Shortcut	Command	How useful(?)
Align Commands Corel Draw 12
B	Aligns selected objects to the bottom	+       –
P	Aligns centers of selected objects to page center	+       –
E	Horizontally aligns centers of selected objects	+       –
L	Aligns selected objects to the left	+       –
R	Aligns selected objects to the right	+       –
T	Aligns selected objects to the top	+       –
C	Vertically aligns centers of selected objects	+       –

Distribute Commands http://gan.doubleclick.net/gan_click?lid=41000613802072978&pubid=21000000000634342&lsrc=17 Corel Draw 12
Shft + B	Distributes selected objects to the bottom	+       –
Shft + E	Horizontally distributes centers of selected objects	+       –
Shft + C	Vertically distributes centers of the selected objects	+       –
Shft + L	Distributes selected objects to the left	+       –
Shft + R	Distributes selected objects to the right	+       –
Shft + P	Horizontally distributes space between selected objects	+       –
Shft + A	Vertically distributes space between selected objects	+       –
Shft + T	Distributes selected objects to the top	+       –

Document display Corel Draw 12
F9	Displays a full-screen preview of the drawing	+       –
Ctrl + W	Forces a redraw the drawing window	+       –
Shft + F9	Toggles between the last two used view qualities	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + C	Shows nonprinting characters	+       –

Open/Close Dockers Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + F9	Opens or closes the Contour docker	+       –
Ctrl + F7	Opens or closes the Envelope docker	+       –
Ctrl + F5	Opens or closes the Graphic and Text Styles docker	+       –
Alt + F3	Opens or closes the Lens docker	+       –
Alt + F2	Opens or closes Linear Dimensions docker for assigning linear-dimension line properties	+       –
Alt + Enter	Opens or closes the Object Properties docker	+       –
Alt + F7	Opens or closes the Position docker	+       –
Alt + F8	Opens or closes the Rotate docker	+       –
Alt + F9	Opens or closes the Scale and Mirror docker	+       –
Alt + F10	Opens or closes the Size docker	+       –
Ctrl + F11	Opens or closes the Insert Character docker	+       –
Ctrl + F2	Opens or closes the View Manager docker	+       –
Ctrl + F6	Opens or closes the Symbols Manager docker	+       –

Clipboard & Object Editing Commands Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + C	Copies selection to the clipboard	+       –
Ctrl + Insert	Copies selection to the clipboard	+       –
Ctrl + X	Cuts the selection to the clipboard	+       –
Shft + Delete	Cuts the selection to the clipboard	+       –
Delete	Deletes the selected object(s)	+       –
Ctrl + D	Duplicates the selected object(s) to offsets	+       –
Ctrl + V	Pastes the clipboard contents into the drawing	+       –
Shft + Insert	Pastes the clipboard contents into the drawing	+       –
Ctrl + Shft+Z	Reverses the last Undo operation	+       –
Ctrl + R	Repeats the last operation	+       –
Ctrl + Z or Alt + Backspace	Reverses the last operation	+       –

File Commands Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + E	Exports pages or objects to selected file format	+       –
Ctrl + I	Imports (or links) content into your document	+       –
Ctrl + N	Creates a new drawing	+       –
Ctrl + O	Opens an existing drawing	+       –
Ctrl + P	Prints the active drawing	+       –
Ctrl + S	Saves the active drawing	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + S	Opens the Save As dialog	+       –
Alt + F4	Closes CorelDRAW 12	+       –

Fill and Effects Dialogs Corel Draw 12
F11	Specifies fountain fills for objects	+       –
Shft + F11	Opens dialog for specifying uniform color fills	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + B	Opens dialog for changing Color Balance	+       –
Ctrl + B	Opens dialog for changing color brightness, contrast and/or intensity	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + U	Opens dialog for changing hue, saturation and/or lightness	+       –

Find and Replace using Text Tool Corel Draw 12
Alt + F3	Opens the Find dialog	+       –
Ctrl + T	Opens the Text Format dialog	+       –

