[NewJerseyJoe]

What my post is NOT:
- It is not a request for a review (negative or positive) of Corel software or company.
- It is not seeking recommendations for competing graphics software.
- It is not asking for a rant about why XYZ Company's product is so much better and I should use that instead.
- It is not looking for opinions about companies selling software at different price points to different markets.

I am asking only about the process for activating and using Corel's products marketed as "Education version" from people who have actually purchased and installed it. Thanks.

[bicyclerepair]

Last time I bought software as a student adobe required me to send them a photo of a current student I’d.
I got cs4 for like $200.
I couldn’t live without Corel.
You should call them.

[IndispensableDestiny]

They probably send you an activation code to your .edu mail account.

[editor-surveyor]

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Unless they have changed, the edu version prints a notation when it is output to the printer/plotter.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is slightly off-topic, but if you haven’t bought it yet you should look at the prices on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=corel+education+version&_sacat=0

Your purchase would include whatever was required to activate.

I have purchased a number of Windows 10 Pro keys on eBay for $2.99, and they all worked.

[DFG]

As part of the activation process, an email with the activation code is sent to the student’s college email.

[DFG]

As part of the activation process, an email with the activation code is sent to the student’s college email.

[Dr. Sivana]

I have gotten educational versions of Corel WordPerfect Office, as WordPerfect is still my preferred word processor for complexe documents requiring heavy formatting that don’t have to be shared.

I had no issues at all. They are not nearly as tough as Microsoft.

[trebb]

Why not go straight to the horse’s mouth by contacting them?

[NewJerseyJoe]

Okay, I finally got my Education version (it's downloading now) with my college email address. But boy, did I have a convoluted route to get to this point:

  1. Opened a ticket with Corel, asking if my .EDU address was sufficient verification. Got a reply with a link to the product.
  2. Replied: "Hi, that doesn't answer my question. What I'm asking is this: is a .EDU (school) email address sufficient to verify and activate the Educational version?"
  3. Response from Corel: "That is correct. Since your email ends in .EDU you qualify for the Education Edition." Okay, great!
  4. Went to the order page, clicked on the Buy button -- and it took me to another page repeating eligibility requirements and telling me I need to contact Corel AGAIN to have them verify my status.
  5. Filled in the online form, which created another ticket, and wrote: "Per my ticket #XXXX, Jane Smith (Corel) confirmed that I qualify to purchase the Education Edition. Please let me know the next steps, thank you."
  6. Corel response to second ticket: "A customer service representative has now created an online shopping cart which includes the products you've requested. To verify and complete your order, click on this link (URL)"

Yes -- online shopping where I had to send messages in order to have my shopping cart created.

Clicked the link, logged in with my account -- and the product was in my cart, ready to purchase. When I completed the purchase, my invoice included a download link for the installer and the serial number I will use. There was an installation instruction saying that, for certain components, I will have to login to my account again during the installation process.

So that's it. Posting the steps here in case any of you want to go through this.

PS: I actually purchased the Technical Suite version of Corel Draw -- all the programs of the regular 2018 Draw suite plus some technical drafting programs.