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Creating a custom button bar

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For many users coming to Xara from other vector drawing applications, having to remember Shift Ctrl v to paste in place was always a sore subject. This command now appears in the Edit menu. (It has been around for a long times as a custom button in the Button Bar menu but most of us never think to go there. Click here if you are interested in a mini-tutorial for creating a custom control bar).

 

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Xara from day one, has had the ability to turn a color bitmap into a 2 color image by simply left clicking a fill and highlight color and right clicking a shadow color on the on screen color palette. But if you wanted to do this with a bitmap and have a transparent background, you had to use Intersect Shapes or ClipView to mask the rest of the 24-bit image. Now you can make a 2 color image with transparency by selecting the True Color + Alpha image then left and right clicking on the desired colors on the screen palette and/or editing the colors in the Color Editor.

 

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Finally, when you drag an object on the page. The image remains while you drag. And, now you can drag with the right mouse button and click the left mouse button to drag and drop a duplicate copy. Xara users have always been able to drag with the left mouse button down and right click to drop a duplicate but now you can rest that left mouse button finger and drag with the right.

 

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I have saved the best for last. The upgrade price is a mere $29 for the CD only version and $39 for the DVD-style boxed two-CD version which includes a printed "Quick Reference Card" that lists all the keyboard shortcuts and other useful information and an updated version of THE XaraXone CD, which contains all of the Xara Xone Monthly Tutorials.

Check the Xara X Conference on TalkGraphics.com for the official announcement. At the time of the official announcement, you will be able to upgrade to Xara Xtreme or purchase a new user copy.

This is all too Xciting!

 

 

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