Font Formatting Commands using Text Tool Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + B	Changes the style of text to bold	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + F	Shows a list of all the available/active fonts	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + W	Shows a list of all the available/active font weights	+       –
Ctrl + I	Changes the style of text to italic	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + K	Changes all text characters to small capital letters	+       –
Ctrl + U	Changes the style of text to underline	+       –
Ctrl + Numpad 2	Decreases font size to previous point size	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + P	Shows a list of all the available/active font sizes	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + H	Shows a list of all the available/active HTML font sizes	+       –
Ctrl + Numpad 8	Increases font size to next point size	+       –
Ctrl + Numpad 6	Increases font size to next setting in Font Size List	+       –
Ctrl + Numpad 4	Decreases font size to previous setting available in the Font Size List	+       –
Shft + F3	Changes the case of selected text	+       –
Ctrl + F8	Converts text (Paragraph to Artistic, or vice versa)	+       –
Alt + F12	Realigns selected text to its original baseline	+       –

Grid, Guides and Snapping Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + Y	Snaps objects to the grid (toggle)	+       –
Alt + Shft + D	Toggles the view of dynamic guides	+       –
Alt + Z	Toggles snapping to objects using current modes	+       –

Object Groups & CombineCommands Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + K	Breaks apart the selected object	+       –
Ctrl + L	Combines the selected objects	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + Q	Converts an outline to an object	+       –
Ctrl + Q	Converts the selected object to a curve	+       –
Ctrl + G	Groups the selected objects	+       –
Ctrl + U	Ungroups the selected objects or group of objects	+       –

Object nudge commands Corel Draw 12
4	Nudges downward	+       –
1	Nudges to the left	+       –
2	Nudges to the right	+       –
3	Nudges upward	+       –
Shft + 4	Nudges downward by the Super Nudge factor	+       –
Shft + 1	Nudges to the left by the Super Nudge factor	+       –
Shft + 2	Nudges to the right by the Super Nudge factor	+       –
Shft + 3	Nudges upward by the Super Nudge factor	+       –
Ctrl + 4	Nudges downward by the Micro Nudge factor	+       –
Ctrl + 1	Nudges to the left by the Micro Nudge factor	+       –
Ctrl + 2	Nudges to the right by the Micro Nudge factor	+       –
Ctrl + 3	Nudges upward by the Micro Nudge factor	+       –

Options Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + F10	Opens the Options dialog with the Text options page selected	+       –
Ctrl + J	Opens the dialog for setting CorelDRAW options	+       –

Object Ordering Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + PgDn	Places the selected object(s) back one position in the object stacking order	+       –
Ctrl + PgUp	Places the selected object(s) forward one position in the object stacking order	+       –
Shft + PgDn	Places the selected object(s) to the back	+       –
Shft + PgUp	Places the selected object(s) to the front	+       –

Object Outline Pen Corel Draw 12
Shft + F12	Specifies outline color of objects	+       –
F12	Specifies outline pen properties for objects	+       –

Document Navigation Corel Draw 12
PgDn	Go to the next page	+       –
PgUp	Go to the previous page	+       –

Select All Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + A	Selects all objects in the entire drawing	+       –

Styles Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + F5	Opens or closes the Graphic and Text Styles docker	+       –

Text Formatting Using Text Tool Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + M	Toggles current bullets for Paragraph text object	+       –
Ctrl + E	Changes the alignment of text to center alignment	+       –
Ctrl + F8	Converts artistic text to paragraph text or vice versa	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + D	Applies/removes a Drop Cap effect for text object (toggle)	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + T	Opens the Edit Text dialog	+       –
Ctrl + H	Changes alignment of text to force last line full alignment	+       –
Ctrl + T	Formats the properties of text	+       –
Ctrl + J	Changes the alignment of text to full alignment	+       –
Ctrl + comma	Changes the text to horizontal direction	+       –
Ctrl + L	Changes the alignment of text to left alignment	+       –
Ctrl + N	Changes the alignment of text to have no alignment	+       –
Ctrl + R	Changes the alignment of text to right alignment	+       –
Ctrl + period	Changes the text to vertical (toggle)	+       –

