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Import Filter Information
Import file formats

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 Adobe Illustrator 1.1, 88, 3.0 (*.AI)

 Adobe Photoshop (*.PSD)

 Adobe Portable Document File (*.PDF)

 Ami Professional 1.1, 1.2 (*.SAM)

 Ami Professional 2.0, 3.0 (*.SAM)

 ANSI Text (*.TXT)

 AutoCAD Drawing (*.DWG)

 AutoCAD DXF (*.DXF)

 CALS Compressed Bitmap (*.CAL)

 CompuServe Bitmaps (*.GIF)

 Computer Graphics Metafile (*.CGM)

 CorelDRAW (*.CDR)

 CorelCHART (*.CCH)

 CorelDRAW Compressed (*.CDX)

 CorelDREAM 3D (*.D3D)

 CorelDREAM 3D (*.RD3)

 Corel Metafile (*.CMF)

 Corel PHOTO-PAINT (*.CPT, *.CPT6)

 Corel Print House(*.CPH)

 Corel Print Office(*.CPO)

 Corel CMX Compressed (*.CPX)

 Corel Presentation Exchange 5.0 (*.CMX, *.CDR, *.PAT)

 Corel Presentation Exchange 6.0/7.0/8.0 (*.CMX, *.CDR, *.PAT)

 Corel Quattro Pro (*.WQ, *.WB)

 EPS {Encapsulated PostScript} (*.EPS, *.DCS)

 Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.EMF)

 Frame Vector Metafile  (*.FMV)

 GEM files (*.GEM)

 GEM Paint File (*.IMG)

 HP Plotter HPGL (*.PLT)

 IBM .PIF {GDF} (*.PIF, *.PF)

 JPEG Bitmap (*.JPG, *.JFF, *.JTF)

 Kodak FlashPix Bitmap (*.FPX)

 Kodak Photo-CD (*.PCD)

 Legacy 1.0, 2.0 (*.LEG)

 Lotus .PIC (*.PIC)

 Macintosh PICT (*.PCT, *.PIC)

 MACPaint Bitmap (*.MAC))

 MET Metafile (*.MET)

 Micrografx 2.x, 3.x (*.DRW)

 Micrografx Designer 6.0 (*.DSF)

 Microsoft Excel (*.XLS)

 Microsoft Rich Text Format (*.RTF)

 Microsoft Word 3.x (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word 4.x (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word 5.0, 5.5 (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0 (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word for Macintosh 5.0 (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word for Windows 1.x (*.DOC)

 Microsoft Word for Windows 2.x & 6.x (*.DOC)

 MPEG Animation (*.MPG)

 NAP Metafile (*.NAP)

 OS/2 Bitmap (*.BMP)

 PaintBrush (*.PCX)

 Painter 5 (*.RIFF)

 Picture Publisher 4 (*.PP4, *.PP5)

 Portable Network Graphic (*.PNG)

 PostScript {Interpreted} (*.PS, *.EPS, *.PRN)

 Quick Time VR (*.MOV)

 Quick Time Movie (*.MOV)

 SCITEX (*.CT, *.SCT)

 Targa Bitmaps (*.TGA, *.VGA, *.ICB, *.VST)

 TIFF 5.0 Bitmaps (*.TIF, *.SEP)

 Video for Windows (*.AVI)

Visio (*.VSD)

 Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (*.WVL, *WI)

 Windows Metafile (*.WMF)

 Windows 3.x/NT Resource (*.CUR, *.DLL, *.EXE, *.ICO)

 Windows 3.0 Bitmaps (*.BMP, *.DIB, *.RLE)

 WordPerfect 4.2 (*.WP, *.WP4)

 WordPerfect 5.0 (*.WP, *.WP5)

 WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows (*.WP, *.WP5)

 WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows (*.WP, *.WP6)

 WordStar 2000 (*.WSD)

 WordStar (*.WSD)

 WordPerfect Graphic (*.WPG)

 XYWrite (*.XY*)

See also

Recommended formats for importing graphics from other applications


Recommended formats for importing graphics
Recommended formats for importing graphics from other applications

Program	Recommended import format
Adobe Illustrator	AI
Arts & Letters	AI, Clipboard
AutoCAD	.DXF, HPGL (.PLT files)
ASCII text	Clipboard and Paragraph text import
CorelDRAW	.CDR, Clipboard
GEM Artline	.GEM
GEM Graph	.GEM
GEM Draw Plus	.GEM
Harvard Graphics	.CGM
Lotus 1-2-3	Lotus .PIC
Lotus Freelance Plus	.CGM
Macintosh-based    vector packages	MACINTOSH PICT, .AI
Micrografx Designer,    Graph Plus	.DRW, .AI
Scan Gallery	.TIF
WordPerfect	..WPG


Importing CorelDRAW
Importing CorelDRAW (*.CDR, *.CMF, *.CMX, *.CCH, *.AI, *.PAT)
Technical Notes

CorelDRAW (*.CDR)

Imports graphics in CorelDRAW's native format. Useful for merging separately-created graphics into a single drawing.  Importing adds the image to the current drawing, unlike open where it adds the image to a new page.

Imported CorelDRAW files appear as a group of objects. Use the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu to manipulate individual objects in the imported graphic.

Note: Only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports CorelDRAW files as bitmap images).

Text from earlier versions of CorelDRAW

Inter-character spacing may appear slightly off in files created in earlier versions of CorelDRAW. This happens only to certain typefaces, and is unnoticeable in most cases. The effect may be more apparent when letters are immediately adjacent to other graphics elements, or with text fitted to a curve. To correct the spacing, use the Shape tool to re-adjust character spacing. For text on a curve, straighten the text and refit it to the curve.

Corel Presentation Exchange (*.CMX)

Corel Presentation Exchange format is a special file format for exchanging information between Corel applications. It resembles the native .CDR format but will not maintain links to objects or other data.

·	Corel Presentation data does not maintain links between objects.

·	Saving files with Presentation Data attached will add to the file size.

Limitations (Unsupported Features *.CMX version 5.0)

Interactive/Transparency Fills

Multiple Layers

Multiple Pages

Text: Text on Path

Notes:

Several versions are available: Version 5.0 (Older Corel products) and Versions 6.0/7.0/8.0 (32-bit).

This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .CMX files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.

CorelCHART (*.CCH)

Allows you to import CorelCHART files from a previous version of the CorelDRAW Suite.

Corel Metafile (*.CMF)

You can import Corel Metafiles into CorelDRAW for editing.  Similar format to .CMX. This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .CMF files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Windows Metafile
Importing Windows Metafile (*.WMF)
Technical Notes

Imports graphics in a format used by many Windows programs, including Harvard Draw, Lotus Freelance Graphics, and Aldus Persuasion.

CorelDRAW substitutes fonts missing from a .WMF file to similar fonts available on your system.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Rotated and skewed bitmaps are not supported

PostScript, full color bitmap, two color bitmap, texture and vector fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple layers

Multiple Pages

Bitmap Powerclips

Note: Only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .WMF files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW and Corel DEPTH.


Importing Frame Vector Metafile
Importing Frame Vector Metafile (*.FMV)
Technical Notes

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

PostScript, full color bitmap, two color bitmap, texture and vector fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple Pages

Text Fit to Path

Bitmap Powerclips


Importing Bitmaps
Importing Bitmaps (*.BMP, *.DIB, *.RLE, *. *.CAL, *.GIF, *.CPT, *.CPT6, *.IMG, *.MAC, *.PCX, *.PP4, *.PP5, *.PSD, *PNG, *.PCD, *.CT, *.SCT, *.TGA, *.VGA, *.ICB, *.VST, *.TIF, *.SEP, *.WVL, *WI)
Technical Notes

Imports bitmap graphics created in paint programs such as Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Windows Paintbrush (.BMP).

CompuServe (.GIF) and Targa (.TGA) are color bitmap formats commonly used to store digitized photographs.

OS/2 .BMP's can also be imported into Corel applications.

SCITEX (.CT/SCT), a high-quality four-color (CMYK) bitmap format, can be imported by Corel applications.

TIFF is a bitmap file format used by many digital scanners.

You can import black & white, color, and gray-scale bitmap graphics.

You can also modify the size and resolution of your bitmap before importing.

Full Image 	Imports the complete file.

Crop  	Imports a portion of the file. Crop the image interactively with the mouse or precisely with the Select Area to Crop field. Opens the file as a new image.

Resample	Allows you to change the size and level of resolution of the imported bitmap file. Use the Width and Height number boxes to control the size of the file. Adjust Resolution with the Horizontal and Vertical number boxes. If you choose Identical values, an adjustment to one axis will change the other.

Partial Load	(Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 only) Allows you to open a portion of an image. Unlike Crop, it does not open as a new image, but has a link to the original file. When saved, this partial image is placed into the file it came from. This function is used primarily to edit large images when computer memory is limited.

Adobe PhotoShop (*.PSD) Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports Adobe PhotoShop .PSD files. .PSD files support mono, grayscale, and color up to 48-bit RGB. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelTRACE. Duotone and multitone .PSD images are converted into grayscale when loaded into Corel PHOTO-PAINT. 48-bit RGB does not support objects or channels on export.

CAL Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports CALS (Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support) .CAL files. .CAL files are a mono (1-bit) format. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

CPT Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports Corel PHOTO-PAINT .CPT files.  CPT files are now stored in a proprietary format and support “floating objects” imported into CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.  This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelTRACE.

GIF Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports .GIF files conforming to the 87A and 89A specifications.  This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.  This filter supports up to 8-bit color.

GIF Multiframe Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports .GIF files conforming to the 87A and 89A specifications.  This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.  This filter supports up to 8 bit color.

IMG Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 supports full imports .GEM Raster .IMG files. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

MAC Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports MACPaint .MAC files. .MAC files are a mono (1-bit) format that has either .RLE compression or not compression. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel OCR-TRACE.

PCX Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports .PCX files conforming to the following specifications: 2.5, 2.8, and 3.0. These files can contain 1, 2, or 4 color planes. Files containing 3 color planes cannot be imported. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelTRACE.

Portable Network Graphic (*.PNG)

Corel 9.0 imports .PNG files from 1-bit black & white to 24-bit color.  This file format now supports masking information for use in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. 48-bit RGB is not supported.

SCITEX (.CT, SCT) bitmaps

SCITEX bitmap is a 32-bit color or 8-bit grayscale format created from high end scanners which can be processed or modified for output by film recorders or to high end page layout programs. SCITEX is ideal for color separated images as it is a native 32-bit CMYK format. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

TGA Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports 16- and 24-bit Targa files.  It also imports the following variations:

·	Uncompressed color-mapped images

·	Uncompressed RGB images

·	RLE compressed color-mapped images

·	RLE compressed RGB images (types 1, 2, 9, and 10 as defined by AT&T Electronic Photography and Imaging Center)

Note: This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelTRACE.

TIFF Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports black & white, color, and gray-scale TIFF files up to and including the 6.0 specification. TIFF files compressed using the CCITT, Packbits 32773, or LZW compression lgorithms can also be imported. However, you may notice additional loading time with these, as the application decodes the file compression.

TIFF 6.0 support includes:

·	TIFF 6.0 files with CMYK data

Corel 9.0 does not support other TIFF 6.0 extensions such as YCbCr.

However, CMYK TIFFs are read by the Four Color TIFF import filter. Also, CorelDRAW will read the stand-alone version of the JPEG extension.

Note: This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and CorelTRACE.

Picture Publisher (*.PP4) Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports Picture Publisher .PP4 files. .PP4 files support mono, color, and grayscale. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel OCR-TRACE.

Picture Publisher (*.PP5) Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports Picture Publisher .PP5 files. .PP5 files support mono, color, and grayscale. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel OCR-TRACE.

Wavelet (.WVL, .WI) Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports Wavelet .WVL and  WI files. The files are grayscale and 24-bit (16.7 million color) formats. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

Windows & OS/2 .BMP Bitmaps

Corel 9.0 imports .BMP files conforming to the Windows and OS/2 .BMP specification. They may be either color, (up to 24-bit), gray-scale, or black & white, and will print accordingly, depending on your printer. Corel will also handle .RLE's (compressed bitmaps).


Importing Adobe Illustrator
Importing Adobe Illustrator (*.AI)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics created by Adobe Illustrator for Windows or Macintosh.

Corel 9.0 provides full support for all Adobe Illustrator formats up to and including 3.0, Illustrator 88 and 1.1.

Imported Illustrator graphics come into the program as a group of objects. Use the Ungroup command in the Arrange menu so you can manipulate objects in the imported graphic.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Cropped Bitmaps

PostScript, full-color bitmap, two-color bitmap, and texture fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple layers

Multiple Pages

Bitmap Powerclips

Notes:

To import .AI files successfully, choose the Adobe (.AI, .EPS) import filter.

This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports Adobe Illustrator files as bitmap images) and Corel DEPTH.


