I too thought that the only x and y value given in Xara for an object was taken from the left and bottom. I didn't think that there was a way to get the centre xy value without using snap to objects and guidelines or by doing some maths (not my best subject!)
But to my surprise I have just found that you can if you are using ellipses, rectangles or quickshapes.
If you check out the drop down box that appears with these options there is one entry called centre. This tells you the x and y value of the centre point. You can then type in a number or use the arrow icons to change it, and so align objects to each other centrally. Although I have found that the auto alignment works well, it doesn't give you the option of say choosing one object to align another one to, without moving the first object.
One weird anomaly I found with this was I marquee selected two objects with the same centre points and the value came out as 'many', even though they were the same.
Anyway hope this helps.
Regards
Su
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