Corel DESIGNER application window

When you launch Corel DESIGNER, 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 Corel DESIGNER application window appears below. A description of its parts follows.

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

To toggle between displaying and hiding the status bar, click View Toolbars Status bar.
For information about displaying and hiding the rulers, see To hide or display the rulers.

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