How to use PDF Workshop

Usually because a font is not installed on your machine or the PDF uses features Corel's importer does not support. Outlining the text and writing the file as PDF 1.4 removes both problems in most cases.

No. Outlined text becomes shapes, which is exactly what makes it render identically everywhere. Keep your original file if you need to edit the words later.

Yes. Outlined, version 1.4 PDFs are what most cutting and print workflows ask for, and the per-page SVG files suit vinyl cutters and laser software.

Not as a .cdr. Only CorelDRAW can write .cdr files. It converts the drawing to PDF, SVG and EPS, which CorelDRAW X4, X7 and every later version import, and that is how most people open a newer file in an older program.

Text is converted to outlines in the PDF and EPS, and in the SVG when the option is ticked, so the drawing looks identical on a machine without the fonts. Untick the SVG option if you want text to stay editable and have the fonts installed.

Legacy CMX (from CorelDRAW X7 and earlier) is read here. The newer CMX3 format from CorelDRAW 2017 onward is not; the CMX tools on cutready.zooshan.com read that one, or save as .cdr or PDF from CorelDRAW.

The first page is converted. Export other pages to PDF from CorelDRAW if you need them, then use the Corel-ready tool on that PDF.

As many as fit in 200 MB per job. Each input can itself be up to 200 MB.

No. Merging copies the existing pages into one file. If you want a smaller file afterwards, run the result through the compress tool.

Your file is processed on the server over HTTPS inside an isolated temporary folder, and that folder is deleted as soon as the download has been sent. Nothing is kept.

Yes. Enter that page number and choose one combined PDF to get a single-page document.

Separate items with commas and use a dash for ranges: 2,4-6,9 keeps page 2, pages 4 to 6 and page 9.

Yes. Pages are copied, not rendered, so text and vector graphics are untouched.

It depends on what is inside. Scans and photos often shrink by more than half; text-only files may barely change because there is little to compress.

Yes. Compression re-encodes images and streams inside the file; it does not turn pages into pictures.

Balanced. If the portal still rejects the size, try screen, which is the smallest.

Yes. Add them all and they become pages of a single PDF in that order.

A4 unless the form says otherwise. It places each image on a standard page with a small margin.

Images are placed into the PDF as they are. If the result is too large, run it through the compress tool.

Logos, icons, calligraphy, line drawings and flat graphics. Photos and images with gradients produce large, messy results.

Yes. The output is ordinary vector paths that open in Inkscape, Illustrator, CorelDRAW and Affinity Designer.

The tracer treats the background as a colour area. Delete that outer shape in your editor if you want transparency.

72 DPI for small previews, 150 for normal viewing, 200 when the page will be printed or enlarged.

Extract the pages you need with the split tool first, then render that smaller PDF.

No. The images are plain renders of your pages.

Yes. Only the page's rotation attribute changes; the content is not converted or recompressed.

Yes. Enter its number in the Pages field and leave the rest of the document alone.

Some viewers remember a per-session view rotation. Close and reopen the file, or check it in a different viewer.

No. It is used once to encrypt the file and then discarded with the temporary job folder.

There is no recovery. Keep an unencrypted copy of the original for yourself.

Yes. AES-256 is supported by every mainstream PDF reader, including the built-in ones on iOS and Android.

No. It needs the correct password. A wrong one returns an error and no file.

The unlocked copy is a plain, unencrypted PDF, so viewer restrictions that relied on the encryption no longer apply.

No. It is used to open the file during the job and then discarded.

It is an ordinary page element, so someone with editing software could remove it. Use it as a label, not as protection; combine it with a password if you need control.

Not directly. Split the document, watermark the part you need, then merge it back.

Yes. The text is drawn over each page regardless of what the page contains.

Numbering covers every page. To number only a section, split the file, number that part with the right starting value, then merge.

They sit close to the bottom edge. If your pages already carry footers near the edge, check one page after numbering.

It adds a small text element to each page and leaves everything else as it was.

Title, author, subject, keywords, creator and producer, which are the standard document information fields.

No. It only clears the information fields. Use a redaction tool for content that appears on the page itself.

The hidden fields are gone. Still review the pages themselves for anything you would not want shared.