Berikut beberapa fungsi shorcut dasar yang sudah ada di corelDRAW:
- New File = Ctrl+N
- Open FIle = Ctrl+O
- Save = Ctrl+S
- Save As = Ctrl+Shift+S
- Import = Ctrl+I
- Export = Ctrl+E
- Exit (Keluar dari corel) = Alt+F4
- Undo = Ctrl+Z (satu kali artinya mundur 1 perintah, 2 kali mundur 2 perintah, dst…)
- Redo = Ctrl+Shift+Z (maju langkah perintah sebelumnya)
- Properties = Alt + Enter
- Option = Ctrl+J
- Fullscreen Preview/tampilan full = Ctrl+F9
- Snap to Gird = Ctrl + Y
- Group = Ctrl+G
- Ungroup = Ctrl+U
- Transformation Position = Alt+F7
- Rotate = Alt+F8
- Scale=Alt+F9
- Size = Alt+F10
- Object rata kiri = L
- Object rata kanan = R
- Object rata atas = T
- Object rata bawah = B
- Object rata tengah horisontal = E
- Object rata tengah vertikal = C
- Object rata di tengah halaman = P
- Combine = Ctrl+L
- Break Apart = Ctrl+K
- Convert To Curves = Ctrl+Q
- Gambar didepan Layer = Shift+PgUp
- Gambar dibelakang Layer = Shift+PgDn
- Forwad one = Ctrl+PgUp
- Back one = Ctrl+PgDn
- Format Karakter teks = Ctrl+T
- Edit Teks = Ctrl+Shift+T
- Masukan Karakter Simbol = Ctrl+F11
- Convert Teks = Ctrl + F8
- Spell Chek = Ctrl + F12
- Simbol manager = Ctrl+F3
- Refresh Windows = Ctrl+W