1. I can select any one item in corel and print and/or export just that item no matter wether it's on the page area or on the desktop area.
2. When saving as pdf corel has a way to tell it to convert all text to curves. Illustrator can't. Why is this bad? If I have a map that I've drawn in names of streets and such there may be over 50 labels. If I want to send it off to print as pdf I have to convert all the text individually in illustrator. In corel it's a simple process!
Just saying
Well, I am a fan of Corel too, but it doesn't "Trump" Illustrator. Give us 100% of the X7 Wishlist and I'll retract my statement,
Neither program betters the other under the hand of someone who knows the software fully. Illy has some nifty 3d features we don't yet have, yet we have features (Print merge i.e.) that they don't yet have. Heck, even Inkscape has features neither have, same as Xara, the list goes on.
Very true, Mike - there's no perfect graphic program. What's less good is the comparison between PhotoPaint and Photoshop. At one time it would have been a close call, but not any more