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As always, we will be using Pixels as our units of measure. Right click on the screen and select Page Options... from the pop up menu. In the Units tabbed section, select Pixels for the Units and 0-255 for the Color Units. In the Grid and Ruler tabbed section set the Major Spacing to 100pix (key it in exactly like this please) and the Number of Subdivisions to 10. Press OK to close the dialog and apply the changes. To see a tutorial on Xara Basics visit Workbook 20. NOTE: You will notice from time to time I apply arbitrary colors to objects. I do this to make the objects easier to see. If I do not specify a fill for an object, you do not have to apply a fill or outline color. When I show an ellipse or rectangle that has just been created, that has no fill, it is because I have set the fill to none before I exported the illustration. By default, all ellipses, rectangles and Quick Shapes have a black outline and a black fill. There is nothing wrong with your copy of Xara. Naming Conventions. I use bold face to indicate the names of tools, galleries, keyboard shortcuts, and dialogs. Items such as unnamed icons and drop down lists, which have names when you let your cursor rest over them for a moment, are displayed in italics. The Infobar is the context sensitive menu at the top of the screen and changes to reflect the options for the selected tool. Some of the tool icons have changed in Xara X1 and Xtreme, and this may cause some confusion for new users. If you are using an older version of Xara, click here to see my Rosetta Stone for translating the old buttons into the new. New Users? I have created some quick start mini-tutorials to get you though the basics. Workbook 20, Workbook 30, and Workbook 31 cover the main things you need to know to get started. While you should be able to create all the steps in previous versions of Xara, some of the tool icons have changed, and this may cause some confusion for new users. If you are using an older version of Xara, click here to see my Rosetta Stone for translating the old buttons into the new. |
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Select the Rectangle Tool (keyboard shortcut Shift F3). Hold down the Ctrl key to constrain the rectangle to a square and drag a 150 pixel square. (You can see the size as you draw on the Infobar at the top of the screen). Don't worry if your square is not the exact size. Just enter the correct dimensions in the Width and Height text entry boxes and press Enter. Click the orange magnet icon on the Infobar to enable Snap to Objects. Select the Shape Editor Tool (F4) and click in the top left corner. Click again in the lower right corner to create a diagonal line.
With the new diagonal line selected switch to the Selector Tool (F2) it's the arrow the pointer tool, hold down the Shift key (to scale selections from the center out) and drag the lower right control handle (the small black square) so the diagonal line is wider than the square as illustrated above.
Clone the diagonal line (Ctrl k). Click the Flip Horizontally icon (the two upright triangles) on the Infobar at the top of the screen. You should now have a square and two diagonal lines as shown. Hold down the Shift key (to select multiple objects) and click on each of the diagonal lines. Press Ctrl g (or select Group from the Arrange menu). NOTE TO NEW USERS: Xara has 2 ways to make a duplicate. Edit > Duplicate or keyboard shortcut Ctrl d creates a duplicate and offsets the duplicate usually down and to the right 20 pixels. Edit > Clone or Ctrl k places the duplicate directly on top of the original. In addition you can Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste to create a duplicate. Edit > Paste places a copy of contents of the clipboard in the exact center of the screen. Edit > Paste in Place or Shift Ctrl v pastes the duplicate in the exact position from which it was copied.
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