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From: reedj@hplsla.HP.COM (Reed Jacobsen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Corel Draw! upgrade (long)
Message-ID: <3130044@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Jan 91 20:17:20 GMT
References: <18207@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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I agree that Corel Draw 2.0 is great, especially if you like to manipulate
type.  (Of course, I haven't used anything else :-).  I have had a few
problems with it, however, particularly in printing to the HP PaintJet.
Bitmap fills don't stay within their boundaries and end up printing only
black and white.  Vector pattern fills print like the back of a tapestry
rug (no resemblance to original pattern).  In general colors are _much_
darker on the PJ than on the screen, but that's probably just technology.

I also don't remember the base note mentioning the enhanced autotrace
program that comes with.  I guess it was introduced with 1.2, but I went
straight from 1.1 to 2.0.  Trace is hard to control, but it sure does
give a good way to get drawings into CD.

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