Unit 2 - Lesson 6 Using Guidelines and Ruler
Unit 2 - Lesson 6 Using Guidelines and Ruler
Unit 2 - Lesson 6 Using Guidelines and Ruler
STRUCTURE
6.0 OBJECTIVES
6.2 GUIDELINES
6.4 EXERCISES
6.5 ASSIGNMENTS
6.6 SUMMING UP
6.10 GLOSSARY
6. USING GUIDELINES AND RULER
Guidelines are well defined dashed lines passing through the Corel Draw
page which facilitate the positioning of the objects in proper alignment on that
page. Moreover one can adjust these guidelines according to one’s own needs
by just clicking on the ruler, which is available in a Corel window all the time. So
let us learn to make use of these guidelines and ruler in the preceding lesson.
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6.0 Objectives
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Guidelines
Click on the vertical ruler and drag a vertical guideline onto your page.
Position the guideline where you require and release the mouse button. Click on
the horizontal ruler and drag to place a horizontal guideline in the same way. To
move the guideline, click and drag to the new position. A selected guideline
shows in red and can be moved.
6.2.2 Rotate Guideline
Double click on guideline. It will turn red and curved, double-ended arrows
will appear at each end of the guideline. Click and drag on the arrows to rotate
guideline. You can restrain the angle of the new position to 15 degree increments
by pressing your CTRL key as you move the guideline. Position and release
mouse button. You can also move the center of rotation by clicking and dragging
the center target on the guideline to a new position.
Choose View, Snap to Guidelines in the Main Menu. This will assign a
magnetic quality to your guideline. When an object is moved close to the
guideline it will snap into place without exact positioning. To remove the snap to
guidelines property, choose View, Snap to Guidelines again.
6.2.4 Turn Guidelines Off
Choose View, Guidelines to turn the guideline display off. Repeat to turn
guideline display on. Guidelines remain in place when the display is turned off.
Choose View, Guideline Setup from Main Menu. Click on color fly-out and
choose a new color for guideline, or choose ‘Other’ for the full range of
CorelDraw color models.
Self-Check Questions
1. Why are the guidelines and rulers important for a textile designer Using
CorelDraw?
Choose Rulers from the Options List. Choose the units you wish to have
displayed on your ruler from the Units fly-out. If you want different units for the
vertical and horizontal rulers, remove the check mark beside Same Units for
Horizontal and Vertical rules and select units separately.
6.3.2 Turn Ruler Display Off
Choose View, Rulers to turn ruler display off. Choose View, Rulers to turn
ruler display on again. If you are not using the rulers in your work, you can gain
workspace by working with the ruler display off, turning display on only when
necessary.
Click and drag the icon at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical
rulers (highlighted with a yellow rectangle in the illustration above). Position the
cross-hairs where you would like the zero point for the ruler to be. In this sample,
the zero point has been moved to the upper left corner of the rectangle.
6.3.4 Set Scale
Choose View, Grid and Ruler Setup or right click on the ruler to open the
Options Window. Click on Edit Scale. With this setting you can set the scale for
the document, i.e., each inch on the page represents 10" in "world measure." The
ruler will show the actual, or "world" measure. This allows you to work in a scale
like 10:1, and yet gives you 1/10 the page size to deal with. Use this for large
projects like drafting home plans, designing billboards, etc.
Activity
1. Draw horizontal and vertical guidelines on a Corel page, now draw a
colourful symmetrical geometrical figure with the help of these guidelines.
6.4 Exercises
6.4.1 Draw horizontal and vertical guidelines
Flyout.
7. Select the 2 Point Outline button (fourth from right).
8. Click OK. Again the dialog box appears and
you can assign a line to each type of
object as a default for this document.
9. Draw a rectangle. The rectangle will now have a
6.5 Assignments
6.5.2 Home
assignments
6.10 Glossary
1. Facilitate Make easier, help