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@Egg Bramhill: Thanks for that clear comparison. It's a real eye-opener for trying to guess "what are the developers thinking?" It also provides an excellent basis for evaluating any other...

I want to clarify my request for a recommendation. I've been to the Magix web site and much to my chagrin, I can't find any comparisons that make any sense about the current offerings.

I've viewed...

Thanks for your response. I have two questions:

If I'm not using Xara for Web, then use Web Designer Premium? Can you elaborate on that?

Also, "stick with v9". I'm certainly going to do that,...

I've used Xara Designer Pro X9 for years. (I started with X5, I recall.) But no version after X9 had any new feature that I needed (I mainly do illustrations for presentations).

As a result, I've...

@gwpriester: sorry ... no slight intended by my @acorn response.

Indeed, the method you spelled out does work ... although I did feel like I was in a house-of-mirrors fun house at a couple of...

@Acorn: I've attached an xar with an unedited copy of the navbar ... plus a summary of things I've been able to do.

As I explained, above, I'd like to be able to open the bar for editing and make...

Thank you for the detailed response. Yes, the Navbar is Countryside ... one of the several included in Pro X9. I selected it because of the rectangular button.

I followed your suggested steps,...

I'm attempting to implement the Countrywide Horizontal Navbar with these changes:

Font: Trebuchet >> Arial 16
Font color: white for both layers
Navbar width: 600 pixels
No gradient on Mouse Off...

Many times, I've observed banding in subtle gradients on web pages. I've explored the subject—here and on other websites—and have confirmed that although the produced gradients are correct at the...

That's it. I now remember why I ever came upon it: I was adjusting the interval for automatic backups and saw that the option existed. It's no place I would have ever thought to look.

Thanks for...

For years, Xara automatically opened the files I had open the last time I closed the program.

A couple of months ago, I found an option that let me turn that feature off. Now I want to turn it...

Thanks to you both!

Although I've never looked at them in detail, I can guess that this is also how tiled backgrounds work ... one image, many occurrences.

I have a 300 x 200 JPG image that I use as an element in many places on a web site. (Although it's not a logo, per se, I suppose the same considerations apply.)

When I publish the site, is a...

I have a situation where I'm bringing a couple hundred XAR files from an older PC. Many of the font uses were experimental ... installed fonts ... Google fonts ... downloaded fonts.

Almost every...

Interesting that you mention that. Indeed, I moved Xara and all my projects to a new PC at the first of this year. I thought I had everything set up the same, but this is something I probably...

Success!

With Xara off, I located the width value and changed it 0 to 1. Upon restarting Xara, the text controls were back.

I'll skip any attempt to understand how it ever changed. I'm just...

Further investigation has led me to conclude that my entire text tool bar is truncated. One indication is that the ab button at the end isn't completely displayed. I recall that it's supposed to be...

Well, thanks for trying these things. I did do a reset earlier ... and it's taken me 20 minutes to get back the elements I use into the proper arrangement. I have to say that I would only recommend...

That does not compute ... really. They were there as static elements within the past year (I estimate). Something got derailed ... in one of the updates, perhaps?

If you've ever used kerning,...

Thanks for your response.

I don't seem to have that as a choice. I'm using Pro X9.

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Once upon a time, the tool panel for kerning, etc. was a fixed part of my graphics tools. Last year, it reverted to a popup style bar, linked to "ab".

What is this bar called? ... and how can I...

Excellent! Page 3 >> Creating Envelopes >> Making Waves ... seems to be spot on what I need!

"Enveloping" (as I now read in the help file) is a whole area of Xara features that I didn't know...

Thanks for your reply.

I did the example by crafting each character (shear), individually, and then placing them next to one another. It's just not practical to do on a wide basis. If anything...

I doubt if this is possible ... but I've been surprised in the past ... so I have to ask:

Is there a feature to fit text to a curve and maintain its upright "posture"?

Thanks in advance for any...

It's 'Basic Graphic' ... as shown in the screen capture. but it doesn't show up in Templates.xml