Introduction to Coreldraw Complete

GOLDEN COMPUTER INSTITUTE [INTRODUCTION TO CORELDRAW]

1 | Curtsey: Stefn Sylvester

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the world of Desktop Publishing. Desktop publishing is the capability to manipulate

letters, numbers, and graphics to produce beautiful designs of forms, reports, posters,

brochures etc. One of the main packages (Software) for designs and layout principle is

CorelDraw.

CorelDraw as a package is programmed for designing of all kinds e.g. Posters, Letterhead, Cards,

handbills etc.

How to Launch CorelDraw

Click on Start Button

Point on All Programs

Click on Corel Graphic suites (sub-menu list appears)

Click on CorelDraw 11 (wait for some seconds for program to launch)

The Screen (Window) of CorelDraw

Colour Palette

Drawing Window

Title Bar

Menu Bar

Printable Page

Area

Tools Bar

Property Bar

Standard Bar

Control Menu Box

Horizontal&

Vertical Scroll Bar

Horizontal&

Vertical Rule

Status Bar

Task Bar Start Button



The CorelDraw Window provides a work area where you can create and modify a job. The Tools

present enable you to carry out series of designs.

Some Element Present in CorelDraw Environment

1. Title Bar: It is the first bar in the screen of any opened application. It gives information

about the program which you are working on and also the name used in saving the

document.

2. Control Menu Box: It is located at the title bar, it contains command like: close,

maximize, restore, minimize.

Close: To exit a particular window

Maximize/Restore: To increase and decrease a window (opened program)

Minimize: When you minimize, the opened programs automatically

goes to the task bar.

3. Menu bar: CorelDraw as a program has Eleven (11) menus, they include, File, Edit, View,

Layout, Arrange, Effect, Bitmap, Texts, Tools Window and Help menu. Each menu has its

own function. When clicked on, sub-menu list appears.

4. Standard bar: Tools present in the standard bar enables us to save, undo/redo, zoom

etc.

5. Property Bar: It gives us information about the Width/Height, paper size, and

orientation of a page and also the width/height of an object. And also with the help of

the property bar we can also set our paper size, the orientation Portrait or Landscape

etc.

6. The Rule: The rule (horizontal and vertical rule) enables us to measure.

7. Scroll bar: The scroll bar (horizontal and vertical scroll) enables to view unseen object by

scrolling up, down, left, and right.

8. Printable page: The Printable Page Area is the rectangular shape located at the center

of the drawing window. This area represents the portion of your drawing that will print.

Any design done in the drawing window should be placed in the printable page.

Note: Any work done outside of the printable page will not be printed.



9. Drawing Window: The drawing window is the large white area of the screen where you

find the Printable page. Any drawing or designed processed in the drawing window

must be brought to the printable page.

10. Colour Palette: With the help of the colour palette, you can fill or outline an object.

11. Tools Bar: The tools bar of CorelDraw enables us to carryout certain designs and also

helps us to beautify our work. Without the tools present in CorelDraw,

drawing/designing in CorelDraw will be difficult. Example of the tools bar is the Text

tool, Pick tool etc.

12. Task bar: The task bar is located in line with the Start button, it houses any opened

programmed/minimize window.

13. Status bar: The Status bar is located immediately after the task bar (at the top of the

task bar) it gives you information about the currently highlighted object and also

guideline on how to carryout some processes.

14. Start Button: The start button enables us to view programs. Also through the start

button, a program can be launched.

Learn the names and uses of each tool present in the Tools bar and you will have fun working in

the CorelDraw Environment.

(Let’s start working!)

Tool Overview

The Toolbox is located in the left portion of the window and contains all the drawing and

editing tools necessary to create objects for an illustration. Tools containing a small triangle in

the corner produce a Flyout. Flyouts contain additional tools, or tool options and are explained

below in the order they appear on the default screen. Flyouts are described following the Tool

Overview.

Pick Tool

Selects objects or groups of objects. Once selected, you can use the

Pick Tool of move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects.

Shape Tool Reshapes objects. Objects are reshaped by moving nodes, lines, and



control points.

Zoom Tool

Changes the current view of the drawing. You can also select

magnification options from the Property Bar in the Zoom mode.

Freehand Tool

Draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace bitmaps.

Smart Drawing Tool Converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and

smoothed curves.

