CorelDraw – die wichtigsten Keyboard Shortcuts

General

  • Space: Switch from current tool to Pick tool. Press space again to
    switch back to the tool you were working with.
  • Delete: Delete the selected object
  • Arrow keys: Move selected objects in small steps. Arrow keys + Shift:
    move in larger steps, Arrow keys + CTRL: move in smaller steps.
  • Escape: deselect everything
  • CTRL-A: Select All
  • CRTL-Z: Undo
  • SHIFT-CTRL-Z: Redo

Zoom:

  • F2: Zoom in tool
  • F3: Zoom out
  • CTRL-F2: Zoom to selected objects
  • F4: Zoom to all objects
  • H: Hand pan the screen.
  • F9: Full screen preview, very useful.

 

Other:

  • CTRL-G: Group
  • CTRL-U: Ungroup
  • CTRL-L: Combine
  • CTRL-K: Break Apart
  • CTRL-Q: Convert to curves

 

Copying:

  • CTRL-D: Duplicate selected objects.  Trick: press CTRL-D once, next
    transform (move, resize or rotate) the duplicate. Press CTRL-D again,
    CorelDRAW now remembers the transformation and automatically
    apllies it to the new duplicate.
  • + : Duplicate selected objects.

Order:

  • CTRL-PAGEDOWN: Move the selected object one step back
  •  SHIFT-PAGEDOWN: Move the selected object all the way to the
    bottom of the stack
  • CTRL-PAGEUP: Move the selected object one step forward
  • SHIFT-PAGEUP: Move the selected object all the way to the top of the
    stack

 

Aligning:

  • CTRL-B: Align selected objects to Base
  • CTRL-T: Align selected objects to Top
  • CTRL-L: Align selected objects to Left side
  • CTRL-R: Align selected objects to Right Side
  • CTRL-E: Align selected objects to vertical centres
  • CTRL-C: Align selected objects to horizontal centres

 

 

 

Files:

  • CTRL-S: Save file
  • CTRL-O: Open file
  • CTRL-I: Import, useful for importing bitmaps
  • CTRL-E: Export, create a bitmap image from your drawing, or
    selection.

 

Tricks:

  • Double click the rectangle tool button, to create a rectangle exactly the
    size of the page
  • Drag objects with the right mouse button, for various options:
    Duplicating, copying fills and/or outlines, locking paragraph text inside
    objects
  • Hold CTRL while drawing rectangles to constrain the shape to a perfect
    square. Similarly for circles, hold CTRL while drawing ellipses.
  • Hold CTRL while moving objects, to constrain motion to either vertical
    or horizontal.