© Gary Priester 2010
When you import a photo into
Designer Pro 6
, it often comes in at a restricted size if you have opted for a size limitation for
imported photos, or a different resolution than the image’s original resolution. There are two new options on the
Photo Tool
Infobar
at the top of the page and both are shown above right. To demonstrate these two settings I will use a small photo imported at
250dpi.
Zoom 1:1
zooms in to display the image at 96dpi, Windows screen resolution but does not alter the size of the image itself.
Scale photo to 100%
enlarges (or reduces if for example if the photo was saved at under 96dpi) the photo to 96dpi at 100% zoom
factor. In the example above, the square portion of the photo is shown at 100%.
Bullet and Numbered Lists and Indent and Outdent
Little by little Xara is becoming a very strong desktop publishing solution. The
addition of bullet and numbered list support along with indents and outdents (outdents are the opposite of indents and move the
selected text to the left the same distance as for an indent) are two more DTP essentials.
Select the text paragraphs and click either the
Bullet List
icon or the
Create/Remove Numbered List
icon.
Right click on a line of Numbered List text to open the
Numbered List Properties
dialog. You can specify the format for the number
or letter as well as the starting value.
Indents and Outdents
Indent moves a selection of text one tab stop. But unlike a tab, the entire selection is indented. Insert the
text cursor anywhere in a paragraph and press the
Indent List Items
icon and the entire paragraph is indented. Likewise insert the
text cursor anywhere in the paragraph and press the
Outdent List Items
to move the paragraph back one tab stop.
Indents are good for large quotes or to make a paragraph stand out.
Indents are also used to move listed text one tab stop over.