CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade
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Software Reviews of CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade
Customer Review: A nightmare in a box
Summary: 1 Stars
Yikes. Where to begin? Import/Export functions are totally whacked (I dare you to try to import Word tables or use Adobe formats with this release). DRAW still has major problems handling text and, unbelievably, the pdf powers of this app are woefully inadequate. Corel has also set a new level for disaster by making this product incompatible with not only Adobe and MS formats, but also with previous versions of CorelDRAW (text distortion is a big problem here). No wonder professional designers and service bureaus shun all things Corel. This product should have been released on April Fools Day.Customer Review: Worst Tech Support Ever
Summary: 1 Stars
About a year ago I shopped the Corel products and had questions about which one I should buy. I was a guaranteed sale for them for either Graphics Suite 12 or Painter IX, I just needed their advice as to which one suited my exact needs. I had to literally throw a fit to be heard and finally the third person over a period of two days took their job seriously enough to answer my problems. I settled on Graphics 12 and the company promptly took my money but never shipped the product for two weeks and not until I had to literally throw another fit. No notification of delay- simply no response which is obviously the company policy. I do enjoy the program but it is not worth the lack of support. Maybe we should all be Corel Tech Support respresntatives and get paid to do nothing but take up space. I consider tech support to be a part of the price one pays for a program and in this case the program is extremely overpriced as tech support is non existent. I recently had some problems and needed tech support again and again there is more response from a morgue. I actually have a very simple problem that they should be able to address or at least respond to and wander what would happen if I had a complex one. I am now regretting paying the $$$ I did to be treated like dirt. I would look elsewhere if I had the chance over and would suggest the same for you unless you enjoy going it alone for customer service and tech support. I bought this program from and dealt directly with Corel and this review in no way reflects upon Amozon.com who has magnificent customer service and shipping policies.Customer Review: Useful but could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
Corel offers a lot of functionality and advanced features for the price. Where it slips up is in the import/export arena. It has a number of quirks with Word tables, and export to Illustrator and other Adobe formats just doesn't seem to work consistently. Service bureaus rarely support Corel so this is important. It could also use some more tutorials and more detailed walk throughs on how to do more advanced applications. With this it feels like trying to use Linux in a Microsoft world. With software, trying to save a few bucks or go against the mainstream comes with a cost.Customer Review: What about the fonts?
Summary: 3 Stars
Are the fonts Corel includes the same high-quality Bitstream fonts they included back when the version number was in single-digits?Customer Review: Rotten to the Corel
Summary: 1 Stars
Well, I've been in love with CorelDraw since version 5 but it's all over between us. 12 is a waste of time and money.
This application is horribly overadvertised and is terribly unstable (you can crash it without even trying). The list of bugs is too numerous too mention here but the corel newsgroups (censored for the most honest comments) are filled with bug lists. Here are some of the worst: ROLLOVER (application crashes when attempting to add alt comment), PRINT MERGE (Cursor sticks when inserting fields & ODBC fails to connect to Access database), DROP SHADOWS (Creates a hard edge with box when making a PDF on any item under the shadow), WORD IMPORT OR PASTE (Incorrect erratic formatting for indents and numbered lists), PDF EXPORT (Fonts exported as Trutype will cause all Dingbat style picture fonts to fail), TEX DISTORTION FROM PREVIOUS COREL VERSIONS (Incorrect text kerning when opening previous files generated in other versions), and WEB IMAGE EXPORT (Erratic scaling issue).
The best reason to avoid this application is that Corel tech support - and customer support in general - has regressed to the point where they don't much seem to care about the quality of upgrades before they release them. The support responses are sarcastic, incomplete, and hasty. What happened to our friends at Corel? I don't know but my work time is too valuable to waste training them to produce sound applications. I want to be traded!
(Note - why isn't there a 'no star' rating? Or even a negative? That seems more appropriate for this application...)