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Well, I for one am not a great fan of online updates.
I prefer to have my updates close at hand.

So I used SysInternals Process Monitor to watch the Xara update process and secure a copy of the...

Perfect!
Thanks, Sledger

Sledger, I can't seem to make that work.
I found the Button Palette alright, but how can I add (drag?) this icon to the standard toolbar?

Stephan

Hi,
Is there a way to enable simulate print colours by default, that is: as a program startup setting?

Stephan

Well Alex,
I think you just found the source AND the solution to our little problem. Tops!
It'd appear to me as a trivial thing to take up in a next upcoming patch update from Xara.

Stephan

Very interesting indeed.
I've made Xara Support aware of your findings.
Stephan

Good point and definitely worth remembering.
But we're talking about simple box shapes with some text floating above.



Though I cannot check this myself, I don't believe that my printer is...

Yep Albacore,

You remember correctly that text and the underlying colored boxes are on the same layer.
Do I understand it correctly that you suggest that I move my text to a separate layer?
...

Well guys,
don't get all flamed up about this. ;)

I have an update here, but I'm afraid it's not a good one.
I disabled the "Print options - Always Overprint Black"
And I made sure to enable...

Thank you for this remark Steve,

I've had so much trouble delivering this 20-page brochure file the last couple of days, that I'm sure I've lost all credibility within my organization, as well as...

Hi,

My problem is that there appears to be no way that I can test or review this before sending the next PDF version to the Printer's.
I've made a small test file with three copies of colored...

Thanks for your help Luciano,

The 100% K - in fact CMYK (0,0,0,100) - was one of today's hard lessons.
It took me three PDF shipments to the Printer's before it became clear to me that 100% on de...

Hi,

I'm confused by mixed messages coming from the XXP documentation and the feedback I'm receiving from the people at the printer's.

First the people at the printer's instructed me to make...

Erik,

I'm not a PDF expert. I just stumble over them every now and again :)

I just did some experiments with PDFCreator and doPDF.
Both produced significantly smaller PDF's in the same range...

Mine was produced at 300dpi and with no bitmap compression
The difference between the 70-odd MB and my 83MB could lie in the fact that mine included the bleed (incl. some page overflow bitmaps) and...

Chaps,

Thank you all for your support, in particular thosw who have gone to the trouble of generating PDF's for me through various inventive ways.

I think the issue IS related to memory...

Albacore,

Thanks for the offer, but just hold off for the moment.
1. I'm in contact with Xara Support about this issue
2. One of my many attempts at home (WinXP + XXP4 + various PDF/X export...

Egg,

Thanks for the quick response.

The problem seems to be related to memory indeed.
If I do an export in 150DPI, then less graphics are affected.
If I do an export in 96DPI, then the export...

Hi,

I'm having a major problem with the 20-page brochure I'm now trying to get ready for the printer.
When I do the export to PDF/X (300DPI, no compression) then bitmap graphics get inverted in...

Perfect!

At first I did not understand, but then I concluded that this works on a per-page basis. So, stepping through the document with the Names Gallery open, I was soon enough presented with...

Hi,

I'm at the point of finalizing my 20 page brochure in XXP 3.24 and the document info tells me that I've been using the Arial Narrow font somewhere.
As I was not supposed to, I'd like to know...

Thanks Gary,

Another great tip from the master.

Stephan

Hi,

Imagine the following situation:
You're designing a multiple page document (brochure), which you start off with a basic set of well-thought-through guides.
By using Edit - Pages -...

Good find!

Here's my take on the situation:
- Windows 2000-SP4
- Xara Xtreme Pro 3.24
- Firefox 2.0.0.14

Shift-drag from FF2 straight into Xtreme Pro 3.24 leads to the "file empty" warning ...

I continue to use my XXP 3.24 for an old project and I am getting a bit tired of the promotional upgrade message every time I start Xara.
There is no point in checking the "Don't show this message...