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Acorn
I just tried to respond by hitting the purple reply button but the post vanished.
Okay, forgive this repetition if it does show up.
Thanks for the quick reply...
Yes, I just found one that HAD been grouped but have no idea HOW it got grouped
but am working fast so it's possible I guess.
Strange to me as well but I'll keep at it and see if I can find
out anything more and also check it when it does to make sure
it's being converted OR it's merely grouped with other text or an object.
I'll report back if I find the error of my way or ... something else.
Thanks, Bob
This is very odd. GiddyupGilbert just posted about the same thing. Must be more than a coincidence
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Hi Egg-
I think there's something happening but will wait until
I do some additional work on another project and see if
it happens again.
Like Acord said, I did indeed group a
couple lines in one instance but the others that had happened
weren't grouped to the best of my recollection.
STILL, I have to be 100% that it wasn't
human error on this end before I make a final comment about
this nuance.
If anyone else beyond GiddyupG experiences this,
make a mention here.
Thanks, Bob
This happened to me. I have text grouped with other text & shapes, or text with drop shadows, and upon saving the .xar and reopening, the text was all converted to shapes and could no longer be edited!
Very annoyed, as some of the text had 4-color fills and whatnot, but the person realized they gave me the wrong phone number or details and I cannot go back and edit any of it, have to recreate from scratch!
Is there a setting I need to change, or do I just have to be super careful from now on and always preserve special "copy layers" of every text item, then hide them and be extremely cautious about not styling them, lest I happen to group text with other elements and lose all editability? Seems a real glitch to me!
(BTW, I'm not in the habit of ending every sentence with exclamation points, but this is ridiculous)
Windows10, Xara Designer X 64
When I hit a snag like this, I go back to my backups and examine them using a binary search pattern to uncover where the permanent change occurs.
Doing so doesn't tell me what I, or the program, may have done, but I have the satisfaction being able to recover from a problem more efficiently.
I do also store off versions if it is a big project; I have been screwed over so many times with Microsoft that it is second nature.
Acorn
Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
The program will never convert text to shapes just because you save a file - whether it's grouped or not.
I think there must have been an edit step that caused it. Various functions that operate on shapes may automatically convert text to shapes. E.g. Combine shapes and the shape painter or eraser tools.
Phil
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