Importing Adobe Portable Document File
Importing Adobe Portable Document File (*.PDF)
Technical Notes

Imports files created by the Adobe Acrobat document exchange system.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Cropped Bitmaps

PostScript, full color bitmap, two color bitmap and texture fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple layers

Text Fit to Path

Bitmap Powerclips


Importing GEM
Importing .GEM Files (*.GEM)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics created by programs such as .GEM Draw and .GEM Artline. Also imports .GEM files from earlier versions of Ventura Publisher.

Object Interior Fills

Objects in .GEM that have a solid or percentage fill of a particular color will also have a corresponding fill in Corel. However, custom fills (i.e., grids, hatches, ball bearings, etc.) used in the .GEM programs are not supported. Objects containing such fills will have a tinted color fill in Corel that corresponds to the color of the pattern fill of the original .GEM object.

Line End Styles

The types of end styles imported by Corel's .GEM filter depend on the package that created the .GEM file. From .GEM Artline, no end caps or corners will import into Corel. In a file created in .GEM Draw, the following will occur:

·	Round end caps on both ends of a line will be successfully imported

·	A round end cap on only one end of a line will be successfully imported

·	Lines with arrows will come into the application with no end caps (no arrows)

Symbols

The symbols available in .GEM Artline are created as text objects. They are imported as curves.

Text in .GEM Files

·	Except for .GEM Artline, text in your .GEM file will come into the Corel application as editable text. If your file was created in Artline, your text string will come across as a curve.

·	If a typeface from the imported file is not available on your system it will default to the font on your system that  it most closely resembles.

·	Text in the imported file may not align exactly as it did in the original file. This is due to the differences in font sizes, and inter-character and inter-word spacing between the two programs. Such misalignment is easily corrected in the Corel application.

·	Unsupported keyboard characters appear as question marks. Underlined text from the .GEM format is not supported.

Note: This filter is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .GEM files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Computer Graphics Metafile
Importing Computer Graphics Metafile (*.CGM)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics from such programs as Harvard Graphics, Lotus Freelance, and Arts & Letters. Also gives you access to graphics produced on mini and mainframe computers, as well as Clipart from vendors such as MGI and New Vision.

Markers

Corel's .CGM import filter only accepts markers supported by the .CGM standard. Private-use markers are ignored.

Text in .CGM Files

·	Text will be editable, provided the file was exported by the originating program using the correct text options (for example, in Harvard Graphics 3.0 you must select the .CGM font).

·	The typeface you see will probably not correspond to the one used in the originating program. However, you can easily change this in the Corel application.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Cropped Bitmaps

PostScript, full-color bitmap, two-color bitmap and texture fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple layers

Multiple Pages

Bitmap Powerclips

Text fit to path

Lens effects

Note: This filter is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .CGM files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Macintosh PICT/PCT
Importing Macintosh PICT (*.PCT, *.PIC)
Technical Notes

Imports graphics created in Macintosh programs such as MacDraw. Corel 9.0 can import vector and bitmap images contained in these files.

Objects

Objects that contain a fill and an outline will open as a group of two objects. One object will be the outline and the other the fill.

Colors

While not always obvious, PICT fills are often bitmap patterns. The Corel application will try to maintain these fills as bitmap patterns.

Pattern Outlines

Pattern outlines are converted to a solid color.

Arrowheads and Dashed Lines

These are not supported from MacDraw II into Corel 9.0.

Text

·	Text in the PICT file will open as editable text.

·	If a typeface in the imported file is not available on your system it will default to the font on your system that it most closely resembles.

·	Unsupported Macintosh fonts appear in the application as the default font.

·	Text alignment may not quite agree with the original file. This is due to the differences in font size, and inter-character and inter-word spacing between the two formats. Any misalignment is easily corrected.

·	Unsupported characters appear as question marks.

·	The following PICT text styles are supported: Bold, Italic, Outline, Shadow, and any combination of these. Underlined text is not supported.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Cropped Bitmaps

PostScript, full-color bitmap, two-color bitmap, vector, and texture fills

Interactive and Transparency Fills

Multiple layers

Multiple Pages

Bitmap Powerclips

Lens effects

Notes:

To import .PCT/.PIC files successfully choose the .PCT import filter.

This filter is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports Macintosh PICT files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing HP Plotter
Importing HP Plotter HPGL (*.PLT)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics created by programs such as AutoCAD.

Formats Supported

Corel 9.0 can interpret a SUBSET of the HPGL and HPGL/2 command set. A stepping factor of 1016 plotter units = 1 inch will be used.

Image Size

The dialog box includes a Scale option for resizing the imported image. Use this option to import images larger than Corel's maximum page size. If your image does not fit in the page, it will automatically be scaled down unless you select a stretch factor that will make your image smaller than the page.

·	Curve resolution factor can be set to a value between 0.0 and 1.0 inches. The entered value can be very accurate; up to eight decimal places are accepted. While a setting of 0.0 will result in the highest resolution it will also greatly increase file size. A curve resolution of 0.004 inches is recommended.

Colors in HPGL Files

The HPGL format does not contain color information. Instead, the various objects in an HPGL file have certain pen numbers associated with them. When imported into a Corel application, each pen number is assigned a specific color. You can specify the color assigned to a particular pen. This makes it easy to match the original colors of the graphic.

Pen Selection

The Pen Selection list contains 256 pens, although not all of the pens may be assigned.

Pen Color

You can change the color assignments by choosing the pen and then choosing a new color for that pen from the Pen Color field.

Choosing Custom colors brings up a color definition dialog box that allows you to define a custom color using the RGB values.

Pen Width

You can change the pen width assignments by choosing the pen and then choosing a new width for that pen from the Pen Width field.

Pen Velocity

You can change the pen velocity by choosing the pen and then choosing a new velocity for that pen from the Pen Velocity field. This is only useful for exporting HPGL files.

Pen Unused

Allows you to set a defined pen to (Unused).

Reset

Allows you to reset the current Pen Library pen settings back to the last saved settings.

Fills

Only certain types of objects in the HPGL file will be filled.

Line Types

Corel supports numerous HPGL dotted, dashed, and solid line types. The pattern number of a certain line in an HPGL file will be translated to a line type pattern, as shown in the following table:

HPGL line:	CorelDRAW line type:
#0	Solid
#1	Dotted
#2	Small dash
#3	Large dash
#4, 5	Dot-dash
#6	Double dot-dash
#7 and over	As per # 2
Text in HPGL files

·	Text will only come into a Corel application as editable text when the application that generated the file is capable of exporting text as text.

·	Once in the application, text strings will be assigned the Monospaced font, but can subsequently be assigned any typeface and size.

·	Imported text has no outline color, only a fill color. The fill color is based on its associated pen number in the original HPGL file.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports HPGL Plotter files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing AutoCAD
Importing AutoCAD (*.DXF)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics created by AutoCAD.

Preparing the file in AutoCAD

To create a .DXF file from AutoCAD, use the .DXFOUT utility while in that program. If the image is 3-D, save it with the view that you want to transfer over to CorelDRAW. Whenever possible, use polylines rather than regular lines. This reduces the complexity of the file when it is imported into CorelDRAW.

DXF File Complexity

If your .DXF file is too complex to import into Corel, configure your AutoCAD output device as an HP7475 Plotter and perform a Plot-to-File of your drawing. You should then be able to import this plot file using Corel's HPGL import filter.

General notes and limitations on imported .DXF files

·	Corel tries to center the imported image in an 18x18 inch area. This size is not guaranteed though, especially with 3-D images. Drawings larger than 18x18 inches can be scaled to fit within these dimensions. You will see a dialog box that allows you to enter a scale factor. You may scale an image up or down as long as it is not larger than 18 x 18 inches.

·	Dashed lines in the .DXF file will be given a similar dashed line pattern in the Corel application.

·	If you have a problem with the scattering of "dimension entities" in your imported file, go back to your original drawing in AutoCAD and explode the dimension entity  before creating the .DXF file.

·	The line width of a polyline is imported as the minimum line width which that polyline had in AutoCAD. The maximum line width is 4 inches. Variable line width information is not retained when the file is imported.

·	Curve resolution factor can be set to a value between 0.0 and 1.0 inches. The entered value can be very accurate, up to eight decimal places are accepted. While a setting of 0.0 will result in the highest resolution it will also greatly increase file size. A curve resolution of 0.004 inches is recommended.

·	Solid and trace entities are filled, provided the view is not  3-D (i.e., they are filled on x-y axis view only).

·	A point is imported as an ellipse of minimum size. An extruded point is imported as a line segment with two nodes. PDMODE is not considered.

·	Files exported as "Entities only" may come into Corel incorrectly due to a lack of header information.

AutoCAD features not supported in Corel 9.0

The following features in AutoCAD are not supported when importing a .DXF file:

·	Shape entities - Corel applications cannot read .SHX files

·	Polylines including variable-width polylines, elevation (group 38), mesh M and N vertex counts (groups 71 and 72), smooth surface M and N densities (groups 73 and 74), and smooth surface type (group 75)

·	Special 3-D shapes such as cones, spheres, and torids

·	3-D extrusion of circles, arcs, and text

·	3-D extrusion of polylines with width and/or dashed patterns

·	Invisible lines in 3-D face entities

·	Automatic wireframes

·	Hidden lines removal

·	Extrusion direction assumed to be parallel to the z-axis

·	Binary .DXF format

·	Paper Space Entities within a Model Space

·	AutoCAD layers cannot be mapped to CorelDRAW layers

Text in the .DXF File

Text generated in AutoCAD and imported via .DXF will show the following differences:

·	Various justifications on text entries may not be preserved. Normal text placement (no justification) works best.

·	Corel has limits on values for text's point size and skew. If the AutoCAD text object exceeds these limits, the object is brought within these limits when it is imported.

Special characters in text strings:

·	Control characters are ignored.

·	Overscore and underscore indicators are ignored.

·	If a character is referred to by number, the number must be three digits; i.e., character 65 is %%065.

·	%%010 is considered to be a carriage return and line feed.

·	Any non-standard characters become a "?" in Corel, including the degrees symbol, the +/- tolerance symbol, and the circle dimensioning symbol.

The typefaces used in AutoCAD are matched by PANOSE font matching with the closest available face in Corel. If a font is not found, the default font will be used.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports AutoCAD files as bitmap images).


Importing AutoCAD Drawing
Importing AutoCAD Drawing (*.DWG)
Technical Notes

CorelDRAW 9 only supports AutoCAD 12, AutoCAD 13 and AutoCAD 14 *.DWG files.


Importing IBM PIF/GDF
Importing IBM .PIF (*.PIF, *.PF)
Technical Notes

Imports vector graphics created on IBM mainframes.

Unsupported Functions

·	No "Set Background Mix" or "Set Foreground Mix" orders are processed. Instead, the objects are overlayed in the order they are read in. Each will have its own defined color where there is no overlap.

·	No "Call Segment" orders are processed.

·	No "Set Character Set" orders are processed.

·	"Set Paper Color" is not supported.

·	"Set Pattern Symbol" is not supported.

PIF Line Types

·	"1", "3", "4", and "6" become a "three-unit dash followed by a five-unit space" type of line.

·	"2" and "5" become a "one-unit dash followed by a five-unit space" type of line.

Note: The translation of line types is not dependent on the contents of CORELDRW.DOT. These conversions are actually a non-alterable part of the .PIF import filter.

Text in .PIF Files

When text strings are imported, the characters are assigned the Monospaced typeface. If for some reason this is not available, the text is assigned the Toronto typeface. If neither one is available, the text will be assigned whatever font resides at the top of the font selection list. The text, spacing, and alignment attributes may then be changed as desired.

Notes:

WINDOWS 95 might confuse IBM .PIF with its own .PIF (Program Information Files). If this occurs you will get a “Security Privileges” error message when trying to import the file. To solve this, rename the file with a “.PF” extension.

This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports IBM .PIF files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Lotus PIC
Importing Lotus .PIC (*.PIC)
Technical Notes

Imports graphs from Lotus 1-2-3.

Color

The colors contained in a .PIC file are translated to a standard set of eight colors.

Text

·	Text contained in the file will come in as editable text.

·	"Title" text will come in as the Toronto typeface. Any "non-Title" text will come in as the Monospaced typeface.

Notes:

To import .PIC files successfully choose the .PIC import filter.

This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports Lotus files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing ANSI TXT
Importing ANSI Text (*.TXT)
Technical Notes

Imports text directly into a Paragraph text frame.

Allowable formats

Text imported with this filter must be in ASCII format. When preparing text for import, use your word processor's non-document mode or save the file as "text only" (i.e., ASCII format). Text attributes such as bold, italics, and underlining will be ignored, while tabs and indents will be converted to spaces.

Other text filters included with Corel 9.0 allow you to import text in several popular word processor file formats.

Character Limits

Corel applications allow a character limit of 8000 characters per paragraph of Paragraph text. (A paragraph is defined as a block of text ending in a carriage return.)

