With the sad fact that we have to save files into older versions of Corel for other people to open in their Corel Draw, is there an easy way to check an existing CDR file to see which version it is saved in? File-Document Properties DOES NOT seem to do it, although that would be a great place to have it.
Thanks. Rick
OK - I found IT. Here is the procedure.
1. In regular File Explorer or Corel Open Drawing, Right Click on the Corel File and go to Properties on the bottom.
2. Go to the Details Tab of Properties dialog. The File version will say 15.00 or 12.00 or whatever. It works.
FosterCoburn:There is no easy way to get this information if running on Vista or 7.
Not often I (or anyone else) get to call you out, Foster! See my post immediately ahead of yours.
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Hi Paul,
The added column for File Version works like a champ for me in W7-64 Windows Explorer. I just made is standard on my Windows Explorer. I have made hundreds and hundreds of Corel files over the years and this helps me know how they were made. It also keeps me from sending a Corel 15 file to someone who only has Corel 12 to view it.
Just a reason more to keep XP
My "File version" fileds are empty in Windows Explorer on Windows 7 x64. Restart didn't help.
I need this option to check file versions really bad.
Hello; Mine is like John said it shows the last ver. installed. ( I just looked at a file that was made in 1992 and it showed ver. X4 )
But you can look at the date to get a idea what ver. it was done in
Here's how you could tell for sure. Not immediately, but then somebody could probably turn it into a macro that would check a whole folder almost instantly.
a) Open the CDR file in wordpad.
b) If the first two characters are PK then it is one of the recent versions which needs to be unzipped. Make a copy of the file and change the extension from .cdr to .zip. Unzip it and look in the content folder for the "real" CDR file, and open that in Wordpad.
(if the first two characters are not PK then it is an older version which does not zip the file, so just carry on with the original CDR file).
c) Look at the top of the file ... should be something like:
That letter I've highlighted tells you the version.
If numeric, its the version number.
If alpha, then A=10, B=11, C=12, D=X3, E=X4, F=X5.
ps -- do not save the CDR file from wordpad, it will probably corrupt it.