Dear Xara...

...I can only beg with a very sad face, but can this please be fixed?

Here is the simplest test file that I can think of for you to check the inanity of using Smart Fields with any form of Link: Xara - Smart Field Link Explosion.xar: every character in a Linked Smart Field is being wrapped needlessly in the HTML to set up the required link address - each and every character.

Smart Fields could have been so much better.

Acorn