I've been using Coreldraw since 1995. I started with vr.2 and now up to X7. All Coreldraw versions have always been buggy. Some worse than other, but I have to say X7 is the worse. In my opinion, the only worth while thing in X7 is the new Smear Tool. That is one pretty cool tool that is way overdue in this graphics program. The version my co-worker and I were using before we bought X7 is X4. We are now back to using X4 because we have had enough with X7. What a waste of hard earned money. Am I and my co-worker the only ones who feel this way about X7?
Hello Roland; I think there are people that complain about every ver. of any software that comes out. I have X4 and used it to make a lot of signs. ( a Very good ver. of Corel.) I have not had to drop back to it now that I have X7 which I use to make all the signs here with, I even cut vinyl from Draw with a bolt on for it like a printer for our cutter. It's sort of like buying a car and don't know how to get the windows down or turn on th AC, you aren't going to be to happy in the summer. If you are having trouble doing something in X7 you can come here and ask how to do it, and someone will help you. I don't think there has been anything that I have wanted to do that people here couldn't talk me thru. This place has some of the best graphics people in the world that come here and help for FREE it doesn't cost anything. Now if they could just teach me to spell.!!!!
Have Fun with Your New X7, George
Roland, i feel your pain too. My computer tech guy has been bugging me to load X7 on my pc for some time now. I keep telling him I'm not ready for it. I have a co-worker using X7 and we too see a lot of problems
I have to agree with George. Every new version has it's bugs. That's why I don't buy the latest and greatest car that comes out. Okay maybe that's cause I can't afford it. Anyway, use the forum as it is intended. Works great.
Myron
Thanks George for your comments. Yes, I've had issues with all Coreldraw versions, but the question not being asked is "Why are there problems with all Coreldraw version being released to the consumer in the first place?" That is poor business practices that no one seems to have the guts to ask or confront the Corel Corporation. I have done so in the past and I get black balled for confronting their mistakes. With as many problems that all their version seem to have, you'd think the "Tech Support" would be free.
I too, use Coreldraw for the sign industry and there are some frustration issues with the draw program that never get fixed. Like...selecting a scale for drawings that we create for production. Why does the scale change when I select 3/4, 1½ or 3 inch equals a foot and changes to 1:16, 1:8 and 1:4. And why is there not a option to have the scale indicated as a tool on the status bar. Every time i need to check the scale of a particular drawing I have opened or imported, I have to: click on the ruler; select "Ruler Setup"; click on the "Edit Scale" button; view the scale (which might be on the 1: to whatever and try to remember what that means); then reverse my way out to my drawing. Major frustration!
Now, as far as those who think I need to be more specific about my complaint on X7, how about this for starters:
1. Why are objects imported or pasted on a working document automatically place to the back instead of to the front? X4 and I'm probably correct in assuming X5, X6 as well as X7 do this. Previous version (from vr. 2 thru 12) don't do this.
2. I am not able to save my screen preferences as a default. I jump back and forth from Wireframe to Enhanced View as I build my drawing. I can save this as my default on X4.
3. What is the purpose of moving the document with the rulers when you grab the title bar of that document? When I need to grab a guideline from the ruler and I accidentally grab the title bar of the document, I drag the whole document down. Now that's infuriating.
4. Why can I no longer use my right mouse button to use a sub menu in the Corel desktop area like I can in X4?
5. My ruler on the left side will suddenly jump over to the right side and I can't move it back unless I save my work and shut done Corel X7.
6. Another frustrating issue in the docking bar. It would be beneficial to us users if there was a locking feature so they can not be accidentally moved or closed out.
7. The "Fountain Fill" tool is totally wacked in X7. There was absolutely no reaseon to change that tool. It was supremely user friendly. The "new look" for that tool is aggravating and sometimes takes several clicks to select your color or presets not mention the silly icons that don't tell what they are.
8. X7 crashes if you click your mouse outside the preset preview in Fountain Fill.
9. Not being able to see your preview image of saved documents. Whether they are saved on the hard drive or on a disk, i.e., CD, Zip or Floppy.
10. Corel crashing when you save a document to an older version.
Those are the most immediate problems I and my co-worker face daily and would like to see addressed. I hope there are some answers for, at the very least, the scale issue and 1, 2, 3, 4, & 8. I guess issue #7 would have to be something we'd have to try and get used to if the Corel Corp. likes and wants us to use, for what ever reason. I'm sorry, but I just don't see the benefit with issue # 3. Never needed it with previous versions, and I don't need it now.