Protecting corel draw files

[David Solomon]

I have to forward draw 8 files to a colleague but wish to protect the
files (make read only) with a password - as is possible in MS Word.

I cannot find a similar option in Draw - can anyone tell me how to do
this?

David....@BTinternet.com

[Michael Cervantes]

Hello David:

You could zip the file with password protection. You need WinZip. It is
available at http://www.download.com

Michael Cervantes
C-Tech Volunteer
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David Solomon wrote in message <368E38D6...@BTInternet.com>...

[Jerry Sanderson [C_Tech]]

David -

>I have to forward draw 8 files to a colleague but wish to protect the
>files (make read only) with a password - as is possible in MS Word.
>
>I cannot find a similar option in Draw - can anyone tell me how to do
>this?

There is no such option in Draw; the best you can do is to convert
your files to bitmap so that they are not _easily editable.

Jerry
C_Tech Volunteer

[csd]

David - you can't password protect them, but if the person you are sending
it to isn't very familar with DRAW you can lock the object and make the
layer uneditable, then in the properties of the file in windows make it a
read only file. That's about the best I can think of. You could also
convert any type to curves so they cannot edit the type, if you do this
though, make sure you keep an unconverted master file for yourself. Hope
this helps.

Carl

David Solomon wrote in message <368E38D6...@BTInternet.com>...

>I have to forward draw 8 files to a colleague but wish to protect the
>files (make read only) with a password - as is possible in MS Word.
>
>I cannot find a similar option in Draw - can anyone tell me how to do
>this?
>

>David....@BTinternet.com
>

[Alex Gray [C_Tech]]

Michael Cervantes wrote in message <368e5836.0@cnews>...

>Hello David:
>
>You could zip the file with password protection. You need WinZip. It is
>available at http://www.download.com

That will password protect the file, but it won't make it read-only in Draw.
Once it has been unzipped with the password, anything can be done with it

Simply making it read-only wouldn't help much anyway as the file can be
resaved under another name (as it can in Word!).

The best option probably to make a bitmap copy that will show the image but
be fairly useless for further editing.

Alex [C_Tech]

[Brian Pylant]

Create a PDF to send to them (they'll need Acrobat reader to view it, but that's
free from Adobe). This will preserve the type to improve legibility, but they
will not be able to edit the file in any way.

[Serge Fateeff]

Well, but what if they import it in Draw? :))
--

Serge Fateeff
CSP

[Brian Pylant]

A PDF imported into DRAW will be placed like an EPS, with a TIFF
preview. No editing will be possible. This is what happens to me (when I
generate the PDF the correct way, printing a PostScript file and then
using Distiller to generate the PDF).

[Alex Gray [C_Tech]]

PDFs are perfectly editable. It's also easy to copy and paste the text and
images from them.

There are several tools available for doing this directly, plus an indirect
one you may have heard of - import to Corel Draw! (Though I wouldn't
recommend it!). <g>

I guess the best answers depends on exactly why David wants to protect the
fiel from being edited. That may suggest the best answer or another
approach.

Alex Gray [C_Tech]
Corel User magazine
www.coreluser.com

Brian Pylant wrote in message <36923CF9...@discmakers.com>...

[Brian Pylant]

The CDR file I used for testing this was completely vector. I printed to
file, changing the file type to PostScript, and then used Distiller to create
a PDF.

I would imagine that DRAW would recognize a PDF created by its own export
filter, and be able to interperet it back into editable pages (liek it can do
with DRAW-generated EPS files). However, I've found that using the .PS file
and Acrobat Distiller give much more consitently good results than any
application's PDF export filters (even those included with Adobe products
like PageMaker). Ditiller is a bonafide PostScript RIP, and therefore seems
to be better suited to the task.

Of course, traverse any of the graphics-related NGs, and you will find many
dissenting opinions on this topic! What works for one doesn't always work for
another... SIGH.

;o)

I'm guessing that no one has ever though to put any sort of password
protection into DRAW's file format, as DRAW isn't really the best method of
generating or distributing sensitive materials. Could be a nice feature,
though... until I get a file in from a client that has been
"read-only-password-protected," and they've failed to (or cannot) supply me
with the password! I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!

Serge Fateeff wrote:

> Brian Pylant wrote in message <36926E26...@discmakers.com>...

> >A PDF imported into DRAW will be placed like an EPS, with a TIFF
> >preview. No editing will be possible. This is what happens to me (when I
> >generate the PDF the correct way, printing a PostScript file and then
> >using Distiller to generate the PDF).
>

> Are you sure that this PDF is not just bitmap inside? In this case
> sending bitmap is the perfect way to protect your job.
> All PDFs I've meet was edited in Draw lately with no troubles.
> However, I've never use Distiller. :(
>
> Anyway, we need this feature - a password protection for CorelDRAW files.
> And file recovery utility, BTW!
> --
>
> Serge Fateeff
> CSP

[Brian Pylant]

I generated a PDF - from CorelDRAW no less, using the procedure I outlined in
my post - and when imported back into DRAW, is is completely uneditable; the
status bar indicates it to be a placed EPS.

[George L.]

Brian Pylant <"bpylant"@ (at) discmakers (dot) .com> > wrote in message
<369299bc.0@cnews>...

This thread got me curious so i gave it a try. I seem to have no problem
editing PDF files. It works with files made with both Draw and other
apps.

George Liddell

[Serge Fateeff]

[Brian Pylant]

I didn't realize you could open a PDF in DRAW. I always imported them instead.
My mistake.

[chris stanton]

To make things more confusing I will add my experience. I downloaded pdf files
from the IRS page. I didn't have acrobat on my home computer so I tried
importing them into Corel8. It couldn't even read them in!

chris

"George L." wrote:

[Topper]

Just if you didn't know: Trere are two different filters for importing
PDF-files:
1) The Adobe Placed PDF Page-filter, which convert the PDF to EPS, and gives
the most accurate result, but you can't edit it, and you have to print to a
PostScript-printer.
2) The Portable Dokunemt Format-filter, which works as an normal
import-filter, so you can edit it, but it can change apperance if you don't
have the right fonts etc.

Topper

Brian Pylant <"bpylant"@ (at) discmakers (dot) .com> > skrev i meddelelsen
<36936c55.0@cnews>...

>I didn't realize you could open a PDF in DRAW. I always imported them
instead.
>My mistake.
>
>
>
>
>>

[Debbie Cook]

> and when imported back into DRAW, is is completely uneditable; the
> status bar indicates it to be a placed EPS.
>

What filter are you using to import? If you use the "Portable Document
Format (PDF)" filter instead of "Adobe Placed PDF Page (PDF)", the
import will be editable objects.

Debbie Cook
C-TECH

[Debbie Cook]

> I didn't have acrobat on my home computer so I tried
> importing them into Corel8. It couldn't even read them in!

They may have security enabled, which is likely given that they are IRS
forms. ;-)

Debbie Cook, C-TECH

Cutting Edge F/X
http://www.cedesign.com/cefx