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Sounds like you may have managed to default new objects to a bitmap fill. To get a bitmap fill out of an object, you have to select the object and explicitly assign a flat fill.
Just left-clicking a color on a bitmap-filled object won't do it. Applying a fill color to a bitmap-filled object turns the fill into a contone instead of replacing the fill.
An empty object (one with no fill color assigned) should take the fill color when you select the object and leftclick a color on the color line. If it doesn't, it may actually be a bitmap-filled object. Select the object and the Fill tool, and look at the fill type in the Property bar.
If it says "Bitmap" and the object still looks empty, drag the fill arrows onto the object and see if the fill shows up. Or select "repeating tile" from the dropdown menu beside the fill type.
If that resolves your problem, we can go on to how to default fills (and other attributes).
I made sure object started empty and then applied flat fill with same result - bitmap fill (and there were no bitmap arrows). This was done before your post amoore. Now, even if I try a flat fill it just wont werk fer me. Dang it this is maddening. Is there some evil default switch I don't no about or is Xara going psycho on me?