C'mon, tell me the truth! Is there No place I can buy an Xara X manual? It is awesome software, but I know, despite being smarter than your average bear, that I am only using a small percentage of it's capabilities. Where have I heard that before?

Some of the "simple" things I haven't got yet are:

1) How to lock the size of a background/border so it doesn't readjust with the size of the objects on it. (placing dots in the corners or using a large transparent box can't be what they had in mind!) This would especially be helpful for animations. Is that little magnet thingy what I use to lock things to the background so they don't come along for the ride if the cursor happens to pass over them while grouping other objects? I have had to go outside of the borders and come in at an angle to try to group or ungroup items without including others. This is very frustrating when I have to do several groups to get to the one I want to change. The help index has not been particularily helpful.

I am reluctant to purchase this without a manual.

Any pointers?

Thanks