auto filling grid boxes... would be such a time saver

reg styles
over 8 years ago

We do a lot of laser engraving for the trophy industry... if all the engraving plates are the same, I like to use a grid box... as it is much faster when it is cutting the plates out. so I would first make a 1 x 1 grid the size of the engraving plate required say 75mm x 20mm, type what is needed on that plate, Then change the grid to say 10 down & 5 across if 50 plates are required. What I have to do now is copy and paste from the first grid into the other 49 plates... What would be fantastic is if once I typed the first plate, then expanded the grid Corel automatically copied it to the whole 50 plates.... This would save so much time....

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  • 0 over 8 years ago
    Hi REg

    You should look at the print preview and imposition tools. You can set up a 1 x 1 page enter your text the go to print preview and set up an imposition table 5 columns 10 rows print it you are done. Also look at the print styles you can save combination of styles for regular layouts. You can also combine this with print merge to create lists and layout with variable data.

    We do 1000's of pieces this way every month.

    epilogue support explains it here

    http://support.epiloglaser.com/article/8205/42983/imposition-layout-in-coreldraw

    orel explain print merge here

    http://learn.corel.com/graphics/tutorials/view/102/How-to-Use-Print-Merge

    Ross Blair
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