Using a keyboard shortcut may be an effort to select the necessary keys at the same time... I mean not everyone is a contortionist, right? Here is a way to resolve that. CorelDRAW is awesome at allowing for customization. I regularly use single character keyboard shortcuts. As an example, C (center vertically); E (centers horizontal); T (align the top of objects); B (bottom of objects); L (align left); R (align Right). I also customize some of my own, for example G (group); U (ungroup); W (wireframe); Q (quit wireframe and take me to enhanced) and because I often deal with multi-page documents, S (page sorter view).To do this, select Tools > Customization > Commands. Click on the Binocular icon (Find) and type in the name of the command you wish to assign a new shortcut key. Once the command comes up, switch to the Shortcut Keys tab, enter a new shortcut key and click Assign.
Tip provided by Roger Wambolt, CorelDRAW team.
Here, as an example, setting up some keyboard shortcuts:
TOOLS: Contours and Artistic Media
;,; – Bezier
;,’ – Freehand
;,l – Pen
;,/ – Broken line
;,. – Curve at 3 points
;,] – Preset (artistic media)
;,[ – Pressure (artistic media)
;,p – Calligraphik (artistic media)
;,o – Brush (artistic media)
;,I – Sprayer (artistic media)
DOCKERS
o,o – Object Manager
o,p – Transformation Manager
o,[ – Artistic Media Manager
o,; – Color Manager
o,l – Viewer color palettes
o,k – Color Styles Manager
o,i – View Manager
o,0 – Symbols Manager
o,9 – Data Object Manager
o,] – Scrapbook Manager
o,- – Bookmark Manager
0,= – Link Manager