Tomorrow, I will be taking part in a panel discussion in Ottawa about Online communities based on what we've done with CorelDRAW.com so far. In preparation for this, I had a discussion with Simon Chen from Ramius Communications and who is one of the organizers of the Social Media Breakfasts in Ottawa. At that point, we also recorded a 12 minute video to cover online communities, CorelDRAW.com and a little more. Here…

A few weeks back, we started getting reports of an issue in which CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 applications would not start after Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical 2009, or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 was installed. Hot-fix 1, which will also be available shortly from Corel.com, resolves this issue. In the mean-time, here is the link to download it.

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As you know, Corel DESIGNER is a product specifically built for technical illustration, based on a common engine with CorelDRAW. One of the many features that sets Corel DESIGNER apart from CorelDRAW and other "creative illustration" packages is the Enhanced Line Styles that enable users to better document their graphics. While the user interface does not offer an option to customize the enhanced line styles, Claude who…