Rectangle Tool

Draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the

Control key while drawing.

Ellipse Tool

Draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down the

Control key as you draw.

Graph Paper Tool

Draws a collection of boxes that simulates a sheet of graph paper.

Perfect Shapes Tool

A collection of objects which you can add to your drawing. They

include such things as arrows, stars, talk bubbles, and flow chart

symbols.

Text Tool

Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing.

Interactive Blend Tool

The Blend Tool allows you to merger objects together through a series

of steps. The flyout gives access to several more interactive tools that

are described on the following pages.

Eyedropper Tool

The Eyedropper Tool allows you to select a color within an object,

especially a bitmap, and allows you to apply that color to another

object. You can also capture the color for a customized palette. The

flyout gives access to the paint bucket that applies the color.



Outline Tool

Sets the outline style of an object or a line. This includes the line type,

ends, color, and weight. The flyout gives quick access to some

changes.

Fill Tool

Assigns the fill style of any object. Fills are only visible on closed

objects. The flyout gives access to control dialogs for each type of fill.

Interactive Fill Tool

Allows you to apply Fountain fills (gradients) using the mouse. The

flyout gives access to the Mesh fill Tool.

Flyouts

Tool buttons containing a small triangle in the lower right corner display Flyouts. Flyouts are used

by CorelDRAW to display additional tools. They are activated by holding down the tool button

with the mouse.

The table below is not meant to be a comprehensive look at each tool Flyout, but rather a

reference.

Flyouts

Shape Edit Flyout

Holds Shape Edit, Knife, Smudge, Roughen, Free

Transform and Virtual Segment Delete Tools.

Zoom Tool Flyout

Holds the Zoom Tool, which is used for changing the

view magnification, and the Pan Tool, which is used

for moving the drawing page around the display

area.

Curve Flyout

Holds the Bezier Tool, Artistic Media Tool,

Dimension Tool and the Connector Tool. Each tool is

used to create specific types of lines.

Rectangle Tool Flyout

Holds the Rectangle tool and the 3-point Rectangle

tool.



Ellipse Tool Flyout

Holds the Ellipse Tool and the 3-point Ellipse Tool.

Object Flyout

Holds the Polygon Tool for creating multi-sided

objects, the Spiral Tool and the Graph Paper tool.

Perfect Shape Flyout

Accesses the collection of shapes you can add to

your drawing .

Interactive Tool Flyout

Holds the Interactive Blend, Contour, Distortion,

Drop Shadow, Envelope, Extrude, and Transparency

Tools.

Eyedropper Tool Flyout

Holds the Eyedropper Tool and the Apply Tool for

the color, effect, or property selected by the

eyedropper.

Outline Tool Flyout

Displays options for changing line color, styles,

weights, and ends.

Fill Tool Flyout

Displays options for changing fill color, styles,

creating custom colors, and removing fills.

Interactive Fill Flyout

Holds the Interactive Fountain Fill Tool and the Mesh

Fill Tool.

Toolbars and Flyouts can be made to float. Once floating, you can dock them to any part of the

window. To float a Toolbar or a Flyout, place your cursor over the area at the end of the bar that

resembles two ribbed bumps or gray lines. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the bar out



to the main window of the program. All tools on the Flyout will be displayed so you can easily

access them. To dock the Flyout or return the toolbar to its original location, double click on the

title bar of the floating Flyout. To return the Flyout to its original location, click on the closing X in

the upper right-hand corner. Below is the Interactive Tool Flyout in floating mode and in Flyout

mode.

Page Navigation with the Page Selector

A CorelDRAW file can have as many as 999 pages. A document of that length, however, might be

created more easily in CorelVentura. To navigate a multi-page document you use the Page

Navigator bar at the bottom left of the work window. From this bar you can add or move from

one page to another. To delete pages you need to use the Delete Page command under the

Layout menu.

1. Click on the Page 2 Tab. The Page 2 tab should be white. You can also use the Page Up

and Page Down keys on the keyboard.

2. Select the Page Tab for page 3. The Add Page button should appear as this is the last page

for this file.

3. Select the First Page arrow button to go back to page 1

4. Click on the 1 of 3 space.

5. Enter a 3 in the Go To box and click OK.

The Property Bar

The Property Bar is located just under the Standard Toolbar. It is an interactive command center.

