The whole approach of the programming team seems aimed at age around 11 years. Draw is a complex and sophisticated suite and the programmers should remember that the users are likewise, experienced and sophisticated; simply they are not programmers. The new template system is a complete nightmare to manage. How the hell does one get rid of a large selection of not wanted templates from "My Templates" It's wonderful how there are NO instructions in what must be the most often used facility. Come on Corel you can do it a LOT better. You are not selling this program to kindergartens, kids can't afford it. You are selling to professionals who have used it for years and years. Do you understand that ?
Toby
I don't understand what kind of management you are looking at. In fact X4 Template management is with an added advantage of useful tagging system for your custom templates which helps in sorting, finding a template. Tags : Name, Sides, folds, Type, Industry and designer notes. I find it more convenient than earlier versions. The only wish I have is to have a Delete button, may be with double confirmation so that no template is deleted by error.
Toby said:The new template system is a complete nightmare to manage. How the hell does one get rid of a large selection of not wanted templates from "My Templates"
It would be better if you could post your wishes here so that Corelians understand the users needs better and try to do it EVEN better.
Toby said:Come on Corel you can do it a LOT better.
In fact CorelDRAW is now also used by schooling children. Not the Kindergartern kids for sure but highschool students. The proof is the step taken by Corel Corporation in introducing "Home and student Edition of CDGS X4". Couple of months back, I came across a news somewhere in the blogs that Corel has offered software to then schools in Russia. These children will replace us (the self taught professionals) in future and I am sure will be better than us.
Toby said:You are not selling this program to kindergartens, kids can't afford it.
Anand
I would also like to know how the Template dialog in Draw X4 is supposed to work. The state of it now just leaves me puzzled. Cansomeone please explain? And why don't my own templates appear there even if I have used the "Open other" button. Isn't this dialog supposed to keep track of the templates on the system?
Lars. Don't like how the Template dialog works either (as a matter of fact I couldn't get along with it, with the result that I've stopped working with templates in X4), but I think the key was to make sure your templates folder is indexed by Windows. At least if you're running Vista.
Okay, that might be the answer. But I'll have to look it un in the Help file. It seems a bit strange that it relies in Windows indexing your templates. Do you have to keep all templates in one folder to make it work? Or can it keep track of them regardless of where they are stored, if they are indexed by Windows?
Lars Forslin said:Or can it keep track of them regardless of where they are stored, if they are indexed by Windows?