Learning the Tools, Features, and Interface of CorelDRAW

Learn how to create a personalized cupcake wrapper in CorelDRAW. You'll start with a plain cupcake wrapper template, then dress it up with a pattern fill and text on a path, then duplicate it so you can save paper by printing two on a page.

How to create custom object sprays for the artistic media tool from your own drawings.

Change your CorelDRAW settings so that 100% on the screen is the same size as 100% in real life.

Desktop Publishing Guide Jacci Howard Bear explains the combine and weld commands in CorelDRAW.

It may be possible to restore your work after a crash in CorelDraw. This article explains how to restore lost documents.

A lesson on fills and outlines, including some of the new tools in CorelDRAW 9.

Learn how to use blends in CorelDraw to create graduated fill effects.

"Have you ever tried to create a calendar in CorelDRAW by hand? Drawing all those boxes and inserting all the pieces of text is quite a bit of work. So I thought I'd show you a somewhat hidden feature that automatically creates calendars for you. The Calendar Wizard I'm going to describe comes with CorelDRAW 11/12."

You don't need a spreadsheet to create graphs and charts, you can use Draw and even make it three-dimensional with the EZ-Metrics add-on.

Take advantage of CorelDRAW 8's Color Styles feature to easily make color changes.

A two part tutorial to help you understand the Corel TEXTURE utility that is included with CorelDRAW.

Learn how to use Corel's Powerclip feature to act like masks in a bitmap editing program.

Customizing your interface can help you be more productive in CorelDRAW.

Foster Coburn discusses good reasons for using PDF files, and shows you how to export PDF files from CorelDRAW 9.

An overview of using fountain fills in CorelDraw.

Learn to use the Knife tool more effectively in DRAW 7, 8 or 9.

An excellent tutorial on using layers in CorelDRAW.

"If you go to your favorite office supply store, you'll find a whole aisle dedicated to labels. The weird thing is that most CorelDRAW users aren't aware how easy it is to design artwork for all those label sheets. In this tutorial I'll cover how to use a popular label that is predefined in CorelDRAW and also how to create your own label template for labels that aren't included."

Learn how to change and save default settings in CorelDRAW 6-7-8-9.

Learn how you can save time by creating custom templates and using the scrapbook in CorelDRAW 7 and higher.

Explains why colors on your screen don't always match what you get from your printer, and discusses a couple of ways you can get better color matching from CorelDRAW.

Learn about lens effects and interactive transparency features in this excerpt from Mastering CorelDRAW 9.

How to uncover and use the hidden Print Merge command in DRAW 8 and 9.