Corel Draw Feature by Version 1 (1989) to X5 (2010)

CorelDraw		Version support		Windows Compatibility	New Features
Release date	Version	Reading files	Writing files
Jan 1989	1	1	1	2.1	First version
Mar 1989	1.01	1	1	2.1	Introduces backups on save, and draw rectangles from their centre
Apr 1989	1.02	1	1	2.1	IBM PIF file format support
Jul 1989	1.10	1	1	2.1	102 new fonts
Feb 1990	1.11	1	1	2.1	AutoCAD DXF import/export support
Sep 1991	2	1, 2	1, 2	3.0	Envelope tool (for distorting text or objects using a primary shape), Blend (for morphing shapes), Extrusion (for simulating perspective and volume in objects) and Perspective (to distort objects along X and Y axes). CorelDraw for Unix also became available.
15 May 1992	3	1, 2, 3	2, 3	3.0, 3.1 (preferred)	Included Corel Photo-Paint (for bitmap editing), CorelSHOW (for creating on-screen presentations), CorelCHART (for graphic charts), Mosaic and CorelTRACE (for vectorizing bitmaps). The inclusion of this software was the precedent for the actual graphic suites. CorelDraw for Unix also became available.
20 May 1993	4	1, 2, 3, 4	3, 4	3.1	Photo-Paint (for bitmap editing), CorelSHOW (for creating on-screen presentations), CorelCHART (for graphic charts), CorelMOVE for animation, Mosaic and CorelTRACE (for vectorizing bitmaps). Multi-page capabilities, Powerlines, support for graphic tablets, Clone tool, elastic node editing, Envelope tool.
27 May 1994	5	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	3, 4, 5	3.1	This is the last version which was made for Windows 3.x. Corel Ventura was included in the suite (and then sold as a separate program); it was a desktop publishing application akin to PageMaker, Quark Express, or InDesign.
24 Aug 1995	6	3, 4, 5, 6	5, 6	95	This is the first version which was made exclusively for 32-bit Windows. New features were customizable interface, Polygon, Spiral, Knife and Eraser tools. Corel Memo, Corel Presents, Corel Motion 3D, Corel Depth, Corel Multimedia Manager, Corel Font Master and Corel DREAM (for 3D modelling) were included in the suite.
8 Oct 1996	7	3, 4, 5, 6, 7	5, 6, 7	95, NT 4	Context-sensitive Property bar, Print Preview with Zoom and Pan options, Scrapbook (for viewing a drag-and-dropping graphic objects), Publish to HTML option, Draft and Enhanced display options, Interactive Fill and Blend tools, Transparency tools, Natural Pen tool, Find & Replace wizard, Convert Vector to Bitmap option (inside Draw), Spell checker, Thesaurus and Grammar checker. The suite included Corel Scan and Corel Barista (a Java-based document exchange format).
27 Oct 1997	8	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	6, 7, 8	95, NT 4	Digger selection, Docker windows, Interactive Distortion, 3D, Envelope and tools, Realistic Dropshadow tool, interactive color mixing, color palette editor, guidelines as objects, custom-sized pages, duotone support. Corel Versions was included in the suite.
31 Aug 1999	9	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9	5, 6, 7, 8, 9	95, 98, NT 4	Mesh fill tool (for complex color filling), Artistic Media tool, Publish to PDF features, embedded ICC color profiles, Multiple On-screen Color Palettes and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6 support. The suite included Canto Cumulus LE, a piece of software for media management.
13 Nov 2000	10	10†	10 ‡	98, Me, NT 4, 2000	CorelR.A.V.E. (for vector animation), Perfect Shapes, Web graphics tools (for creating interactive elements such as buttons), Page sorter, multilingual document support, navigator window. Open, save, import and export in SVG format.
1 Aug 2002	11	11 †	5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	98, Me, NT 4, 2000, XP	Symbols library, image slicing (for web design), pressure-sensitive vector brushes, 3-point drawing tools.
10 Feb 2004	12	12 †	12 ‡	2000, XP	Dynamic guides, Smart Drawing tools, Export to MS Office or Word option, Virtual Segment Delete tool, Unicode text support.
17 Jan 2006	X3 (13)	X3 †	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, X3	2000, 2003, XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit only)	Double click Crop tool (the first vector software able to crop groups of vectors and bitmap images at the same time), Smart fill tool, Chamfer/Fillet/Scallop/Emboss tool, Image Adjustment Lab. Trace became integrated inside Draw under the name PowerTrace.
22 Jan 2008	X4 (14)	7 to X4 †	7 to X4	XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)	Whatthefont font identification service linked inside CorelDraw, ConceptShare, Table tool, independent page layers, live text formatting, support for RAW camera files.
23 Feb 2010	X5 (15)	7 to X5	7 to X5	XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)	Built-in content organizer (CorelConnect), CD, web graphics and animation tools, multi-core performance improvement, digital content (professional fonts, clip arts, and photos), object hinting, pixel view, enhanced Mesh tool with transparency options, added touch support, and new supported file formats. It has developed Transformation, which makes multiple copies of a single object. For the first time, OpenType versions of Helvetica, Frutiger, Futura and Garamond #3 font families (32 fonts total) from Linotype foundry are included instead of the Bitstream counterparts. All but Garamond are in OpenType Pro format.