Being interactive means that the options on the Property Bar change depending on the current

task or command. It is designed to save time by interactively displaying commands as you work.

You will work more with the Property bar as you progress. This section is meant only as an

introduction.



1. Select the Pick Tool .

2. Place the cursor indicator on top of the purple rectangle and click.

Small black handles appear designating a selection. You will learn about these later in the

class. Notice the Property Bar changed to display a new set of options.

3. Select the text. Again, new options display for working with text.

Dockers

Twenty-four functions of CorelDRAW 12 display in a dialog window called a Docker. Dockers are

placed into the interface or “docked” as are Tool Bars or the Property Bar. They are accessed by

clicking on the tabs at the right of the working window. Dockers can also float or be closed so only

the tabs show. Dockers replaced Roll-Ups from earlier version of DRAW. To access the Dockers, go

to the Windows menu Dockers.

Docker Function

Properties

Displays the characteristics of the object selected including any Web

assignments such as links or hot spots. Allows access to the function that

changes that characteristic.

Object Manager

Shows the hierarchical structure of objects, layers, and pages within a

document including the stacking order of the objects. Allows you to move

objects from one layer to another.

Object Data

Manager Sets up a spreadsheet-like document recording information about an object.

View Manager Allows you to change the view without using the menu or the drop down list

on the Standard Toolbar.

Link Manager Allows you to create HTML links within your documents.

Undo Docker Lists all the moves you have made so you can reverse them. The default is 99

steps. You can change this to a smaller number if you wish.



Internet

Bookmark

Manager

Organizes bookmarks you have assigned within a Web project in DRAW.

Symbol Manager Allows you to set up libraries of objects you use frequently and convert them

to symbols.

Artistic Media T his tool acts as an calligraphy pen, a paint brush or an image sprayer.

Blend Gives all the controls for the Blend effect.

Contour Gives all the controls for the Contour effect.

Envelope Gives all the controls for the Envelope effect

Extrude Gives all the controls for the Extrude effect

Lens Gives all the settings for the Lens effect.

Bitmap Color

Mask

This CorelPhotoPaint feature allows you to mask all pixels of a certain color in

a bitmapped image.

Transformations Allows access to all the Transform tools, Position, Rotation, Scale & Mirror,

Size, and Skew.

Shaping Allows access to the Weld, Intersect, Trim, Simplify, Front minus Back, and

Back minus Front operations.

Color Allow you to create custom colors in each color palette.

Color Palette

Browser

Lists all color palettes available on the system and allows quick loading and

changing of the palettes.

Color Styles Sets color palette styles just as you set graphics and text styles for

consistency within a project.

Graphics and Text

Styles

Sets styles just as you can within a word processor. Allows you to keep text

and objects consistent throughout a project.

Scrapbook A storage area for frequently used clipart, text files and many other file



types. Also allows quick access to sites on the Web or other networked

machines.

Web Connector Allows you to connect to Corel.com.

Color Palettes

The colorful row of boxes on the right of the screen is the Color Palette. DRAW comes with 18

color systems and gives you the ability to create your own palette. The palette can be floated

or parked. The type of palette can be changed with the Windows menu, or the Color Palette

Browser Docker. You may have several palettes open at once.

The main color palettes include HKS ® Colors, Trumatch Colors, Uniform Colors, Web Safe

Colors, and the complete Pantone® Matching System including the system that was shipped

with CorelDRAW 8. (The Pantone system is updated by the company on a regular basis and a

major change was made in 1998. Pantone numbers assigned in DRAW 8 will not match the

system in DRAW 9 or DRAW 10.) In addition, the Color Palette Browser Docker includes some

specific color systems such as human skin colors and natural color systems. Here is also where

any custom palettes you build will be stored.

Note: When you hold down a chip on the color palette, a box with shades of that color displays.

(Shown below.) By dragging to one of the shades of the first color, you can choose a shade of a

color quickly and apply it to a line or fill an object .

Changing an Option



The Options dialog allows for extensive customizing of CorelDRAW 12. To make this curriculum

easier for you, one of the default settings for CorelDRAW 12 needs to be changed before we

continue.

1. Go to the Tools menu Options Workspace General Or (Ctrl+J) Workspace

General.

