Egg - gotta tell ya - you are the greatest. I am JUST NOW using layers and today using Named Color and Shades of Colors. If it weren't for your audio/video tutorials, I would never have understood these. I also just saved your template in this thread and plan on adding to it for my own template. Thank you so much!!!!! (Xara just keeps getting better all the time!)
I actually was able to backtrack my way thru a complex drawing I am now working on and name the base color and make a lot of the others shades of it - and was I ever happy when I changed the color of the base and the entire pic changed appropriately!

Question: I now know what Named Colors and Shades are, but what's the diffference between them and Linked Colors or Tints (not to mention spot colors). I could read the Help files, but thought this might be something others might be curious about too. And... since you have such a great way with explaining stuff, I am asking you.