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  1. Craigfaris

    compare Corel Draw and Illustrator

    >>>NO QUESTION...ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR IS FAR MORE STABLE!! CORELDRAW IS PRONE TO CRASHES AND HANGS. ITS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST PROGRAMS I'VE EVER USED SINCE GOING DIGITAL IN 1987.<<< It doesn't matter how good a program is with all of it's great features, if it locks up regularly, either switch...
  2. Craigfaris

    compare Corel Draw and Illustrator

    I you decide on which system you prefer, there is a great series of illustrated text books out there called "Against The Clock" for performance Support and Training, by Prentice Hall. They have editions for Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, MS FrontPage and Preflight & File Preparation. (sorry not...
  3. Craigfaris

    file crashed now can't open

    When Corel 12 crashes it sometimes makes a backup under (better write this down) C:\Documents and Settings\(your name)\Local Settings\Temp\ The file name may only be a 1.cdr, or 2.cdr, but the file is recoverable and once it's open you can rename it.
  4. Craigfaris

    compare Corel Draw and Illustrator

    I always told my students: "Learn the software, not the hardware," and I alway made then put the shortcuts for BOTH systems on our tests. After all, you never knew which system they would end up working on. I think the Mac's had the superior user interface all along (although it seemed to...
  5. Craigfaris

    Drawing Railway track symbols

    Actually that was the solution I came up with in the end. However my first attempt to simply do one cross didn't give me the railway track effect I needed. I ended up with a string of crosses about 2 inchs long and about 1/16" tall. I followed the help direction on how to save this as an...
  6. Craigfaris

    compare Corel Draw and Illustrator

    Suggestion for: jmacleodpc19 (TechnicalUser) One thing which really helps the learning curve is to tell CorelDraw to use the Illustrator shortcut keys. In Corel 8 it is under Workspaces.
  7. Craigfaris

    compare Corel Draw and Illustrator

    I've used Corel Draw since version 2.1 and I must admit I "used to be" a die-hard Illustrator fan. I've even taught Illustrator & Photoshop on a college level, but personally, I think Corel draws circles around Illustrator. I have nothing against Illustrator, it's just harder to use. The...
  8. Craigfaris

    Drawing Railway track symbols

    I've used Corel Draw since version 2.0, (Now using version 12) but this has stumped me. I have a project to reproduce a city map and on this map are railroad tracks which look like a line of little crosses. Anyone have any idea how I can create a new line style to reproduce these. Thanks, Craig

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