User Guide

Appendix452
Import limitations
FreeHand can import CorelDRAW files, but may not retain all illustration
elements. The following sections describe known limitations when importing text
and images from CorelDRAW files.
Text
Overall, subtle differences in word wrap, justification, and kerning introduce
slight visual differences when importing text from CorelDRAW.
The following inconsistencies occur when converting CorelDRAW text:
• Multiple-width columns within a single text block are converted to fixed
column width.
• Custom tab settings are lost.
• The Tab characters are retained; however, CorelDRAW’s custom Tab settings
revert to the FreeHand default settings when the document is imported.
• Vertical text has slight inconsistencies in spacing and alignment. For best
results, adjust using a percentage of point size instead of a percentage of
character height.
• For custom text-wrapping to render properly onscreen after it’s imported into
FreeHand, objects within a text container must be manipulated in some way in
order to force the screen to redraw.
• Vertical text justification is lost.
• Text bullets may shift position.
• Drop caps may shift position.
• A single text container or series of linked text containers can contain a
maximum of 32,000 characters.
• Text created with CorelDRAW 7J is ignored.
• Non-uniform-filled text is converted to 100% overprinting black fill.
FreeHand converts to normal text rotated characters within a text block, artistic
text with the Envelope effect, All Caps and Small Caps text. Paragraph text that is
attached to a path is imported, but any special formatting, such as vertical
positioning, is ignored.
Text pasted within a compound path flows into a separate text container; text
attached to a closed path or attached to a path and then removed from it may lose
some text formatting.