some simple basic standard text handling pls

[Big Frank]

pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea se

if we're rushing headling into the giddy world of dtp and page layout
would it be too much to ask for some case options on right click when using the text tool
im tired of switching to textpad just to manage case options in a block of text

thank you auntie xara
please will you tuck me in now?

[steve.ledger]

You mean like the already present 'Ctrl+W' to change the case of the selected text?

[Big Frank]

a lot a good that is if youve just types a block of mixed case text without realising you had capslock on

i know about that shortcut
it halps in 20% of cases
it's the other 80% id like to see addressed

[steve.ledger]

It will swap mixed case (if you had the caps lock on by mistake)

[Big Frank]

thats the point
i dont want it to
the options i would like to see are:

invert case (ctrl w)
upper case
lower case
sentance case
capitalize

any half-decent word processor has this
if you have to type your documents in a word processor
and then past into xara
it kind of defeats the purpose of having a dtp page & layout app

[StevenWWinters]

if you have to type your documents in a word processor and then past into xara it kind of defeats the purpose of having a dtp page & layout app

+1

[tonylondon]

The DTP work flow I'm most familiar with is where contributors type their stories in Word and submit them to the editor. Once approved someone else lays them out and applies the necessary styling. Xara is not intended as a substitute for a word processor, so far as I am aware.

[mwenz]

The DTP work flow I'm most familiar with is where contributors type their stories in Word and submit them to the editor. Once approved someone else lays them out and applies the necessary styling. Xara is not intended as a substitute for a word processor, so far as I am aware.

I'm with Tony on this.

Only once or twice since 1989 have I composed content in a page layout application. However, I have done so no matter the vector application for one-page posters, banners and the like. I don't think that I have ever had case problems either way.

Mike

[StevenWWinters]

There are other workflows however. And there are also corrections made once in the DTP app.

In any event, these are not biggies, but they wouldn't be that difficult to implement either...

[Big Frank]

There are other workflows however

+1