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    Default copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    I have been trying to copy text that I have created in Xara 3D and paste it to Xara Designer Pro with no luck. What am I doing wrong?

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    Default Re: copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    I seem to recall you cannot extract vector from xara3D, only save to PNG, GIF or WMF [I think] - been a long time since I used it

    pasting from one program to another uses the MS clipboard which may not be reading the xara3D info correctly [or at all], or it may be that the xara3D effect is not actually supported in designer which might use a different extrusion methodology

    I could be wrong...

    what I am pretty sure of though is that xara3D is/was a specific tool for the specific job of creating banners etc for websites; and as such it was intended to be at the end of the graphic design chain, so you may be out of luck; hopefully not

    if all else fails, can you create the text in designer using it's extrusion tool ?
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    Default Re: copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    If you have Designer Pro, a more recent version, you can use the Extrude Tool to do most of the same things you can do in Xara 3D.

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    Default Re: copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    You can copy & paste between Xara3D & Xara Designer. To do so, go Edit / SelectAll / Copy. Then Paste it into XD. However it will only be a transparent png.
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    Default Re: copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    thanks egg - I was pretty sure you could not copy paste vector... but I've not used the program since the heady days of spinning football logos
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    Default Re: copy and paste text from Xara 3D to lXara Designer Preo

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    You can copy & paste between Xara3D & Xara Designer. To do so, go Edit / SelectAll / Copy. Then Paste it into XD. However it will only be a transparent png.

    Sounds right to me.
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