Choosing Colours and Outlines

A quick way to bring up the Uniform Fill dialog box or the Outline Pen Dialog box, is to simply double click on the Uniform Fill or Outline Pen swatch, located at the bottom right of the Status Bar at the bottom of the program. Make sure you have an object selected for this to work.

How to Duplicate objects in CorelDraw

Using CorelDraw you can duplicate objects exactly to a position by using the x: and y: positioning options. On the top title bar, type in a measurement of 0,0. Then press Ctrl-D.  This will duplicate the object exactly over the top of the original object.

Next, with no objects selected, In the x: field, type the measurement for the object to move 25mm. Select your object, then Press Ctrl-D, the object will duplicate and move to the right by 25mm.
Type in y: field 25mm. Select the object, Press Ctrl-D, the object will move 25mm right and 25mm up. In this manner, you can use CorelDraw to accurately place a duplicate exactly where you want the new drawing object positioned.

TIP: Typing a ( - ) negative in front of your measurement will place the object either left or below.

How to use the duplicate tool in your drawing work.

Well thought of and careful use of CorelDraw Duplicating tools allows you to set objects exactly in the position you need. Very handy in drawing grids, lines for graphic work, images set to position and lots more:

IMPORTANT TIP: You can also use the above CorelDraw Tip when placing guidelines. Select a guideline and put into the position you need for your drawing. Make sure the guideline is selected, select your movements, left or right, up or down, THEN, with the CorelDraw guideline selected, Press Ctrl-D.

The guideline will duplicate and into perfect position. This is particularly useful when making a page full of graphic texts. By using the CorelDraw Tools in your page drawings, you can then export files accurately and to correct drawn position into other programs such as Pdf, Adobe, Word Photoshop and lots more.

Duplicate object the Artistic way.

To create a duplicate of an object, use the pointer tool to drag the object to where you would like the duplicate to be, then click the right mouse button (don't slip!) before releasing the left. If you want more copies with the same offset `Ctrl R' repeats the operation.