CorelDraw/Questions

SubjectDate AskedExpert
Difference between Corel 11 and X34/26/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I've worked on Corel 9 for 6 years now in the apparel industry. At the moment I want to start to ...
  A: Maderetha If the money is a problem, I would go for Draw 11. It will work fine under Windows XP and ...
Shortcuts4/25/2007Alex Gray
  Q: what are the key board shortcuts /key board commands of corel draw 12
  A: Farid You can find this list for yourself within CorelDraw. To assign a keyboard shortcut to a ...
Corel Draw 12 Instability4/24/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Alex, Similar to the earlier question, I am trying to import an SVG image to work on. When I try to ...
  A: Craig This is hard for me as personally I have had no instability problems running Draw 12 on ...
Print Merge in CDR124/20/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Alex; I have a problem with a print merge. I am using a \-delimited .txt file as my data source. It ...
  A: Mark Draw is incedibly fussy about how accurately the merge files are formatted and in 99 out of ...
Coreldraw 94/19/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I'm using Coreldraw 9 to create documents for a client also using Coreldraw 9, we have had no ...
  A: Karen It's more likely to be something suspect in the new printer driver or the options that have ...
printing thumbnails4/17/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I have been using coreldraw since version 2. I am currently using version 12 for most of my work. I ...
  A: David I think the only package that can do this thoroighly is Canto Cumulas - details at ...
inserting pix4/17/2007Alex Gray
  Q: i am trying to make a magazine using corel draw 11 how can i insert a picture in the middle of the ...
  A: Colin Just place your bitmap image on top of the paragraph text roughly where you want it, then ...
Software to write a book4/17/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I am in the process of writing a guitar instructional book. I am looking for a basic, easy to use ...
  A: If you are going to be printing the book yourself directly on your system, then possibly Microsoft ...
RE: Patterns4/16/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I use Corel Draw to create art for screen printing T-shirts. The customer wants their company named ...
  A: There are several ways to achieve this sort of thing, but mostly they are bitmap techniques that you ...
corel draw x34/16/2007Alex Gray
  Q: we are trying to print transparensies for screen printing it prints off-center in portrait format ...
  A: Pam I don't know why you're transparencies are printing off centre if you have designed them on the ...
corel draw 74/14/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I have a HENXING HX 720 plotter and corel draw 7, how can i get draw to run with my plotter , is ...
  A: Nick Generally to drive a plotter cutter from a graphics application such as Corel Draw you need ...
Coreldraw 124/14/2007Alex Gray
  Q: when I try to import picture to corel draw 12 (win XP), I get the message ''the application you are ...
  A: I have installed Draw 12 on several WinXP systems and not experienced that problem, so I suspect it ...
Coreldraw 124/13/2007Alex Gray
  Q: when I try to import picture to corel draw 12 (win XP), I get the message ''the application you are ...
  A: Kevin A bit more information would be useful. Do you mean when you try to import a particular ...
Corel 94/13/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Alex, I received a corel 9 document (catalog) from China. I could not open the document with either ...
  A: Howard Sounds like the text in the files has been "converted to curves" which is a common way ...
changing language file in CorelDraw X34/12/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I've bought an update from CorelDraw 8 to CorelDraw X3, but there are only us-english language files ...
  A: I think that must be a special 'OEM' version produced for a particular computer maker or reseller. ...
CAD ---> Corel Draw4/12/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I have read several of your answers for getting files from CAD to Corel Draw, but I must be missing ...
  A: I think the 7550 may be using HPGL/2 not the original HPGL - you really need the oldest simplest ...
Object Data Manager4/11/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I run a cemetery mapping business and use CorelDRAW for all my mapping requirements and set up the ...
  A: Robert I don't think there is any straightforward way to do this without getting involved in ...
changing language file in CorelDraw X34/10/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I've bought an update from CorelDraw 8 to CorelDraw X3, but there are only us-english language files ...
  A: Friedrich-Wilhelm As far as I know, you have to buy the German version of the product to install it ...
error reading a bitmap in file in coreldraw 124/10/2007Alex Gray
  Q: am using coreldraw 12. after i saved corel files, some times when i am trying to open that files it ...
  A: Santhosh Bitmaps can be included in CorelDraw documents in two different ways: they may be ...
cloning4/9/2007Alex Gray
  Q: How do I "clone" in Corel X3? I.e., use a brush tool to copy one portion of a drawing to another. ...
  A: Ralph The clone brush works just the same in PhotoPaint X3 as it did in version 8, although it has ...
Corel Draw 54/9/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I want to uninstall Corel Draw 5 from XP Home edition. The Add/Remove programs listing in XP does ...