Text Editing & Cursor Moves Using Text Tool Corel Draw 12
Delete	Deletes character right of cursor	+       –
Ctrl + Delete	Deletes word right of cursor	+       –
PgDn	Moves cursor down one frame	+       –
4	Moves cursor down one line	+       –
Ctrl + 4	Moves cursor down one paragraph	+       –
1	Moves cursor left one character	+       –
Ctrl + 1	Moves cursor left one word	+       –
2	Moves cursor right one character	+       –
Ctrl+2	Moves cursor right one word	+       –
PgUp	Moves cursor up one frame	+       –
3	Moves cursor up one line	+       –
Ctrl + 3	Moves cursor up one paragraph	+       –
Ctrl + Home	Moves cursor to start of frame	+       –
Home	Moves cursor to start of line	+       –
Ctrl + PgUp	Moves cursor to start of text	+       –
Ctrl + End	Moves cursor to end of frame	+       –
End	Moves cursor to end of line	+       –
Ctrl + PgDn	Moves cursor to end of text	+       –
Ctrl + A	Selects all text in Paragraph Frame or Artistic Text object	+       –
Shft + 1	Selects character to left of cursor	+       –
Shft + 2	Selects character to right of cursor	+       –
Shft + PgDn	Selects text downward by one frame	+       –
Shft + 4	Selects text downward by one line	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + 4	Selects text downward by one paragraph	+       –
Shft + PgUp	Selects text upward by one frame	+       –
Shft + 3	Selects text upward by one line	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + 3	Selects text upward by one paragraph	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + 1	Selects word to left of cursor	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + 2	Selects word right of cursor	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + Home	Selects text start of frame	+       –
Shft + Home	Selects text start of line	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + PgUp	Selects text to start of frame	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + End	Selects text to end of frame	+       –
Shft + End	Selects text to end of line	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + PgDn	Selects text to end of frame	+       –

Text Tools Corel Draw 12
Shft + F3	Changes the case of selected text	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + C	Shows nonprinting characters such as spaces, tabs, returns, and line feeds	+       –
Ctrl + F12	Opens the Spell Checker; checks the spelling of the selected text	+       –
Ctrl + Shft + S	Shows a list of the document text styles	+       –
Ctrl + F10	Opens the Options dialog to the Text page	+       –

Toolbox Tool Selection Corel Draw 12
I	Draws curves and applies Preset, Brush, Spray, Calligraphic, or Pressure Sensitive effects to the strokes	+       –
F7	Draws ellipses and circles; double-clicking the tool opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog	+       –
X	Erases part of a graphic or splits an object into two closed paths	+       –
Shft	Holding this modifier toggles between Eyedropper and Paintbucket tools while either is selected	+       –
F5	Selects the Freehand Tool	+       –
D	Draws a group of rectangles; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog	+       –
H	Pans around the drawing by clicking and dragging using this tool	+       –
G	Adds a fill to object(s); clicking and dragging on object(s) applies a fountain fill	+       –
M	Converts an object to a Mesh Fill object	+       –
Y	Draws symmetrical polygons; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog	+       –
F6	Draws rectangles; double-clicking the tool creates a page frame	+       –
F10	Edits the nodes of an object; double-clicking the tool selects all nodes on the selected object. Hold [Alt] + [Shift] to activate marquee-style node selecting.	+       –
S	Creates typical CorelDRAW objects by sketching. Hold [Shift] while sketching to erase.	+       –
A	Draws spirals; double-clicking opens the Toolbox tab of the Options dialog	+       –
F8	Adds text; click on the page to add Artistic Text; click and drag to add Paragraph Text	+       –
Spacebar	Toggles between the current tool and the Pick tool	+       –

Visual Basic Corel Draw 12
Alt + F11	Launches Visual Basic for Applications Editor	+       –

Workspace Corel Draw 12
Ctrl + Return	Selects the Property Bar and highlights the first visible item that can be tabbed to	+       –

Zoom and Pan Corel Draw 12
N	Brings up the Navigator window allowing you to navigate to any object in the document	+       –
H	Pans around the drawing by clicking and dragging using this tool	+       –
Alt + 4	Pans the drawing downward	+       –
Alt + 1	Pans the drawing to the left	+       –
Alt + 2	Pans the drawing to the right	+       –
Alt + 3	Pans the drawing upward	+       –
Ctrl + F2	Opens or closes the View Manager docker	+       –
F2	Enables you to perform a zoom action, and then returns to the last-used tool	+       –
F3	Zooms out	+       –
F4	Zooms in on all objects in the drawing	+       –
Shft + F4	Displays the entire printable page	+       –
Shft + F2	Zooms in on selected objects only	+       –