3 things annoying me

**Sponsi** · 09 January 2009, 10:06 PM

Hi,

Xara is quite nice, but it has some features which make me swear like hell. I decided to write here because I am quite angry - I have just ruined about 30 minutes of work (and it happened some more times in the past) so here I am. Maybe you can help me, maybe Xara needs some improvements...

Here they are:

1. In the Polish alphabet there is a very popular letter "ć" and it is ALT + C - in Xara it's Copyright... how can I change it? No, I don't want to copy and paste - I want easy and fast design with international support, not some crap shortcurts.

2. I have saved numerous pictures with just objects which I had clicked on with mouse.. like two minutes ago - 20 pictures (I was making a tutorial) and nearly all of them had only a small object instead of the whole scene. Can I set "save the whole f****** picture ALWAYS AND FOREVER"? Or will it always save only the object which is active? I want the whole scene without further senseless additional options when exporting. Always, forever, without wasting my precious time for stupid additional options "which I have to remember about every time I do something"... HELLOOOO!?

3. Improve cutting! Come ooon! Black boxes, cleaning backgrounds, dividing into some elements.. WTF? I want fast and easy use! Learn from Paint Shop Pro - select, copy, paste - and you have a piece!

Thanks in advance for help / improving features in future patches (I don't believe in that, in fact... )

Sponsi

**steve.ledger** · 09 January 2009, 10:13 PM

One thing annoys me.
New members coming here and blowing their stack without asking for help in a calm civilised manner.
You'll endear no friends here if you create thread titles which contain swear words (I've removed it) and use strong aggressive language in your posts.

Sounds like you have an issue with patience more than the software.

**gwpriester** · 09 January 2009, 10:21 PM

Welcome to the Xtreme Conference Sponsi

So, how do you really feel?

I was looking to see if there is an extended Windows character for ć but I don't find one. However, you must know the Alt + #### for the character so you should use that. It's a pain in the butt, but it works. You might also see if you can change it in Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (Utilities menu).

2. I am not clear on your problem. Can you provide a screen shot or a more thorough description of what you are trying to save and how you are trying to save it? Are you saving or exporting?

3. I am not sure what your problem is. Cut and paste can be done in two methods, Paste, which pastes the copied object or objects in the center of the page, and Paste in Place (Shift Ctrl V) which pastes the copied object or objects in the same spot from which they were copied. I have used Xara for about 15 years and I have never experienced what you are describing.

Please give us more details and we will try to help you. Your English is excellent, by the way.

**Egg Bramhill** · 09 January 2009, 10:51 PM

Sponsi, welcome. If you wish members to post serious answers to your questions then please consider your questions in some depth before posting. A negative question will get a negative response. Read your question again and ask yourself why should any member be bothered to reply to your request?

**haakoo** · 09 January 2009, 11:11 PM

If you reread the questions ,i saw (s)he answered the questions him/her self.
(s)He wants the alt+c be polish character not the ©
(which is wrong by the way,because ctrl+alt+c is the ©
and alt+c is nothing)

Export doesn't need extra options to export either page/selection or drawing
It just needs to be saved as png or whatever.

And (s)he wants a lasso or magic-wand for selecting to cut and paste.
which you can always achieve by opening your bitmap editor after creating a bitmap Copy.((s)he doesn't know that vector cutting is a bit different then bitmap cutting,for this (s)he's forgiven)

Hans

**steve.ledger** · 09 January 2009, 11:34 PM

I agree with your appraisal Hans.

Though nothing forgives arrogance and impatience.
I'm not sure that wasting just 30 minutes using a computer is something to get cranky about. There's more value in realising what you learned during that 30 minutes.

Wanting things to work your way (and only that way) is something we get enough off at TG. It helps no-one.

Sponsi, listen to Egg and others. TG is a great place and the best place to get help when you need it.

You just have to ask nicely.