Getting the Most out of the Rulers in CorelDRAW

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Whether you need to move, size, create, or align objects and text in your project, you can accomplish the task at hand with precision by using the rulers available in CorelDRAW. The rulers consist of a vertical bar and a horizontal bar. Both bars are marked off in units and are displayed by default in the upper-left corner of the drawing window.



The rulers displayed in CorelDRAW

When you move the pointer in the drawing window, the rulers find the pointer's position in relation to their origin. The ruler origin is the point on the drawing page that corresponds to the points marked by zero on both rulers. By default, the ruler origin is located at the lower-left corner of the drawing page. The pointer's position is displayed on the status bar, which is useful when you need to use precision in dragging an object to a new position.



The pointer's position in relation to the ruler origin is displayed on the status bar.

The following tips can help you get the most out of the rulers in CorelDRAW.



Moving the rulers

 



The Rulers page in the Options dialog box

For detailed information about using the rulers and other layout tools, consult "Working with pages and layout tools" in the CorelDRAW Help files.

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