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Three years ago I did a detailed write-up about A Catalog Full of CorelDRAW Mistakes. If you haven’t read it recently, I encourage you to read it again as I provided a number of errors you should avoid when creating files. Seriously, go read it as it could save...

I was working on a magazine article a few days ago that included a step to save a bitmap file. What I didn’t explicitly state was the file format to use when saving. I must think differently than most people as JPG is not my first choice as I instead find...

There are features hidden deep within most software and sometimes the features surface and get shared with users. One such feature is the ability to perform math functions in the CorelDRAW Property Bar. I wrote about this in 1999 in Creating Cool Graphs Without a...

I was asked by someone recently to look over their Web site and let them know if I found any spelling or grammar errors. No matter the quality of your writing and spelling, we all make these type of mistakes. I’m sure loyal readers find such mistakes in nearly...

I got an e-mail from someone who described themselves as a “Photoshop hobbyist” who used the software to create “grandchildren’s birthday cards.” This person was quite upset about Adobe moving the Creative Suite applications, including...

It is a scenario that has played itself out constantly as time passed, refusal to embrace new technology. Two current companies that are a shell of their former selves are RIM (Blackberry), Polaroid and Kodak because they ignored the market forces moving in a...

Today I’m reminded about Aesop’s Fable about the tortoise and the hare. Sometimes our haste to get things done faster can cause a process to take longer. I still vividly remember one of the first projects I did in CorelDRAW. The year was 1992 and the...

Back in March I created an updated Web design for a client. It solved quite a few issues they were having with the site and did represent a slight change in the overall look. At that time, I was told by an intermediary that the new design wasn’t acceptable and...

Last week we talked about using typographic quotes instead of a measurement. This week I want to continue the discussion and make sure you are using the correct dashes. In most fonts you will find three distinct dashes and I’ve shown examples of each at right....

Yesterday I was working with a filmmaker on some of the videos for CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed. It was a foreign environment for me as I rarely work on a Mac and had never worked in Final Cut Pro. We were adding some text to the video and it called for quotation marks. I...