Hi Tracey,

Try setting "Give new objects most recent attributes" in the Options dialog. (Utilities menu, Options... item, then make sure you're looking at the "General" tab and you should see that switch.)

Then try Gary's sequence again. That should work.

Technically: The reason this might fix your problem is that Xara X only saves the attributes (things like fonts and colours) that will be automatically applied to the next object you draw. And Xara X only changes what those attributes are if you have the "Give new objects most recent attributes" switch set.

Phil 8-)