Using Xara 3D Maker 7 With Web Designer Premium 365

Good Friday Evening All,
Here is my question: Can some one give me the A, B, C, D's in bullet points how to place a animation produced using Xara 3D Maker 7 onto a Xara Web Designer Premium 365 web page? I would think these 2 programs would work well together, but I am having major problems. Here is what I've done:

1 Open Xara 3D and go to file > Open and select my Xara 3D project file.
2. Go to file > export animation
3. Click the drop down menu next to "Save as type" and select "Flash Bitmap (swf")
4. Type the name of my file.
5. Remember which foldr I saved the file to and where to find it.
6. Open my copy of Xara Designer Premium 365
7. Go to File>Import
8. Select "Flash PlaceHolder (*.swf) from the list located near the bottom.
9. Navigate to the folder that I exported animation file and click on it.
10. Go to File > Preview Page to see how the page will look once it's been published. I should see the animation, but I don't. Do I need to draw a "place holder" on the page where I want the animation to go?
What am I doing wrong please? Thank you all who respond.

musicman

Try this and let us know if it works.

Draw a rectangle the same size as your animation.

In Website Properties > Placeholder > Replace with Flash. browse and select your Flash file.

You would think that Xara 3D and Web Designer would work together. But...

Following on from Gary's suggestion:

A bit more:

Good Saturday Morning GW Preister and Egg Bramhill, I just wanted you all to know how much I appreciate your very quick response. I wanted to get back to you before I have breakfast. I will devote myself to your instructions and see if I've got it. I will be back in touch soon. I'm feeling very upbeat now with your help. Thanks you so much.

musicmanRobert:D

Good Saturday Evening Egg Bramhill and GWPRIESTER I sure do thank you and wanted to get back to let you know what's going on. Actually, I finally did get a copy of my Xara 3D Maker 7's file. However, it turned out to show up as a double. In other words, there appeared to be one on top of the other. The main thing is, because of you, I am on the right track. Also changing the width to 457 and height to 225 appears to make a difference, although I don't understand why. I am now going to keep working with your instructions and am happy to do so.

Robert :)

If there appears to be a double, select the double and delete it. If both copies disappear then we need to delve deeper.

Hi Robert

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Also changing the width to 457 and height to 225 appears to make a difference, although I don't understand why

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No, they're not magic numbers. When you export from X3D and choose crop, the export window gives you the dimensions of the cropped animation. Note these & set the placeholder size to match ;)

Hello all and thank you for sticking with me on this. Now, what I notice is that the first letter at the beginning and the last 2 letters at the end of the sentence are chopped off for some reason. However, now at least from your great guidance I am able to import properly. I am now hard at work on this problem.

Robert :)

Ensure the font size is set to 'Fit to Width'. This should crop correctly then.