NEW: Xara Page & Layout Designer

[haakoo]

You can download the trial for Page & Layout Designer and give it a go yourself to see whether it would be suitable for you, once it has been released

Hans

[Petar_MK]

Can somebody explain to me the differences between:

1. Page and Layout Designer vs Photo and Graphic Designer, and
2. Page and Layout Designer vs Designer Pro X.

I mean if PLD is PGD + page and layout features or there are some big differences, and
What is and what is not inside PLD from DPX.

Can you give us a comparison table between all these three programs.

[gingerbeardman]

Can you give us a comparison table between all these three programs.

Here it is: http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/compare/

Web Designer 9
vs
Page & Layout Designer 9
vs
Photo & Graphic Designer 9
vs
Designer Pro X

I assume it will eventually be updated for DP9

[Petar_MK]

Having in mind the price of PLD, how serious it can be comparing its features to InDesign and QuarkXPress?

[gwpriester]

Page and Layout Designer is not on the same level at InDesign and QuarkXPress. These are very high end (and very expensive) applications, But P&LD9 does offer a very excellent set of tools for intuitively working with text and page layout design. I think you will be impressed when you try it out.

The best thing to do is download the trial as soon as it is available and try it out. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

@Acorn - No native support for tables but you can set the tabs to create the table text then create the rest of the table design.

[Petar_MK]

Thank you Gary for the answer. Can you, please, comment my previous post about comparing all three Xaras' products?

[haakoo]

http://www.xara.com/us/ here it will show all features.

Hans

[Petar_MK]

Thank you Haako, I've already seen that page, but the differences between these programs were not so evident for me. I am asking, because I would like to buy P&LD and, eventually, P&GD. But, if P&LD has all the features included in P&GD, then why should I buy P&GD? And it is the same question with DPX.

[gwpriester]

Basically this is the difference. Photo & Graphic Designer 9 has the best photo editing tools. Page & Layout Designer 9 is what we used to call a Desktop Publishing program and is best for page layout and projects intended for printing. Web Designer 9 is the best product for creating websites and comes in an entry level product Web Designer 9 Classic, and a high end full featured product, Web Designer 9 Premium.

Xara Designer Pro X (the next version will be called Designer Pro X9) has all of these features and is the top of the line product. And, as you would expect, it costs the most.

If you can afford it, Designer Pro X is the way to go because you get all of the tools and features.

[haakoo]

Then buy DPX because it will have all features and perhaps even some more
(See Gary beat me to the punch with the same conclusion )

Hans