2. Change the Regular Undo setting from 99 to 15. Each time you make a change in a

document, CorelDRAW 12, makes a full copy of that document so it can reverse your

steps if you use the Undo command. A level of 99 quickly uses up all the resources of

your machine even if you are using a very powerful machine. In my opinion, more than

15 undo's constitutes “Start over".

3. Click OK.

Changing the View

Often, when working on an image, you want to see it with out the clutter of the screen or the

image has become so complex that you only want to see the outlines of the object. These are

the View options.

1. Go to the View menu and select the Wireframe . The various view qualities are

designed to save screen redraw time for complex drawings.

2. Change back to the Normal View option. The other View options are described below.

Views View descriptions

Simple Wireframe

Black and white outlines of the objects. Bitmaps are shown as

monochrome grayed areas. Does not show blended objects or

some other effects.

Wireframe Black and white outlines of all objects including blend groups.

Draft

Displays most items as they will be printed but uses patterns to

represent certain fills. A checkerboard pattern is displayed for the

two-color fills. Two-headed arrows display for full color fills.

Hatched line patterns display in place of bitmap fills. A pattern of



repeated PS displays for the PostScript fills. Screen redraw time is

much faster in Draft mode.

Normal Displays all object, high resolution bitmaps and all fills except

PostScript.

Enhanced Displays the best possible quality for your monitor and shows all

PostScript fills.

Full screen preview

Removes all the DRAW elements from the screen and shows the

image at the best possible resolution and against a white

background.

Preview Selected only Shows the selected object at the best possible resolution and

separates it from the other objects.

Page Sorter View

This allows you to rearrange the pages of a multi-page document

and to view all the pages of a multi-page document in thumbnails

format.

The Zoom Property Bar

As you work on an image, you may want to get closer to see detail or make small adjustments.

DRAW gives you several options for zooming into your object or out. When the Zoom Tool on

the Toolbox is selected, the Property Bar displays the following options.

Zoom Commands

Zoom In

Allows you to get closer to your drawing and work on detail. You

can drag a marquee box around a point and zoom into that

point. Clicking with the cursor zooms you in to double the

previously set view level.

Panning

Allows you to move about the page with precision. With a work

area of 250 feet (yes that is feet!), it is easy to get lost. This

allows you to move the page as if you could use your hand.



Zoom in and out

Clicking with the plus Tool zooms you in double the last view

setting, for example, if you are at 100%, you will go to 200%.

Clicking with the minus Tool zooms you out to the last setting.

Using the example in the previous sentence, it would put you

back to 100%

Zoom To Selected

Zoom To All Objects

Changes the display to show only selected objects (Shift+F2).

Changes the view to display all objects (F4). This will include

objects located outside of the page.

Zoom To Full Page, Page Width,

or Page Height

Allows you to see the entire page (Shift+F4). Changes the current

magnification to include the left and right edges of the page.

Changes the current magnification to include the top and

bottom edges of the page. All three cause the page to be shown

at less than 100% magnification.

Zooming

1. Go to the Toolbox and select the Zoom Tool (F2).

The mouse cursor changes to the magnifying glass with the plus sign. The Property Bar

also displays the tools described above.

2. Click in an area. You have just gotten closer to the drawing. You can also zoom in by

dragging the Zoom Tool around a specific area.

3. Press the F3 key on your keyboard. This shortcut zooms out to the previous view each

time you press it.

4. Place the tool icon to the upper right of the Bluebonnet.

5. Click and drag diagonally to create a zoom marquee.

6. Release the mouse. By dragging the Zoom Tool around an area, you can enhance the

magnification and be more precise by zooming to a specific area.

7. Go to the Standard Toolbar and select the Zoom Levels list (the box showing the % of

magnifications).



Values for the magnification settings can be selected from the list, or typed in as

needed.

8. Select To Page (Shift + F4). This will change the display to show you the whole page.

Changing preview settings

1. Go to the View menu and select the Full Screen Preview (F9).The window changes to

display only the drawing. All window components are removed.

2. Press the Escape key on your keyboard. This will take you back to a standard preview or

you can use the right mouse button.

You should now be familiar with the CorelDRAW interface. Move on to Chapter 2 and you will begin

working with objects.

Drawing Lines

The Freehand tool and the Pen tool are used frequently while drawing line(s).

