Screen Features

CorelDRAW Application Window

When you launch CorelDRAW, the application window opens containing a drawing window. The rectangle in the center of the drawing window is the drawing page where you create your drawing. Although more than one drawing window can be opened, you can apply commands to the active drawing window only.

The screen features of CorelDRAW application window appears below;

The following are the description of its parts.

Part	Description
Color palette	A dockable bar that contains color swatches
Docker	A window containing available commands and settings relevant to a specific tool or task
Document navigator	The area at the bottom left of the application window that contains controls for moving between pages and adding pages
Drawing page	The rectangular area inside the drawing window. It is the printable area of your work area.
Drawing window	The area outside the drawing page bordered by the scroll bars and application controls
Menu bar	The area containing pull-down menu options
Navigator	A button at the lower-right corner that opens a smaller display to help you move around a drawing
Property bar	A detachable bar with commands that relate to the active tool or object. For example, when the text tool is active, the text property bar displays commands that create and edit text.
Rulers	Horizontal and vertical borders that are used to determine the size and position of objects in a drawing
Status bar	An area at the bottom of the application window that contains information about object properties such as type, size, color, fill, and resolution. The status bar also shows the current mouse position.
Title bar	The area displaying the title of the currently open drawing
Toolbar	A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to menu and other commands
Toolbox	A floating bar with tools for creating, filling, and modifying objects in the drawing