CorelDRAW application window
When you launch CorelDRAW, the application window opens containing a drawing window. The rectangle in the center of the drawing window is the drawing page where you create your drawing. Although more than one drawing window can be opened, you can apply commands to the active drawing window only.
The CorelDRAW application window appears below. A description of its parts follows.
Title bar
Menu bar
Toolbox
Drawing window
Drawing page
Ruler
Document navigator
Menu bar
Toolbox
Drawing window
Drawing page
Ruler
Docker window/
palette
Color palette
Status bar
Navigator
Property bar
Docker window/
palette
Color palette
Status bar
Navigator
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Part |
Description |
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Menu bar |
The area containing pull-down menu |
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options | |
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Property bar |
A detachable bar with commands that |
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relate to the active tool or object. For | |
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example, when the text tool is active, the | |
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text property bar displays commands that | |
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create and edit text. | |
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Toolbar |
A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to |
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menu and other commands | |
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Title bar |
The area displaying the title of the currently |
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open drawing | |
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Rulers |
Horizontal and vertical borders that are |
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used to determine the size and position of | |
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objects in a drawing | |
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Toolbox |
A floating bar with tools for creating, |
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filling, and modifying objects in the | |
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drawing | |
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Drawing window |
The area outside the drawing page bordered |
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by the scroll bars and application controls | |
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Drawing page |
The rectangular area inside the drawing |
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window. It is the printable area of your | |
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work area. | |
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Color palette |
(Windows) A dockable bar that contains |
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color swatches. | |
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(Mac OS) A free floating bar that contains | |
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the current color mode | |
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Docker window/palette |
A window containing available commands |
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and settings relevant to a specific tool or | |
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task |
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Part |
Description |
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Status bar |
An area at the bottom of the application |
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window that contains information about | |
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object properties such as type, size, color, | |
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fill, and resolution. The status bar also | |
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shows the current mouse position. | |
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Document navigator |
The area at the bottom left of the |
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application window that contains controls | |
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for moving between pages and adding pages | |
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Navigator |
A button at the bottom-right corner |
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(Windows) or bottom-left corner (Mac OS) | |
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that opens a smaller display to help you | |
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move around a drawing |
Oj^ To toggle between displaying and hiding the status bar, click Window ► Toolbars ► Status bar.
To toggle between displaying and hiding the rulers, see "To hide or display the rulers" on page 198.
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