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Here is what the F-keys do in CorelDraw. I got the info from the Help section.
F1 Accessing Help
F6 Assigning & deleting keyboard shortcuts (If someone knows how to do this, please resond)
F8 Restoring factory defaults (hold the F8 key whlie starting Corel) Courtesy Glenn Taylor
F9 Full screen preview
F11 Choosing a color from a color palette
Evidently, some are open so you can assign your own shortcuts. If you print a small guide and stick it above the F keys you can speed up your design process.
Also, the Help section is full of a wealth of information.
-------------------- Rob Thomas 3410 Ketcham Ct Beautiful Springs FL 34134 Posts: 965 | From: Bonita Springs, Florida USA | Registered: Feb 2000
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In Corel 9 and 10, if you go to the Options menu in the Tools pulldown, you can customize all your shortcut keys. I have made all my keys to function like Signlab. It makes working between the two programs so much faster when you don't have to remember F6 zoom out in signlab and F3 in Corel. Make them both the same!!!
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ahhh shortcut keys... yes virgina there is a santa where would we be without em one of the first things i teach my students is to make em and then remember to use em
like donna my fav's are f3:zoom out f4:zoom into the stuff u got on the screen shift+f2: zoom to whats selected and the list goes on
i get so used to hotkeys that when im in other software i keep hitting f4 to see whats there... doh
hehehe
cheers gail
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I really like customized Hot Keys within programs as well. I find the mouse a terribly inefficient device and prefer to use the keyboard were applicable. I go one step farther and have utilized Workspaces in CorelDRAW to define different Hot Key/Menu/Palette and other settings to simulate Gerber, Sign Lab, Macromedia, and Adobe settings in addition to Corel defaults. I even have Workspaces set up for specific tasks. I love working the way I want to, the person making a living using the software, as opposed to the way the software architect, the person who is making a living writing the software, thinks I should.
Gail,
quote: i get so used to hotkeys that when im in other software i keep hitting f4 to see whats there... doh
It makes support a bit more challenging as well. Plus, when training someone on there systems within the same software using “default” settings; it makes one look a tad incompetent at first.
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"The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself." Benjamin Franklin Posts: 642 | From: Harrisburg, PA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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HI guys I love shortcuts but I noticed that the screen shot above has a different color corel that is the whole entire look of all the toolbars are NOT grey but light tan....how can I change my corel draw 9 look so it will be other than grey...I hope you guys know what I am talking about I love custom look to everything and I woould love a different look on my corel draw 9.Thank you for your time.Take care.Rui
-------------------- Image is everything Rui Batista Hyper graphix custom auto graphix http://www.hyper-graphix.com Posts: 17 | From: New Bedford, MA | Registered: Mar 2002
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