Powerful graphics package with some "online compulsion"

First advance warning.
CorelDraw X7 is a powerful graphics package, but you have to familiarize themselves and learn how to use. It's not for people who want very fast times paint a little picture (eg a starting plan or a party invitation). Of course you can do something with CorelDraw ... after you've learned the operation of CorelDRAW.

I shall not go into the individual functions of CorelDraw X7 here, but there are too many.
Instead, I will describe each of the programs contained shortly. And then at some length report on the biggest disadvantage of Creldraw X7: "The online problem"

The programs in detail (and their evaluation):

CorelDraw - The main program (5 Stars)
Very powerful, vector-based drawing program offers so many features that everyone uses at most an absolute professional about it. CorelDraw shows its strength in drawing pictures and graphics. With its dimensioning it can be possibly used for smaller CAD tasks.
But images or photos can not be edited so useful.
Nevertheless, this program is the only reason the "CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7" to buy, as there are to all other programs in the package better and cheaper, partly free alternatives.

CorelPHOTO-Paint (2 stars)
Average paint program that replaces a paint box and more suitable for post CorelDRAW drawings as the true photo editing is.

Corel Capture (3 stars)
A screen capture program that can make "pictures" of the entire screen or by cuttings.
A useful for documentary purposes feature is the ability "to photograph" only the open menu's to

Bitstream Font Navigator (0 stars)
"Age-old" version of a font management (Copyright 2003). Due helpful.
Attention when you click on an already installed font and "install" 'selects, it is deleted.

Corel Connect (0 stars)
Accessing the Corel online images and fonts catalog. Access to the "cloud" and various (paid) online photo services. (See also below "The online problem")
Mediocre management of own images possible.

Website Creator (not tested)
As the name suggests, to create a program to sites. Must first be downloaded.
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The online issue:
Without online connection so much does not work .... and online connection still does not work much.
Before using the software only needs a free "Corel Account" will be created with which you automatically get a "standard membership" at Corel. Only those who possess such an account can use it wisely Corel.

- Help function
The help function in all programs automatically calls a help webpage. Offline it works sometimes limited.

- Manual
The documentary CorelDRAW is neither printed nor included as a PDF in the program package. However, it is available online for download. Only you have to find the documentary on the Corel site for now.
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Far below on this page, there is then a right point "online material". There, the links can be found on the manuals (PDF)

-Einführungs- And training videos
... There naturally only online

- Corel Connect
According to the product description enthällt the packet thousands of clipart, fonts, templates, etc.
Unfortunately, these are not included on the DVD. They can not even download.
You have to search the online library instead using the program "Corel Connect". And that's tedious.
The performance of the program (or the online database) is cruel slowly.
The search function has also so its peculiarities. Since all files have online a generic name such as CGS ##### or ph ####, the search only works on the images associated terms .... and not very good.
Example:
Search for "Burg" provides various hamburger pictures, but no castles.
Search for "Castle" provides a Castle
Manually scour the thousands images (randomly) gave me 4 castles
Sometimes Corel Connect is also held pictures only gray frames as found at. Then often only helps program restart.