CorelDRAW Essential Training

Learn the essential tools and techniques to create expressive art and designs with CorelDRAW, the powerful graphics application.

Introduction

• Become proficient in CorelDRAW

1. The Welcome Screen

• Getting started
• Using one of the workspaces
• The Store tab

2. The Interface

• Exploring the drop-down menus
• Examining the toolbars
• Discovering the toolbox
• Understanding dockers
• The Mac interface

3. Getting Started

• Setting up the page
• Starting with a template
• Grids, rulers, and guides
• Calibrating the screen
• Managing multi-page documents
• Master pages and page numbering
• Understanding file formats
• The export docker

4. The Toolbox

• Using the Pick tool
• Exploring the Shape edit flyout
• Exploring the Crop tool flyout
• Using the Zoom & Pan tools
• Exploring the curve flyout
• Drawing tools
• Creating basic shapes
• Dealing with dimension lines
• Outlines and corner control
• Looking at the interactive tool flyout
• Other interactive tools

5. Working with Fonts

• Understanding fonts
• Installing fonts
• Corel Font Manager
• Types of text
• Working with Variable fonts
• Homework: Create three collections with at least ten fonts in each and export them

6. Working with Objects

• Shaping commands
• Grouping and ungrouping
• Various alignment commands
• Copying vs. duplicate and Paste Special
• Challenge: Creating a logo
• Solution: Creating a logo

7. Working with Bitmaps

• Importing bitmaps
• Cropping, resizing, and rotating bitmaps
• Reshaping bitmaps
• PowerTRACE
• Resampling bitmap images
• Exporting web graphics
• Bitmap effects

8. Useful Tools

• Working with PowerClips
• Using Find & Replace
• Exploring Corel CONNECT
• Drawing in perspective
• Examining scripts and macros
• Publishing to PDF
• Learning all about object styles

9. Understanding Color

• Color theory
• Color palettes
• Creating a new color palette
• Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW
• Challenge: Creating a business card
• Solution: Creating a business card

10. Printing

• Discovering the print dialogs tabs
• Working with Print Merge on the PC
• Print Merge on the Mac
• Challenge: Print Merge
• Solution: Print Merge

11. Workspace Customization

• Creating keyboard shortcuts on the PC
• Keyboard shortcuts on the Mac
• Workspace customization on the Mac
• Creating a custom toolbar
• Changing the appearance
• Changing the default properties
• Exporting and sharing workspaces
• Resetting all defaults
• Workspace homework assignment

Conclusion

• Next steps