  A: Gerald I don't think versions before version 7 'know about' or participate in Windows system based ...
disappearing graphics4/7/2007Alex Gray
  Q: after years of trouble free corbel 8 and win 98 i had to upgrade to xp. I have installed corel on 3 ...
  A: Definitely sounds like a video driver problem, but the systems are so complex that there can be all ...
disappearing graphics4/7/2007Alex Gray
  Q: after years of trouble free corbel 8 and win 98 i had to upgrade to xp. I have installed corel on 3 ...
  A: Rick That sounds very much like a video driver problem. You do need to bear in mind that Corel 8 is ...
Photo-Paint 94/7/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Sir: When I use the IMPORT feature under FILE (in order to imbed an object) I have to IMPORT several ...
  A: Jim You haven't said exactly what your desired result is, but iIf you want to embed an object in ...
crashing corel4/7/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Every time I load anything using corel X3 this being clipart or just to paste somthing, it just ...
  A: Harriet I guess there is either some sort of incompatibility with your video drivers, or maybe a ...
Print Merge in CorelDRAW 124/6/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I have gone through the steps to create a print merge in Corel, and haven't had any problems ...
  A: Yes, the merge data does have to be perfect - the print merge facility is completely unforgiving and ...
Conflicts with CD X3 and Adobe Reader 84/4/2007Alex Gray
  Q: About 6 months ago two things started happening. First - when I try to open a PDF, Corel Draw over ...
  A: Charlotte. These aren't really Draw questions, but Windows XP ones. Which program opens a file when ...
Exporting from Draw 11 as JPG4/4/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I am working with a large file. It is 18 photographs I stitched together in Corel Draw. It is 114 ...
  A: Stanley A bitmap file has no 'real world' size at all. It is a grid of pixels, for example 5000 ...
printing clipping path on transparency 4/3/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Problem here. Hope doesn't sound too special needs on my part, but here goes. I sent a photo of a ...
  A: DL Do you mean you have laid it over something else in Corel Draw (eg a background) and the ...
Corel 8 and Windows XP3/29/2007Alex Gray
  Q: When I open a file Corel Draw just hangs and i have to close the program. if I open Last edited it ...
  A: Cat Is the 'last edited' file the same one that hangs when you try to open it form the file menu, ...
EPS file Import error in Corel Draw 12 / 133/27/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I'm using both the version of corel draw 12/ 13 but m facing a problem while importing EPS file ...
  A: Aslam I guess there must be some particular element in the PDF file that is not being recognised by ...
Question on CorelDraw3/27/2007Alex Gray
  Q: How to convert a text into a dotted line.
  A: Mumohanraj The short answer is yes, there are many ways to do this easily, but I am not certain ...
import x3 file to 123/25/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Is there a way to change the import settings so that I can import a file I created on X3 to ...
  A: Scott You have to reopen the original in X3 and do a Save As and choose "version 12" in the ...
Coral 11 to coral 10 convertor3/24/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I have coral 10 and my customer gave me file to edit. but the file which my customer gave me is in ...
  A: Sameer You need to ask the customer to use Save As to save another copy of the file and to select ...
Corel Draw 133/23/2007Alex Gray
  Q: The CMYK color pallet comes as a default. Is there a way to set the RGB pallet as a default instead? ...
  A: Mark Just go to Window>Color Palettes and you shoudl be able to put a check mark against as many or ...
CorelDraw 12 and 10 what are the differences3/20/2007Alex Gray
  Q: If I know CorelDraw 10 would their be any major differences or difficulties in adjusting to ...
  A: David No difficulty at all really. It's an incremental change from Draw 10 and 11 - new tools and ...
working faster with corel 123/20/2007Alex Gray
  Q: i want to improve my computers speed in working with corel12 ie when i import *.ps file {20-30 mb) ...
  A: I'm surprised at the number of components - do you mean 400,000 - 700,000? I would have thought ...
working faster with corel 123/20/2007Alex Gray
  Q: i want to improve my computers speed in working with corel12 ie when i import *.ps file {20-30 mb) ...
  A: Kiran The answer to this probably lies with the program generating the PS file. 20-30Mb of ...
toolbar items3/19/2007Alex Gray
  Q: Some of my tool bar items are not seen but are there. eg. the close minimize items are not seen but ...
  A: David Try doing an F8-start to reset the instalaltion to default settings. This recreates most of ...
Corel Draw 500mb files and empty files3/15/2007Alex Gray
  Q: I'm using Corel Draw 11. I have a file with 20 bitmaps in it which is 500mb total. It was ok but now ...
  A: Most likely your computer running our of enough temporary memory to handle the open file properly. ...

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