Xara Designer Pro+ Update 20.4.0.60286

[Acorn]

The locking of the Rotation Centre is very useful - thank you.
The correction to the new selection box is better. If I have a horizontal line the box is keeps its height locked to the Zoom between ~80% and ~2500%. Outside of these values, it increases.
The removal of the Pasteboard limit is useful.

Quick question.
What is happening about the PDF Help Manual?

Thanks,
Acorn

[handrawn]

+1 to the RC locking, thanks Rob

[xtom]

Nice, I also like the sound of "Pasteboard range limit removed so objects dropped a long way from the page don’t jump from the drop position." - That used to bug me when it happened.

[Rob-Xar]

PDF manual is in the works. Currently it's a total pain in the ass to produce due to the ancient system used to store our help and export to various formats (including the F1 help system), and is somewhat time consuming. I'm looking to replace this system with a more modern one with far better capabilities, which will mean producing PDF manuals with a single click. It's high up on my projects list (although even if it does get approved, would still be weeks or months while I transfer everything over).

[Acorn]

PDF manual is in the works. Currently it's a total pain in the ass to produce due to the ancient system used to store our help and export to various formats (including the F1 help system), and is somewhat time consuming. I'm looking to replace this system with a more modern one with far better capabilities, which will mean producing PDF manuals with a single click. It's high up on my projects list (although even if it does get approved, would still be weeks or months while I transfer everything over).

Rob, I do hear that Xara Cloud has a PDF download button (!)

Joking aside, the F1 Help CHM file, the integration of the XDA back into the CHM and the PDF file must be a right pain.

Acorn

[gwpriester]

Is there any way to turn off this "improved" angle of rotation feature?

I find it really counterproductive.

Developers must take into account that long time users have developed a way of working with objects and this completely disrupts my workflow. For example, if I duplicate an object, I have no way of knowing where it will pop up. And this is just one example. IMHO it was so much better the old way.