Has there been any new features in CorelDraw that would allow batch conversion of CDR files to PDF files?We are still looking at converting around 15k CDR files into PDF files and would like to also be able to embed fonts into the PDF file to avoid future missing font errors.Most of our CDR files are fairly simple without any speciall effects like bitmap blurs, transparencies or anything like that.
We need to be able to open these files in Illustrator and not be presented with constant errors or incorrect colors etc....
Most, if not all of our CDR files are created using Pantone Spot Colors and some greyscale Black/White colors as well as Registration Mark color.Is there a newer macro, working macro or new type of software that will consistently be able to do this? The older convert macros seem to crash or produce inconsistent results.
I agree with David. Another thing to consider would be how that many files are organized. Our working files are in folders by client/business name, then by year etc. When you batch convert that structure may be "out the window". Your files may get scrambled. Ideally the batch convert would create the pdf within the same directory and with the same name but....
Better have a backup before running anything to go overnight
Not only that but you can't edit type in a file with embedded fonts unless you have the fonts installed.
Hi Jason,
Why not convert to Illustrator (.AI) ?Most likely, you can then convert to .PDF as needed.
Phil
Interesting.
Thanks so much for all of the info.
Our files are all in 1 directory, range anywhere from 150kb to 1.5MB in file size and the majority of files use very simple fonts and vector clipart.
Many of the files contain multiple pages...most file would contain 1 to 3 pages.
We decided that PDF would be the most ideal file format for us to use since it retains multiple pages in a single file (Where EPS and AI do not support multiple pages in the same file) and we also need to retain the ability to edit the fonts in the future and that's where I thought that embedding the fonts into the PDF would help with making sure that we never lost a font that was associated with a particular job.