TalkGraphics.com  

Go Back   TalkGraphics.com > Xara Forums > Talk Graphics > Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 16 November 2006, 01:48 PM
Charles Moir Charles Moir is offline
Xara Group Ltd
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,078
Default Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

For existing Xara Xtreme owners here is a list of some of the smaller fixes and improvements in Pro ;

• Name gallery improvements
Improved so that it shows more detail on the fonts used in a document, using the full font name as shown in the font gallery. It also shows variations of a font as a separate selectable font name, as well as the font family (e.g.. “Arial Bold”, “Arial Italic”, “Arial Regular”.) It shows at a glance which fonts have had to be synthesised and which are not installed.
• Improved clipboard compatibility with MS Office and other apps
e.g. You can just copy anything in Xara and paste direct into Outlook and it embeds a JPEG
• Print dialog completely re-designed
• Document Info dialog improved
• Error handling improved so that in the event of a program crash you’ll normally get the chance to continue and save your work.
• Automatic zoom out when importing photos, so the whole image is instantly visible
• New ‘100% zoom’ operation added to zoom toolbar and key short-cut of Ctrl+Shift+1.
• Improved support for using Xtreme with multiple monitors
• Improved support for accented characters, Unicode and non US keyboards
• Frame (animation) gallery order reversed, so it now shows first frame at the top
• Line width now shown in pix if the page unit is Pix
• You can now set the coordinates origin to top left corner increasing downwards.
• The main toolbar should automatically show small icons on small screens
Dragging a file onto the title bar no longer opens MDI windows
• Copy / Paste attributes on text now works more reliably. You can more easily create 'text styles' using small snippets of text.
• The line width shows widths in pixels if your page units are pixels (the list of widths will be improved before the final release)
• New option in Grid & Ruler to allow the ruler origin to be top left and coordinate values to increase downwards
And the most significant feature improvements of the lot:
• The caret in the text tool now blinks !

Plus there have been dozens of smaller fixes.

As some of you may realise, most of these smaller improvements have been requested on the TalkGraphics forums. For the day-to-day user they are significant improvements.

Last edited by Charles Moir; 16 November 2006 at 01:53 PM..
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 16 November 2006, 02:05 PM
Big Frank's Avatar
Big Frank Big Frank is offline
Banned
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Gers, France
Posts: 1,186
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

YES YES YES HOLY MOTHER OF KAZAN YES!!!!

sorry

got carried away
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 16 November 2006, 02:09 PM
mikalele mikalele is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 77
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

That sounds all really good!

The dozens of smaller fixes... do they include the "two-screens-with-different-resolutions-bug"?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 16 November 2006, 02:32 PM
Egg Bramhill's Avatar
Egg Bramhill Egg Bramhill is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Harwich, Essex, England
XXP5, X3D6, XWD5
Posts: 10,061
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Here's one change I've noticed that's not mentioned above is that sizes in Xtreme are now maintained on export as .swf to Flash. I think this will save hours of work for those who use Flash.
__________________
Egg
ENJOY IRRESPONSIBLY.
Dell Vostro 200 / Intel Core Duo CPU E7200 @ 2.53 GHz / RAM 4 GB / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Dual Monitor / Vista Business

Last edited by Egg Bramhill; 16 November 2006 at 02:35 PM..
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 16 November 2006, 02:41 PM
AntonyF's Avatar
AntonyF AntonyF is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 1,222
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikalele View Post
The dozens of smaller fixes... do they include the "two-screens-with-different-resolutions-bug"?
Yes. You brought it up recently in the forum, so your post reminded me to chase it up. As a two-screen user I was a proponent of getting this one fixed.
__________________
I'd start a revolution, if I could get up in the morning.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 16 November 2006, 02:44 PM
mikalele mikalele is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 77
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

YES! Thank you Xara Team!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 16 November 2006, 03:23 PM
Xhris Xhris is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
__________
Posts: 1,816
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Moir View Post
• Improved clipboard compatibility with MS Office and other apps
e.g. You can just copy anything in Xara and paste direct into Outlook and it embeds a JPEG
I noticed in Word, you can also double click pasted objects to load Xara and edit the shape. The shape updates automatically in Word on closing Xara. Shame I didn't have this a couple of months ago - it would have saved me hours of exporting.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Moir View Post
• Error handling improved so that in the event of a program crash you’ll normally get the chance to continue and save your work.
This is the best change of all - no more lost work! I can crash it for fun now.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Moir View Post
• You can now set the coordinates origin to top left corner increasing downwards.
• New option in Grid & Ruler to allow the ruler origin to be top left and coordinate values to increase downwards
This should please a few people!

Last edited by Xhris; 16 November 2006 at 04:20 PM..
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 16 November 2006, 04:01 PM
pauland's Avatar
pauland pauland is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bracknell, UK
XWD, Xtreme pro 4.0
Posts: 2,855
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Nice job Xara - relieved to see that the feet are out of the mud!
__________________
www.ipauland.com
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 16 November 2006, 08:04 PM
Odat's Avatar
Odat Odat is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
XDP6, X3D
Posts: 551
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Moir View Post
• You can now set the coordinates origin to top left corner increasing downwards.
Unfortuntely I don't have a windows computer handy, so I can't check this myself, but does this change apply to the main page co-ordinates and the way that invidivual objects are represented? i.e. with this turned on is the X/Y location of an object on the page also represented by it's top-left corner?

I would imagine that it would be the case, but before I sign the check to get the new version of Xara (sight unseen), I'd like to be sure.
__________________
This signature would be seven words long if it was six words shorter.
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 16 November 2006, 08:32 PM
Soquili's Avatar
Soquili Soquili is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Red Boiling Springs TN USA
XDP6,XPGD6,XX5,XXP5,WD5,WD6,WS4,MM1.1,X3D6
Posts: 15,358
Default Re: Xara Xtreme Pro - other improvements

Odat,

It works as you describe. Set the origin to the upper left corner and the Y values to increase going down.

The top left corner of the object is the location coordinates.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	coordinates.gif
Views:	1253
Size:	5.2 KB
ID:	32181  
__________________
Soquili
a.k.a. Bill Taylor
My TG Album
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
updates

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Xara Xtreme and Xara Xtreme Pro 5.1.2 update webmaster Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro 63 28 February 2010 05:42 AM
Xara Xtreme Pro 4 Issues again Scotty Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro 16 19 December 2008 08:46 PM
Question about Xara 4 pro jnerf Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro 4 03 December 2008 09:58 AM
June 15 - Workbook 60 - Xara Xtreme 3.2 and Xtreme PRO 3.2 Preview - Guest Tutorial gwpriester Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro 5 21 June 2007 05:29 PM
help importing ai file into xara xtreme pro carmen Xtreme & Xtreme Pro - Photo & Graphic Designer - Designer Pro 6 10 February 2007 01:52 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:16 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
©2006 Xara Group Ltd.