New subject: another updating faq question (how to open CDRfiles)

29 Sep 2014


      Hi Friends,
        Another FAQ item which doesn't seem to make sense, and that I'm not 
familiar with -- How to open CDR files.  (Currently item 6.8 but will be 
moved in updated faq).  Here's what it says now:
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You can use UniConvertor for converting CDR files and some other formats to 
SVG.  In Inkscape 0.46+, there's an input extension that will allow you to 
open or import CDR files directly from Inkscape if you have UniConvertor 
installed on your system.
If you can't run UniConvertor, you can try this workaround:
1 - Open the CDR file in Corel Draw.  Save it as a binary encoded CGM* file. 
It will save only vector graphics.  It will not save bitmap graphics.
2 - Open the CGM file in OpenOffice Impress. Copy to Open Office Draw and 
insert original JPG or another bitmap graphics. Save file as ODG And you can 
continue in Open Office Draw program.)
3 - Select all (CTRL+A)
4 - Export as SVG.
5 - Open SVG file in Inkscape and correct mistakes if they appear.
Note: OpenOffice will open only binary encoded CGM files in Impress. If the 
CGM is encoded using clear-text encoding, it will be opened in OpenOfice 
Writer, thus rendering the next steps invalid.
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It's the workaround that's not making sense.  #2 about inserting 
JPG -- I might guess that maybe CDR files can contain both raster and vector 
images??  But it's not clear at all.  I mean, this workaround requires the 
user to have Corel Draw, Open Office Impress, and OO Draw, all installed. 
With all that, and they still need Inkscape?  I'm not sure the workaround is 
even worth keeping -- especially not if it's out of date.  And there's a 
close parenthesis which didn't have an open parenthesis.  So I think 
something has been edited incompletely.
        However, if that's still a valid workaround, I'll keep it in place. 
Would someone please give me a quick verdict on that?  If worth keeping, any 
edits needed?
Thank you so very much  :-)
All best,
brynn

another updating faq question (how to open CDR files)

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