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  1. #1
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    xdp6 Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    Dear Xara Developers,
    I would like to offer a number of functions (options) which it would be great to see in the next Xara Design Pro version.

    as for the text:
    1. change tex case.
    2. hyphenation
    3. align to baseline grid - there is a similar function in InDesign, it really helps in text layout.
    4. tables (charts) designer

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    Thank you. I am sure the next version of Xara Design Pro will thrill us all, and hope that with some of my suggestions the programme will develop at substantially new level

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    Any addition to DTP features gets a big +1 from me.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    Great suggestions.

    You can toggle the case from upper to lower with a keyboard shortcut. With the character or characters selected, press Ctrl + w.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    As Gary said you already can toggle between uppercase and lowercase.
    +1 for all the rest plus full opentype support

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    They should add the change uppercase/lowercase option to right click menu when text is selected. It's hard to remember all the keyboard shortcuts.
    XT-CMS - a self-hosted CMS for Xara Designers - Xara + CMS Demo with blog & ecommerce shopping cart system.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    +1
    Auto hyphenation would be great for both DTP and Web Design
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6

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    Autocorrect: It can be your worst enema.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    I'd like to see the toggle be able to work on and entire selection of text regardless of mixed case letters that are present. Right now, if I am doing it right, Ctrl-W reverses every character. All uppers become lower and all lowers become upper. I'd like to be able to toggle all of those character to either upper or lower in their entirety. Hope I explained this right

    Quote Originally Posted by gwpriester View Post
    Great suggestions.

    You can toggle the case from upper to lower with a keyboard shortcut. With the character or characters selected, press Ctrl + w.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    So if I am reading this right you are asking to be able to toggle the behaviour of the ctrl+w shortcut to enable you change a word or words typed like this: aBCdeFg to this:AbcDEfG ?
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
    My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6

    Good Morning Sunshine.ca | Good Morning Sunshine Online(a weekly humorous publication created with XDP and exported as a web document) | Angelize Online resource shop | My Video Tutorials | My DropBox |
    Autocorrect: It can be your worst enema.

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    Default Re: Xara Designer Pro 8 - new options

    Thanks Frances.

    No, I believe that's the way it works now.

    Steve

 

 

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