Xpres Cut Plus: Ultragraphics Roland GX-24 Manual - Manual (Page 5)

Introducing CorelDRAW and its tools
the Pick tool: this is the main tool that you will use in corelDRAW, it is used for manipulating anything onscreen in the main
window and also for selecting and using any of the other tools, holding the left mouse button and dragging a box will select
anything within the area that you drag over, clicking an object onscreen with a single left mouse button click will select
individual objects.
the Zoom tool: When you select the Zoom tool your cursor will change to a magnifying glass with a plus sign in the lens, to
zoom in on an are click the left mouse button, to zoom out click the right mouse button, to zoom in on a certain area click
and drag around the area with the left mouse button and you will zoom to the selected area.
the Bezier tool: the Bezier tool is the main drawing tool that you will use with the Xpres cut Plus system, for more details
refer to page 13 which goes through the tool in more detail.
the shape tool: this tool is used in conjuntion with the Bezier tool to curve lines that have been drawn as per the section
on page 13 which deals with the drawing tools. this tool can also be used to alter the shapes of objects and to change the
spacing on text.
the Rectangle, ellipse, Polygon & Basic shapes tools: All of these tools work on a very simple basis in that you click and
hold the left most button down and drag out the shape that you would like to the sizes you require.
the text tool: simply click on screen with this tool and then type as normal with the keyboard, you will see that you have all
the standard options at the top of the screen such as font type and size as well as the standard formatting options.
the outline tool: this tool lets you change the properties of any object on screen to change the width of the outside edge by
selecting the object first with the Pick tool and then choosing the outline tool to make your changes.
the Fill tool: the Fill tool works in exactly the same way as the outline tool but alters the properties of the inside of an object
i.e the colour fill of it, by selecting the object first then choosing the Fill tool to make your changes.
the Interactive tools: these tools are a collection of tools that will allow you to add artist effects to any object in the
main corelDRAW window such as shadows, contours and transparancies etc.
Introducing CorelDRAW and its tools
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corelDRAW is an extremely powerful program of which you will probably only need to use half of the tools and features of
the program. In this section we will introduce you to the tools in corelDRAW and what they do and also take you through the
most common tasks you will need to complete in corelDRAW.
Below is an image of the toolbox in corelDRAW with explanations of the tools based.
Pick Tool
Shaping Tools
Zoom Tools
Drawing Tools
Rectangle Tools
Ellipse Tools
Polygon Tools
Basic Shapes Tools
Text Tool
Interactive Tools
Eyedropper Tools
Outline Tool
Fill Tool
Interactive Fill Tools
each of the tools shown
here except the Pick
tool and the text tool
have extra tools hidden
in what are called flyout
menu’s, to access a fly
out menu hold the left
mouse button down on
the corresponding button
and the menu will pop out
allowing you access to
the extra tools.
each of the flyout menus
are shown below
giving you a breakdown
of where all the tools are
stored, the most common
tools and their functions
are shown below.
Left to right: shape tool, Knife tool,
eraser tool, smudge Brush,
Roughen Brush, Free transform tool Left to right: Basic shapes tool,
Arrow shapes tool, Flowchart shapes, star
shapes, callout shapes
Left to right: Freehand tool, Bezier tool,
Artistic Media tool, Pen tool,
Polyline tool, 3 Point curve,
Interactive connector, Dimension tool
Left to right: Rectangle tool,
3 Point Rectangle
Left to right: eyedropper tool,
Paintbucket tool
Left to right: ellipse tool, 3 Point ellipse tool
Left to right: outline Pen tool, outline colour
tool, no outline, Various widths of line, colour
Docker Window
Left to right: Polygon tool,
Graph Paper tool, spiral tool
Left to right: Fill tool, Fountain Fill, Pattern
Fill, texture Fill, Postscript Fill, no Fill, colour
Docker Window
Left to right: Interactive Fill, Mesh Fill
Left to right: Zoom tool, Pan tool
Interactive Tools
Left to right: Blend tool, contour tool,
Distortion tool, envelope tool extrude tool,
shadow tool, transparency tool
Shaping Tools Basic Shapes Tools
Zooms Tools Interactive Tools
Eyedropper Tools
Outline Tools
Fill Tools
Interactive Fill Tools
Drawing Tools
Rectangle Tools
Ellipse Tools
Polygon Tools