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Importing Encapsulated PostScript
Importing .EPS {Encapsulated PostScript} (*.EPS)
Technical Notes

Corel 9.0 imports .EPS files in a "Placeable" format. The applications display the "thumbnail" or preview in the working file.

If the .EPS file contains a placeable header (i.e., a small bitmap representation of the image) the placeable header is imported and displayed. The .EPS information remains attached to the header and is used when the image is printed to a PostScript printer. This is similar to how .EPS files are handled by many desktop publishing packages. The .EPS file is not editable, nor can text in the .EPS file be edited.

Imported placeable graphics come into the program as a group of objects.

Notes:

This filter will import files exported from a Corel application to .EPS format.

EPS file formats cannot be imported properly using the All Files import option. To import .EPS placeable files successfully, choose the .EPS import filter.

This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Importing Postscript (Interpreted)
Importing PostScript {Interpreted} (*.PS), (*.EPS), (*.PRN)
Technical Notes

Corel 9.0 applications can interpret .EPS, .PRN, and .PS files. This filter is primarily for importing print files.

The .EPS information that is used when the image is printed to a PostScript printer can be imported into Corel 9.0 applications.

·	If text was exported as text it should be importable as editable text. Point size and font information should be maintained, however text strings may be split into several substrings. You may use the Combine command in CorelDRAW to join the substrings into one text string.

·	PostScript (Interpreted) will import the Corel .EPS format.

·	Due to the way PostScript describes gradient fills, if you are importing a file with large or complex gradient fills you may generate a very large number of objects. This may lead to a very large file, or, if the file grows too large, you may not be able to import the file due to memory limitations.

·	If the file you are importing is too large or complex you may not be able to import the file due to memory limitation errors.

Notes:

EPS file formats (.EPS placeable, PostScript Interpreted) cannot be imported properly using the All Files import option. To import PostScript Interpreted files successfully choose the PostScript Interpreted import filter.

This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports PostScript Interpreted files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing JPEG Bitmap
Importing JPEG Bitmap (*.JPG, *.JFF, *.JTF)
Technical Notes

JPEG is a standard format developed by the Joint Photographers Experts Group, allowing the transfer of files between a wide variety of platforms, using superior compression techniques. Supports 8-bit grayscale and color depths up to 32-bit CMYK.

Note: This file format is only available for CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT (except in CMYK color format), and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Importing Kodak FlashPix Bitmap
Importing Kodak FlashPix Bitmap (*.FPX)
Technical Notes

Corel 9.0 imports Kodak FlashPix Image .FPX files. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Supports 8-bit grayscale and 24-bit RGB.

When you import .FPX files, a dialog box will appear with three tabs:

Enhancement tab: Allows the user to modify the image.

Scene Contents & Summary tabs: May contain a description of the image.


Importing Kodak Photo CD
Importing Kodak Photo CD images (*.PCD)
Technical Notes

Imports Kodak Photo CD images into Corel 9.0. Kodak Photo CD images are derived from 35mm film negatives or slides which have been converted to digital format and stored on a compact disc (CD).

Note: Photo CD images may be subject to copyright. Corel will not display a warning about this.

Resolution

When you import .PCD files, a dialog box will appear prompting you to choose the desired file resolution and color.

·	Wallet (128x192)

·	Snapshot (256x384)

·	Standard (512x768)

·	Large (1024x1536)

·	Poster (2048x3072)

·	Billboard (4096x6144) - only if the file supports this size.

Note: High resolutions require large amounts of disk space.

Colors

·	16.7 million (24 bit)

·	256 colors (8 bit)

·	16 colors (4 bit)

·	256 grayscale (8 bit)

The Image Size indicator will update to reflect the choices you have made regarding Resolution and Color.

Click on the Enhancement tab if you want to color-correct the image before importing it.

Color Correction Method
GamutCD (TM)

This color correction method uses gamut mapping to enhance the color fidelity and tonal ranges of the CD image.

Set Active Area	Use the mouse to specify an active area within the image in the view field. This ensures GamutCD will base its color correction on the area of the photo that you are going to use and helps cut out any black borders left over from the original scan.

Set Neutral Colors	Define neutral colors by clicking on pure whites, blacks, and grays within the Active Area.

White in Image	Choose this option if you have good white elements in the photo. If you do not have a white, disable this option as the Gamut mapping will over brighten your picture as it maps the lightest elements of your picture to white.

This option will assist GamutCD in enhancing the tonal range of your image and removing color cast. If your white is not pure white you may wish to lower the 255 setting in the number box to the right.

Black in Image	Choose this option if you have good black elements in the photo. If the image does not have blacks, disable this option as the Gamut mapping will darken your picture as it maps the darkest elements of your picture to black.

This option will assist GamutCD in enhancing the tonal range of your image and removing color cast. If your black is not pure black you may wish to raise the setting in the number box to the right from 0.

Fast Preview	Displays the effect the GamutCD settings you have chosen will have on the image.

Best Preview	Displays the effect the GamutCD settings you have chosen will have on the image. This method will be more accurate than fast preview but take longer to build.

Kodak Color Correction

This color correction method allows you to alter color tints, adjust Brightness and Color Saturation, as well as make adjustments to the level of contrast.

Remove Scene 	Turns off the Scene Balance Adjustment

Balance Adjustment 	The photo finisher applied at the time the original image was scanned and placed on the Photo CD disk.

Color Metric 	Allows you to adjust contrast by pre-set amounts.

Show Out-Of-Gamut	If the changes you've made are too extreme, the preview colors will display out-of-gamut pixels as pure red or pure blue.

Notes:

Other Kodak compatible applications may install Kodak's PCDLIB.DLL into the Windows folder instead of the Windows\System folder. This will result in an error message.

This file format is only available for CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Importing Micrografx DRW
Importing Micrografx 2.x, 3.x (*.DRW)
Technical Notes

Imports graphic files created in Micrografx Draw 2.x or 3.x into CorelDRAW.

Unsupported Features

·	Clip regions are not supported.

·	Most raster operations are not supported.

Fountain Fills

Gradient (or fountain fills) created in Micrografx ..DRW files are broken down into several polygons.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports Micrografx files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Micrografx Designer DSF
Importing Micrografx Designer 6.0 (*.DSF)
Technical Notes

Imports files created and saved in Micrografx Designer 6.0.


Importing Microsoft Rich Text Format
Importing Microsoft Rich Text Format (*.RTF)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created and saved in Microsoft Word's Rich Text Format.

Unsupported Features

·	Table of Contents and Indexing Data

·	Some graphics

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing WordPerfect Graphic
Importing WordPerfect Graphic (*.WPG)
Technical Notes

Imports graphics created in WordPerfect applications.

Features not supported

·	WPG version 2 is not fully supported.

·	Graphics Text Type 2.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports WordPerfect Graphic files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Ami Professional
Importing Ami Professional (*.SAM)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Ami Professional.

Note: Two versions are available; Ami Professional 1.1, 1.2 and Ami Professional 2.0, 3.0.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word
Importing Microsoft Word 5.0, 5.5 (*.DOC)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word.

Unsupported Features

Endnotes or footnotes.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Word for Windows 1.x
Importing Microsoft Word for Windows 1.x (*.DOC)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word 1.x for Windows.

General notes and limitations

·	Corel 9.0 supports the embedded field method for building indexes in Microsoft Word. Corel 9.0 does not support the style implied method for building indexes in Microsoft Word.

·	Corel 9.0 will convert Word's "Normal" text style to CorelDRAW's default text style.

·	Whenever possible, the application will automatically convert characters that are available in the sets "Symbol" or "MS Linedraw" to the corresponding PC character set entries.

·	Most fonts are proportionally spaced and text is reflowed when imported. As a result, soft line and page breaks will often appear in new locations if you are converting to a "fixed pitch" or "non-scaleable" font.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word for Windows 2.x
Importing Microsoft Word for Windows 2.x & 6.x (*.DOC)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word for Windows 2.x or 6.x.

General notes and limitations

·	CorelDRAW 9.0 will try to match all the fonts in your document with the same or similar fonts, depending on your system font configuration.

·	CorelDRAW 9.0 supports the embedded field method for building indexes in Microsoft Word. Support is not available for the style implied method for building indexes in Microsoft Word.

·	Corel 9.0 will convert Word's "Normal" text style to a default text style, which can be set under the Text tab in the Preferences dialog box.

·	Whenever possible, the application will automatically convert characters that are available in the sets "Symbol" or "MS Linedraw" to the corresponding PC character set entries.

·	Most fonts are proportionally spaced and text is reflowed when imported. As a result, soft line and page breaks will often appear in new locations if you are converting to a "fixed pitch" or "non-scaleable" font.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word for Mac 4.0
Importing Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0 (*.*)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word 4.0 for the Macintosh.

Unsupported Features

CorelDRAW 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes created in Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word for Mac 5.0
Importing Microsoft Word for Macintosh 5.0 (*.*)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word 5.0 for the Macintosh.

Unsupported Features

Corel 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes created in Microsoft Word for Macintosh 5.0.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing WordPerfect 5.0
Importing WordPerfect 5.0 (*.WP, *.WP5)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordPerfect 5.0.

General Notes and Limitations

·	Text in WordPerfect's Table of Contents and Index functions are not supported.

·	WordPerfect Style Sheets are not supported.

·	Equations and formulas created in WordPerfect's equation language are converted to regular text.

·	Graphic features like HLine and VLine are not converted.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing WordPerfect 5.1
WordPerfect for Windows 5.1 (*.WP, *.WP5)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordPerfect for Windows 5.1.

General Notes and Limitations

·	Text in WordPerfect's Table of Contents and Index functions are not supported.

·	WordPerfect Style Sheets are not supported.

·	Equations and formulas created in WordPerfect's equation language are converted to regular text.

·	Graphic features like HLine and VLine are not converted.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


General Notes on Importing Text files

Generally, the text file that you are importing will look the same in Corel 9.0 as it did in the source application. However, there may be some formatting attributes and page layout features in the text which are not supported. In such cases, the program will try to simulate the results of a feature when a reasonable substitution can be made.

Following is an explanation of how Corel 9.0 handles the conversion of special features in the imported file.

Unsupported Features

·	Headers, footers, footnotes and endnotes

·	Underlining

·	Embedded graphics

·	Columns

·	Tables

·	Macros

Fonts and Character Sets

Corel 9.0 provides font matching support. If you are not satisfied with the default font matches, you can modify the font matching settings in CORELDRW.INI. Fonts are converted by size and by family provided the source file format includes font family information which the application can access.

Corel 9.0 will automatically convert .RTF files to the Microsoft Windows ANSI character set. The Macintosh Character Set and Standard IBM PC Code Page 437 are also supported.

Because languages other than English use more than 256 characters, code page definitions  (i.e., tables of information that define the character sets used by your computer) will lack certain characters found in other languages.

Note: Corel 9.0 will automatically convert characters to logical equivalents if they are not matched between the source code page and the application’s code page. If there is no logical equivalent for the unidentifiable character, the application will mark that character space with the underscore symbol (_).

Font Family and Font Size Translation

Corel 9.0 supports the conversion of font sizes. The following table shows Corel 9.0's font family conversion capabilities.

Word Processor	From .RTF to Corel 9.0
WordPerfect	All fonts supported
Microsoft .RTF	All fonts supported
Microsoft Word PC	All fonts supported
Ami Professional	All fonts supported
Microsoft Word Macintosh	Limited font support
Word for Windows	All fonts supported
"All fonts supported" means that Corel 9.0 will support all of the font families supported by that application format. "Limited font support" means that CorelDRAW will support only selected fonts from the fonts supported by that application format. This typically includes Standard PostScript fonts and the Standard HP PCL fonts.

When converting Macintosh files, font support will be limited by the supported font families of the PC formats.

Conversion of formats other than those listed in the table above will map to fonts that Corel 9.0 deems as the "best-fit."

Proportional versus Non-Proportional Fonts

You may encounter alignment problems when converting from a proportional font to a non-proportional font, and vice versa. Therefore, if you import a document created in a non-proportional font to Corel 9.0 where a proportional font is used, there will be pages that have more text per page than did the original.

Page Size and Margins

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Anchored Text and Frames

Also known as Absolute Positioned Objects or APO's, Corel 9.0 will convert anchored text and frames from WordPerfect 5.x, Microsoft .RTF, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Word for Macintosh 4.0 and 5.0, and Ami Professional. In all other cases, the content of the frame or APO will convert to regular text.

Miscellaneous Formatting

·	Center-right and full justification are applied to the entire paragraph. .RTF does not allow these attributes to be applied to individual lines of a paragraph.

·	Source documents that contain Table of Contents and Indexing converts into the appropriate functions in .RTF.

·	Automatic Outlining data converts to regular text.

·	Style sheet properties are converted to .RTF. The file will appear as it did in the source application; however, the style sheet in the original application is not imported.

