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# PUB: Using CorelDRAW! to Obtain Color Separations

Article ID: 108730

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
- Microsoft Publisher 1.0a
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0a

This article was previously published under Q108730

## SUMMARY

Microsoft Publisher is incapable of producing color separations. That is, Publisher cannot produce separate print files for the colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (CMYK).

## MORE INFORMATION

Although Microsoft Publisher cannot create color separation directly, you can use CorelDRAW! versions 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 to obtain color separations. To do this, you need the following:
For Publisher 1.0x:

Publisher 1.0x
CorelDRAW! 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

For Publisher 2.x, 3.0 or 97:

Publisher 2.x or 3.0
CorelDRAW! 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

These software packages must be on your system and enough system resources must be available to cut and paste between the two applications (Publisher 1.0x and Publisher 2.x or 3.0, and/or Publisher 2.x or 3.0 and CorelDRAW! 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 or 6.0).

### Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Open your document in Publisher.
2. From the Edit menu, choose All.
3. From the Edit menu, choose Copy Object(s).
4. Close Microsoft Publisher (choose Yes when asked to save the Clipboard contents).
5. Open CorelDRAW!.
6. From the Edit menu, choose Paste.
7. From the File menu, choose Print Setup, and select the printer to which you will be printing.
8. Choose OK.
9. From the File menu, choose Print.
10. Choose Options and select Print As Separations (selecting the Separations button will allow you to fine-tune how the color separations will print).
11. Choose OK to close the Options menu and OK again to print.
12. CorelDRAW! will print one page per color (CMYK).

For more information about using CorelDRAW! to obtain color separations, please see the "CorelDRAW! User's Guide."
The CorelDRAW! is manufactured a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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