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- From: varkki@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Varkki George)
- Subject: Re: Corel Draw 3.0 CD-ROM Edition (Reviewed by Tony Thomas)
- Message-ID: <Bu63yK.6J4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- References: <1861h9INNoqo@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <715580987.9246@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:44:30 GMT
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- In article <715580987.9246@minster.york.ac.uk> ken@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
- >Tony Thomas (aa699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
- >: COREL DRAW 3.0
- >: CD-ROM Edition
- >:
- >: Reviewed by Tony Thomas
- >: file manager. To duplicate what is included in this package would cost
- >: double or triple the street price. It is easy to use, well integrated
- >: and will make you look great on paper, even if you have limited graphics
- >: skills. Five Stars *****
- >
- >What you don't say is that it's as buggy as hell. Half the time is bombs out
-
- >version of 3.0. If you buy Corel make sure to get this. And there's no point
- >trying to mail them: my e-mail to support@corel.ca is "pending" (uucp
- >politely informed me that it would try for another few days to deliver the
- >mail). I'm _supposed_ to receive a free upgrade. Have I? You guess.
-
- >it. Assuming that the latest release fixes the bugs (and fixes some really
- >_really_ annoying user-interface irritants like the way the text roll-up
- >doesn't seem to persist the settings properly) I would definitely vouch for
- >its suitability.
-
- amen to all your comments. i acquired corelDRAW very recently, and
- nothing seems to have changed. it has tremendous potential, but lousy
- user-interface design, documentation, and customer support make it
- really frustrating to use.
-
- varkki george
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