I jumped on the CD10 Service Pack in hopes it might solve a couple small issues. Bad idea; at least as it relates to my stuff. Printing of complex documents, preparing PDFs and PostScript files for service bureau output is pretty much toast. Less complex, one-page documents seem to print OK. But, that's about it.
Maybe this is not an issue in sign-making terms, but for those doing desktop or web publishing, I'd advise staying away from the CD10 Service Pack 1 (it's sent me back to using CD9).
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If you do much scan-and-trace, going to CD9 is a must. The interface in 9 is nearly identical to 8 ... so no learning curve. And CorelTRACE 9 is waaaaaaaaay improved over 8,7,6...
9 is also super stable, and getting cheaper now the 10 is out. Software Outlet is selling OEM 9 (discs only) for $80 (US ... ~$120 Cdn).
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corel is notorious for producing a good program every 3-4 new issues...4 was the best for 3.11....5-6 are junk, 7 with the 7.364 upgrade is the most rock solid program corel ever made....i still use it on all my computers....got 8, and 9...dont think i want 10.....
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Yes; 10 was OK before the SP1 debacle. I had some screen redraw problems (had to hit Ctrl-W every few minutes), but that was the only really noticable problem that I was tyring to resolve with the Service Pack. I was even able to PDF our upcoming catalog, for direct-to-plate printing on a web offset press (360 MBs!), and it Ripped without a hitch.
So, going back to 9 was a supreme act of laziness on my part. I'll whack and reinstall 10 this weekend. Thanks again for the suggestion!
Have a great weekend,
Jim
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Kinda wierd isn't it?..The general concensus in "Corel World" is that version 4 was the worst ever. I LOVED it on my old 486 with 16 meg of RAM. Now I am up to version 10 on an 800 mhz processor with 512 meg of RAM and it is slower than version 4 was!. BUT it DOES do stuff that version 4 couldn't do. I just wish Corel would leave things that work and add new stuff..instead of "changing" things that already worked! LOL
I've only had version 10 for about 10 days so it is too early to make any recommendations to Donna!!!!!!
Some may wonder why we put ourselves through the agony but the answers are simple..First if we don't have the latest version, then we can't open files that are sent to us (that's the excuse I use! LOL). Second, We HAVE to have the latest!!!! Third, what better excuse to justify buying a new motherboard and the very newest processor, just to be able to run as fast as you did 10 years ago!
I know! I know! brushes run at the same speed as they did 100 years ago! (that's for Si! 0 ------------------ Dave Grundy AKA "applicator" on mIRC "stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!" in Granton, Ontario, Canada 1-519-225-2634 dave.grundy@quadro.net www.quadro.net/~shirley
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Granted, CorelDRAW 10 for Mac OS X comes out in a few months...then, at least for a brief period, Mac users and Windows users will enjoy the same version.
I break with my fellow Mac users, on this subject, as I would rather gargle glass shards, than be bogged down by Illustrator.
------------------ Daniel Craig Greensboro, NC dcraig@rhbarringer.com
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