·	Text contained within a frame or a positioned object is retained.


Importing WordPerfect for Windows 6.0
Importing WordPerfect for Windows 6.0 (*.WP, *.WP6)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordPerfect for Windows 6.0.

General Notes and Limitations

·	In WordPerfect's Table of Contents and Index functions text is not supported.

·	WordPerfect Style Sheets are not supported.

·	Equations and formulas created in WordPerfect's equation language are converted to regular text.

·	Graphic features like HLine and VLine are not converted.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Enhanced Windows Metafile
Importing Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.EMF)
Technical Notes

Imports graphics in a format used by many newer Windows programs. Corel 9.0 substitutes fonts missing from an .EMF file to similar fonts available on your system.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Multiple Pages

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .EMF files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing Legacy
Importing Legacy 1.0, 2.0 (*.LEG)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Legacy 1.0, 2.0.

Unsupported Features

Corel 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Characters

Characters are limited to 8,000.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing MET Metafile
Importing .MET Metafile (*.MET)
Technical Notes

Imports graphics in a format specific to IBM’s Presentation Manager for OS/2. Used as a method for interchanging data between applications under OS/2.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

This filter supports only basic drawing features such as solid outlines, solid fills, and both True Type and Type 1 fonts.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .MET files as bitmap images) and CorelDRAW.


Importing WordPerfect 4.2
Importing WordPerfect 4.2 (*.WP, *.WP4)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordPerfect 4.2.

General Notes and Limitations

·	Text in WordPerfect's Table of Contents and Index functions is not supported.

·	WordPerfect Style Sheets are not supported.

·	Equations and formulas created in WordPerfect's equation language are converted to regular text.

·	Graphic features like HLine and VLine are not converted.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word 3.x
Importing Microsoft Word 3.x (*.DOC)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word 3.x.

Unsupported Features

Corel 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes created in Microsoft Word 3.x.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Microsoft Word 4.x
Importing Microsoft Word 4.x (*.DOC)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in Microsoft Word 4.x.

Unsupported Features

Corel 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes created in Microsoft Word 4.x.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing Windows 3.x/NT Resource
Importing Windows 3.x/NT Resource (*.CUR, *.DLL, *.EXE, *.ICO)
Technical Notes

Imports Windows 3.x/NT Resource graphics.

Windows 3.x/NT Bitmap Resource (*.EXE)

Imports bitmap graphic elements found within executables.  These bitmaps are 32 pixels x 32 pixels and no more than 4-bit (16 colors).  You can select a color for Transparent and Inverse masks.

Windows 3.x/NT Cursor Resource (*.CUR, *.EXE, *.DLL)

Imports Cursor graphic elements that are used in Windows pointers.  These bitmaps are 32 pixels and no more than 4-bit (16 colors).  You can select a color for Transparent and Inverse masks.

Windows 3.x/NT Icon Resource (*.ICO, *.EXE, *.DLL)

Imports Icon graphic elements found within executables.  These bitmaps are 32 pixels x 32 pixels and no more than 4-bit (16 colors).  You can select a color for Transparent and Inverse masks.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

See also

Import - Bitmaps


Importing WordStar 2000
Importing WordStar 2000 (*.WSD)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordStar 2000.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing WordStar
Importing WordStar (*.WSD)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in WordStar.

WordStar 3.3, 3.31, 3.45, 4.0 (*.WSD)

General Notes and Limitations

·	Merge dot commands are not supported.

·	Printer dot commands are not supported.

·	Display commands are not supported.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

WordStar 5.0, 6.0, 7.0 (*.WSD)

General Notes and Limitations

·	Corel 9.0 does not support footnotes or endnotes created in WordStar.

·	Font information is printer-dependent in WordStar.  Corel 9.0 will use its default font for fonts it can not match.

·	Merge dot commands are not supported.

·	Printer dot commands are not supported.

·	Display commands are not supported.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

WordStar for Windows 1.x, 2.0 (*.WS1, *.WS2)

General Notes and Limitations

·	Merge dot commands are not supported.

·	Printer dot commands are not supported.

·	Display commands are not supported.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing XYWrite
Importing XYWrite III, III Plus, IV, Windows (*.XY3, *.XYP, *.XY4, *.XYW)
Technical Notes

Imports text files created in XYWrite.

General Notes and Limitations

·	XYWrite programming language not supported.

Page Size

When importing text the page size in the original document is ignored. The text is fit to the current page size. This may affect the placement of text.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.

See also

General Notes on Importing Text files


Importing MPEG Animation files
Importing MPEG Animation (*.MPG)
Technical Notes

Animation file format developed by Motion Picture Experts Group of the International Standards Organization. Maximum image size is 4095 pixels by 4095 pixels by 30 frames per second. Filter used to import 8-bit color and 24-bit color animation. Audio is not supported in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Importing Video for Windows files
Importing Video for Windows (*.AVI)
Technical Notes

Animation file format developed by Microsoft Corporation. Supports 1-bit, 4-bit color and gray; 8-bit color and grayscale; and 24-bit color. Audio is not supported.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Importing CorelDRAW Compressed files
Importing CorelDRAW Compressed (*.CDX)
Technical Notes

A Corel metafile format which uses an internal proprietary compression algorithm to reduce file size.

Note: Only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports CorelDRAW Compressed files as bitmap images).


Importing Corel Presentation Compressed
Importing Corel .CMX Compressed (*.CPX)
Technical Notes

A Corel metafile format which utilizes an internal proprietary compression algorithm to reduce file size.

Note: Only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .CPX files as bitmap images).


Importing NAP Metafiles
Importing .NAP Metafiles (*.NAP)
Technical Notes

Also known as NAPLAS, this vector file format is supported by PC and Unix platforms and communications applications. This file format is mainly used to communicate graphic images between computers.

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

This filter supports only basic drawing features such as solid outlines, solid fills, and both True Type and Type 1 fonts.

Note: Only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (which imports .NAP files as bitmap images).


Importing CorelDREAM 3D (*.D3D)
Technical Notes

This is a native file format of CorelDREAM 3D.


Importing CorelDREAM 3D (*.RD3)
Technical Notes

This is a native file format of CorelDREAM 3D.


Importing Visio (*.VSD)
Visio (*.VSD)

Limitations (Unsupported Features)

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW


Importing Corel Print House (*.CPH)

This is the native file format of Corel Print House.


Importing Corel Print Office (*.CPO)

This is the native file format of Corel Print Office.


Importing Painter 5 (*.RIFF)

This is the native file format of Painter 5.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Importing Microsoft Excel (*.XLS)

This is the native file format of Microsoft Excel.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Importing Corel Quattro Pro (*.WQ, *.WB)

This is the native file format of Corel Quattro Pro.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Importing Quick Time VR (*.MOV)

This is an animation file format developed by Apple Computer. Supports 24-bit and 8-bit color. Multiple tracks are not supported.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Importing Quick Time VR (*.MOV)
Importing Quick Time Movie (*.MOV)

This is an animation file format developed by Apple Computer.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Export Filter Information
Export file formats

Click [image] for technical information about Corel 9.0's export formats.

 Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF)

 Adobe Illustrator 6.0, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 1.1, 88 (*.AI)

 Adobe Photoshop (*.PSD)

 ANSI Text (*.TXT)

 AutoCAD DXF (*.DXF)

 CALS Compressed Bitmap (*.CAL)

 Computer Graphics Metafile (*.CGM)

 CompuServe Bitmaps (*.GIF)

 CorelDEPTH (*.DEP)

 CorelDRAW (*.CDR)

 Corel PHOTO-PAINT (*.CPT)

 Corel Presentation Exchange 5.0 (*.CMX, *.CDR, *.PAT)

 Corel Presentation Exchange 6.0 (*.CMX, *.CDR, *.PAT)

 Desktop Color Separation (*.DCS)

 Encapsulated PostScript (*.EPS, *.DCS)

 Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.EMF)

 GEM Files (*.GEM)

 GEM Paint File (*.IMG)

 FMV File (*.FMV)

 HP Plotter HPGL (*.PLT)

 IBM PIF (*.PIF, *.PF)

 JPEG Bitmaps (*.JPG, *.JFF, *.JTF)

 Kodak FlashPix (*.FPX)

 Macintosh PICT (*.PCT, *.PIC)

 MACPaint Bitmap (*.MAC)

 Matrix/Imapro SCODL (*.SCD)

 MET Metafile (*.MET)

 Micrografx 2.x, 3.x (*.DRW)

 MPEG (*.MPG)

 OS/2 Bitmaps (*.BMP)

 PaintBrush (*.PCX)

 SCITEX (*.CT, *.SCT)

 Targa Bitmaps (*.TGA, *.VGA, *.ICB, *.VST)

 TIFF Bitmaps (*.TIF, *.SEP)

 TrueType Fonts (*.TTF)

 Video for Windows (*.AVI)

 Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (*.WVL, *WI)

 Windows Metafile (*.WMF)

 Windows 3.0 Bitmaps (*.BMP, *.DIB, *.RLE)

 WordPerfect Graphic (*.WPG)

See also

Recommended formats for exporting graphics


Exporting Adobe Illustrator
Exporting Adobe Illustrator 7.0, 6.0, 5.x, 4.x, 3.x, 1.1, 88 (*.AI)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in the Adobe Illustrator vector format. This format is used by the Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe Illustrator. Only vector objects can be exported in this format; any bitmaps in the drawing will be ignored.

AI vs. EPS

The .AI format is a subset of the .EPS format that Corel 9.0 also exports. When you export to .AI, you may sacrifice some of the drawing effects that only .EPS supports.

Limitations

Fountain fills: These are exported as a series of filled bands, similar to the effect you get using the Blend feature. The maximum number of bands supported is 50. The number of bands is determined by the Preview Fountain Steps setting on the Display tab of the Options dialog box, under Tools.

Texture fills: Supported in AI version 6 and 7 only.

Bitmap pattern fills: Supported in AI version 6 and 7 only.

Cropped Bitmaps: Supported in AI version 6 and 7 only.

Arrowhead line caps: These are simulated by drawing them as separate objects.

End caps (Round, Square): These will be lost upon export. Try enabling Simulate Outline Effects on export.

Fit Text to Path: This function is supported; however, each character is exported as a separate text string.

Character attributes: If a text object contains characters with special attributes (kerning, rotation, typeface changes, and scaling) each is exported as a separate object and is converted to curves.

Cropped Bitmaps: These are ignored in the exported file.

Multiple Layers: Adobe Illustrator 6.0 and 7.0 are the only versions that will support multiple layers.

Outline Attributes

To accurately reproduce calligraphic outlines, corner styles, and line caps, click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab. The outlines will export as a group of polygons which match the appearance of the outlines in the application, but which add significantly to the size of the exported file.

General Notes and Suggestions

·	To make the export conversion easier, avoid combining objects in your file.

·	During the export conversion, objects can become complex, making it much more difficult to edit them in other drawing packages or even in CorelDRAW if they are re-imported. To avoid this problem, keep a copy of the image in .CDR format and use CorelDRAW for all editing needs.

·	If you are creating a file with the intention of printing it in programs such as Corel VENTURA or PageMaker, then export it using the .EPS filter, not the .AI filter. The EPS filter supports more drawing effects than the .AI filter, and generally yields better results.

Text

·	If exported text displays in another font (usually the default font) or prints in Courier, export the file again with Export Text as Curves enabled in the Export AI dialog box. This option should be selected whenever your file contains a font not available in Adobe Illustrator.

Export Options

Format: Adobe Illustrator 6.0, Adobe Illustrator 5.x, Adobe Illustrator 4.x, Adobe Illustrator 3.0, Adobe Illustrator 1.1, Adobe Illustrator 88

Text as: Text (Using PC or MAC Characters), Curves

Color Conversion: Convert all Spot Color to Process Colors

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, CorelDEPTH and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting TrueType fonts
Exporting TrueType Fonts (*.TTF)
Technical Notes

Saves a graphic from CorelDRAW as TrueType or Adobe Type 1-compatible text. The graphic may also be saved as a symbol character. These outputs can be made available for use in other Windows applications through Adobe TypeManager Version 3.01 and Higher.

Limitations

·	Type 1 and TrueType fonts exported from CorelDRAW are unhinted.

·	Each exported character must comprise a single object. Multiple objects must be combined using the Combine command in the Arrange menu before exporting. You cannot export multiple objects or grouped objects.

·	Avoid intersecting lines. Any object in your character should lie completely inside or outside of others, as shown in the example below:

·	Fill and outline attributes applied to objects are not exported.

·	Adobe Type 1 fonts you create are compatible with Adobe TypeManager version 2.0, but not with earlier versions.


Exporting AutoCAD
Exporting AutoCAD (*.DXF)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in a vector format accepted by CAD/CAM programs and devices, such as AutoCAD and certain computer-driven sign and glass cutters. Only the outlines of objects are exported.

