converting .cdr images to mac readable?

Am snatching myself bald... cannot find a way to convert some corel draw
images (.cdr suffix) to something that my G4 iMac sys 10.2.8 can read. (I
have tried Graphic Converter 5.8.1 and it will not recognize the files.)
Any insight you can provide is appreciated.
tom k.

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In article , tom
koehler wrote:

> Am snatching myself bald... cannot find a way to convert some corel draw
> images (.cdr suffix) to something that my G4 iMac sys 10.2.8 can read. (I
> have tried Graphic Converter 5.8.1 and it will not recognize the files.)
> Any insight you can provide is appreciated.

Tom-

Checking Corel's web site, it isn't clear whether Draw is still supported
on the Mac. Have you called them?

There is/was a program called MacLinkPlus that could translate between
various formats. I think the company was Dataviz. It is possible they
can convert Corel Draw files.

The best scenario would be if you can still run Corel Draw, perhaps in
Classic mode. If Corel has a Save-As capability for a format you can use,
you would do well to take advantage of it while you can. If none of its
choices do you any good, you might select-all of the drawing contents,
copy and paste into Classic Scrapbook, or directly into a newer document
in the desired format.

One program I've had to use as an OS X host for old "draw" files, is the
Draw mode of AppleWorks. Its main shortcoming is it only allows a
one-page drawing, but is better than nothing. Copy-and-paste is the best
method I've found to transfer documents from old to new formats.

Apple's iWork Keynote and Microsoft PowerPoint also have a crude Draw
capability. You might check them to see if they can import your Corel
documents. Otherwise you have to fight the result of pasting-in a foreign
Draw document. Don't Ungroup unless you have to!

Fred