NEW: Xara Page & Layout Designer

**gwpriester** · 27 June 2013, 09:03 PM

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** · 27 June 2013, 09:12 PM

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

**haakoo** · 27 June 2013, 09:17 PM

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

Hans

**Petar_MK** · 27 June 2013, 09:29 PM

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** · 27 June 2013, 09:48 PM

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** · 27 June 2013, 09:51 PM

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

**gwpriester** · 27 June 2013, 09:55 PM

I'm quick.

**haakoo** · 27 June 2013, 09:56 PM

A pensionado has all the time to be quick

Hans

**Petar_MK** · 27 June 2013, 09:56 PM

Thank you guys. You helped me a lot.

**stevegill** · 27 June 2013, 10:37 PM

Will Page and Layout Designer be suitable for writing software user manuals, considering that they can be a couple of hundred pages or more with lots of screenshots?