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Zooming, panning, and scrolling
You can change the view of a document by
zooming in to get a closer look or by zooming
out to see a larger area. You can experiment
with a variety of zoom options to determine
the amount of detail that you want.
Left: The Zoom tool is used to s elec t an area to magnify.
Right: The area is magnified.
Panning and scrolling are two additional ways
to view specific areas of a document. When
you work at high magnification levels or with
large documents, you may not be able to see
all the content at the same time. Panning lets
you “grab” the document and move it around
in the document window to focus on a desired
area. Scrolling lets you move the document up,
down, or sideways in the document window so
that you can view the areas that are currently
hidden.
Creating objects
Objects are the building blocks of a document.
By using the tools in the toolbox, you can
create different types of objects: shapes, lines
and curves, text, and tables.
Drawing common shapes
CorelDRAW provides many tools that let you
draw common shapes, such as rectangles,
circles, stars, and arrows. After you create a
shape, you can modify it by stretching it,
applying a pattern fill, or adding a drop
shadow.One of the simplest shapes that you can create
is a rectangle.Click the Rectangle tool in the toolbox.
On the drawing page, drag to draw the
rectangle.The Rectangle tool is used to draw a single rectangle
(left), which can be used as a graphic element in a
finished project (right).You can create objects of different shapes by
using the following tools:
•The Ellipse tool lets you draw circles and
ellipses.
•The Polygon tool lets you draw polygons.
•The Graph paper tool lets you draw a
grid.
•The Spiral tool lets you draw symmetrical
and logarithmic spirals.