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CorelDraw 101: Getting Started
Hints for Learning CorelDraw
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Use Menus
CorelDraw offers so many options and features, it is hard for a beginner
to know where to start. The temptation to start creating graphics is strong,
and can be a great learning method, but there are ways to make your work
do double duty as learning time. While you are working, use the menus
even though most menu features are available from the Property Bar. When
you open a menu, you are exposed to everything in the menu, and discover
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Learn Keyboard Shortcuts
If you use menus, pay attention to the keyboard shortcuts for the features
you select. Shortcuts are listed on the right side of menu items. Learning
shortcuts in this way means you are only learning the shortcuts for the
features you use most often … very efficient. Hint: Pressing the
F1 Key will bring up specific help for many features - a valuable shortcut.
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Right Click
There are many hidden menus within CorelDraw. Right-click on everything
in the beginning to see what menu may pop up. You may find some popup
menus more trouble than other methods to accomplish the same task, but
many are great time savers. |
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Learn to Use Help
Spend some time going through the Help Menu. Reading through the Content
listings can help you get an idea how the program is organized. For specific
topics, use the Index. What's This is a great little tool when you are
learning Corel Draw. Click on Help, What's This. Your cursor becomes a
? and you can then click on anything. If there is a topic associated with
that object, a pop-up window will appear with information about that function
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Next page
CorelDraw 101 Tutorial Index
Vectors and Bitmaps
Set View
Work in Wireframe View
Hints for Learning CorelDraw
Menu Overview: Part 1
Menu Overview: Part 2
Dockers Overview
  
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