text stretched vertically

[morris]

When I right click or hover over the lock, I do not get the option they were speaking about. In addition, text isnt stretchable on my version of Xara.
I always have to convert it to shapes to be able to stretch my text.


Software used: Xara Pro X. I've had this version for 4 years.

I do not have XDPX (version 8, I assume) at hand, but in XDPX9 it works perfectly. I mean, when I unlock the aspect ratio (by simply un-checking the lock icon), text can be stretched using resize controls. Other method, not involving constant aspect ratio -lock and -unlock, is to press Ctrl+G (group) on the text object alone, resize vertically, and press Ctrl+U (ungroup).

One more thing - do you have a "text line" object, or rather a "text area" object? Because the latter does not stretch letters when resized - unless, of course, you use the grouping "hack".