Illustrator book to learn xara

[haakoo]

Hi,

Maybe,just maybe anybody who wants,chips in and donates a small amount to get it published,if Gary wants to make it.
And maybe Xara/Magix could make a donation of 50%.
This way new customers would step in easyer into the XaraWorld and benefit from the great XaraBible.

Hans

[masque]

Would such a book be anything substantially more than the XaraXone tutorials which are on a disk given with every copy of Xtreme anyway as well as online.

[EJ]

Starter83,
I must agree with what the others have said, but not all is lost. I know what you are feeling and others have the same problem with different programs. In your case the closest I can think of is the drawing program Inkscape, much of the layout and design and feel of which was based on Xara. With Inkscape there are lots of people who want to learn the program, or catch up with areas they don't know, or simply keep up with newly developing areas (of which there are many).

The problem was solved here by one of the members writing and continually updating an online manual. This is available as a book published last year. It is called "Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program". http://www.informit.com/store/produc...sbn=0131357948

However, it is also freely available as an online updated document at http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/index.html. It is in English.
While it is not Xara, many parts are very very applicable.

.....Ultimately though you'll have to come back to the expert Xara users.

cheers, Erik

PS. Inkscape has just released version 0.46.

[a4hire]

Go to the XaraXone. Get all of Gary's great workbooks. Then print them out and you will have a book!

[DanDaBear]

Or, since Xara 4 has more DTP functions, create the book in Xara and export as PDF, HTML etc.

[marcelrobi]

Would this help?

http://www.amazon.com/Xara-Xtreme-5-.../dp/0071625593

[jclements]

Gary Bouton's book