Repeating objects has been greatly improved. Repeating objects now
automatically update unless you specify otherwise. The header at the
top of this page is a good example. It is a repeating object. The text
was too big so I reduced the entire line of text to 80% and it updated on
all pages. Footers now, such as the next, top, and previous page
buttons at the bottom of the page not only repeat, they also maintain
their position relative to the bottom of the page. So if I make the
bottom of the page longer, let’s say, the buttons automatically move to
the same space from the bottom of the page. This is really helpful!
The docked galleries slide out and unless you press the push pin icon to
pin the gallery in the open position, the galleries close as soon as your
cursor moves out of the gallery. This saves a step by not having to click
the close button.
The Page and Layer Gallery (shown above) has been redesigned to
make it easier to navigate your site. You can navigate to any page or
view the contents of the page efficiently. You can reorder pages by
dragging and dropping the page to a new location. You can switch from
Page to Layer mode. There is a small thumbnail of each page to help
you identify the contents.
Page Mode is very compact while Layer Mode helps you identify every
object on the page. There are two new buttons, Locate and More...
(and we all want more, don’t we?) In Locate mode, click on any object
on the page and the object is highlighted in the Page and Layer
Gallery. More... has two options, Show All on Page and Unlock All on
Page. In some of the other galleries such as the Bitmap Gallery, More
also has a Find option to help you locate a specific image. In the Fill
Gallery, More view includes Find, Sort and Properties.
If you have a pop-up
layer, such as I used
for the watch on the
last page, you can
right click in the
gallery in Layers
Mode and select
Layer Properties,
where you can select
any pop up layer on
the page, and specify
a Web Transition,
such as the Fade
effect I used with the
watch. For this effect
I used Slide in From
the Left with a very
short duration.
[Click Apply to see a transition effect]
There are a host of new Paste options that can be found the Edit menu,
the Paste toolbar, and from the pop up menu when you right click on a
selection. In the example above, I have copied a photo image to the
clipboard. My options are: Paste, pastes the contents of the clipboard
in the exact center of the screen, Paste in Place, pastes the selection
in the exact same position from which it was copied, Paste Format /
Attributes, pastes format or attributes where applicable to the
selected object. For example font, style, size, color of selected text,
fill or transparency, repeating bitmap fill, etc. Paste Position, pastes
the contents of the clipboard in the position of a selected object on the
page, the pasted selection is centered over the selected object, Paste
Replacing Selection replaces a selected object with the contents of
the clipboard. This is great for replacing a modified image. If the
contents of the clipboard are not the same size, the pasted selection is
distorted to the selected object’s size, Paste in Current Layer is good
for moving objects from one layer into the current layer, and Paste in
Place in Current Layer does exactly what you think it would do.
There is a new quick
Align option in the pop
up menu when you right
click on two or more
selected objects. As you
can see there are three
horizontal and three
vertical options. If you require more options, such
as Distribute, click Alignment... to open the
Alignment menu. You can perform each function
such as center vertically and horizontally but you need to perform each
alignment option separately.
Web Designer 7 Premium automatically applies the last attribute you
used to new objects. This is not new. If you draw a rectangle and apply
a green fill, the next object you draw will also have a green fill. You
may or may not like this feature. But a brand new feature works like
this. Rather than copy and paste attributes from another object, just
select an object that let’s say it has an orange Circular fill. The next
solid object you draw will also have an orange Circular fill. Great idea!
Web Designer 7 Premium offers two
ways to work with your site. You can edit
one page at a time and use the Page and
Layer Gallery navigate to a different
page, or select Multiple Page View and
scroll up and down through your entire
site. Single Page View is now the
default. Your editor prefers the Multiple
Page View. But having a choice is always
a good thing.