Drawing Straight Lines

Step 1

Click on the freehand tool to activate it

Click on a specified area and drag to draw a line

Step 2

Click on Freehand tool

Hold your Ctrl Key on the keyboard

Click and drag at the same time

Click to end

Step 3

Click on Pen Tool

Point your mouse to the area in the window

Click and drag then

Double click to end



DRAWING A RECTANGLE, SQUARE, SPHERE AND CIRCLE

Click on your Rectangular Tool (F6)

Hold your Ctrl key,

Drag to draw a perfect square

Drawing a Rectangle

Click on your rectangle tool (F6)

Hold your Shift Key,

Drag to draw from the center

Drawing a Circle/Sphere using the Ellipse tool

Step 1

Click on Ellipse tool (F7)

Hold your Ctrl Key

Drag to draw a perfect circle

Step 2

Click on Ellipse tool (F7)

Hold your Shift key

Drag to draw a sphere

SKEWING AND ROTATING AN OBJECT

You may decide to rotate an object or distort its perspective by skewing it.

Skewing: Skewing simple means to slant or twist an object from it definite shape to be at an

angle.

Below is a skewed object:

Skewed object

Square

Rectangle



Rotating: Rotating simply means revolving/turning an object from on angle to another. Below is

a rotated object.

ADDING A TEXT

In CorelDraw, texts are required for decoration and also for information.

Decoration text in CorelDraw is known as Artistic test, while

Information text called Paragraph text

The difference between the two is the amount of text that will be entered.

The Artistic Text: The artistic text is use for special effect while designing. CorelDraw, Features,

Theme etc. are example of the Artistic text.

The Paragraphing Text:

The paragraphing text is used when creating a large amount of text. It is added in a frame

because of its length. E.g. Address, constitutions, toast etc.

HOW TO USE THE ARTISTIC AND PARAGRAPHING TEXT

Artistic text

Click on the text tool (symbol A in the tools bar)

Click to insert text.

Paragraphing text

Click on the text tool (symbol A in the tools bar)

Drag to form a frame

Click inside the frame to start typing

USING THE FORMAT TEXT IN THE TEXT MENU

The format text enables us to make changes to text.



HOW TO USE THE FORMAT TEXT

Click on Text Menu

Click on Format text (Format text dialog box appears) Note that the text must be

highlighted/selected)

Click on Character tab to select Font type and Size

Click on Ok

How to Align a Text

Highlight the text or frame

Click on Text Menu

Click on Format text (Format text dialog box appears)

Click on Paragraph tab

Click on Alignment tab to select the type of alignment (left, right, center, full justify etc)

Click on Ok

ADDING COLUMNS, DROP CAP, AND BULLET TO YOUR DOCUMENT

This process is only applicable to the Paragraphing text

Adding Columns

Highlight the frame or text

Click on Text Menu

Click on Format text (Format text dialog box surfaces)

Click on Column tab and type the number of columns you need

Click on Ok

Adding Drop Cap

Highlight the first Paragraph or Alphabet

Click on Text Menu


Click on Effects tab and select Drop Cap from the effect type



Click on Dropped in the indent tab and also the number of lines to be dropped

Click on Ok

Adding Bullet

Highlight the text to be effected

Click on Text Menu


Click on Effects tab and click on Bullet in the effect type

Select the font (e.g. Wingdings), the Symbol type, you can as well adjust the size

Click on Ok

You must setup your page and also the orientation of your page before designing in CorelDraw

environment.

HOW TO SETUP YOUR PAGE AND ORIENTATION

After launching CorelDraw Package

Click on Layout Menu

Click on Page Setup (Options dialog box appears)

Click the type of orientation Portrait or Landscape

Click on Paper tab to select the type of paper e.g. A4

Click on Ok

Interactive Tools for Fast Changes

The Interactive Tools Flyout contains five tools. You will work with two of them in this class.

Each applies an effect or modifies the object as you manipulate it. You can watch the effect as

you do it which give you more control over the manipulation.

Tool Description

Interactive Bend

Creates a series of shapes that gradually change from the beginning shape

to the ending shape. Can be adjusted for speed of change, direction of

change, color, and path of change.



Interactive Contour

Creates a blend using the outline of the selected object. Much improved

over previous versions of the effect.

Interactive Distort

Changes an object based on the nodes that created the object. Default

mode is called Push-Pull, others are zipper and twister. The pattern and

amount of distortion is determined by the direction of drag, distance of

drag and original location of the nodes.

