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Corel Celebrates User Talent with 2013 CorelDRAW International Design Contest

Mar 26

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Over $100,000 US in prizes to be won

Corel today kicked off the CorelDRAW® International Design Contest. Until June 30, 2013, users from around the world can submit work they created using CorelDRAW® and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™ X6. With six categories and over $100,000 US in prizes available, this year’s Design Contest aims to celebrate the creativity and versatility of the CorelDRAW community.

“The CorelDRAW International Design Contest offers the chance for our users to show their talent and design style to the world,” said Gérard Métrailler, Sr. Director, Product Management, Graphics at Corel. “Our users constantly inspire us, and this is our opportunity to highlight their work so they can inspire others as well.”
Categories and Prizes

Participants can submit entries into any of the following categories:
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Service Pack 2 for WordPerfect X6

Nov 25

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Service Pack 2 updates WordPerfect X6 (version 16.0.0.388) to version 16.0.0.427.
For most users, the update is automatic. It’s also available here:
http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=5000001

And release notes are here:
http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?ppid=5000001&prnid=5500001&pgid=800161

Service Pack 2 is compatible with Graphcat Photo Catalog Builder for WordPerfect X6.

Cloud Backup

Oct 31

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy T. Frankenstorm, we’ll talk about cloud backup at the November WPBug meeting.

We’ll cover who the larger service providers are, what they’re good at, costs, software, and why you need to back up off-premises.

Graphcat and Service Pack 3 for WordPerfect X5

Oct 19

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Testing is complete for Graphcat 6.2 running in Corel WordPerfect X5 with the new service pack 3. That’s also known as version 15.0.0.528. There are no problems; Graphcat is totally compatible with the new release.

Installing the service pack itself wasn’t quite as routine: The service pack install failed the first time, silently. It ran, reported no problems, and finished without doing anything. The fix was to pre-install the hot fixes to X5 first, as found in the Help, Check for Updates menu item, and then run the Service Pack 3 installer again.

If in doubt, go to the Corel support pages and install any missing hot patches before installing Service Pack 3. It’s here:
http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=400004

In any case, after running the Service Pack installer, check the version number under ‘Help, About WordPerfect…’ When it reads 15.0.0.528, the installation has succeeded.

Service Pack 3 for WordPerfect X5

Oct 18

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There is a new service pack for Corel WordPerfect X5. The ‘Check for Updates’ isn’t picking it up here, although it does show some hot fixes. To get it manually, click over to Corel’s support pages, here:

http://www.corel.com/corel/pages/index.jsp?pgid=800161&ppid=400004

From the release notes, the version number after applying service pack 3 will be 15.0.0.528.

Bug fixes include, again from the release notes:

Suite-wide fixes

  • WordPerfect file-management dialog boxes (“enhanced file dialogs”) now correctly display QuickFinder after the feature is installed using the “Programs” option (Windows Vista and Windows 7) or the “Add/Remove Program” option (Windows XP).
  • The “OpenFile()” PerfectScript macro command now works as expected when using the “Append!” enumeration.

WordPerfect fixes

  • WordPerfect (WPD) files resaved on NTFS drives now preserve the indexing attribute.
  • Handling of document properties when checking in files to a Microsoft SharePoint server has been improved.
  • NTFS file permissions and ownership are now maintained when overwriting a file using the “File > Publish to PDF” feature.
  • A macro triggered by the “PreClose!” event no longer causes errors during the “CloseAll” event.
  • When closing the application, WordPerfect now displays the appropriate document when the user is prompted with a warning message about unsaved changes.
  • The title bar now displays the correct checkout status after cancelling a Microsoft SharePoint server check-in.
  • The presence of a “PostNew” macro no longer triggers a macro security warning when opening a WPD file.
  • Note: “PostNew” macros are only triggered when found in a WordPerfect template (WPT) file.
  • Custom label-sheet sizes are now retained.
  • Compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 has been improved.