The document introduces CorelDraw, a graphical package for creating and editing graphics. It defines graphics and lists some common graphics packages, including CorelDraw. It then describes the CorelDraw environment, including the title bar, menu bar, rulers, status bar, color palette, and keyboard shortcuts. It outlines the different toolboxes in CorelDraw, including tools for editing shapes, selecting objects, zooming, drawing rectangles, lines, ellipses, polygons, and text. It also details tools for applying fills, outlines, and other painting tools. Finally, it provides basic instructions for opening CorelDraw, drawing shapes, applying color, and exiting the program.

1. Graphical
Package
Introduction To Corel Draw
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2. Graphics (Corel Draw)
Definition of Graphics
Graphics are graphics created using
electronic gadgets and, more
generally, the representation and
manipulation of image data by this
gadget..
E.g. of Graphics Packages
 Paint
 CorelDraw
 Adobe Photoshop
 Photoshop Pro
 Adobe Illustrator
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Title Bar: displays the name of
the CorelDraw file on which you
are working
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Menu Bar: there are 11 pull
down menus in the menu bar.
All menu commands are found
in these pull down menus.
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Rulers: serve as a positioning
and sizing aid, you can drag
guidelines off the rulers to
serve as drawing aids.
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Status Bar: shows the fill
pattern, outline location,
movement and absolute
coordinates of selected
object.
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Colour Palette: allows for the
quick application of a coloured
fill or outline colour. Selecting
the scrollbar at the bottom of
the palette opens an expanded
color palette.
Features of CorelDraw Environment
 Keyboard Shortcuts: are often
faster that toolbar usage.
 Ctrl + S = Save;
 Ctrl + P=Print;
 Ctrl + X = Cut;
 Ctrl + C =Copy;
 Ctrl + V = Paste

3. Corel Draw Operational Tools
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The Toolbox
The toolbox provides you with
operational tools. The basic
categories of tools are:
Utility Tools
Diagramming Objects
Interactive Tools
Painting Tools
.

4. The Tool Box 1
 For editing the shapes of the diagramming object and text.
 The shape fly-out give access to knife tool, eraser tool, Free Transform
tools.
The Shape Tool
The Pick Tool
 For selecting objects.
 For moving, sizing, rotating and skewing object
Utility Tools
 For changing views.
 The zoom fly-out gives you access to the Panning tool.
The Zoom Tool
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5. The Tool Box 2
 For drawing rectangles and squares
Rectangle Tool
The Freehand Tool
 For drawing straight lines, curves.
 For auto-tracking a bitmap images.
 The freehand fly-out gives you access to the Bezier (curve) tool; Natural Pen
tool; Dimension line tool and connector line tool.
Diagramming Object
 For drawing ellipse and circles.
Ellipse tool
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 For drawing multi-sided shapes like stars or polygons.
 The polygon fly-out gives access to the spiral tool and Graph paper tool.
The polygon Tool
 For placing Artistic text and paragraph text.
The Text tool

6. The Tool Box 3
 For creating transparent effects interactively.
Interactive Transparency Tool
Interactive fill Tool
 For placing various fills on the page interactively.
Interactive Tools
 The interactive Blend fly-out gives you access to the new distorted tool;
Interactive envelop; Extrude and Drop shadow tools.
Interactive Blend tool
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7. The Tool Box 4
 For setting fill colours and screens.
 For creating fountain fill.
 For applying pattern tile fills.
 For applying texture fills.
 For applying special PostScript fills.
Fill Tool
Outline Tool
 For setting outline thickness and colour.
 For creating line ending attributes.
 For creating calligraphic effect.
 For applying dash line patterns.
Painting Tool
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8. Design Drawing (Practical Class)
To leave the CorelDraw environment, take
the following actions;
 Save your drawing (In CorelDraw your
document is called drawing)
 Click on File Menu and select exit.
Exiting CorelDraw
To access the CorelDraw application, take
the following steps:
 Click on the start button
 Point to all Program
 Point to CorelDraw Graphic Suite 12
(Depending on the version you are
using)
 Select CorelDraw
.
Loading CorelDraw Application
 After loading application
 On the tool bar, Click Shapes
 At the drawing area, drag to create
shape.
.
Drawing Shapes
 After drawing your shapes
 Select the Drawing by clicking on it
 On the Tool bar, Click on the Fill
Colour
.
Add Colour to your Shapes

10. Thank you for viewing this slide.
In a nutshell Graphics is a very powerful tool cause is used in
every department ranging from game creation, website design,
business advert and so much more.
Mr. Ejiro
Canva is mobile design app where thousands of
design template are there to make use of, you
can create and upload and make modifications to
an already design template.
Next Canva.
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