4K screens & searchable text

[Acorn]

2. Is there any way to make the words in Xara pages searchable within Windows?

shiphen, I feel your pain.
Perhaps you could save your design also as a PDF that will then be fully searchable in Windows.

Acorn

[shiphen]

To get clear, there is a workaround of sorts for Xara failing to cope with Windows Scaling being set high appears to be is to edit the shortcut to Xara.

It's pretty messy but:

A) If you right-click on your shortcut ==> properties ==> Compatibility ==> tick "Override high DPI scaling behaviour", then everying is absolutely pin-sharp and in theory everything still works, but you have to guess what's going on in most of your menus!

B) If you you un-tick the above, then everything including the graphics that you are working on are horribly blurred, but at least you can read all your menus and everything is sized nicely.

I find myself jumping between the two modes. Not a nice way to work. :^(

J

[shiphen]

shiphen, I feel your pain.
Perhaps you could save your design also as a PDF that will then be fully searchable in Windows.

Acorn

A rather desperate workaround to have to do that every time you save... but yes, better than nothing I suppose.

But after all this time - 24 YEARS - what has been going on?
A) Are Microsoft engaged in some sort of conspiracy/anti-competitive practice against Xara/small companies?
Or
B) Has Xara been in some way incompetent/negligent?

Xara updates for their loyal customers - many of which have given them bucket-loads of constructive feedback and helped other users - are NOT cheap.

J