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Corel Draw Tool

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Tool Overview

The Toolbox is located in the left portion of the window and contains all the drawing
and editing tools necessary to create objects for an illustration. Tools containing a
small triangle in the corner produce a Flyout. Flyouts contain additional tools, or tool
options and are explained below in the order they appear on the default screen.
Flyouts are described following the Tool Overview.
Pick Tool Selects objects or groups of objects. Once selected, you can use
the Pick Tool of move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects.
Shape Tool Reshapes objects. Objects are reshaped by moving nodes, lines,
and control points.
Zoom Tool Changes the current view of the drawing. You can also select
magnification options from the Property Bar in the Zoom mode.
Freehand Tool Draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace
bitmaps.
Smart Drawing Tool Converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and
smoothed curves.
Rectangle Tool Draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the
Control key while drawing.
Ellipse Tool Draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down
the Control key as you draw.
Graph Paper Tool Draws a collection of boxes that simulates a sheet of graph
paper.
A collection of objects which you can add to your drawing. They
Perfect Shapes Tool
include such things as arrows, stars, talk bubbles, and flow chart
symbols.
Text Tool
Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing.

Interactive Blend The Blend Tool allows you to merger objects together through a
Tool series of steps. The flyout gives access to several more
interactive tools that are described on the following pages.
Eyedropper Tool The Eyedropper Tool allows you to select a color within an
object, especially a bitmap, and allows you to apply that color to
another object. You can also capture the color for a customized
palette. The flyout gives access to the paint bucket that applies
the color.
Sets the outline style of an object or a line. This includes the line
Outline Tool
type, ends, color, and weight. The flyout gives quick access to
some changes.
Assigns the fill style of any object. Fills are only visible on closed
Fill Tool
objects. The flyout gives access to control dialogs for each type
of fill.

Interactive Fill Tool


Allows you to apply Fountain fills (gradients) using the mouse.
The flyout gives access to the Mesh fill Tool.
Pick Tool Selects objects or groups of objects. Once selected, you can use
the Pick Tool of move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects.
Shape Tool Reshapes objects. Objects are reshaped by moving nodes, lines,
and control points.
Zoom Tool Changes the current view of the drawing. You can also select
magnification options from the Property Bar in the Zoom mode.
Freehand Tool Draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace
bitmaps.
Smart Drawing Tool Converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and
smoothed curves.
Rectangle Tool Draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the
Control key while drawing.
Ellipse Tool Draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down
the Control key as you draw.
Graph Paper Tool Draws a collection of boxes that simulates a sheet of graph
paper.
Perfect Shapes Tool A collection of objects which you can add to your drawing. They
include such things as arrows, stars, talk bubbles, and flow chart
symbols.
Text Tool
Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing.

Interactive Blend The Blend Tool allows you to merger objects together through a
Tool series of steps. The flyout gives access to several more
interactive tools that are described on the following pages.
The Eyedropper Tool allows you to select a color within an
object, especially a bitmap, and allows you to apply that color to
Eyedropper Tool
another object. You can also capture the color for a customized
palette. The flyout gives access to the paint bucket that applies
the color.
Sets the outline style of an object or a line. This includes the line
Outline Tool
type, ends, color, and weight. The flyout gives quick access to
some changes.
Assigns the fill style of any object. Fills are only visible on closed
Fill Tool
objects. The flyout gives access to control dialogs for each type
of fill.

Interactive Fill Tool


Allows you to apply Fountain fills (gradients) using the mouse.
The flyout gives access to the Mesh fill Tool.

Fill Tool Flyout

Opens a color dialog box that allows you to change palettes,


Uniform Fill mix colors, and apply solid colors to selected objects.

Creates a gradient fill. Gradients are formed by merging


Fountain Fill multiple colors together.
Fills the object by tiling the pattern. You can select from one
Pattern Fill of the standard fills or create custom fill patterns.
Applies a fractal fill. Textures are created using bitmap
images. The texture can be edited extensively by the user.
Texture Fill
Many sample fills are provided as a starting point.
Fills the object with a selected PostScript fill pattern. These
will print only on a PostScript printer. Because of the
PostScript Fill complex nature of these fills, they only display in Enhanced
View.
Removes the fill of selected objects. It is the same thing as
No Fill selecting the invisible fill from the Color Palette.
Used to create color and apply it to either the Fill or Outline
Color Docker of an object.

ool Description
Interactive Bend Creates a series of shapes that gradually change from the beginning shape to
the ending shape. Can be adjusted for speed of change, direction of change,
color, and path of change.
Interactive Contour
Creates a blend using the outline of the selected object. Much improved over
previous versions of the effect.

Interactive Distort Changes an object based on the nodes that created the object. Default mode
is called Push-Pull, others are zipper and twister. The pattern and amount of
distortion is determined by the direction of drag, distance of drag and
original location of the nodes.
Interactive Envelope Allows you to distort an object by placing a container or envelope around the
object to constrain the distortion. Distortions can be mirrored on the object
and the direction of distortion is controlled.
Interactive Extrude
Allow you to extend an object as if it were three dimensional. You can
control the fills, light source, and beveling of the surfaces.

Interactive Drop
Shadow Allows you to create the illusion of a shadow for an object. Text will remain
editable and the shadow will reform as the text is edited. You can change the
color, edge feathering, and opacity of the shadow.

Interactive Tranparancy
Allows you to create a screening effect over an image. You can cange the
color, percent of cover, direction of the gradient, and type of gradient.

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