Can't open cdr files -- help!

Did you try to remove and reinstall the font. I've had fonts go bad before and that seemed to solve the issue.

Ronald Bastian:

Did you try to remove and reinstall the font. I've had fonts go bad before and that seemed to solve the issue.

I thought about fonts, but only one of the problem files has text in it and it's just plain ol' Arial.  I don't think it's the font -- wouldn't that affect all .cdr files with Arial font in them?  I use Arial as the default font in CD.  Were you able to open the file I attached in my original post?

Patti

It opened OK here I saved it as a corel 9 file see if you can open it.

Thanks Ronald -- that worked! I wonder why I can't open the file here? Out of curiosity I think I'll try downloading my original I posted and see if it works.

Meanwhile, I've attached the second file I need. If you or someone else has the time to save it back to version 9 I would be most appreciative.

Patti

I did the same thing here and saved it in 9 format. It worked the first time. Let me know what was wrong if you find out.

Double thanks, Ron! 

I did try downloading the original file I posted, but I still could not open it. I am scratching my head trying to figure out what I was doing on July 19 in CD that might cause this. And why were you able to open it and not me???  The only thing I can think of was I was working on a 2-color newsletter and had changed some settings in Color Management. I thought I returned to my usual settings after that, but I really can't remember.

If you look at the document properties in the original file, tell me if you see anything funky with colors or anything else. Since I can't open the file, I can't investigate...but I would like to prevent it from happening again!

Patti

It looks like you were using standard CMYK & RGB Nothing about color management. Were you working on any other files that day and do they open? Are the files today opening up OK? Have you checked for a Virus?

I have saved the file as a CMX file. The only time I have seen the message you got is when I accidently had the text tool selected and tried importing a cdr or some bitmapped file. So just make sure you have your Pick Tool selected.

I presume you are aware that one of Willy's updates has messed with Arial for quite a few people and in a number of programs. I think Willy has a "by request after grovelling to me" temporary patch.

Some people have reported that all Arial regular text has turned italic. That has not happened to me, (probably because I hardly ever use Arial in any program) but BFN on this system only sees the italic now!

I believe it is a "known" problem at M$, however your case is the only case I have heard of of it causing a not able to open the file, but who knows what an unreported font substitution could do (i.e. CDR using italic with italic metrics fitted into a "normal" when CDR thinks it is using the normal. Seems to me that could cause "interesting" things under some circumstances.

pranderson wrote:

Ronald Bastian:

Did you try to remove and reinstall the font. I've had fonts go bad before and that seemed to solve the issue.

I was able to open the file also, but I did note that there is not a thumbnail showing for the file. Taking a hint from Paul, I changed your font to Times New Roman. and resaved it. Thumbnail apprears. I am attaching the new file. Paul may be on to something. Maybe you can open it.

Antivirus up to date, last scan was at noon today. It found one cookie and deleted it. :)

I was not trying to import the files, I was opening them via the Open dialog. Nothing unusual about that.

Since some of the files that would not open do not contain any text, I surmise that the problem is not font related. If there were a problem with my Arial font itself, surely that would show problems in other software as well?

One thing I have not done today is reboot my computer or clear my temp files. I had to get some things done first, so now I'll try that and see if it clears things up.

Patti

good luck Patti.  If you still have issues Id be happy to look at some files for you.

just by chance do you have X3 and X4 installed?

Rebooting and clearing temp files did not help. However....I did find a solution for opening the files.  I had CDX4 open and via Windows Explorer I right-clicked and chose to open one of the corrupt files with CorelDraw 9. The file opened in the X4 window. I resaved and now the file is fine. I am scratching my head on this one, as I did not expect that to work! I wonder if I accidentally changed something in my save dialog back around June 19...but there's no way to know now and I ain't gonna experiment with it no more --ha!

I was able to open the remaining problem files this way and have resaved them all and they all have previews and open just fine.

Thanks to everyone for your help!

And yes, I still have version 9 on my computer. I have this one macro from Isocalc that only works in version 9.  I do not have any other versions.

Patti

Patti,

If Windows Explorer is saying they are CorelDRAW 9 files, that tells me that
CorelDRAW 9 was the last version you installed. Or did you wade through the
right-click menus to specifically point to the exe file for CorelDRAW 9? No
idea why it didn't work before and why it did work using this convoluted
method, but the good news is that it worked!