Anyone been able to figure out what's left out of this new version?
I tried zendesk CHAT but no one there has heard of this newly released versio.
They have a Comparison Matrix.
I suspect that's not comprehensive in its description of the differences between versions, but for some users, that will be enough to identify a "deal killer" shortcoming in the Standard version.
Indeed helpful for some but my application requires Scripts & Print Merge; no indication of available or not in the Comparison Matrix. I suspect I'll have to buy a copy of the Standard version and see if Corel will refund if those features not included(?).
RoyBrewer said:Indeed helpful for some but my application requires Scripts & Print Merge; no indication of available or not in the Comparison Matrix.
If I read that document correctly, "Automation support (VSTA, VBA), Macro Manager" is not included in the Standard version.
That's one of the "deal killers" I had in mind.
If I had noticed that before, I'd saved myself some time. I downloaded a trial version and learned that in addition to no "automation", print merge is available but crippled without Print Preview (including adding Imposition Layouts), no Smart Fill, no Edit>Find, no color management, no Customization..., no Workspaces...
Help file is for full suite (with almost all entries concluding with "Some features may not be available in this version of the product.")
Way too many deal killers to continue looking further.
Wow! That's even worse than I might have guessed.
I see some big downsides to Corel selling multiple versions of CorelDRAW.
Corel needs to list the differences better.
Even worse, you report an existing problem "save and export at the same time crashes Draw 19 and 20" they ask you for screen video to see how it crash I never heard that kind of support SAD SAD ;(
I could see maybe see keeping the essentials version. But I understand there are 4 versions now:
product matrix
Appears burdensome perhaps to maintain and also support these distinctions. But, they're doing it, so who knows?
If the standard ver has so many things missing then it's a buyer beware consideration. I think it would potentially frustrate people coming into the Coreldraw family when/if they realize what's not there. Since new users don't know what the features really are yet that they don't have.