CorelDRAW Group Mode: Logo Inside Number + Per-Player Sponsors from CSV
Closing the CorelDRAW series with the last technique I wanted
to show — group mode.
In the previous posts, the macro ran in page mode: one CSV row
per page, one PDF per export. Standard, predictable, works for
most cases.
But CorelDRAW shops with their own export pipeline don't always
want individual PDFs. They want one document, all sizes laid
out, ready for cutting plotters, RIP software, or custom
imposition tools that handle the final output themselves.
Group mode does exactly that. The macro reads the same CSV but
fills named groups inside a single document instead of exporting
pages. Each group is named by product and size (e.g. jersey-S,
jersey-M, jersey-L). The script reads how many of each size you
need from the CSV, duplicates the template groups, and fills
them with data.
What stays the same:
→ Custom graphic numbers (client's 0–9 vector artwork)
→ Diacritics injection (ř, š, ž, ß, ü…)
→ Conditional graphics per piece
→ Multiple products in one document
What changes: the export. Page mode gives you many PDFs. Group
mode gives you one editable document. Your choice based on your
production workflow.
That wraps up the CorelDRAW technique series. Next month I'll
share something different — a technical post about implementing
RSA-2048 license verification in ExtendScript, which a few of
you asked about after the Illustrator posts.
Demo and contact info in the first comment ↓