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Graphic Tools

Notes Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. Using the …………………… tool, you can drag a glyph to alter a shape and you can add
text to the inside or outside of the shape.

2. …………………… is the time between the moment you finishing sketching a shape and
the moment CorelDraw determines a recognizable shape.
3. …………………… Tool lets you select and size, skew, and rotate objects.

7.2 Working with Text

Working with text in Corel Draw is really interesting experience because you can create and edit
the text in so many ways. Steps to start working with text are given below:

1. Open Corel DRAW. Select Text Tool (marked with green circle). The icon is A (Capital A).

Figure 7.21: Text Tool

Source: http://www.insidegraphics.com/corel_basics/corel_text_tool.asp
2. Click the cursor on the page and type the text. It may be very small so stretch it by pulling
its corner point using Pick Tool.

Figure 7.22: Writing the Text with Text Tool

Source: http://www.insidegraphics.com/corel_basics/corel_text_tool.asp
3. Move it anywhere using Pick Tool again.
4. Pull other points using pick Tool, to stretch the text horizontally and vertically

Figure 7.23: Horizontal Stretch

Source: http://www.insidegraphics.com/corel_basics/corel_text_tool.asp

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