Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 Now Available

Corel today announced that the Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is now available worldwide in English, French, and German. Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is designed specifically for technical illustrators in industries such as manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, defense, landscaping, and apparel.

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Ideal for creating technical documentation, instructional manuals, and maintenance references, the suite lets technical illustrators work with exceptional precision and speed, ultimately enabling them to be more productive.

Offering superior ease of use, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 includes: Corel DESIGNER 12 for precise technical illustration and layout; Corel PHOTO-PAINT® 12 for professional image editing; CorelTRACE(TM) 12 to convert bitmaps and legacy paper documents into vector graphics; and Corel CAPTURE(TM) 12 to create screen captures, an integral component of many technical documents. This integrated collection of software gives value-conscious customers a powerful collection of tools at a price lower than what other vendors charge for a single application.

Chosen by companies including Mercury Marine, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 offers high-end benefits that have never before been available in an affordable technical illustration package. These include: professional, specialized precision drawing capabilities including the new Projected Drawing Mode; the ability to maximize data integrity by offering more than 75 import export filters including AutoCAD 2004, CGM and SVG; a customizable and scriptable environment; powerful language support including Unicode; as well as access to industry-standard templates and symbols.

"With tools like advanced Call-Outs and the new Projected Drawing, Corel's DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is ideally suited to the technical illustrator's workflow needs," said Dr. Jon Peddie, of Tiburon, CA-based Jon Peddie Research. "Combined with a robust image editing application, this cost-effective suite is like no other on the market."

Pricing and Availability
Starting today, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is available to customers worldwide through Corel and its reseller partners. Suggested retail pricing (US) for Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 is $699 for full product and $299 for the upgrade. A $99 education license is also available to qualified customers.

Upgrade pricing is open to customers who own the following software applications: Corel DESIGNER versions 9 and 10, Micrografx DESIGNER (any version), Micrografx/iGrafx® Business, Micrografx/iGrafx® FlowCharter®, Micrografx Picture Publisher®, Microsoft Visio®, Autodesk AutoCAD LT®, and ACD(TM)/Deneba(TM) Canvas(TM).

For more information about Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12, or to download a free, fully functional trial version, please visit www.corel.com/designer.

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