I have been having some troubles with my Corel Draw lately. First off, I no longer have the software so unfortunately re-installing is not an option. Im really hoping there is another way around it.
First off, I saved a .cdr file as I usually do, I went to open it and it keeps telling me ERROR READING so and so file. I have tried opening the BAK file but it keeps telling me to use a specific filter. When opening a file I try clicking on "Filter Information" and says none available. I have no clue about filtering or anything else. I am pretty new with this program. Im not sure if it matters but I also have Adobe PageMaker and QuarkXpress. Is there anyway to export the file to one of these?
I really dont want to have to buy any additional software (hopefully this wont happen again).
I have honestly tried everything I can think of including burning the file onto disc and trying to open it from there.
Any help what-so-ever would be greatly appreciated!
However, the incidation from the help documentation ("Note this will result in a completely rasterized rendition of the CDR file") would suggest to me that you wouldnt be able to get back individual elements etc.
What you might be able to is use that rastrised image to help you to create the seperate objects again, however this would effectivly mean saving it as a jpeg (or other format) and then tracing the individual sections back in Corel Draw.
If you dont need to ability to midify bits again then you can just cut bits of the image and use the parts you need.
Something else that still might be work a try would be to download a newer version of Corel Draw and try opening a copy of the file using that version. But once again, just to clarify, Paint would turn everything in the file effectivly into one single image, so it wouldnt be possible to select the seperate parts.