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.