CorelDRAW 11 Upgrade

by Corel

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006CXX8
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 25, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,845 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

CorelDRAW is a leading professional vector graphics application. Now in version 11, it continues to be full of innovative new tools and facilities, though learning how to use them all takes time and patience. Several of the improvements in the new version are designed to ease the drawing process by introducing tools to overcome specific drawing problems.

For example, there are now new "three-point" tools for drawing rectangles, ellipses, and curves. With each you click to fix the first point, stretch out to define an axis or baseline, and click again to complete the object. This is a very useful alternative to the conventional way of drawing these figures, though the original tools are still there, too.

Other new tools include Polyline and Pen. Polyline enables you to create lines and objects segment by segment, where each segment can be straight or curved. Pen is similar to the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop, offering a quick and easy way to create Bezier curves.

Other handy new features include the ability to snap one object to another and to simplify shapes and extract the outline of one from another when they overlap. The Align and Distribute dialog is now "modeless," making it easier to work with when lining up objects.

CorelDRAW 11 introduces Symbols to its repertoire, too. These are not the same as the symbol fonts that the program has offered for many years, but rather a way of saving and reusing drawn elements more efficiently than copying and pasting them. The advantage of symbols is that you can reuse "instances" of them, while only one description is stored in the drawing file. This saves considerable file space, which is particularly important when drawing Web graphics.

Quite a few of the improvements in CorelDRAW 11 help when designing for the Internet. There's much improved support for industry-standard file types, such as SVG and compressed SVG and the ability to include symbols in PDF files, again a space saver. You can also preserve layers in your drawing when exporting to Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photo-Paint and choose to import only specific pages from a PDF.

If you're willing to put in the time and effort required to make the most of this program, CorelDRAW 11.0 will reward you with a sophisticated, complex, and extremely useful design application. --Simon Williams

Amazon.com Product Description

Featuring more than 15 years of continual enhancements, CorelDRAW 11 delivers graphic design and vector animation software for print and the Web. Unique interactive tools distinguish this program, saving you time and making the design process easier.

For example, new 3-Point Ellipse, Rectangle, and Curve tools let you create and position shapes in two clicks. Apply artistic effects to blocks of text and maintain formatting with the new Convert to Curves tool. Plus, create lines and curves in one stroke using the new Polyline tool. With enhanced compatibility, a customizable workspace, and professional output capabilities, CorelDRAW 11 makes your work more enjoyable.

Note: This is an upgrade version of CorelDRAW 11.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CorelDraw 11 Rocks!, February 20, 2004

By A Customer

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This review is from: CorelDRAW 11 Upgrade (CD-ROM)

I don't know what the other users were smoking when they wrote their reviews. I use CorelDraw 11 extensively with complex multi-layered projects mixing massive bitmap files, text, and vector graphics and it works flawlessly! There is no better program for layout and graphics. I've used CorelDraw since Version 3 and each version keeps getting better (except for version 6 which had some severe file-bloat problems). Of course, you do have to have the horsepower to run it right: I have an AMD XP2600 CPU with 1 GB of RAM and an NVidia 128 MB graphics card running Windows 2000 Professional. However, I run it at work on a 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 with 512 MB of RAM and Windows 2000 Professional and it runs fine, too, if a bit slower.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, buggy and not better as Corel 10, August 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 11 Upgrade (CD-ROM)

Some say Corel 11 has less bugs then the version before. Do not belive that lie! I am using it since 7 days and it has many bugs:
- it still hangs on sometimes
- there is a copy and paste bug. If u have a file open for a while Corel "forgets" how to copy. U can try but it doesnt work in Corel (all other programs still can copy - only in Corel can't).
- I am using a 1.8 Ghz machine and it seems to be mutch too slow!
Its usefull, but don't spend money for upgrading to corel 11!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last of the Mac Line for Corel, July 13, 2010

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Charles A. Ray "Chuck Ray" (Mesquite, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CorelDRAW 11 Upgrade (CD-ROM)

This program is great for working on a Mac, because it's Corel, which is so easy to use. Too bad they no longer see a need to continue the product. Will still work with OS 10.3.9, which is the highest my Mac can go. I believe it also includes Windows version, which I use a higher version. If you have a Mac, take advantage of a still useful program, although I don't think it uses VBA macros.