Interactive Envelope

Allows you to distort an object by placing a container or envelope around

the object to constrain the distortion. Distortions can be mirrored on the

object and the direction of distortion is controlled.

Interactive Extrude

Allow you to extend an object as if it were three dimensional. You can

control the fills, light source, and beveling of the surfaces.

Interactive Drop

Shadow

Allows you to create the illusion of a shadow for an object. Text will remain

editable and the shadow will reform as the text is edited. You can change

the color, edge feathering, and opacity of the shadow.

Interactive Tranparancy

Allows you to create a screening effect over an image. You can cange the

color, percent of cover, direction of the gradient, and type of gradient.

Using the Interactive tools

1. Go to page 18.

2. Select the green pentagon.

An object must be selected first.

3. Hold down the Interactive Blend button to produce the Flyout.



4. Select the Interactive Distortion Tool.

5. Click in the middle of the pentagon and drag to the right.

The pentagon is distorted with spikes from each node. Dragging to the left produces

rounded spikes.

6. Experiment with each option and shape but use the Undo button or Ctrl+Z to return

each to their original look.

Change the type of distortion with the buttons on the Property Bar.

7. Hold down the Interactive Distortion Tool to produce the Flyout.

8. Select the Interactive Envelope Tool.

9. Select the phrase “The Hump”.

A red-dotted line with nodes appears around the word. This is the envelope.

10. Go to the Property Bar and choose the Double Arc mode.

11. Click on the top center node and drag it up.

The words are distorted into a humped sign. The other modes change the direction of

the distortion.

12. Save the file and close it.

Now let’s begin with some designs!

We have already learnt about drawing lines, rectangles, and others so let’s create a form with

the tools bar.

Steps:

Enter the following procedures

Golden Computer Institute: Font type: Impact, Font Size: 40.

Address/ Phone Numbers: Poor Richard 12.

Application Form: Font type: Poor Richard, Size 15.

Personal Data to your home address: Arial 12, bold.



Programme schedule and sessions: Poor Richard 15.

Bravo! if you have completed this form. Lets keep working.



DESIGNING A COMPLEMENTARY CARD

Steps to create the complimentary above

1. Make sure the rule are in place. If not enable ruler by clicking View menu and select

Rule. Note that the rule enables us to measure.

2. Drag the rule cross hairs icon in the editing window to zero.

3. Inset guidelines on the zero vertically and horizontally.

4. Insert a rectangle measuring 3.5” x 2”.

KUDOS!

CREATING A ROSETTE

We are going to fit text to path while creating a rosette

Click on the Ellipse tool to activate

Hold your Ctrl Key to draw a perfect circle as earlier thought

Highlighted the circle & hold your Shift key to make a duplicate this is achieved when a

shape that looks like the + appears then drag to duplicate then right click to drop. Bravo!

If you did something like this.

Click on the text tool and enter ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (Arial 12)

Drag to the top of the original circle

Script MT Bold, size 12 Colour; blue

Times New Roman (12)

Specializes in the following:

Manager

Private Tutorial (Computer Studies)

Private Teaching (Pupils)Distributing of Handouts,

Telephone:

Edwardian Script ITC font 19,

colour blue

Times New Roman Font 12 Colour; blue

Script MT Bold, size 11 Colour; blue

Outline colour: Blue



NASB

AC

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UN

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BO

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* WE L C O M E Y O

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Hold down the Shift key and click the original circle and the text (notice in the status bar

“two object selected in 1 layer”

Click on Text Menu and select Fit Text to Path…from the fit text to path roll-up choose

the orientation in which you want the text to appear on the path.

Add another text WELCOME YOU and drag to the top of the circle

Hold your Shift key and click on the duplicate (smaller circle) and the text (notice in the

status bar “two object selected in 1 layer”

Click on Text Menu and select Fit Text to Path…from the fit text to path roll-up choose

the orientation in which you want the text to appear on the path.

CREATING A LOGO

Creating the logo that will appear in the rosette

Click on the Rectangle, tool,

Covert to Curve and delete one of the node by double clicking on it to form a triangle.

