CorelDRAW Tutorial, Tips, and Tricks to Draw a Line by Using the Pen Tool of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3

Now let's see our - CorelDRAW Tutorial, Tips, and Tricks to Draw a Line by Using the Pen Tool of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3. This CorelDRAW Tutorial, Tips, and Tricks are very useful for all CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 users to draw a line by using the Pen tool. Below here are the steps to draw a line by using the Pen tool in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3:

1. Open the Curve flyout, and click the Pen tool.

2. Do one of the following:

- To draw a curved segment, click where you want to place the first node, and drag the control handle to where you want to place the next node. Release the mouse button, and drag the control handle to create the curve you want.

- To draw a straight segment, click where you want to start the line segment, and click where you want to end it.

- You can add as many segments as you want and alternate between curved and straight segments. For more information about alternating curved and straight segments, see "To draw a line by using the Bézier tool."

3. Double-click to finish the line. You can also:

- Preview a line while drawing.
Enable the Preview mode button in the property bar. Click on the drawing page, and release the mouse button. Move the mouse, and click to finish the line.

- Add a node to a line.
Enable the Auto add-delete button on the property bar. Point to where in the line you want to add a node, and click when the pointer changes to the Add node state.

- Delete a node from a line.
Point to a node, and click when the pointer changes to the Delete node state.