Thanks for tip about increasing the outer margin size. I've now updated my default template.

It’s not that I really find any of these things a major problem, it’s just I forget the Xara pasteboard works differently to other programs like Adobe Illustrator & Affinity Designer, and seeing that it had been updated, thought that might be something that had changed.

I generally don't often worry about page size and leave the 'Lock page size' option unlocked, then drag out the page edge to increase my working area as required. Another solution I've seen mentioned on the forum is to use a huge page size like A0.