Sorry but I'm another disappointed long time user.
Simply can't justify upgrading as there are no significant new features.
I love Xara. I'm intimately familiar with its toolset and so continue...
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Sorry but I'm another disappointed long time user.
Simply can't justify upgrading as there are no significant new features.
I love Xara. I'm intimately familiar with its toolset and so continue...
I think manual adjustment of a sort is your only option...
A combination of a negative baseline shift with a bit of easing via tracking if the letters bunch up too much.
Interesting... there is definitely potential here.
Thanks for the pointer.
Thanks for the input - I shall certainly take a look at some of these options, though it would be nice to have a way of doing this natively in Xara.
I notice that there is a Xara web-widget that...
Print.
It is an example of a document where the layout is fixed but some or all of the data is variable.
I guess the workflow would be something like...
1. Design layout
2. Point at...
I am laying out cards for a game, and have a spreadsheet of values (suit, rank, description, flavour text) - I want to put a placeholder into the design that retrieves the correct information from...
Hooray for the X9.2 update which adds the missing icons to the extended text tool infobar.
Issue is no longer an issue :)
Sure, I understand that XaReg is a hack and can only do what it can do.
I was hoping that I might get around the columns issue by re-adding the button via the button palette, but sadly it is not...
Thanks for such a great tool.
A couple of things I noticed...
Opening the help panel prompts me to download a new version (2.2) when I am running 2.5
Ticking 'No Text InfoBar Flyout causes...
A similar post I made a while back: http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?53069-Reflecting-an-irregularly-shaped-object
Has some examples and suggestions within.
But short answer - there...
I can't really see why Xara would not want to make these options more easily accessible to users who wish to tweak them.
An "advanced" checkbox in the options dialog could determine whether they...
Very nice - always good to have an effect that can be changed without having to rebuild it.
Yay! Glad you got it working :)
Thanks for the original question - I feel I learnt something in the process too.
Ampa
The technique works because...
A group will (by default) rotate about its centre point.
The size / shape of a group is defined by the size and shape of everything it contains.
The circles that...
Here is a neat workaround for the centre of rotation issue that this question inspired me to invent...
Draw a large circle centred at the point about which you wish your target object to rotate,...
Agreed - the new flyout is pretty aggravating!
Sledger's answer only applies if the objects that you want to modify are all clones / instances of the same base object.
I interpret your query as wanting a method of selecting a number of unique...
New type styles are a great addition and will really help with any design job involving type. Thank you devs.
But there are still some basic text functions missing that stop Xara from being a true...
Also key presses can be very useful in place of the mouse slider.
When the text tool is in use:
Ctrl + Shift + >
Ctrl + Shift + <
Grow and shrink the currently selected text by 1pt size...
I asked the same question 3 years ago!
Grouping does not preserve layers - everything moves to one layer by design.
Soft grouping however does preserve layers. Keypress is Ctrl+Alt+G and Ctrl+Alt+U (from memory!?!)
Loved the tutorial and also the redesign of XaraXone - thanks to all involved.
Thanks for the confirmation Gary.
Scotty: I understand what you are saying, but it isn't quite what I was referring to...
In Excel the contents of a cell can be aligned in 3 ways in both the X...
Is it possible to change the alignment of text within a text area?
By default the text is located top left. Horizontal justification can make this top centre or top right, but how about bottom...
Thanks