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Question

Cannot find a viewer to open .CDR files

Jan 20, 2016 10:10AM PST

I have a few users here at my work that use the Corel Draw application to create certain types of Labels, etc. In our engineering department, there are documentation specialists that need to open up some of these files and put the pictures into documents, manuals, etc. as well as grab the part numbers and other things. The files have a .CDR file extension to them and I have searched the web for about 2 hours so far with no results. I have downloaded about 20 apps that said they opened .cdr files (along with all the other extensions) and when I installed it and go to open a .cdr file, the application doesn't open it. I've been on Corel's website and couldn't even find anything there.

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Clarification Request
Cannot find a viewer to open .CDR files because...?
Jan 31, 2016 4:08PM PST

You stated that you have some employees at work who produce the .cdr files at your location; this suggests that, most likely, they are using the Corel Drawing program. If my inference is accurate, then, perhaps you could have your label, etc. designers save the individual file as a type (such as a .jpg, .png, or .gif file) that is viewable in more standard graphics viewers, document software, and in browsers. I don't use Corel Draw, but I am very familiar with another graphics program, and I know mine has myriad file-type options from which to choose.

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Since you already checked Corel.
Jan 20, 2016 1:49PM PST