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SignTools Ver. 2 Trouble Shooting

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(For SignTools 3 Trouble Shooting)

* PLEASE REFER TO YOUR SIGNTOOLS 3 MANUAL FOR THE PROPER INSTALLATION PROCEEDURES

* SignTools3 runs from WITHIN CorelDRAW using the APPLICATION LAUNCHER on the CorelDRAW Tool Bar.

Open CorelDRAW and click on the Application Launcher menu, then click on SignTools 3 to run it.

Be sure to SET-UP the plotter parameters (see the SignTools manual for details)

* Most problems are due to IMPROPER INSTALLATION & IMPROPER PLOTTER SET-UP.

 

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SignTools 2 Trouble Shooting

Missing SignTools Menu in CorelDRAW with Windows NT and Windows 2000

SignTools 2 in its current form does not support Windows NT or 2000, HOWEVER...SignTools will install on both operating systems but the menu configuration and shortcuts files are placed into the wrong directory. There is a simple workaround below.

     

    

THESE CHANGES ARE FOR USERS OF

SignTools 2 ONLY

  


     

    

CorelDRAW 8

-----> FOR Windows NT ONLY <------

1) Close CorelDRAW8
2) Install SignTools
3) For each user configured on your system, copy the following directory
and all of it's contents to the user in question:

X:\<install directory>\Graphics8\Workspace\CorelDRAW8

To

X:\WINNT\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW8\CorelDRAW8


Where:
i) X is the drive in question
ii) <install directory> is the directory CorelDRAW8 has been installed to
iii) <username> is the logon username (eg jsmith or Administrator)


EXAMPLE, FOR:
DRIVE: C
INSTALL DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files
USERNAME: jsmith

Copy

C:\Corel\Graphics8\Workspace\CorelDRAW8

To

C:\WINNT\Profiles\jsmith\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW8\CorelDRAW8


4) Open CorelDRAW8, you should now see the SignTools menu.





CorelDRAW 8


-----> For Windows 2000 <------

1) Close CorelDRAW8
2) Install SignTools
3) For each user configured on your system, copy the following directory
and all of it's contents to the user in question:


X:\<install directory>\Graphics8\Workspace\CorelDRAW8

To

X:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW8\CorelDRAW8

Where:
i) X is the drive in question
ii) <install directory> is the directory CorelDRAW8 has been installed to
iii) <username> is the logon username (eg jsmith or Administrator)


EXAMPLE, FOR:
DRIVE: C
INSTALL DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files
USERNAME: jsmith

Copy

C:\Corel\Graphics8\Workspace\CorelDRAW8

To

C:\Documents and Settings\jsmith\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW8\CorelDRAW8


4) Open CorelDRAW8, you should now see the SignTools menu.



CorelDRAW 9

-----> FOR Windows NT ONLY<------

1) Close CorelDRAW9
2) Install SignTools
3) For each user configured on your system, copy the following directory
and all of it's contents to the user in question:


X:\<install directory>\Graphics9\Workspace\CorelDRAW9

To

X:\WINNT\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW9


Where:
i) X is the drive in question
ii) <install directory> is the directory CorelDRAW9 has been installed to
iii) <username> is the logon username (eg jsmith or Administrator)


EXAMPLE, FOR:
DRIVE: C
INSTALL DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files
USERNAME: jsmith

Copy

C:\Program Files\Corel\Graphics9\Workspace\CorelDRAW9

To

C:\WINNT\Profiles\jsmith\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW9


4) Open CorelDRAW9, you should now see the SignTools menu.


CorelDRAW 9

-----> For Windows 2000 <------

1) Close CorelDRAW9
2) Install SignTools
3) For each user configured on your system, copy the following directory
and all of it's contents to the user in question:


X:\<install directory>\Graphics9\Workspace\CorelDRAW9

To

X:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW9


Where:
i) X is the drive in question
ii) <install directory> is the directory CorelDRAW9 has been installed to
iii) <username> is the logon username (eg jsmith or Administrator)


EXAMPLE, FOR:
DRIVE: C
INSTALL DIRECTORY: C:\Program Files
USERNAME: jsmith

Copy

C:\Program Files\Corel\Graphics9\Workspace\CorelDRAW9

To

C:\Documents and Settings\jsmith\Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW9


4) Open CorelDRAW9, you should now see the SignTools menu.


 

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