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hi,... I have ran corel 8 since i bought the business a year ago on the same computer with xp.. and it worked til just the other day! so can i updated right from 8-x3?? anyone know or old version like 11 that you dont' use that would like to sell?!??
Thank you
-------------------- Joanna Barnett Blackfoot, ALberta Posts: 207 | From: Nipawin | Registered: May 2006
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Just to clarify what Jon said. Buy the upgrade, but buy it from a store rather than an online download. The ones in the stores, upgrade or "full" (both are identical), come with manuals etc. the downloaded programs don't.
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Thanks dave for clarifing that was thinkin he was meaning the full version from scratch,. not update,. will have to do that!
Si,.. they i can still work on 8 just some key things are missing and ican't get them back up,.. lik tool bars,.. cuz as soon as you click on View button it closes it! not sure why it just started to do this,.. just one day i came in and it started this!
-------------------- Joanna Barnett Blackfoot, ALberta Posts: 207 | From: Nipawin | Registered: May 2006
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I would bet Corel 7 and up can be run on XP so you should be able to get it to work but if you are running a service pack 2 version of XP then maybe it wont work. Like people have said put your money to a upgrade of X3 with the disks and manuals some people even got a graphics tablet with their purchases have a look around maybe that deal is still out their. As for version 8 I never liked it, odd numbers rule with Corel software.hahaha
[ November 23, 2006, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Steve Eisenreich ]
-------------------- Steve Eisenreich Dezine Signs PO BOX 6052 Stn Forces Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 2C5 Posts: 774 | From: Cold Lake | Registered: Mar 2000
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Corel workspace has always had a few interesting aspects
Over time, and usually triggered by a windows update or patch, Corel will need to be started, as Mike said, by holding F8 down when you open the program
This just resets the general workspace to factory defaults, or 'out of box' state
I routinely create a named workspace, with any new version of Corel, first thing
It helps me to set up the look and feel of what I want my screen and program to be, before I start working with the newest version
Then if Corel starts to behave strangely... or the screen appearance changes in anyway, I can reset to factory defaults (F8) and know that my named workspace is still there, for me to select after the program reboots clean
While workspace files can be imported & exported, x3 will have a cow if you tell it to select an older version workspace as default when you first install x3
All you have to do is allow x3 to install it'self as it wants by default, then when you open it for the first time go and install your workspace... or create a new named one... too easy
Corel's workspace tools are one of the things I like best about using the program actually
You can turn off all the stuff that isn't necessary for sign making, plus create menu's, toolbars and icons that we do use and have them in prominence to speed up the process of your work
cheers gail
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Wow thanks Mike and Gail & Dave Wow the F8 button fixed it... looks like it! havent' tryed it but wow thank you! save me for now til i can afford new program
-------------------- Joanna Barnett Blackfoot, ALberta Posts: 207 | From: Nipawin | Registered: May 2006
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