Unsupported Features

The following features are not supported when exporting to .DXF file format:

·	Calligraphic pen effects, dashed and dotted lines, or arrowheads. All line weights are converted to solid lines 0.003" thick.

·	Bitmaps are not exported.

Texture fills

Texture fills are replaced with a solid gray fill. All other fills are ignored.

Objects with no Outlines

Filled objects that have no outlines will have an outline appended to them in the .DXF export process.

File Size

DXF files created with this filter can become quite large, especially if text is exported as curves. A complex drawing occupying only 20 or 30K may easily balloon to 500K or more in the .DXF format.


Exporting Bitmaps
Exporting Bitmaps (*.BMP, *.CAL, *.GIF, *.CPT, *.IMG, *.JPG, *.JFF, *.MAC, *.PCX, *.PSD, *.TGA, *.VGA, *.ICB, *.VST, *.TIF, *.WVL, *.WI, *.PNG)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings as bitmap graphics. You can use bitmaps of various formats in desktop publishing programs such as Corel VENTURA. You can also edit them in paint programs such as Corel PHOTO-PAINT and PC Paintbrush.

Scaling Bitmaps

Bitmaps are mapped pixel by pixel to the page, so if you enlarge a bitmap in another application the resolution will not increase. What you see will be an apparent loss of resolution; your bitmap will become "jagged". If you shrink a bitmap, the result should be acceptable, but you will be wasting disk space storing information which is not used. A common rule of thumb is to sample bitmaps to size, with two pixels of information for every one line of screen. If your picture will print on a high resolution printer with a 150 line screen, you'd sample your photo to 300 dpi resolution.

File Size

To avoid unnecessarily large bitmap files (a full page at 300 dpi uncompressed can take several megabytes of disk space), scale the graphic so that it's the same size as the space it will occupy in your word processing or page layout package, or change the destination size in the dialog box.

Compression Schemes

Corel 9.0 uses the following compression schemes:

Adobe Photoshop	Adobe Photoshop (PSD) bitmap format. This format supports 1-Bit (Black and White) up to 48-Bit RGB color images. Objects and Masking information is also supported. 48-bit RGB does not support objects or channels on export.

CALS	CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) Group 4. This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, and Corel OCR-TRACE.

CompuServe GIF	LZW (Version 89A). This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.

Corel PHOTO-PAINT	Depends on the number of colors exported.
1 Bit (Black & White) Only:	Huffman, CCITT Group 3-Dim 1, CCITT Group 3-Dim 2, CCITT Group 4
4 Bit (16 colors) and above:	RLE/Packbit or LZW
This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.

GEM Paint File IMG	RLE (Run-Length Encoding). This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.

JPEG Bitmaps	JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group/JPEG File Interchange Format) Using the Quality factor, you can choose from a large size file with high quality as your exported file, to a small size file with low quality. A factor (2-255) can be set; default is 10. You also have the option of saving as a progressive JPG. Note that some applications can not open progressive JPG files.  If you have difficulty in opening your file in another application, resave your file without the progressive option. This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.

MACPaint Bitmap	RLE (Run-Length Encoding). This file format is supported in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.

OS/2 Bitmaps	RLE (Standard Version 1.3 and Enhanced Version 2.0 or later). This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.

Paintbrush PCX	RLE (PCX Version 3.0). This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE, and Corel CAPTURE.

Port. Net. Graphics	Portable Network Graphics (PNG) is a new standard for graphic exchange. An excellent file format for the lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides a replacement for the .GIF format and can also replace many common uses of TIFF format. Masks, indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are supported. 48-bit not supported.

Targa TGA	Exports either RLE-compressed color-mapped images or RLE-compressed RGB images (types 9 and 10 as defined by AT&T Electronic Photography and Imaging Center). The type of file produced depends on the number of colors exported: 24-bit color .TGA files will be exported as RLE-compressed RGB bitmaps. Very few applications support compressed .TGA files. This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE, and Corel CAPTURE.

TIFF	Corel 9.0 includes TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) 4.2, 5.0 and 6.0 filter formats.  If you export as CMYK, you will automatically use the 6.0 filter. If you export as 16 million colors, you will automatically use the 5.0 filter.  If you export as 256 colors or less, you will automatically use the TIFF 4.2 filter.  There is no other way to specify a particular version of TIFF. This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE. Masks will not be saved in 1-bit B&W, 16-bit grayscale, and 48-bit RGB files.

Wavelet Bitmap	Corel 9.0 imports Wavelet .WVL and WI files.  The files are 24-bit (16.7 million color) and Grayscale format.  This filter is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE, and Corel CAPTURE.

Windows BMP	RLE (Run-Length Encoding). Very few applications support compressed .BMP files, and will generate error messages or display the bitmap improperly. This file format is supported in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel CAPTURE.


Exporting FPX
Exporting FPX (*.FPX)
Technical Notes

This format supports only 8-bit Greyscale and 24-bit RGB color images. Masking information is also supported. Three different compression types are supported: Uncompressed, Single Color and JPEG Standard. This filter is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Exporting GEM
Exporting GEM (*.GEM)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in vector format for use in .GEM Artline, Delrina, Perform and Corel VENTURA (Version 2.0 to 4.2).

Limitations

·	Objects' fills and outlines, arrowheads, and segments in dotted and dashed lines are exported as separate polygons.

·	Colors in the exported file are matched to the 16 colors .GEM supports.

·	Fountain fills often appear quite coarse because of the limited color availability in GEM.

·	Texture fills are replaced by a solid gray fill.

·	Breaks sometimes occur where outlines come to a point. Whether this is noticeable (or even occurs) depends on the size of your objects, the thickness of the outline, and the angle at which the outline meets at the point.

·	Text is exported as curves and is therefore uneditable.

·	GEM limits the number of objects per file. This poses problems if the original file contains many complex objects. If the limit is exceeded, a less-than-complete image may come into Artline. If this occurs, try simplifying the file, and then re-export it to GEM.

Unsupported Features

·	Bitmaps

·	Bitmap pattern fills

·	PostScript Textures (converted to uniform mid-gray fills)

·	Corners (joins) will appear round in .GEM Artline

·	Dotted and dashed lines

·	Lenses

·	Layers

·	Multiple Pages

·	Vector Fills

·	Transparencies

Bezier Curves

Convert to curves for .GEM drawing programs such as .GEM Artline. You will get smaller file sizes. Bezier curves are converted to line segments. Objects with more than 128 points (after conversion to segments) are broken into smaller objects which are then grouped.

Subdividing objects like this produces "clipping lines" that will show in wireframe view if you import the exported file. The lines will not appear in the printed output.

Select Polylines if you want to export curve objects as polylines rather than Bezier curves. Select this option if the application in which you intend to use the exported file does not understand Bezier curve information.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting Computer Graphics Metafile
Exporting Computer Graphics Metafile (*.CGM)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in a vector format for use in desktop publishing programs, such as Corel VENTURA or Aldus PageMaker.

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript Textures are converted to solid gray fills.

Fountain Fills

·	Only Radial and Linear fills are supported; Conical and Square are not supported.

The number of bands used to represent fountain fills in the exported file is determined by the Preview Fountain Steps setting on the Display tab of the Options dialog box, under Tools.

Export Options

·	Option for different types of .CGM files now available.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting HP Plotter
Exporting HP Plotter HPGL (*.PLT)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in a vector format used primarily by computer-driven sign and glass cutters. Only the outlines of objects are exported.

Unsupported Features

·	Most fill types are ignored. Solid fills may be simulated (see Advanced Options in the HPGL Export dialog box). Texture fills are converted to a solid gray fill.

·	Bitmaps

Limitations

·	Dotted lines, dashed lines, and arrowheads are mapped to HPGL's standard line types.

·	Bezier curves are converted to line segments.

·	Any outline is exported with a width of one pen width. Both thickness and calligraphic setting, are lost.

Colors

HPGL files contain "pen numbers" that correspond to the drawing pens available in a plotter. These pens are installed by the user and can be any color. The pen numbers and color assignments selected in the HPGL Pen Options dialog box should be paired with the pen assignments in the plotter.

When the file is exported, the colors it contains are analyzed for their CMYK content. They are then matched as closely as possible to the current pen library.

As many as 256 pens can be defined, but most plotters use eight or fewer pens. You can define the color, width, and velocity of your pens in the Pen Options of HPGL Export dialog box.

Note: Any changes made to the Pen Color assignment list affect both the HPGL Import and Export filters.

Page Options

So that the image is properly positioned when plotted, make sure the page size and orientation of your file match the plotter page. If the plotted image appears distorted, try changing the orientation of the page then re-exporting the file.

Objects with no outlines

Since this filter deals with outlines only, any filled objects in your file that have no outlines will have outlines appended to them in the HPGL export process.

Text

Text is automatically exported as curves so that its appearance is maintained in the exported file. Text exported as curves cannot be edited as text in the destination application.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting IBM PIF
Exporting IBM PIF (*.PIF, *.PF)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in .PIF format which you can convert to GDF format for use by IBM mainframe programs. Only vector objects can be exported in this format.

Limitations

·	Colors are color-mapped to provide the best possible match to PIF's sixteen-color palette.

·	Because of the limited number of colors in PIF, fountain fills will usually look poor.

·	Texture fills are converted to solid gray fills.

·	WINDOWS 95 might confuse IBM .PIF with its own .PIF (Program Information Files).  If this occurs, you will get a “Security Privileges” error message when trying to import the file. To solve this, rename the file with a “.PF” extension.

Outlines Attributes

Corel 9.0 will export the following outline effects as polygons, provided you click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab.

·	Objects created using the calligraphic pen

·	Line caps

·	Custom outline thicknesses

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript Textures

·	Bitmaps

·	Two-color and Full-color pattern fills

·	Layers

·	Transparencies

Exporting Text as Text

Exporting Text As Text will create smaller files, and the text will be editable in the destination application. Fonts and spacing may not be maintained.

Convert curves to Polylines

Select Polylines if you want to export curve objects as polylines rather than Bezier curves. Select this option if the application in which you intend to use the exported file does not understand Bezier curves.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Exporting Macintosh Picture
Exporting MACINTOSH Picture (*.PCT)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in PICT2 (color) format for use in many Macintosh graphics programs.

Outline Attributes

Corel 9.0 will export the following outline effects as polygons, provided you click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab. This will maintain the exact image, but will create a larger file.

·	Calligraphic pen effects.

·	Line caps

Calligraphic effects and line caps appear as separate objects grouped with the line to which they are applied.

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript texture fills. These are exported as a gray fill.

Objects with Fills and Outlines

Filled objects with an outline export as a group of two objects. One object will be the outline and the other the fill.

Outlines on text will export, provided the text is converted to curves prior to export. Convert the text by choosing the Convert to Curves command in the Arrange menu. Text that has been converted to curves cannot be edited as text.

Fountain Fills

The number of bands used to represent fountain fills in the exported file is determined by the Preview Fountain Steps setting on the Display tab of the Options dialog box, under Tools.

Colors

The colors available on the Macintosh are device-dependent, varying with the type of display you're using. If you have a display that uses 8-bit color, you are limited to a total of 256 colors. The colors in your file will be matched as closely as possible. A display that uses 24-bit color will display colors that are virtually identical to the ones you used.


Exporting SCITEX
Exporting SCITEX (*.CT, *.SCT)
Technical Notes

Export format which saves drawings in a 32-bit color format which can be processed or modified for output by high end film houses and film recorders. SCITEX is ideal for color-separated images, as it is a native 32-bit CMYK format. Saves drawings in a format used for high-end image setting. This format maintains CMYK color correction.

Recommended: Since you're using the SCITEX format for high-end applications, we recommend that you export to the size of the final printed image. A good rule of thumb is two pixels (dpi) per line of output resolution (lpi). If your final image will be reproduced at a 150-line screen, save your image at 300 dpi. Consult your output bureau or printer for the technical specifications.

File Size

To avoid unnecessarily large bitmap files (a full page saved as SCITEX .CT at 300 dpi can take over 27 megabytes of disk space), scale the graphic so that it's the same size as the space it will occupy in its final destination, or change the destination size in the dialog box.

Scaling Bitmaps

If you enlarge a bitmap in another application, you will lose resolution. If you shrink a bitmap, the result should be acceptable, but you will be wasting disk space storing information which is not used. If possible, scale photos to the size and resolution you will need for the final output.

Fountain Fills

The number of bands used to represent fountain fills in the exported file is determined by the Preview Fountain Step setting on the Display tab of the Tools, Options menu.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel OCR-TRACE and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


Exporting Matrix
Exporting Matrix/Imapro SCODL (*.SCD)
Technical Notes

Saves images in a format which can be processed for output on SCODL devices such as ink-jet printers, thermal printers, and film recorders.

Outline Attributes Option

CorelDRAW will export the following outline effects as polygons provided that you click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab. This will maintain the exact image, but will create a larger file.

