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  • And the winner is.....

    First off, thanks to all of you who submitted your questions for the special "Ask and Win" contest. It will take me a while to get through all the questions, and I will post responses to the more popular questions (and those that I can or am...
  • Only 4 days left to Ask John and Win!

    Just a reminder that you have until midnight 15 November (Eastern Standard Time) to submit your question and be entered into a draw to win your very own copy of the CorelDRAW Anniversary Edition (I'll ship it right to your door)! This limited edition...
  • Ask John…and Win!

    As we draw nearer to the close of 2009, and with it the 20th Anniversary year of our beloved CorelDRAW, I thought I'd take the opportunity to share in the celebration with one of you. Here's the deal: Ask me a question, and from all the people...
  • Starting from the same template file each time...

    One user recently mentioned to me that they design business cards day in and day out, and they always start with the same business card file with certain objects and guidelines already in place. They'd like to know how they can get CorelDRAW to open...
  • Barcodes in CorelDRAW

    I received an interesting question about the barcode feature in CorelDRAW. For those of you who aren't aware, CorelDRAW's barcode wizard is a very powerful feature that allows you to insert barcodes into your designs (think packaging design, etc...
  • Anyone in New Orleans?

    Okay, so this isn't a response to a user question, but I'll frame it that way. The question would be "John, are you going to be in New Orleans on behalf of Corel any time soon?" Well yes, as a matter of fact I will! In all seriousness...
  • External File Support

    I was recently asked in "Ask John!" about external file support in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. Specifically, what's the word on CorelDRAW (and Corel DESIGNER for that matter) support for XPS and DWG/DXF formats? One of the biggest strengths...
  • How to find list of known issues

    One question I've been asked on more than one occasion is how can someone find a list of known bugs/issues with the software. A great place to check for known issues is the Corel Knowledgebase (http://corel.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/corel.cfg/php/enduser...
  • Just ask!

    Hi everyone, I've decided to take an interesting (and hopefully inviting!) approach to my blog, to make sure I get a chance to reach out and make myself as accessible as possible to the community. So please go ahead and ask me any questions you might...
  • CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 now released in 6 new languages!

    Last week, I attended the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 product launches in Poland and Russia. They were great events with both press and partners attending. Why am I mentioning this? Well, quite simply, to say that we've now proudly launched X4 in...
  • Upcoming Event

    Now that the dust is settling on our release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 (wow, it's been quite a ride so far!), I wanted to let you all know that I will be attending the Graphics of the Americas event in Miami from February 28 to March 1 of this...
  • CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4...at last!

    Wow...what a rush! It's been a long haul, but we've done it. As I'm sure everyone is now aware, today we released our long anticipated CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4! It's been an incredible team effort from so many people here at Corel,...
  • Upcoming events

    Hello again! I just wanted to drop a line to say that I'm planning to be at a couple of events in August. I will be at Siggraph ( www.siggraph.org/s2007/ ) in San Diego on August 7, and also at the NBM event ( www.nbmshows.com/g4lb/index.html ), which...
  • Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog!

    For those of you that don't know me , please allow me to introduce myself. I'm the Product Manager for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, here at Corel headquarters in Ottawa , and I have the good fortune of getting to work with the many talented people...
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