sigh. In all Xara (including less extreme) versions I could adjust the orientation of blended bits along a line by ctrl-clicking twice on either the beginning or end object to bring up the bent arrows indicating I can rotate my end to suit. (cue: image of linedancing -sorry)

Now ctrl-doubleclick doesn't allow rotation; I can ctrl-click to select the object but can only rotate it by typing the degrees in the property bar.

But the main thing I like about Xara is the fact so much can be done interactively with mouse movements within the image rather than typing values into boxes on the screen. what? Typing values? into Boxes on the screen? -that is so Illustrator.

I am interested to see if another v5 user has noticed this change; my copy of xara extreme pro 5 is up to date.

yea alright, so call me picky..
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