive Fill, Mesh Fill
In order:
Fill Tool, Fountain Fill, Pattern Fill, Texture Fill, Postscript Fill, No Fill, Colour Docker Window
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