Vikki Olds

November 5, 2001

CorelDraw Essentials is CorelDraw 9 and PhotoPaint 9 bundled together with Corel Utilities which includes Corel Capture, Duplexing Wizard, PhotoPaint 9: The Official Guide, and CorelDraw 9: The Official Guide and more. Both guides are in PDF format and both are a very valuable addition to your Corel Essentials experience.

PhotoPaint Interface:

CorelDraw Interface:

Want to try it before you buy it without a big download? Check this out!

I'm not sure what is happening over at Corel but they sure seem to be coming up with some very innovative ideas! You can test the software online here. Yes I mean really test the software, not just take a tour of it. There is a media tour available there but this is actually using the software. Too cool! In order to be able to try the software online you'll need to download a 750 kb file. Once you have that you can start checking it out. You will using the software from a remote server! This is really too cool. No downloading 10-20 megs of an application for trying it out. Just get online, go to the link above and try it before you buy it. You can try both CorelDraw 9 and PhotoPaint 9. Corel is really coming up with some unique and innovative ideas. With ideas like these you know the products have to be great! Corel takes consumer awareness and satisfaction to a whole new level!

What comes in the box?

	CorelDRAW 9* graphics and page layout
	Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9* photo editing and painting
	Modified digital versions of CorelDRAW 9: The Official Guide and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9: The Official Guide by Osborne/McGraw-Hill
	Canto Cumulus Desktop LE 5.0 award-winning media asset management
	Corel CAPTURE 9 screen capture utility
	Adobe Acrobat Reader 5
	QuickTime 5
	Digimarc Digital Watermarking
	Human Software Squizz!
	5,000 high-quality clipart images and symbols
	1,000 high-resolution photos
	1,000 photo objects
	100 TrueType fonts

For a price tag of just $109.00 you can't beat the total image editing package. Head on over to Corel to check it out and be sure while you're there to check out the online try before you buy. Remember, this is not a "tour", this is not a "media demo". This is actually the software being run on a server so you can try it out just like it was on your computer...well, except it might be a little slower due to your internet connection. My connection at the time I tried it out online was 24.0. Yes, I know, I live in the backwoods and I'm lucky to have a connection at all, so I don't complain. Even at that slow of a connection I was successful in trying out the software online without any problems.

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