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    Default The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 has been released.

    This updates Xara Designer Pro X 17 to 17.1.0.60415 DL x64 Oct 21 2020

    This was my experience.

    On my system I originally had the march 2020 version of Xara Designer Pro X 17.

    This November 2020 version did overwrite my toolbar settings. I am not sure what other settings it overwrote. Fortunately I had a backup of the registry setting where these are stored. I simply restored the reg file that my backup creates.

    The help file this November 2020 update installed is actually for Xara Web Designer Premium, not Designer Pro X. Again, I restored the previous Designer Pro X help file (Albeit for 17, not 17.1).

    I have sent a note to Magix support letting them know and if they could send me the Designer Pro X 17.1 CHM help file.

    Note: Designer Pro X 17 did not advise me that this update was available. I download the trial version (which delivered the November 2020 installer). It asked me for my serial number (Which was not pre-filled) and I was able reregister it with my still active serial number.

    On my PC, the program itself runs fine.

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Here you can find what's new: https://www.xara.com/us/designer-pro/whats-new (click the Pro tab). And here are the release notes:http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/designer-pro-x17.

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Make sure you select the correct version by selecting the 'DESIGNER PRO v17' button on the What's new page.

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    Disappointed they've deliberately held back the one useful feature from 25 June 2020 - the High DPI Support. I've been waiting and waiting and then, slump.

    So they get no upgrade money from me and left with a feeling of dissatisfaction. Pro it is not!
    Jon (Jono) Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 19.0.0.64329 DL x64 May 19 2022

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Should I wait for my Pro X 17 to tell me there is an update or do we now have to pluck it out as a trial?

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Quote Originally Posted by DanFelix View Post
    Should I wait for my Pro X 17 to tell me there is an update or do we now have to pluck it out as a trial?
    I would expect Designer Pro X 17 to eventually tell you there is an update...... I just got a bit impatient.

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    Info Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Quote Originally Posted by Boy View Post
    Here you can find what's new: https://www.xara.com/us/designer-pro/whats-new (click the Pro tab). And here are the release notes:http://releasenotes.xara.hosting/designer-pro-x17.
    Cheers Boy.

    In reading them I see little offered for XDPX.

    XPro+ has updated the following:
    • Version 20.0 (04-Jun 2020)
      • Improved Export of Web Documents
      • Tool Switch on SmartShape insertion
      • Don’t resize SVGs on impor
      • Other Fixes & Minor Improvements

    • Version 20.1 (25-Jun 2020)
      • High DPI Display Support
      • Export Options for SuperSites
      • Settings
      • Other Fixes & Minor Improvements

    • Version 20.2 (04-Aug 2020)
      • Tables - tab key support
      • Tab setting controls for Table Of Contents
      • Custom Spacing - Advanced
      • Minor Improvements
      • Bug-fixes

    • Version 20.3 (07 Sep 2020)
      • Selection UI
      • New SmartShape Handles
      • New Selector Tool Handles
      • Footer Designs
      • Other Improvements
      • Image Import Resolution
      • Google Fonts Update
      • Bug-fixes

    • Version 20.4 (08 Oct 2020)
      • Selection UI
      • Improved Rotation Center Handling
      • Selection box offsets on small objects
      • New QuickShape handles
      • PDF Import Improvements

    XDPX:

    • 4K support ((How long did Xara take to achieve this)
    • New footer designs (Content not function)
    • 40 new Google Fonts (Xara updated a file or two)
    • New SmartShape & Selector Tool handles (It will be interesting to hear the response form XDPX users on these)
    • PDF import improvements (Not used in anger yet)
    • Improved selection and rotation (I still need to be convinced but the Rotation centre is very useful)

    Also

    • Improved ToC
    • Keeping your Settings
    • New Supersite UI (A fix following the mess Xara made on first release)
    • Image Import Resolution (Finally)
    • Improved tables (No, I still break them and they are not W3C-compliant) Also they convert old table versions making backward-compatibility now impossible
    • SVG improvements (Another Xara correction)

    it is useful to have a(n almost) side-by-side comparison.

    Acorn
    Last edited by Acorn; 08 November 2020 at 09:33 PM.
    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Acorn,

    In looking through the release notes, I do not see anything about the 4k support. Where did you find this?

    Here is the link for the trail version from Magix at the bottom of the page - https://www.magix.com/us/photo-graph...ures/#c1215866

    Have not found the manual to down load, anybody know a link for it?

    Ray
    Last edited by RKissane; 09 November 2020 at 03:18 PM.

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    Quote Originally Posted by RKissane View Post
    In looking through the release notes, I do not see anything about the 4k support. Where did you find this?
    Ray, my bad. It was a late night copy & paste. No 4K for XDPXv17.1.

    Acorn
    Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
    When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

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    Default Re: The November 2020 update to Xara Designer Pro X 17 available.

    I have notice that I can not download the new design gallery. When I click on download all nothing happens.

    So I went and ran the content installer under the help menu. After this installer ran, I then received a popup saying there is an update new update is Xara Pro X 17.1.0.60486 DL x64 Oct 29 2020. Not sure if this popup showed up is because I ran the content installer or it just took a while to show up.

    Still have the problem with not being able to down load the new designs. I know I have seen this in the past and will have to do a search about this.

    Just want to give a heads up on the new update to the Oct 21 update.

    Ray
    Last edited by RKissane; 10 November 2020 at 02:22 PM.

 

 

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