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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Service Pack 1: Issues Resolved
Installer
Additional content is installed into separate folders according to type
(clipart, objects, or photos). Shortcuts to these folders are added to the
Start menu to facilitate browsing to the content.
CorelDRAW
Application workspace
The Scrapbook docker has been added to the default workspace.
You must reset your workspace to see this change.
Quitting CorelDRAW with the Snap to Grid option enabled
no longer produces an error.
The resolution of a selected bitmap is now displayed on the status bar.
Locking guidelines when the rotation handles are visible no longer produces
an error.
Display
Page display issues no longer occur when you use certain touch-pad or
scrolling devices.
Dialog boxes and dockers are now properly sized when certain video device
drivers and settings (specifically nView) are used.
Document Controls
Several enhancements were made to the Object Manager
docker to enhance the new layer structure functionality:
The layer structure and layer names are now retained when you open
a file from a previous version and then save it back to a previous version.
Files that have a consistent layer structure throughout the document
can now be saved back to previous versions with the layer structure
intact and layer names retained.
Toggling the Show/Hide icon in the Layer Manager
view shows or hides the Master Layer on a specific page. If changes
are made while not in the Layer Manager view, the settings for the Master
Layer are applied to the entire document.
Master Layers remain at the bottom of the layers list when a new page
is inserted.
When you drag guidelines onto the page, they are added to the Master
Guide layer as they were in previous versions. If you have a local Guides
layer selected and then drag a guideline to the page, it is added to
the local Guides layer. Guides can still be moved from the Guides layers
to the Master Guide layer. If you prefer to add guides to the local
Guides layer, you must edit the registry key at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\CorelDRAW\14.0\CorelDRAW\Application
Preferences\Guides\GuidelinesOnMasterPage. A value of 1 adds guides
to the Master Page; a value of 0 adds guides to the local Guides layer.
Text
Mirroring or resizing paragraph text with the Text > Show Non-Printing
Characters command enabled no longer displays an error.
Shortcuts for increasing and decreasing text size are now working in both
Edit state and Pick state.
Adjusting line, character, or word spacing interactively with the Shape
tool in any display mode no longer results in a crash.
When you are moving a text object to duplicate it at a specific position,
the original is now displayed when you press the plus sign or spacebar,
or when you right-click. This enhancement can help you position the duplicate
in relation to the original text object.
Numbers entered by using an Asian IME are now marked with a Latin language
ID. A Latin font can be applied without having to change the language of
numbers.
When you open files from earlier versions that contain text on a path,
the text no longer shifts from its original position.
Hovering over the Font Size list box applies the change
only after you click the new font size.
When TrueDoc is used to embed fonts within a document, double-byte and
bidirectional fonts are not supported.
Bullets, drop caps, and indents in paragraph text that has Right to Left
direction are converted to curves when the file is saved to CorelDRAW versions
13.0 and earlier.
Tools
Applying the Undo command on dimension lines no longer
produces an error.
Vector Effects
When editing PowerClip objects and symbols, the object inside the linked
group is now selected by default.
OLE
OLE support for Excel 2007 tables has been enhanced.
CorelDRAW is now fully terminated when it completes an OLE session as
a server.
When you work in a container application, editing the TextFont
Options no longer produces an error.
When CorelDRAW is run as a server application, the Print
command no longer becomes disabled.
Web Functions
The Automatically Hyperlink feature has been enhanced
for Asian languages.
Bitmap Controls & Effects
Information about bitmap resolution is now displayed on the status bar.
When bitmaps are exported, bitmap inflation and anti-aliasing of straight
lines no longer occur due to a change in the anti-aliasing behavior during
export.
Object Attributes & Controls
The Apply to Duplicate option in the Transformation
docker creates a duplicate the first time you use the option.
Sampling colors by using the Eyedropper tool has been
enhanced to improve compatibility with Asian operating systems.
The Replace text properties feature in the Replace Wizard
has been enhanced to work with double-byte text.
When arrowheads are added to dimension lines, the arrowheads are added
only to the line that contains the dimension text.
When dimension lines are selected, the pen outline attributes are now
correctly displayed in the Pen Outline dialog box.
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Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Lenses
Copying a lens in Corel PHOTO-PAINT no longer results in program instability.
Tools
Deleted nibs are now removed from the Brush Settings
docker, thus making nibs easier to manage.
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Printing
Print separations in Corel PHOTO-PAINT no longer produces unnecessary
empty plates.
Print Merge has been enhanced to recognize RTF & CSV files saved from
within the Wizard.
Print Preview is no longer missing any printing boundaries areas of the
current driver.
Import/Export Filters
TIF
TIFF export has been enhanced to improve compatibility with Photoshop
CS3.
RAW
RAW support for the following camera models has been added: Canon EOS
450D, Canon Powershot G9, Sony DSLR-A300, DSLR-A200, DSLR-A350, Fuji IS-1, S100FS, Pentax K20D,
Nikon D60, and Olympus E-420.
The following RAW file formats are now listed in the Import an
Image and Open and Image dialog boxes: Adobe DNG,
Kodak DCR, Pentax PEF, Leaf MOS, Sony SRF, SR2, ARW, and Panasonic RAW.
Microsoft Word (DOC)
Double-byte text compatibility has been improved.
Adobe Illustrator (AI)
Custom edge-pad settings are now retained in imported AI files that contain
gradients.
Asian text support has been improved for exported AI files that are opened
in Adobe Illustrator (versions CS and higher).
Portable Document Format (PDF)
Publish to PDF: Spot colors assigned to fills and outlines are now maintained
in monochrome bitmaps.
The autosensing functionality during PDF import has been enhanced. If
a file is saved with the AI compatibility option enabled,
it is opened as a PDF file by default; if you wish to open the PDF as an
AI file, you must select the AI - Adobe Illustrator filter
in the Import dialog box.
Import PDF: When text is imported as curves and the text font is not available
on the computer, the curves are created by using the embedded font within
the PDF file; if the font is not embedded, the Panose Font Matching
dialog box will be invoked.
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