Corel Designer

File Format
Name	Corel Designer
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Corel Designer
Extension(s)	.des
Released	2003

Corel Designer is a engineering and graphic design application which belongs to the Corel Draw Technical Suite. Originally Micrografx Draw, Corel purchased in 2001.

File Identification

Corel Designer 9 was Micrografx last release, Designer 10-12 was based on the RIFF format, while X4-onward is based on ZIP/XML format. PRONOM binary signatures needed.

Format / Version	Ext.	RIFF type	PRONOM	Year
Designer 9.0	.dsf	n/a	x-fmt/151	2002
Designer 10.0	.des	DESA		2003
Designer 10.5	.des	DESB
Designer 12.0	.des	DESC		2006

Links

• Wikipedia: Corel_Designer
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