I am currently using CorelDraw x5 on Win 7 Professional O/S. I have been a Corel user for +10 years so I have done multiple upgrades to get to this version and for what I use it for it suits me fine.There is one fundamental shortcoming which is its pdf engine. I have done a side by side test of creating a document in MS Word 2007 and then save it as pdf. When I take the same document, import it into Corel, the quality of the fonts and graphics are inferior. Specifically, fonts in Corel are "wavy" and not crisp and clean. Ironically, MS word produces a better looking document. I have tried all variations of settings to make the quality of documents at least equivalent to MS word saved as pdf in its output quality but to no avail.Has anyone else experienced this and is there a work around?Thanks for the help!Peter
Word Version
Your Word pdf in CorelDraw X5
word-sample-3.cdr
Sorry but I see only one pdf fle uploaded by you and it's 0486.word-sample-3.pdf
The Corel file size is over 500kb at 1.2 mb which is another difference. I have to paste a link: http://www.boyle-associates.com/download/cd/corel-sample-6a.pdf
Word PDF – fonts embedded, excluding Arial font (open PDF in Adobe Acrobat look at document properties – fonts)
Corel PDF – fonts converted to curves (increase file size), color profiles embedded (sRGB and U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2)
Corel PDF opened in Draw X5 showed me text (converted to curves) in C0 M0 Y0 K100 and „jp..“ in RGB.
What are your PDF settings when exporting from Corel?
Default native color press settings seem to work.