Hi!
I am using Designer X4 on a daily basis and it is beginning to get on my nerves that Corel Designer doesn´t have any obvious way of letting me add custom permanent outline width´s in the dropdown.
I usually work with point measurement and would like to add 0.25 pt in the dropdown list. Instead of listing ALL available line widths in numbers, Corel chooses to have the thinnest option mentioned in letters, "hairline" (which equals 0.216 points = to thin for my customers printers).
The solution is to choose 0.5 pt from the list and then manually add a "2" in front of the "5", but when you do this xx times a day, you start to think that there would be an better more permanent solution for this!
I have manually scanned through any Corel-related *.ini-files on my harddrive to find a posibility to add a custom points value for outline width, but haven´t found any obvious place for this.
Does anyone know a solid solution for this?
Hi DaWid03,
Unfortunately, these values are hardcoded in Designer X4.
There is a solution in Designer X5 (or CorelDraw X5).
If you choose to upgrade, there is now a file: <install>\Designer\outlineWidths.xml. (or <install>\Draw\outlineWidths.xml for CorelDraw)
I placed a detailed comment in the file, it should be easy to customize it.
Regards,Hendrik
I just noticed that outlineWidths.xml wasn't shipped with Designer X5, but you can copy the file attached to the previous post into <install>\Designer\ which will enable you to customize the widths in Designer.
Thank you for your quick and informative response, Mr Wagenaar!
As I understand there are no place for me to paste that xml into my current X4-version?
I then have good reasons to upgrade to X5, since this ability to customize is really tempting! :)
Regards
DaWid03
DaWid03 said:As I understand there are no place for me to paste that xml into my current X4-version?
Right, this trick will only work on X5 and higher