I just started using corel x5 and EVERY time I put an outline on an object, (always 9 points thick) the next time I re-poen the file it says I have an invalid fill id and it makes my outline hairline thin and the default stroke color. It is driving me crazy!!! help!!
win 7 64 bit
Hi
I've experienced the same invalid fill id problem since installing x5 but only occasionally, and only after saving to an earlier version. The only other common factor I can think of is of that it often occurs when I've used the contour tool. The width and colour of line vary.
If I'm expecting to open on an earlier version I convert the outline to an object.
Colin
colin frajbis said: Hi I've experienced the same invalid fill id problem since installing x5 but only occasionally, and only after saving to an earlier version. The only other common factor I can think of is of that it often occurs when I've used the contour tool. The width and colour of line vary. If I'm expecting to open on an earlier version I convert the outline to an object. Colin
I always save everything I do as version 12, because other people also need to access the files and they don't all have 15. But i don't personally open them in 12. I make them in 15, reopen them in 15, and get the invalid id outline error in 15.
Also, it doesn't only happen with the contour tool. Actually i don't think it ever has. It's always on the simplest things, such as a stroke around a square that is achieved by right clicking a color on the palette.
I have been working with graphics programs since 2001 and have been seeing the term "spot color" ever since then and I still don't know what that is. I don't know how I have managed all these years.
FosterCoburn said: Lesson 10 in my book gives the full description. In short, it is a fixed color rather than one mixed from multiple colors. The most popular supplier of spot inks would be Pantone. In CorelDRAW, spot colors are indicated by a very small white square in the color swatch.
Okay, then it this case, I am NOT using spot colors.
FosterCoburn said: Marisa, What color are you using? Just because it isn't Pantone, doesn't mean it isn't spot. That is just the most popular spot color.
No, I mean, they don't have the little white square in the corner, which I have seen before, but not on this particular palette I'm using.