CorelDRAW Versions 7,8 & 9 Single Sheet Poster Construction
Stage 1: Preparing Your Document

Downloadable CorelDraw 9 36 x 48 inch (91.44 x 121.92 cm) landscape poster template file.
   

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1. Set your page size and orientation by going to LAYOUT > PAGE SET UP > SIZE/ ORIENTATION.
   
2. Create a coloured background by using the rectangle tool to draw a box the size of your page. Fill this box with your background colour using the paint tool. You may wish to highlight your title with its own background box, to do so draw an additional colour box and locate it directly behind your title, name, and address.
   
3. Turn on rulers and guides by going to VIEW > RULERS and VIEW > GUIDES. Rulers should appear at the top and left hand side of your document. Using the selection tool click and drag guides from the top or side ruler on to your document. Use these guides to mark off a 1 inch (3 cm) margin of unprintable area around the inside of your document. You may wish to have your guides snap to a grid, this can be accomplished by going to VIEW > SNAP TO GUIDELINES.
 
Create your background and title
bar by drawing boxes and applying
a colour fill.		 Use guides to mark off columns and
edge margins. A column of text
should be between 12 inches
(30.5 cm) and 16 inches
(40.5 cm) wide.		  
   
4. A column of text should be between 12 inches (30.5 cm) and 16 inches (40.5 cm) wide. A 36 x 48 inch (91.44 x 121.92 cm) poster with a portrait orientation uses two columns. The same size poster with a landscape orientation requires 3 columns. Use rulers to measure and guides to mark columns, leaving at least 3 cm (1 inch) between columns.
   
5. Before you insert your text, set your font and point size by using TEXT > FORMAT TEXT. When you do so a dialogue box will ask you if you want to change ARTISTIC TEXT, and / or PARAGRAPH TEXT, select both. This will change all of the text you copy into your document to your set font and point size.