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CorelDRAW has included the ability to create barcodes for many versions now. Unfortunately it is also a feature that hasn't changed in many versions. That means you don't have the ability to create some of the new types of codes that are popular today. One that is increasingly popular is the...
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The folks at DAZ 3D are giving away three of their most popular products. As I understand it, you simply have to provide them with your contact information. I don't know their strategy, but I can only guess that they are hoping you'll like the software and buy an upgrade in the future. I'll...
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I've seen debates about whether or not it truly helps to defragment your hard drive. What is defragmenting? As files are saved, small pieces of them get stored all over the drive. Defragmenting the drive puts those pieces back in a contiguous order and that will hopefully make accessing the file...
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It seems at least once a year I feel compelled to tell you about the wonderful Irfanview utility . Loyal readers are aware that I had a failing hard drive and had to re-install my system . Prior to the re-install, I made a list of all the software I needed to install and Irfanview was near the top of...
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Building on the success of Corel Painter 12 announced last year, Corel is excited to announce the availability of a new free update to the world's most powerful art studio. Loaded with enhancements and valuable additions, this free update provides artists with fresh, new ways to explore their creative...
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It may not always be known by all users that Corel is the owner of the Winzip program. Every user has to deal with compressed files like ZIP files on a very regular basis. Simple tools are built into Windows for working with ZIP files, but it doesn't cover the wide variety of compressed formats that...
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When I've taken pictures of friends, they've often asked if I could fix this or that. Sure, I can fix it, but those fixes are typically time consuming and I'm not willing to spend the time for simple snapshots. Now there is an inexpensive tool that makes such changes as easy as one-click...
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I've been a big fan of Bibble Pro for a number of years. More recently, I wrote about it last January . For users who need to process RAW files, it is very powerful and insanely fast. Earlier today, Jeff Stephens of Bibble Labs made the shocking announcement that Corel purchased Bibble Labs some...
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As I talk to designers, it seems like the Holy Grail is a tool that will just do what you want in one click. I'm not sure that it will ever be that easy, but Design Base Automation Plug-in for CorelDRAW X3-X5 certainly makes things a lot easier. When you launch it, you get a dialog box similar to...
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All of your software has a Windows Control Menu associated with it. It typically includes options like Close, Maximize, Move, Size, Minimize, etc. All useful choices, but it is somewhat limited. PowerMenu adds even more choices including Priority, Transparency, Always On Top and Minimize To Tray. Note...
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Not too long ago I got a question from a loyal reader asking for an easy way to downsample a batch of images to a specified size. This can certainly be done in Corel PHOTO-PAINT and is a task I describe in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 Unleashed . In fact, I provide the scripts necessary to do it. It can also...
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One of the best features of CorelDRAW is all the customization you can do. Yet there is one customization that isn't possible in any program and that is the ability to change the size of all dialog boxes. The programmer makes the decision about which dialog boxes can be resized and which ones are...
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One of the tasks that users inevitably do on a regular basis is copying files. Windows has built-in features for the task, but they are far from optimal. Have you ever set up a copy of thousands of files across many folders only to find that one bad file stopped the copy at some unknown position in the...
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Macro authors must be working on some really cool projects as there haven't been as many new releases recently. Since there aren't any new macros to write about, I'm going to deviate a bit today and talk about scanning software. When you buy a scanner, it typically comes with software for...
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Most users have Adobe Reader installed on their computers as a way to read PDF file. You may have noticed that it is updated quite often to patch various security holes. The worst thing is that users rarely use the features that allow the holes to appear in the first place. If you simply want software...