Get up and running easily

From a redesigned Welcome screen and workspaces that suit your needs to a wealth of content such as clipart and photos, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 helps you to get started and become productive quickly.

New! Welcome Screen navigation

The Welcome Screen has been completely redesigned, making it easier to navigate and discover the abundance of available resources, including Workspace selection, What’s New, a Gallery of inspiring user creations, application updates, Tips and Tricks, video tutorials, CorelDRAW.com, as well as Membership and Subscription information.

New! Workspace selection

The revamped Welcome Screen now includes a Workspace tab, which lets you choose from a variety of workspaces that were designed for different proficiency levels and specific tasks.

New! Workspaces

A variety of tailor-made, workflow-specific workspaces have been introduced to help new users get accustomed to the suite faster and easier. We’ve worked with professional industry experts who use the suite routinely to arrange tools and features for specific tasks, such as page layout and illustration. For more information, see Choosing a workspace.

You can choose from a variety of workspaces.

New! Lite workspaces

Designed to help new users get acclimated to the suite more quickly, new Lite workspaces for both CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 provide exploration-friendly, scaled-down options in the toolboxes and property bars. The Lite workspaces were designed to make each application’s most commonly used tools more readily accessible and easier to find.

New! Default workspaces and Classic

The new default workspaces for CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 have been refashioned to offer a more intuitive and efficient configuration of tools, menus, status bar, property bars, and dialog boxes. Plus, the classic workspaces are still included for longtime users who may prefer the suite’s legacy appearance.

New! Advanced workspaces

With CorelDRAW X7, the new Page Layout and Illustration workspaces have been designed in consultation with industry professionals to better expose specific application functionality. For example, the Illustration workspace provides a toolbox loaded with drawing tools and a readily accessible Color Styles docker.

New! Simple customization

The toolbox, dockers, and property bars contain handy new Quick customize buttons which will help you tailor the interface to suit your workflow. Available in both CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7, these buttons offer a faster and more convenient way to add dockers to your workspace, add or remove tools from the toolbox, and add or remove items from a property bar.

For more information, see Customizing the toolbox and To add or remove a toolbar item on the property bar.

New! Font embedding

You can now embed fonts when you save CorelDRAW documents so that shared recipients can view, print, and edit the document exactly as designed. This is especially useful when sending a CorelDRAW file to a print shop, ensuring that the document can be viewed and printed accurately.

CorelDRAW X7 respects any restrictions encoded with each font, so a font must support embedding to be saved with the document. While some fonts cannot be embedded, most will support embedding for either print and preview, or for editing.

New! Lens corrections

The new Correct lens distortion slider in the Straighten image dialog box helps you preview and adjust your image to quickly and easily remove pincushion and barrel distortions. Pincushion distortions make photos appear pinched in from the center, while barrel distortions make photos appear pushed out from the center. By dragging the slider to the right, you can reduce pincushion distortions; conversely, dragging the slider to the left will reduce barrel distortions. There’s also a customizable grid for the preview window that you can use to help realign the distortion.

For more information, see Correcting camera lens distortions.

New! Multi-Seat license

You can now purchase a single serial number for use by several registered users, which includes access to Corel membership benefits such as online content and application updates.

New! Overflow buttons

For tablet and mobile device users, new overflow buttons have been added to the toolbox, property bar, dockers, and color palettes to indicate the presence of additional controls that do not fit within the workspace. You simply click an overflow button to instantly access the hidden tools or controls.

New & Enhanced! Content

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 includes a wealth of project-ready content that you can use to enhance your artwork. The suite’s content library includes:

You can access a wealth of content.

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