Comparing tools

The following table lists Adobe Illustrator tools and the corresponding CorelDRAW tools. Many of the tools create the same result but operate slightly differently.

Adobe Illustrator tool	CorelDRAW tool
Add Anchor Point tool	Shape tool . See “To add or delete a node.”
Area Type tool	Text tool . See “To add paragraph text.”
Blend tool	Blend tool . See“To blend objects.”
Bloat tool	Envelope tool . See “To apply an envelope.”
Convert Anchor Point tool	Shape tool . See “To shape a curve object by using cusp, smooth, or symmetrical nodes.”
Delete Anchor Point tool	Shape tool . See “To add or delete a node.”
Direct Selection tool	Shape tool . See “To select a node.”
Drop Shadow tool	Drop shadow tool . See “To add a drop shadow.”
Gradient tool	Interactive fill tool . See “Applying fountain fills.”
Line Segment tool	Freehand tool . See “To draw a curve by specifying width and height”. Polyline tool . See “Drawing lines.”
Live Paint Bucket tool	Smart fill tool . See “To apply a fill to any enclosed area.”
Live Trace command	Bitmaps Quick Trace command Bitmaps Centerline Trace command Bitmaps Outline Trace command. See “Tracing bitmaps.”
Measure tool	Dimension tool . See “Drawing flow and dimension lines.”
Mesh tool	Mesh fill tool . See “To apply a mesh fill to an object.”
Paintbrush tool	Artistic media tool . See “To draw a calligraphic line”. Brush tool . See “Applying brushstrokes.”
Pan tool	Hand tool . See “To pan in the drawing window.”
Path Type tool	Text tool . See “To fit text to a path.”
Pathfinder effects	Arrange Shaping commands. See “Trimming objects” and “Welding and intersecting objects.”
Pencil tool	Freehand tool . See “To draw a line by using the Freehand tool.”
Pucker tool	Envelope tool . See “To apply an envelope.”
Reflect tool	Mirror buttons. See “To mirror an object.”
Reshape tool	Shape tool . See “To stretch, scale, rotate, or skew nodes.”
Rotate tool	Pick tool . See “To rotate an object.”
Rounded Rectangle tool	Rectangle tool . See “To round the corners of a rectangle or square.”
Save for Office command	File Export for Office command
Scale tool	Pick tool . See “Sizing and scaling objects.”
Scissors tool	Knife tool . See “To split an object.”
Selection tool	Pick tool . See “To select objects.”
Shear tool	Pick tool . See “Skewing and stretching objects.”
Star tool	Star and Complex star tools. See “To draw a star.”
Symbol Sprayer tool	Sprayer tool . See “To spray a line.”
Twirl tool	Distort tool . See “To distort an object.”
Type tool	Text tool . See “To add paragraph text” and “To add artistic text.”
Vertical Type tool	Paragraph formatting docker. See “To choose a text orientation.”
Warp tool	Smudge brush tool . See “To smudge an object.” Envelope tool. See “Shaping objects by using envelopes.”
Wrinkle tool	Roughen brush tool . See “To roughen an object.”

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