If anyone can find the link for me please send it! I've been ferociously googling for a while with no luck. I also checked corelvba.com but no luck. Please help!!
look here
https://community.coreldraw.com/talk/coreldraw_graphics_suite_x7/f/coreldraw-x7/48318/geometric-area
FWIW Cadtool 5 has an area function. But macro costs small amount.