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    Poll: Re: How do you read your email?

    Two answers for me...

    Personal email : I use web based tools (gmail, ISP webmail and hotmail) but also use Outlook Express at home as a kind of storage email device.

    Work : Outlook 2003,...
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    Re: Tiled Printing

    I still use Impression Publisher (Artworks' DTP sibling) once in a while for minor updates to existing documents.

    It is worth looking at your printer driver advanced options. My little Epson R220...
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    Re: Taking 3D development to the next level

    well said... I vote for no bloating. Maybe Xara could enhance X3D instead to offer what you are after? That program always seems a little 'lite' on features.
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    Re: Just bought Xara Xtreme 4

    Welcome.

    Much as I respect Corel Draw, I think you made the right choice.

    (Saying that, I've not seen the latest version... maybe... ;) )

    DB
  5. Re: Is the 3D in Xtreme Pro 4 the same as Xara 3D

    I think it's a nice enhancement but does rather suggest that there is more to come later on. I've always felt that X3D was an application looking for a purpose. Having used Corel Draw in the past I...
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    Re: Editing Sheets of Music

    If you've just got the one piece of music then I would use Xara or MS Paint.

    If you have lots to do then the king of apps is Sibelius. It includes scanning and OMR (Optical Music Recognition)...
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    Re: Xara Crashed on Saving

    Long ago I used Corel Draw and it tended to crash a lot when saving or printing. I developed a habbit of regularly saving with an indexed number on the end. On big bits of work I at least index, but...
  8. Re: can it be done with Xara?:magazine done totally in XX

    The latest (February) UK edition of Personal Computer World has Serif Page Plus 8 PDF Edition free on the cover disk. (I don't know how this applies internationally.)
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    Re: What is your day job?

    My background was as a computer geek for a computer supplier (from leaving school) supporting Acorn, early PCs, Atari, Amiga, etc. Later on I was classed as the designer for their hi-class (read...
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    Re: Xara lessons online

    Great snow pictures... makes me feel all Christmassy!

    DB
  11. Re: Newbie Please Help!!

    Did you see this...

    http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=22391

    DB
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    Re: Formatting the disc for Mac use

    CD-RW disks always seem to have compatibility issues. Always use CD-R disks - they are so cheap these days anyway (I remember single CD-R disks being over £15 each).

    I would skip Nero and use...
  13. Re: Newbie Please Help!!

    e.g.

    http://www.bamberger.plus.com/licklevil01.jpg

    Produced by tracing the image and then dropping it into Xara3D.

    An extrude option is something that Corel has that Xara doesn't... but I...
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    Re: Creating a gradient of colour and shape

    I did this for someone earlier this year as a an example of what was possible...

    http://www.bamberger.plus.com/ogi01.jpg

    There are two objects: the background, to which I applied a linear fill,...
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    Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX

    I think this should be good news for Xara.

    My company competes with Magix in the consumer world, though I work for the corporate division. In the same way, it is in an acquisition mood at the...
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    Poll: Re: Graphics tablet: an indispensable tool?

    I am still using a mouse.

    I purchased a NISIS tablet from Morgan a couple of weeks ago but have been unable to get it working so, for now, I am stuck with the mouse. :(

    DocBambs
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    Poll: Re: What web browser do you use?

    I'm running IE7 at home and it's actually been pretty reliable. (I'm probably the only one!) I do have Firefox as a fallback and use it for some sites which seem to be poor in IE.

    At work I use...
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