• convert text into curves on all pages and in all powerclips
• create a separate copy of the document with text converted to curves
• fixed output folders for fast saving
• select the CorelDraw version for the saved copy

Converting text objects to curves is a common prepress step that prevents font-availability and compatibility problems at production time. CorelDraw's standard conversion command works with selected objects and can make it difficult to find text hidden inside nested groups or PowerClips.

This plugin can convert text throughout the selected work zone in one operation, including text inside multilevel groups and PowerClips. It can modify the active document or save a separate copy with all applicable text converted to curves.

Outline all text shapes at once

The plugin supports two workflows. In the basic workflow, text is converted directly in the active document. The work zone can be the current page, all pages, or selected objects, and text inside groups and PowerClips is included.

Before conversion, the plugin checks for text frames with overflow. If any are found, a warning is displayed so that hidden text is not silently lost. Use the ReproScripts Preflight Checklist plugin to locate problematic frames quickly.

Enable shrink text to fit in frame to reduce the font size automatically until overflowing text fits within its frame.

Use this option with care because changing the font size may affect the design.

Auto save document in curves

The second workflow leaves the current document unchanged and creates a copy in which applicable text is converted to curves. Enable "save as a separate file" and select the CorelDraw version for the output file. This is useful when the recipient uses a different version of CorelDraw.

By default, the same folder as the working document is used for saving the duplicate. 1 If the original document has not yet been saved, you will need to manually specify the destination folder. 2

You can also append custom text to the output file name, making it easy to distinguish copies created for particular pages, selections or production workflows.

Plugin settings

Plugin settings let you preconfigure output folders and file-saving parameters instead of entering them for every operation. Click the gear button 3 in the lower-right corner of the window to open the settings.

Fixed file saving options

The first settings tab contains reusable file-saving options. An option configured as an alternative destination appears in the main list together with the document folder; only one destination from this list can be selected for an operation. If no destination is available, the output folder must be selected manually.

Additional fixed folders can be processed alongside the primary destination. When applicable, they appear on the right side of the main window with a checkbox for each background save operation.

A fixed-folder option can require confirmation, in which case its checkbox is off by default, or use "save unless cancelled", in which case it is enabled until the operator clears it.

Fixed output folder

Use a fixed output folder when converted documents should always be copied to a known production or archive location.

Design folders often contain subfolders for customers, orders and jobs. Enable keep folders nesting structure relative to the root design folder to reproduce that structure under the fixed destination.

For example, if jobs are stored under \\Designer-1\Jobs 1 and the archive is \\Diskstation\Archive 3, saving \\Designer-1\Jobs\Customer name\Order 7334\Certificate.cdr creates \\Diskstation\Archive\Customer name\Order 7334\Certificate.cdr.

This approach keeps output files easy to locate without giving recipients access to the source-document folders.

The folder-structure option is enabled for new fixed-folder entries. If it is disabled, files are saved directly in the selected folder and existing files with the same name may be overwritten.

Root folders

Root design folders are configured on the second settings tab. When the source document is located under one of these folders and folder-structure preservation is enabled, the plugin reproduces the relative path below the selected output folder.

Root folders added in the plugin settings are also shared in the ReproScripts Fast Export plugin.

Predefined file saving options

Each saving option can provide its own output parameters. Enable predefined file saving parameters to specify the CorelDraw version and file-naming options.

When predefined parameters are disabled, the folder uses the values currently selected in the main plugin window, so they can be adjusted before each operation.

Objects included in processing

The filter button next to the work-zone settings controls which protected or shared objects are included. All three options are enabled by default and saved separately for this plugin. Changing an option immediately rescans the selected work zone and updates the number of text objects found.

Locked objects includes locked text shapes. The plugin temporarily unlocks matching objects before conversion. Disable this option when protected text must remain editable as text.

Non-editable layers includes text on layers that cannot currently be edited. Required layers are temporarily made editable and then restored. Master layers includes text placed on master layers; disable it when the conversion should affect only page-specific content.