·	Corner types

·	Calligraphic Pen effects

·	Line caps and arrows

·	Fountain fills

Unsupported CorelDRAW Features

·	PostScript Textures

·	Bitmaps

·	Two-Color and Full-Color pattern fills

Producing Slides with full PostScript Effects

Agfa-Matrix offers an Adobe PostScript RIP for their film recorders. This device virtually eliminates all the limitations listed above. Some color slide-making service bureaus have this or similar equipment available.

Aspect Ratio

If you are beginning a new drawing, choose Slide from the Paper list box of the Page Setup dialog box. This automatically sets the page dimensions to 11.00" by 7.33"; the same aspect ratio as a 35 mm slide. Page orientation will be set to Landscape.

If you are working with an existing drawing, select Slide as your page size. You will then have to scale and/or reposition objects in your drawing so that they lie within the page boundary. Any objects outside the page area will cause an error message when the file is exported. Correct this situation, otherwise these objects will be cropped out of the film image and the image will be distorted.

Working in Portrait Orientation

Slides can be produced in Portrait orientation as follows:

1.	Click File, Page Setup and choose Slide from the Paper list box.

2.	Click the Portrait button in the Page Size section. Do not change the page dimensions.

3.	When your drawing is complete, change the orientation back to landscape.

4.	Select all objects in the drawing.

5.	Rotate the drawing 90 degrees (either clockwise or counterclockwise) to place objects onto the landscape page.

6.	Export the drawing.


Exporting Encapsulated PostScript
Exporting Encapsulated PostScript (*.EPS)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in vector format for use in desktop publishing and word processing programs, such as Corel VENTURA and Microsoft Word. On a PostScript printer, graphics exported in EPS format will print from other programs exactly as they did from your Corel 9.0 application.

Image Header Size

Header format is .WMF or TIFF: Black and White, 4-bit gray or color, or 8-bit gray or color. You can set header resolution from 1 to 300 dpi. The default header resolution is 72 dpi.

If the program importing the EPS file has a limitation on the image header size, you might receive an error message stating that the file you're trying to bring in is too large. To keep file size down, choose Black and White and lower the header resolution before exporting the file. The setting determines the resolution of the header only, and has no impact on the print quality of your drawing. The maximum header resolution is 300 dpi.

Color headers are very useful when viewing placed EPS files. If the application you are exporting to does not support color headers, try exporting with a mono header instead.

You also have the option of exporting without a header.

File Contents

Along with the graphic, exported EPS files contain filename, program name, and the date. Your application automatically determines the size of the bounding box.

Text

·	If you have Adobe PostScript typefaces and you want to use them in place of your Corel 9.0 application's typefaces, make sure all the necessary fonts have been downloaded to your printer.

·	Choose Include Fonts and your Corel 9.0 application will download the font into the EPS file.

No fonts will be downloaded if you export text as curves.

·	If a font used in the file is not resident on the printer or has not been downloaded into the file, either the text will print in Courier, or the drawing will not print.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting Windows Metafile
Exporting Windows Metafile (*.WMF)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in a vector format familiar to many Windows applications. Corel VENTURA and Microsoft Word are popular programs that can read .WMF files.

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript functions including PostScript textures, fills, and halftone screens.

·	Two-Color and Full-Color patterns appear as gray in the .WMF file.

·	Texture fills are exported as solid gray fills.

WMF File Complexity

WMF files can be very large if your graphic contains a lot of curves or text. This can cause problems in programs such as Ventura Publisher and PageMaker, which impose limits on the size of imported files.

Image Header

You have the option of including an image header with the exported .WMF file. This makes it possible to view the contents of the file in programs such as PageMaker, Ventura, and Word for Windows. However, the presence of this header may also make the .WMF file impossible to read by applications not designed to handle it.

Fountain Fills

The number of bands used to represent fountain fills in the exported file is determined by the Preview Fountain Steps setting on the Display tab of the Options dialog box, under Tools.

Export Options

Text as: Text or Curves.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW, CorelDEPTH and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting WordPerfect
Exporting WordPerfect (.WPG)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings for use in WordPerfect Version 5.0 and later.

Outline Attributes

To accurately reproduce calligraphic outlines along with corner styles and line caps, click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab. The outlines will export as a group of polygons which match the appearance of the outlines, but will add significantly to the size of the exported file.

Fountain Fills

Fountain fills tend to contain coarse banding; try using the 256 color option.

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript fills

·	Bitmaps

·	Texture fills export as solid gray

Colors

Options in the Export .WPG dialog box control how colors in the file are exported:

16 Colors	Matches colors to a standard set of 16 colors. Choosing this option usually yields acceptable results on a .VGA display.

256 Colors	May yield a truer representation of your file. But because results vary depending on the video adapter and driver used in WordPerfect, colors may appear as shades of gray. If this happens, go back to the application and export the file again with 16 colors selected.

Export Options

Text as: Text or Curves.

WordPerfect version 1.0 or version 2.0

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting CorelDRAW
Technical Notes

Saves drawings as vector graphics. You can use vectors of various formats in desktop publishing programs such as Corel VENTURA. You can also edit them in Corel programs such as Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

Scaling Vectors

Vectors define a picture as a list of graphic primitives (rectangles, lines, text, arcs, and ellipses). Vectors are mapped point by point to the page, so if you enlarge or decrease a vector the image will not distort, just change size.

Corel Filters

CorelDRAW can export the following Corel vector file formats:

CMX	Presentation Exchange between various Corel applications such as PHOTO-PAINT. Two versions are available: Version 5.0 and Version 6.0/7.0/8.0. (32 bit).

CorelDRAW CDR	Saves your work in CorelDRAW’s native format. A version of your drawing is saved in .CMX format (along with the .CDR format) for use in OLE operations, unless you disable the Save Presentation Exchange Data option. This filter is found in the Save As dialog box, not in the Export dialog box.


Exporting ANSI Text
Exporting ANSI Text (*.TXT)
Technical Notes

Saves Artistic and Paragraph text using the ANSI character set.

Unsupported Features

·	Underlining

·	Embedded graphics

·	Columns

·	Tables

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW.


Exporting Enhanced Windows Metafile
Exporting Enhanced Windows Metafile (*.EMF)
Technical Notes

Saves drawings in a vector format familiar to Windows applications. Corel VENTURA and Microsoft Word are popular programs that can read .EMF files.

Unsupported Features

·	Multiple Pages

·	Multiple Layers

EMF File Complexity

EMF files can be very large if your graphic contains a lot of curves or text. This can cause problems in programs such as Ventura Publisher and PageMaker, which impose limits on the size of imported files.

Note: This file format is only available in CorelDRAW and Corel OCR-TRACE.


Exporting Micrografx
Exporting Micrografx (*.DRW)
Technical Notes

Saves graphic files in Micrografx Draw format.

Unsupported Features

·	Raster operations

·	Gradient or fountain fills (broken down into several polygons)


Exporting MPEG Animation file format
Exporting MPEG Animation (*.MPG) file format
Technical Notes

Exports images in an animation file format developed by the Motion Picture Experts Group of the International Standards Organization. Maximum image size is 4095 pixels by 4095 pixels by 30 frames per second. Filter used to import 8-bit color and 24-bit color animation. Audio not supported in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and CorelCAPTURE when the Destination is an Animation File.


Exporting MET Metafile
Exporting MET Metafile (*.MET)
Technical Notes

This filter is not available with CorelDRAW. It saves drawings in .MET. Only vector objects can be exported in this format. Any bitmaps in the drawing will be ignored.

Limitations

·	Colors are color-mapped to provide the best possible match to MET's sixteen-color palette.

·	Because of the limited number of colors in MET, fountain fills will usually look poor.

·	Texture fills are converted to solid gray fills.

Outline Attributes

Corel 9.0 will export the following outline effects as polygons, provided you click Tools, Options and enable the CalligraphicText check box on the Text tab.

·	Objects created using the calligraphic pen

·	Line caps

·	Custom outline thicknesses

Unsupported Features

·	PostScript Textures

·	Bitmaps

·	Two-color and Full-color pattern fills


Recommended formats for exporting graphics

To Page Layout and Desktop Publishing programs without graphics editing capabilities:

The following recommendations are based on the type of printer you are using. Generally, if you have a PostScript printer and the program you are exporting to supports PostScript, use the .EPS format. Otherwise, use the format shown in the table.

Program	Recommended format
	PostScript printers	Non-PostScript printers
Ami Professional	.EPS	.WMF
Delrina Perform	.GEM	.GEM
PageMaker	.EPS	.WMF
Corel VENTURA	.EPS	.CMX
WordPerfect	.EPS	.WPG

To page layout and desktop publishing packages with graphics editing capabilities:

Program	Recommended format
Adobe Illustrator	.AI
Arts & Letters	.WMF, .EPS (using Decipher)
AutoCAD	.DXF
GEM Artline	.GEM
Macintosh-based vector programs	Macintosh PICT, .AI
Micrografx Designer	.CGM
PC Paintbrush	.PCX

To graphics devices:

Device	Recommended format
Matrix, Genegraphic  Solataire film recorders	SCODL (if PostScript compatibility is not available)
Computer-driven cutters, machines and plotters	.HPGL or .DXF outlines


Exporting Corel DEPTH
Exporting CorelDEPTH (*.DEP)
Technical Notes

A native file format for CorelDEPTH. This file format is used to export CorelDEPTH artwork and allows further changes to a CorelDEPTH document.


Exporting Video for Windows
Exporting Video for Windows (*.AVI)
Technical Notes

An animation file format developed by Microsoft Corp. and supported by Windows, Windows NT, and OS/2 multimedia applications. Video for Windows supports 256 colors and .RLE compression. It is used primarily to store audio, video, and graphics information used in multimedia applications.

Note: This file format is only available in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and CorelCAPTURE when the Destination is an Animation File.


Exporting Desktop Color Separation
Exporting Desktop Color Separation (*.DCS)
Technical Notes

Exports images created in Corel PHOTO-PAINT into a 32-bit file format used primarily by service bureaus. Saves files as four-plated images (CMYK) plus one master OR V.2 file.


Exporting Frame Vector Metafile (*.FMV)
Technical Notes

This file format will export images to Adobe Framemaker format.

Unsupported CorelDRAW features

·	PostScript, Texture, Vector, 2 Color and Full color bitmap fills

·	Layers, Lenses and Multiple Pages

·	Fitted Text to a Path

·	Powerclipped Bitmaps


Exporting Adobe Portable Document File (*.PDF)
Technical Notes

A native file format of Adobe Acrobat exchange system. Some fills may display as gray.  They will print correctly to a postscript printer. This filter, Publish To PDF, is available under the File menu in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.


About OLE 2.0
OLE

OLE stands for Object Linking and Embedding.  Designed by Microsoft, and first introduced in Windows 3.1, OLE allows you to easily move information from one application into another. You can edit this information from within the second application, meaning you no longer have to delete and re-copy.  Embedding means that information from one application resides in a second document and is stored with it.  Linking means that information from one application is tied to a second document and can be updated when changes are made in the first application, but that information is not actually stored with the second file.

OLE features in Corel 9.0:

"Drag and Drop" - This feature allows you to click on an image in one Windows application and drag it into another application, into another file, to a different spot within the same file, or onto the desktop.

OLE Registration - REGEDIT.EXE

1.	During the installation of Corel 9.0, OLE files are installed into the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

2.	In order to have OLE function correctly, Windows "registers" all applications with OLE capabilities in files called USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT.  You can modify the registration information by opening an application called REGEDIT.EXE. These files are found in the \WINDOWS directory.

For more information about using OLE functionality in your Corel files, refer to the Corel User's Manual


Clipboard: General pasting limitations

Unsupported Features

Objects containing the following effects can not be pasted into other non-Corel applications:

·	PostScript textures

·	Pattern fills

Unsupported Metafile Features

The following Windows Metafile features cut/copied to the Clipboard from other programs can not be pasted into CorelDRAW:

·	Background commands (SetBkMode and SetBkColor)

·	Pattern fills (only uniform fills are currently supported)

·	Clipping regions

·	Flood fills

·	Individual pixel manipulations

·	No ROP2 modes, other than R2_COPYPEN (i.e., no combining of pen colors)

·	WINDING polygon fill mode (ALTERNATE mode is supported)

Pasting Text

The amount of text, plus the spacing and text attributes CorelDRAW assigns to text pasted from other applications, varies depending upon the font chosen.

Artistic Text

·	Spacing: Document Defaults

NOTE:  When pasting text into CorelDRAW, if you click on the Artistic Text tool and then on the page before pasting, the resulting text string will be treated as artistic text.  If you do not click on the page, text will be treated as Paragraph text.

If the originating application is closed, the text is inserted based on the method used (Paste or Paste Special).

ASCII/ANSI text will paste in using the document defaults for Artistic and Paragraph text, whereas RTF text will paste and retain the font, size, line, and character attributes (e.g., underline, strikeout).


