CorelDraw Drawing X3

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vector-image

CorelDraw (styled CorelDRAW) is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. It is also the name of Corel's Graphics Suite, which bundles CorelDraw with bitmap-image editor Corel Photo-Paint as well as other graphics-related programs.

Identify it

Extensions	`.cdr`
Signatures	`524946` at byte 0 (CorelDraw X3)
PRONOM	`fmt/428`
Wikidata	`Q71859512`

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Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
OpenDocument Graphics file format family	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to odg in.cdr` Layout may shift; macros and some features are not kept.
PDF	LibreOffice	Partial	`soffice --headless --convert-to pdf in.cdr` Fixed layout: the document is no longer editable.

Sources

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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