Hello,
I'm considering purchase of CorelDraw to maintain a former employee's drawings and I will need to use it on an Air Gap computer (no internet access). Is it possible to install the latest version of CorelDraw Standard on an Air Gap computer? I tried the 15-day trial version and it didn't work (I got an error message that said:
"No internet connection detected. Please check your connection and try again. Click Finish to quit the setup."
I contacted Corel support and they told me:
Mr./Ms.,
Thank you for contacting Corel Customer Support Services. My name is Joshiba and I have been assigned to your ticket.
I apologize for the inconvenience caused We will help you get this issue resolved.
Please be informed that trial version is valid only for 15 days. I suggest you to purchase the full version.
Please provide the Product serial number.
Kindly find the shopping cart below
<snip>Please do not hesitate to contact us with any further questions.
Regards,JoshibaCorel Customer Support Services
I think they're telling me to buy it before they can help me.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Rob
Aside from the "no internet" aspect of what you wish to do, be aware that "CorelDRAW Standard" is seriously stripped down compared to the version of CorelDRAW that comes with the "full" CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.
Depending on your specific needs, you might find that Standard does not cut it.
Thanks for the feedback. The files I need to maintain are simple block diagrams that were created with an old version of CorelDraw that the original author could only run in a Windows XP virtual machine. I found that I can open them using LibreOffice Draw 7.3.3 and Inkscape 1.2 and they look pretty good in both programs except for the text boxes which need to be resized and a few other minor issues. So I think I'll give up on Corel for now.
Thanks again,