Corel Support and Services

The Corel application you are using is supported by the Corel Client Services team which is committed to provide quality customer service and support that is easy to access and convenient to use, while fostering one-to-one customer relationships.

If you have a question about the features and functions of Corel applications, look in the user guide, consult the online Help for the application you are using, or review the manuals in the WordPerfect Office 2000 Reference Center. You can also find updates and technical information in the Release Notes that were not available at press time.

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Technical support on the World Wide Web

The World Wide Web address for Corel on the Internet is www.corel.com. Users in Germany can use www.corel.de and users in Ireland can use www.corel.ie. From Corel's home page, you can use a variety of support options.

Support Newsgroups

The Corel Support Newsgroups, accessible from the Corel Web site, are intended to let users exchange information, tips, and techniques with other users of Corel applications. The newsgroup is located at www.corel.com/support/newsgroup.htm.

Knowledge Base

From Corel's searchable Knowledge Base, you can read, print, or download documents that contain answers to many of your Corel technical questions or problems. The Knowledge Base is located at kb.corel.com.

AnswerPerfect

AnswerPerfect is a convenient technical support service provided by Corel for customers in Canada and the United States that use English-language versions of our products.

Corel is committed to responding to AnswerPerfect support incidents within one business day. However, there may be delays associated with the World Wide Web that will prevent an immediate response. Please contact Corel Technical Services by telephone for all critical support issues.

You can access AnswerPerfect support at www.corel.com/support/answerperfect.htm.

Paradox users are not eligible for AnswerPerfect support.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

You can download printer drivers, patches, plugs, updates, or other files located on the anonymous FTP site at ftp.corel.com. For information about this site, see www.corel.com/support/ftpsite/ftpindex.htm.

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Other Corel technical support options

Corel offers the following technical support options, most of which are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. These services are useful if you prefer not to pay for support or if you encounter problems during off-hours.

IVAN (Interactive Voice Answering Network)

The Interactive Voice Answering Network provides answers to commonly asked questions about Corel products and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is regularly updated with the latest information, tips, and tricks. You can also request that IVAN solutions be faxed to you. There is no charge for this service beyond the cost of the telephone call. To use this service, call:

North America	(613) 728-1937

Rest of world	+353-1-708-2525, select option 1 (Ireland-based phone number)

Automated FAX On Demand

Technical Support maintains an Automated FAX On Demand system of numbered documents that contain up-to-date information about common issues, tips, and tricks. This service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To use this service, call:

North America	(613) 724-3456

Rest of world	+353-1-708-2525, select option 2 (Ireland-based phone number)

CompuServe

If you have a CompuServe membership, you can interact with other users and Corel volunteers to obtain product information and support. You can also quickly search Corel's technical information database for answers to many of your technical questions or problems, and download printer drivers and other files. CompuServe is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including holidays. Corel volunteers respond from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, from Monday to Friday, excluding holidays.

To access Corel on CompuServe, enter GO COREL at the CompuServe prompt.

Bulletin Board System (BBS)

If you have a modem and a communications software package, you can access Corel's BBS. You can use the BBS to download files, including printer drivers, troubleshooting information, and utilities. You can also transfer problem files to Customer Support through the BBS. This option is available only outside North America. To access the BBS, call:

+353-1-708-2700 (Ireland-based phone number)

+31-10-4763232 (Netherlands-based phone number)

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Telephone technical support options

Corel users can use complimentary and fee-based telephone technical support options. This online Help file explains the three levels of support that are available to you and your organization.

Classic Service

Classic Service is designed to address the technical support needs of Corel users. This service helps with basic installation and configuration issues. See "Telephone numbers for technical support" below for more information.

Priority Service

Priority Service is a fee-based service for users that require the help of second-level technicians. Priority Service may be purchased by the minute, by the incident, or on a term basis. Options range from core business hour access for individual users, to around-the-clock access for multiuser environments. See "Telephone numbers for technical support" below for more information.

Premium Service

Premium Service is Corel's highest level of support. This fee-based service is designed for organizations that want to establish a direct relationship with Corel and for organizations that employ dedicated support professionals or have centralized technical management. See "Telephone numbers for technical support" below for more information.

Telephone numbers for technical support

	Classic Service	Priority Service	Premium Service
Graphics applications (including CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT)
Business Productivity applications (including WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Corel Presentations, and CorelCENTRAL)
Paradox
Before calling Corel Technical Support

Before you call Corel Technical Support, please have the following information available to assist the Technical Support representative in helping you.

•	A brief description of the problem, including the exact text of any error messages received, and the steps required to recreate the problem.

•	The type of computer, monitor, pointing device (for example, mouse or tablet), printer, and video card (display adapter) you are using.

•	The version number of Microsoft Windows you are using. To find the version number, in Windows Explorer, click Help, and choose About Windows 95, About Windows 98, or About Windows NT.

•	The version number of the Corel application you are using. To find the version number, click Help, About (the name of your Corel application) in an application.

•	List of any applications loaded into RAM. Check the Startup folder in the Programs menu to determine if you are running any other applications.

You must provide your Personal Identification Number (PIN) or serial number (found on the WordPerfect Office 2000 registration card) each time you call Corel Technical Support. This information is available in the About dialog boxes in WordPerfect Office 2000 applications.

To view and edit your serial number and PIN

1.	Click Help, About (the name of your Corel application).

2.	Click Edit Serial Number/PIN.

3.	Type your serial number.

4.	Type your Personal Identification Number (PIN).

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Professional Services

Corel Professional Services is a team of experienced professionals ready to assist you in implementing a complete technology solution and to realize your IT objectives by helping you:

•	select and deploy new technologies without generating

•	unexpected training, support and administration costs

•	extend the life of your legacy hardware and software to maximize

•	the return on your IT investment

•	optimize the performance of your existing Corel technologies

Corel Professional Services offers a range of services including:

•	planning and design

•	development

•	deployment

•	support

You may choose to engage Corel Professional Services for some or all of these services, depending on the scope of the project and the availability of your company's resources. For more information about Corel Professional Services, visit www.corel.com/support/professional on the World Wide Web. If you would like a representative of the North American Corel Professional Services team to contact you, please e-mail proservices@corel.ca. Outside of North America, you can contact Corel Professional Services through e-mail at dub-ps@corel.ie or by phoning 353-1-7082580 (Dublin).

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Corel Solution Partners

Corel Solution Partners is a comprehensive resource for developers and consultants interested in providing products, solutions or services to their customers. The program provides software, utilities, and complimentary software for development and testing (available to Platinum members only); technical support*, information and marketing opportunities are also available.

What are we looking for in a Corel Solution Partner?

We're looking for people who are committed to benefiting their customers with Corel solutions, are willing to increase their knowledge and skills in Corel products, and are experienced in developing third-party tools, Internet solutions, integration and services.

Opportunities abound

As a partner, you can increase your visibility through the Corel Solution Partner Product Guide and the Consultant Directory (available to Platinum members only) and other joint marketing activities. As part of the Corel team, you can join us in expanding markets around the world.

Powerful development tools

Corel Solution Partners have access to powerful and flexible tools that improve the quality of their development project and reduce the effort required to integrate products and to develop custom solutions. These tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic and PerfectScript, a superior cross-application recording and scripting language allow for advanced automation of your projects.

Single point of contact

To join the program you may submit an application on the Internet at https://livewire.corel.com/cfscripts/SolutionPartners/applynow.cfm. More information on the program is available on the Internet at http://www.corel.com/partners_developers/csp/index.htm, by email at partners@corel.com, or by calling (613) 728-7180.

*Platinum partners receive 10 free technical support/developer support incidences on a 1-800 line. Standard partners pay a fee. All fees subject to change without notice.

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Customer Service

Corel Customer Service can promptly and accurately provide you with information about Corel product features, specifications, pricing, availability, and services. You can access Customer Service support through the following avenues.

World Wide Web

You can access general customer service and product information through the World Wide Web at www.corel.com/support.

Mail, fax, email

You can send specific customer service questions to Corel Customer Service representatives by mail, fax, and email.

Corel Corporation
Corel Customer Service
1600 Carling Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1Z 8R7

Fax: 613-761-9176

E-mail: custserv2@corel.ca.

Telephone

You can also telephone Corel Customer Service centers with your questions.

In North America, you can reach Corel Customer Service by calling our 1-800-772-6735 toll-free line. The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, and from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact Corel Customer Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at 353-1-706-3916 or by calling a local authorized Corel Customer Service Partner. The following is a list of phone numbers for authorized Corel Customer Service Partners around the world:

Country	CorelDRAW		WordPerfect Office 2000 & Paradox
Argentina	0-800-3-9192		0-800-3-9192
Australia	1-800-658-850		1-800-658-850
Austria	0800-201583		0800-201582
Belgium	0800-11930		0800-72171
Denmark	800-187-55		800-186-96
Finland	0800-1-13502		0800-1-13502
France	0800-90-65-12		0800-91-60-48
Germany	0130-815074		0130-829443
Hong Kong	810-COREL		810-COREL
Ireland	1-800-242800		1-800-688400
Italy	06-52362602		06-52362602
Japan	03-5645-8567		03-5645-8567
Luxembourg	0800-2213		0800-2213
Mexico	01-800-024-2673		01-800-024-2673
Netherlands	0800-22-2084		0800-22-5061
New Zealand	0800-COREL-1		0800-COREL-1
Norway	800-11661		800-11673
Portugal	0800-8-53-001		0800-8-53-001
Singapore	65-9637-0228		65-9637-0228
South Africa	0800-23-4211		0800-23-4211
South Korea	82-2-3444-5166		82-2-3444-5166
Spain	900-95-35-38		900-94-35-35
Sweden	020-791-085		020-791-097
Switzerland	0800-55-8224		0800-55-7845
U.K.	0800-581028		0800-973189
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Classic Service for Business Productivity applications

North America

Classic Service provides registered users with complimentary technical service on a toll line (Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time). Classic Service is designed to help with basic installation and configuration issues. Classic Service for WordPerfect, Quattro Pro, Corel Presentations, and Corel CENTRAL have 30 day installation service from the first call.

Note: Enhanced Macro, XML/SGML, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) questions are not covered under Classic Support. Users needing assistance with these items should contact Priority service.

Corel offers unlimited Classic support for the life of the product through a $60 subscription fee. If you wish to purchase unlimited Classic support, call the Classic support number listed below or visit our home page at www.corel.com.

WordPerfect Office 2000: 716-871-2325 in the U.S.A or 613-728-5324 in Canada

WordPerfect Office 2000 (Voice-powered Edition): 716-871-2326 in the U.S.A or 613-728-6018 in Canada

WordPerfect Office 2000 (Legal Edition): 716-871-2314 in the U.S.A or 613-728-2524 in Canada

International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact a local authorized Classic Service Partner as listed below, or Classic Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line +353 1 7082500. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all our local Classic Service Partners.

Country	Phone Number*

(*phone numbers are subject to changes without notice)

EUROPE and SOUTH AFRICA

Austria	(0)1 58924109

Belgium Dutch	(0)2 7144159

Belgium French	(0)2 7144109

Croatia	(0)1 4841166

Czech Republic 	(0)2 3123871

Denmark	35258009

Finland	(0)9 22906009

France	(0)1 40927623

Germany	(0)180 5258210

Hungary	(9)1 3275737

Ireland	(0)1 7082500

Italy	(0)6 52354237

Netherlands	(0)20 5040650

Norway	22971909

Poland	(0)71 3477279

Portugal	0800 853042

Russia	095 3782111

Singapore 	1800 651042

Slovakia 	(0)2 3123871

South Africa	0860 223388

Spain	91 6613506

Sweden	(0)680 711750

Switzerland	(0)848 807570

United Kingdom	(0)171 2988515

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina	(0) 114 9546500

Brazil 	(011) 3040-7740

Chile 	(0)2 2361023

Colombia	(9)1 6196012

Mexico	01800 2142673

ASIA and PACIFIC

Australia 	(0)2 98986860

China	0(10) 65541914

Hong Kong	81003729

India 	(0)11 3351948

Indonesia 	803 657266

Japan 	(0)3 56458379

Malaysia 	1800 8001090

New Zealand	(0)9 5261155

South Korea	(0)2 34446781

Taiwan	(0)2 25509502

MIDDLE EAST

Israel	(0)2 6793723

UAE	4366885

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Priority Service for Business Productivity applications

North America

Priority Service provides users with technical service for current and previous versions of Corel business applications. A service incident is defined as the resolution of one technical question, problem, or issue, regardless of the number of telephone calls required to resolve it. Problems submitted via email will be answered via email and are considered low priority.

Priority Service gives customers access to Priority Technicians 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This service can be purchased on a per incident or per minute basis. Calls are reported to second-level Priority Technicians on Corel's toll-free 1-800 service lines, (or 1-900 lines if paying per minute).

