EVERY time I edit the column widths the programme freezes momentarily then vanishes from the screen - and now they want to sell me the 2020 version!!!
No way!
I assume you are talking about paragraph text in columns?Have you reported this before? (link to thread?)I usually don't use columns myself but I gave it a try and they seem to work fine in Draw 2019, build 21.3.0.755.Can you give us some more details?Regarding 2020, why not download the trial and check whether it is the same there?
Thanks for the response. It specifically happens when I adjust the space between columns - default is 12mm which I reset to 6mm. After that the programme freezes for a few seconds then the whole thing vanishes and unsaved work is lost. I know it didn't used to do this; it's a task I've performed many times without issue, but it's always crashed at various times for no apparent reason. Photopaint does it too. Restarting the computer sometimes clears it but not this time. I doubled the memory to 16Gb recently hoping that might have an effect but apparently not.
It doesn't matter if 2020 does it or not; I can't afford to upgrade just for that.
BasilB said:It specifically happens when I adjust the space between columns - default is 12mm which I reset to 6mm. After that the programme freezes for a few seconds then the whole thing vanishes and unsaved work is lost. I know it didn't used to do this; it's a task I've performed many times without issue, but it's always crashed at various times for no apparent reason.
I haven't tested this thoroughly, but trying to do this, I was able to crash CorlDRAW 2020 several times.
I would have to do some more testing to be more sure, but it seems to crash when I:
It does not seem to crash when I:
I would be curious to know if this slightly different way of doing it works for you, or if you still see crashes.
Thank you Eskimo;
Yes, it works. I changed the gutter value then hit the 'Enter' key and clicked 'OK' and the programme didn't crash. Then I tried clicking the 'Equal Column Width' button and 'OK' and that too worked. Finally, as a control, I did it the usual way and the programme promptly crashed.
It's ridiculous that we have to find a work-around like this. I really appreciate your help with this issue.
BasilB said:It's ridiculous that we have to find a work-around like this.
It may be that Corel are not even aware of the problem. They changed many, many things in 2019, and I'm sure that they did not test everything comprehensively. So, it comes down to the users being the "last" testers. I don't like that, but there it is.
I would suggest that you report it to Corel, so that there is at least some chance of getting it fixed.