COREL DRAW INTRODUCTION

Corel draw is graphic design software that is used to make various of design, such as logo, business card, calendar, poster, etc. it very famous in digital world.

The first step to start corel draw is

1	Click start  - all program -  coreldraw
2	Click new graphic – wait a minute till it show the worksheet
3	The explanation of the worksheet

corel draw has following below

TITLE BAR

Giving information about file name and software that is being opened. On top of right corner , there is a maximize button to create the preview of coreldraw in full size.

MENU BAR

Menu bar is a menu line that contains file , edit , layout, type, element, utilities, view, window and help, all this command located in that menu.

STANDARD TOOL BAR

Commands that’s  often used  can be access through standard toolbar. It has some icons that’s we often use, like to make a new file, open file, save file, print and others. Only with one click at the icon then command will directly be applied by corel.

PROPERTY BAR

Property Bar is a command line that is unique, because the preview wil always change and the commands will adapt with an active icon in tool box. Such like an active tool box in zoom tool, it will show property from zoom tool. Also other tools here , we will get faster to access commands related to an active tool.

RULER

The usage is to help  us in making an exact size, because it has horizontal ruler with unit of measure that we can change at any time.

PRINTABLE AREA

It is an area which is our design is located to print. For designing, we are allow to draw at out of printable area, but when we will print, it must be located in printable area

COLOR PALLETE

Color is an important element  in a graphic design. CorelDRAW gives various of facility to access and choose various of  color model. We can access color tools on screen color palette, color dialog, and also color roll up to choose fill color.

TOOL BOX

It is a row of  icon that provide varios of commands to create an object, to edit object and  interactive effects and others.

STATUS BAR

The function is to give information about running operation, coordinat mouse position, and also information about color in an object that’s being activated, both color fill and outline fill.