Per-Incident: Per Incident Service can be purchased at the time of the incident or in packs of five or ten. Customers can pay with a major credit card at the time of the incident. Customers who pre-purchase packs of five or ten incidents must also pay with a major credit card, unless they purchase incidents before the incident occurs. Pre-purchased packs expire one year from the purchase date. Telephone calls for Per-Incident Service should be placed on the toll free Priority Service number listed for the appropriate products. Note: Customers have the option of purchasing Priority Service for business hours for a lower cost than the 7X24 option.

Per-Minute: Customers can access Per-Minute Service using the 1-900 Priority Service numbers for $2.00/minute with the first 2 minutes free.

Customers in the U.S.A and Canada can call:

1-800-757-2133

1-900-555-2123 (U.S.A only)

1-900-733-8780 (both U.S.A and Canada)

Term	Per Incident	12 Months	12 Months
Contacts	1	1	1
Incidents	Unlimited	5	10
Price (11 x 5)	$25 US	$99 US	$189 US
Price (7 x 24)	$40 US	$149 US	$249 US
International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact Priority Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353-1-7082500 or by calling a local authorized Priority Service Partner as listed under Classic Service.

Information on Priority Services can also be got through authorized Priority Service Partners as listed under Classic Service or by calling representatives in Dublin.

The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all of our local Priority Service Partners.

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Premium Service for Business Productivity applications

North America

Premium Service is designed for customers who require account management services and immediate access to Corel's most skilled service personnel. Premium Service is available for WordPerfect Office 2000 and the CorelDRAW line of graphics applications. Customers can choose from five Premium agreements: Premium Ultra Lite, Premium Lite, Premium Standard, Premium Plus, and Premium Elite. These programs were designed to be very flexible to let customers tailor service agreements to meet their needs. Customers can purchase additional options to enhance the core features of each service agreement. Premium Service offerings are subject to change without notice. For more information about Premium Service options, call 1-800-861-2005.

International

Corel customers residing in Europe can contact Premium Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353-1-7082580

Corel customers can also contact our authorized Classic Service Partners as listed for information on receiving Premium Services in the International market.

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Classic Service for Graphics applications

North America

Classic Service for Corel graphics applications is a complimentary service delivered on a toll line (Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time). Classic Service is designed to help with basic installation and configuration issues. Graphic application users have access to Classic Service for 30 days from the first call to technical services. Users who require technical service beyond the Classic Service period should review Priority Service options.

Users based in the United States and Canada can reach Classic Service by calling

CorelDRAW (Windows): 613-728-7070

CorelDRAW (MAC): 613-728-4201

Corel PHOTO-PAINT Standalone: 613-728-6398

International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact a local authorized Classic Service Partner as listed below, or Classic Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line +353 1 7082600. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all of our local Classic Service Partners.

Country	Phone Number*

(*phone numbers are subject to changes without notice)

EUROPE and SOUTH AFRICA

Austria	(0)1 58924130

Belgium Dutch	(0)2 7144131

Belgium French	(0)2 7144130

Croatia	(0)1 4841166

Czech Republic 	(0)2 3123871

Denmark	35258030

Finland	(0)9 22906030

France	(0)1 40927620

Germany	(0)180 5258211

Hungary	(9)1 3275737

Ireland	(0)1 7082600

Italy	(0)6 52354237

Netherlands	(0)20 5040570

Norway	22971930

Poland	(0)71 3477279

Portugal	0800 853042

Russia	095 3782111

Slovakia 	(0)2 3123871

South Africa	0860 223388

Spain	91 6613627

Sweden	(0)680 711751

Switzerland	(0)848 808590

United Kingdom	(0)171 2988516

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina	(0)114 9546500

Brazil 	(011) 3040-7740

Chile 	(0)2 2361023

Colombia	(9)1 6196012

Mexico	01800 2142673

ASIA and PACIFIC

Australia 	(0)2 98986860

China	0(10) 65541914

Hong Kong	81003729

India 	(0)11 3351948

Indonesia 	803 657266

Japan 	(0)3 56458379

Malaysia 	1800 8001090

New Zealand	(0)9 5261155

Singapore 	1800 651042

South Korea	(0)2 34446781

Taiwan	(0)2 25509502

MIDDLE EAST

Israel	(0)2 6793723

UAE	4366885

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Priority Service for Graphics applications

North America

Priority Service provides users with technical service for current and previous versions of Corel graphics applications. A service incident is defined as the resolution of one technical question, problem, or issue, regardless of the number of telephone calls required to resolve it. Problems submitted via email will be answered via email and are considered low priority.

Priority Service gives customers access to Priority Technicians from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Eastern Time. This service can be purchased on a per incident or per minute basis. Calls are reported to second-level Priority Technicians on Corel's toll-free 1-800 service lines (or 1-900 lines if paying per minute).

Per-Incident: Per Incident Service can be purchased at the time of the incident or in packs of five or ten. Customers can pay with a major credit card at the time of the incident. Customers who pre-purchase packs of five or ten incidents must also pay with a major credit card, unless they purchase incidents before the incident occurs. Pre-purchased packs expire one year from the purchase date. Telephone calls for Per-Incident Service should be placed on the toll free Priority Service number listed for the appropriate products

CorelDRAW: 1-800-205-4295

Corel PHOTO-PAINT Standalone: 1-800-792-6735

CorelDRAW and PhotoPaint for the Power Macintosh: 1-800-205-4295

Per-Minute: Customers can access Per-Minute Service using the 1-900 Priority Service numbers for $2.00/minute with the first 2 minutes free.

CorelDRAW:  900-733-8780

Term	Per Incident	12 Months	12 Months
Contacts	1	1	1
Incidents	Unlimited	5	10
Price (11 x 5)	$25 US	$99 US	$189 US
International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact Priority Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353 1 7082600 or by calling a local authorized Priority Service Partner as listed under Classic Service.

The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all of our local Priority Service Partners

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Premium Service for Graphics applications

North America

Premium Service is designed for customers who require account management services and immediate access to Corel's most skilled service personnel. Premium Service is available for WordPerfect Office 2000 and the CorelDRAW line of graphics applications. Customers can choose from five Premium agreements: Premium Ultra Lite, Premium Lite, Premium Standard, Premium Plus, and Premium Elite. These programs were designed to be very flexible to let customers tailor service agreements to meet their needs. Customers can purchase additional options to enhance the core features of each service agreement. Premium Service offerings are subject to change without notice. For more information about Premium Service options, call 1-800-861-2005.

International

Corel customers residing in Europe can contact Premium Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353-1-7082580

Corel customers can also contact our authorized Classic Service Partners as listed for information on receiving Premium Services in the International market.

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Classic Service for Paradox

North America

Classic Service for Paradox is available for the life of the product. The life of the product is defined as the time period commencing when Corel introduces the product until six months after Corel stops selling the product.

Paradox Classic Service is available from Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time by calling 1-613-728-4657.

Issues supported by the Classic Service:

•	Installation / Up & Running locally.

•	Program groups/ icons are not created

•	File types not registering

•	Issues pertaining to upgrade of existing BDE or IDAPI engines

International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact a local authorized Classic Service Partner as listed below, or Classic Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line +353 1 7082500. Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all our local Classic Service Partners.

Country	Phone Number*

(*phone numbers are subject to changes without notice)

EUROPE and SOUTH AFRICA

Austria	(0)1 58924109

Belgium Dutch	(0)2 7144159

Belgium French	(0)2 7144108

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Priority Service for Paradox

North America

Priority Pay-As-You-Go Support

Priority Pay-As-You-Go Support is available to Paradox users with questions concerning non-programming issues, including menu commands, forms, reports, queries, product features and aspects of the user interface. Priority Pay-As-You-Go support for Paradox 9 costs $2.95 US per minute and can be obtained by calling 1-900-733-PDOX (7369).

Priority Pay-As-You-Go Support is for non-programming questions pertaining to:

User Interface including

•	location of menu commands

•	basic toolbar customization issues (standard, global, align etc.)

•	user-defined preferences

•	menu command availability

Basic Application Creation including

•	functionality of all experts (start-up, form, report, table and UIOBJECT experts such as button, text, graphic and OLE)

Note: For the UIOBJECT experts, only questions or issues dealing with predefined expert functionality will be addressed. Users with questions about UIOBJECTS with custom or modified code should use the applicable Priority Standard or Priority Plus Support options for Paradox.

Priority Personal Support

Priority Personal Support is for users with questions concerning non- programming issues, such as commands, forms, reports, queries, product features and aspects of the interface. A single incident costs $50 US. Priority Personal Support for Paradox 9 can be obtained by calling 1-888-764-PDOX (7369).

Priority Personal Support is for non-programming questions pertaining to user interface:

•	location of menu commands

•	basic toolbar customization issues (standard, global, align, etc.)

•	user-defined preferences

•	menu command availability

•	functionality of all experts (startup, form, report, table and UIOBJECT experts, such as button, text, graphic and OLE)

Note: For the UIOBJECT experts, only questions or issues dealing with predefined expert functionality will be addressed on this line. Users with questions about UIOBJECTS with custom or modified code should use the applicable Priority Standard or  Priority Plus Support options for Paradox.

Priority Standard Support

Paradox Priority Standard Support is for users with questions about the database engine, ObjectPAL (support for user-created applications) or database design (assistance designing data models and schematics). Priority Standard Support for Paradox 9 is available at a cost of  $75 US per incident and can be obtained by calling 1-888-765-PDOX (7369).

Priority Standard Support is geared toward providing support for all user-created applications and custom coding routines, as well as any Borland Database Engine issue regarding configuration and/or native driver connectivity.

Priority Standard Support is for issues pertaining to:

Borland Database Engine (BDE): Network environment, multiuser configuration for native drivers. Native drivers are defined as those drivers that are included in, but not limited to, the following packages:

•	Paradox 9 Standalone

•	WordPerfect Office 2000

•	Paradox 9 Runtime

The drivers are as follows:

•	Paradox

•	dBase

•	Microsoft® Access

Database Design: Including, but not limited to, assistance with: normalization of tables, table design, table links, table look ups, referential integrity, password protection, key definition and picture fields.

Datamodel: Including, but not limited to, assistance with the design or editing of datamodels and schematics.

Java: Including, but not limited to, basic assistance with: Java runtime Environment (JRE), Java Development Kit (JDK), installing and configuring JDBC drivers.

Web Publishing: Including, but not limited to, basic assistance with: web server concepts, Jrun servlet runner.

Priority Plus Support

Priority Plus Support is advanced support for users with questions regarding client/server connectivity (support between client software and supported SQL servers), the database engine, ObjectPAL or database design. Priority Plus Support for Paradox 9 is available at a cost of $150 US per incident and can be obtained by calling 1-888-770-PDOX (7369).

Priority Plus Support is geared toward providing support for all client/server and SQL server issues, plus user-created applications and custom coding routines, as well as all BDE issues.

ObjectPAL: User-created applications with custom code routines written in ObjectPAL. This includes code written to enhance existing expert-created applications or objects, and “from scratch” applications or objects.

Borland Database Engine (BDE): Any database drivers available to the end user, though predominately supporting SQL server drivers available through the purchase of the following products:

•	Paradox 9 Client Server

•	Borland SQL Links

•	Borland Interbase

Database Design: Including, but not limited to, assistance with: normalization of tables, table design, table links, table look ups, referential integrity, password protection, key definition and picture fields.

Datamodel: Including, but not limited to, assistance with the design or editing of datamodels and schematics.

Java: Including, but not limited to, assistance with: Java runtime Environment (JRE), Java Development Kit (JDK), installing and configuring JDBC drivers.

Web Publishing: Including, but not limited to, assistance with: web server concepts, Jrun servlet runner.

Contacting Priority Service

Priority Service Telephone Numbers for Paradox:

Pay-As-You-Go Support ($2.95 US/minute)	1-900-733-7369

Priority Personal Support ($50.00 US/incident)	1-888-764-7369

Priority Standard Support ($75.00 US/incident)	1-888-765-7369

Priority Plus Support ($150.00 US/incident)	1-888-770-7369

International

Corel customers residing outside North America can contact Priority Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353-1-7082570 or by calling a local authorized Priority Service Partner as listed under Classic Service.

The hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or standard business hours for all of our local Priority Service Partners

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Premium Service for Paradox

North America

Premium Service is designed for customers that require account management services and immediate access to Corel’s most skilled support personnel. Premium Support is available for the WordPerfect Office 2000 line of products. Customers may choose from five Premium agreements: Premium Ultra Lite, Premium Lite, Premium Standard, Premium Plus and Premium Elite. A high degree of flexibility has been built into Premium Service programs, allowing customers to tailor support agreements to their needs. For more information on Premium Service options call 1-800-861-2005. Additional options may be purchased to enhance the core features of each program. Premium Service offerings are subject to change without notice.

Premium Support for Paradox covers usability issues or questions concerning non-programming issues

International

Corel customers residing in Europe can contact Premium Service representatives in Dublin, Ireland on a toll line at +353-1-7082570.

Corel customers can also contact our authorized Classic Service Partners as listed for information on receiving Premium Services in the International market.

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