Basics of CorelDRAW

Creating Basic Shapes

There are many tools which are available in CorelDRAW for drawing various shapes. These are Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool, Polygon Tool, Spiral Tool and Graph Paper Tool.

To draw rectangle

. Click on Rectangle Tool or press F6

. Drag with mouse on the drawing page.

. Specify width and height dimension from the property bar .

. Press Enter

To draw square

. Click on Rectangle Tool or press F6

. Press Ctrl and drag with mouse on the drawing page.

. Specify width and height dimension from the property bar.

. Press Enter

To draw four side rounded rectangle

. Draw a rectangle.

. Choose the Shape Tool.

. Click and drag on any corner handle to shape the corners.

. Release mouse when you achieve the desired corner roundness.

To create rounded rectangle from rectangle tool property

. Draw a rectangle.

. Type the value of roundness in property bar above application window.

. Click Enter

To draw one side rounded rectangle

. Draw a rectangle.

. Choose the Shape Tool.

. Click on any corner of rectangle and release.

. Drag on that corner.

. Release mouse when you achieve the desired corner roundness.

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To draw circle

. Choose Ellipse Tool.

. Click and drag with the CTRL key pressed down to constrain the ellipse to a circle.

. Use both the CTRL key and the SHIFT key together to create a circle drawn from the center.

To draw ellipse

. Choose Ellipse Tool.

. Click and drag to create ellipse of the shape and size you desire.

To draw Arc shape -Circle

• Choose Ellipse Tool.

. Choose arc shaped circle from the property bar

. Drag on the drawing page to create semi-circle.

To draw 7-sided polygon

. Click on Polygon Tool or press Y

. Specify 7 points in the the property bar above

. Drag the mouse on the drawing page.

To draw triangle

. Click on Polygon Tool or press Y

. Specify 3 points in the the property bar above and drag on the drawing page.

. Drag the mouse on the drawing page.

To draw star-shaped polygon

. Click on Polygon Tool or press Y

. Specify 7 points in the the property bar above

. Choose Shape Tool

. Click on any node point of polygon and drag.

To draw star

. Open the Object flyout.

. Click the Star tool.

. Type the number of sides or points in the property bar above.

. Drag in the drawing window until the star is the size you want.