Duplicate the triangle into four and arrange in this order, using the rotating order

Fill with Green Colour

Highlight the four angles and click on Arrange menu and click on Group

Enter the following Text NASB (Arial 12) and place at the center of the logo

Drag the Logo to the center of the circle to form a ROSETTE



CONGRATULATIONS! IF YOU DID THAT

HOW TO CREAT ZENITH BANK LOGO

Click on the Text tool

Type Z in Capital Letter while the caps lock is on

Increase the font size to 150 and font type Arial Black

Still Highlighted click on Arrange Menu

Click on convert to curve (Ctrl Q)

Click on your shape tool to activate the node. Notice 10 nodes

You are required to delete node by double clicking on the node or click once and press

delete on the keyboard.

Delete node 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 we now have half of the

Click on your Arrange menu while object is highlighted

Click on Transformation (sub-menu list) click on Scale to activate scale and mirror tab

Click on Mirror boxes H & V to activate

Click on Apply to Duplicate

Use your arrow key to create gap between each half

Close the Transformation dialog box

Fill the first half with Blue and the second with Read

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KUDOS!



LET’S DESIGN THE NNPC LOGO

Click on your Ellipse tool to draw a perfect circle

Draw a rectangle vertically across the circle

Highlight the Rectangle

Click on Arrange Menu

Click on Transformation (sub-menu list appears)

Click on Rotate to activate the rotate tab type 25 on the angle tab

Click on Apply to Duplicate until rectangle fills the circle

Close the transformation box

Highlight the angles and the circle (Ctrl A)

Click on Arrange Menu

Click on shaping (sub-menu list appears) then click on “Weld to” and click on the centre of

Object to weld

Apply yellow color to the object

Click on your Ellipse tool to draw a perfect circle, apply green colour to it

Create another circle and place inside the first circle and colour with red

Place the both circle in the weld object by using the Align and Distribution

Click on Arrange menu while objects is highlighted

Click on Align and Distribute (align & Distribute dialog box appears)

Click center horizontal and vertical

click on Apply

CONGRATULATION! You Have Just Designed NNPC Logo

Assignment: Type NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUMN CORPORATION and fit text to path



LET’S DESIGN LIPTON LABEL

Click on the Ellipse tool

Hold your Shift key to draw a sphere

Click on the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle horizontally across the sphere

Highlight the both and click on your Arrange Menu

Click on Align and Distribute (Align and Distribute dialog box appears)

Click on Center Horizontal and Vertical

Click on Apply

Click on Arrange Menu again

Click on Shaping (sub-menu list surfaces) click on “Weld to”

Make a duplicate from the original object

Click on your text tool and type LIPTON TEA and colour with deep yellow

LIPTON TEA



Opposite Edo State Skills, Aduwawa, Benin City

REG NO. 0101

This Id card belongs to

Issued to the person whose name and photograph

appears overleaf. Please if found

return to the address overleaf

D I R E C T O R

HOW TO DESIGN AN I.D CARD

Note: Before desiging an ID card you must take note of the type. (Portrait or Landscape) before

proceding you must Setup your page also note that the measurement for ID CARD is 3inche by

2inche.

STEP TO DESIGN AN ID CARD

Click on the Rectangular tool

Click and Drag to draw a rectangle

Highlight the rectangle and Click on objects size in the property bar and type in the size

(3”, 2)

Then type the following above: CHIBEST COMPUTERS (Arial size 14 bold)

Address: Monotype Carsiva, size 11

ID Card: Arial size 12 bold, Name and Status… Courier New 10 bold.

For the right side of the ID card.

Use Script Mt bold, size 11 for all write-up’ excluding the company name and the director sign.

Company name: Font type Arial, size 14 bold

Director: Font name: Copperplate gothic bold, size 10

ASSIGNMENT

1. Design the NTA LOGO with the help of the shaping tool

2. Design the STAR LOGO including other features in it.

3. Draw a Nigeria Flag with its beautiful colours

4. Design a complimentary card and an ID card with a very good design and colour

GOOD LUCK



SOME KEY BOARD SHORT CUT

CTRL S: Save

CTRL Z: Undo

CTRL + SHIFT Z: Redo

FI: Help

F2: Zoom Tool

F3: Zoom Out

F4: Full Page (Fit to window)

F5: Freehand Tool

F6: Rectangle Tool

F7: Ellipse Tool

F8: Text Tool

F9: Full Screen

F10: Shape Tool

F11: Fountain Fill

F12: Outline Pen

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