CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2018, Windows 7 Pro, Laptop PC
When I enter text I see this strange slanted purple box next to the cursor. See attachment. The text in the purple box is barely readable. If I click outside the purple box the text appears as it should. Problem is I can not edit the text as it either goes into the purple box or the program crashes.
I have tried clearing all cache systems. Even uninstalling and reinstalling the program.
Please, if you have any idea what I am doing wrong, let me know. I have used CorelDraw for many years and have never encountered this.
Sorry, I'm out of ideas.My guess is some kind of conflict with something, maybe something with Windows or the graphics driver.Has it been like this since you first installed Draw on this computer?Is 2018 the first version or did you use another version on it, that worked?
Did you do an update only through WINDOWS UPDATE? Did you proceed with the NVIDIA or ATI website (depending on your brand of graphics card)? I would recommend the appropriate website of your brand instead of Windows...
It started last weekend. I installed 2018 in April this year.
Something interesting happened yesterday. A tech from Corel sent me a trial of 2019. I uninstalled 2018 and installed the trial. The trial is working perfectly.
Problem is it is only a 15 day trial and so far no word from Corel on what I do after the trial ends.
Thanks for all your help. If I stumble on anything new, I will post it here.
I think you can guess what will happen when the trial expires. ;-)Strange that it worked until a week ago and also a bit strange that it works with 2019.Use the trial as long as it works, maybe it will be worth the cost for the upgrade.If not, remember to save back all files you create to version 2018, or you won't be able to open them if you decide to go back to 2018.Maybe it corrects itself after being uninstalled, but I see you have tried that already.Good luck.
I am already on it and pushing Corel for an answer and a free upgrade. I'm older than you and remember the days when people took pride in their products by backing them up. I'm afraid those days are gone.
I have taken your advise and am saving all 2019 files as 2018.
Thanks again for all your help.