Operation Manual

Working with pages and layout tools | 501
Working with pages and layout tools
CorelDRAW lets you specify the size, orientation, unit of scale, and background of the drawing page. You can customize and display page
grids and guidelines to help you organize objects and place them exactly where you want. For example, if you are designing a newsletter,
you can set the dimensions of the pages and create guidelines for positioning columns and heading text. When you are laying out an
advertisement, you can align graphics and text along guidelines and arrange graphic elements within a grid. Rulers can help you position
grids, guidelines, and objects along a scale that uses units of your choice. Also, you can add and delete pages.
Page layout settings and tools are fully customizable and can be used as defaults for other drawings.
This section contains the following topics:
• “Specifying the page layout” (page 501)
• “Choosing a page background” (page 504)
• “Adding, duplicating, renaming, and deleting pages” (page 505)
• “Inserting page numbers” (page 507)
• “Using the rulers” (page 509)
• “Calibrating the rulers” (page 510)
• “Setting up the document grid” (page 511)
• “Setting up the baseline grid” (page 512)
• “Setting up guidelines” (page 513)
• “Modifying guidelines” (page 516)
• “Setting the drawing scale” (page 517)
Specifying the page layout
You can begin working on a drawing by specifying settings for the size, orientation, and layout style of the page. The options you choose
when specifying the page layout can be used as a default for all new drawings you create. You can also adjust the page size and orientation
settings to match the standard paper settings for printing.
Page size
There are two options for specifying a page size: choosing a preset page size and creating your own. You can choose from many preset page
sizes, ranging from legal-size paper and envelopes to posters and webpages. If a preset page size does not meet your needs, you can create
a custom page size by specifying a drawing’s dimensions.
You can save custom page sizes as presets for later use, and you can delete any custom preset page sizes that you no longer need.