How to Create a Web Page in Corel Draw

You can use Draw to create hyperlinks, text and customized buttons for Web pages.

CorelDraw is a program by Corel that artists and designers use to create logos, posters and other two-dimensional graphics. Draw's page layout functions also enable creation of publications mixing text and graphics, like newsletters and Web pages. Draw's WYSIWIG (what you see is what you get) features allow creation of text, hyperlinks and graphics for Web pages, as well as customized buttons. One advantage of using Draw to make Web pages is that you can quickly convert a page's content to other formats like Microsoft Word.

Things You'll Need

• CorelDraw

Instructions

1. Open Draw, then press "Control-N" to begin creation of a new document.

2. Click the "Web Page" item in the "Size" selector of the "New Document" dialog box, then click "OK" to let Draw make the initial Web page.

3. Click the text button on the toolbar that's to the left of the drawing window, then drag a rectangle from the upper left to the right edge of the drawing window. This action produces a text box suited for banner headlines or your Web site or company's name.

4. Click the "Font size" selector in the toolbar atop the drawing window, then select a size between 18 and 48 points. This action ensures that the headline text stands out beyond the body and link text. Type any suitable banner or headline text, e.g. "My First Web Page."

5. Click and drag below the left edge of the banner text box, and drag right and down to create another text area for which you'll create navigation links.

6. Type "Some link" in the new text box, then double-click the text to select it. Right-click the text, then select "Properties."

7. Click the "Internet" tab in the "Object properties" pane that appears to the right of the drawing area, then type a valid URL (e.g. "http://www.WhiteHouse.gov") in the text box labeled "URL." Draw will re-color the "Some link" text blue, indicating that it's now a hyperlink.

8. Create a third text area, one to the right of the navigation pane you just made. Type any text you'd like that's appropriate for the body content of the page. For example, write teasers for articles on other Web pages: "How to make a Web page with Corel Draw."

9. Click the "Export HTML" item under the "File menu," then jot down the name of the folder in the "Destination" text box. Press "OK" to export the document as a Web page.

10. Open, in Windows Explorer, the folder name you wrote down in the last step. Double-click the Web page in that folder to open the page in a Web browser.

References

• "CorelDRAW: The Official Guide"; Gary David Bouton; 2008