Sel ector

tool
The Selector Tool is the primary tool in
Xara X. It is used for selecting,
rotating, moving, skewing, stretching,
flipping and scaling objects as well as
other editing.
 Free hand and brush tool

The Freehand & Brush Tool allows you to

draw freehand lines and shapes as you would
with a pen on paper. You can edit freehand
lines in the same way as those drawn with
the Shape Editor Tool or Pen Tool
 Shape editor tool

Unlike other drawing programs, Xara X

combines the main shape or curve editing
functions and line or shape creation facilities in
this one tool. The Shape Editor Tool can be
used to alter curves or straight lines, insert or
delete points, smooth complex curves, cut lines,
reshape curves and create new lines or shapes
 Pen
Tool
The Pen Tool is an alternative way of creating
lines and shapes. We recommend using the
Shape Editor Tool as it lets you create and
edit lines using the same tool
 Rectangle tool

The Rectangle Tool creates and

edits rectangular and square
QuickShapes . It is a customized
version of the QuickShape Tool.
 Ellips tool

The Ellipse Tool creates and

edits elliptical and circular
QuickShapes . It is a
customized version of the
QuickShape Tool
 Quickshape tool
The QuickShape Tool creates and edits QuickShapes.
QuickShape Tool Operations
Adding curved corners to polygons
Adding curved corners to rectangles
Changing curved corners on a polygon
Changing curved corners on a rectangle
Changing the number of sides of a polygon
Drawing polygons
Drawing star-shaped polygons
Making a polygon star-shaped
Moving QuickShapes
Moving the star points on a star-shaped polygon
Rotating ellipses
Rotating rectangles
Scaling and rotating polygons
 Text Tool

The Text Tool allows you to create text objects

consisting of one or many lines of text which
can be placed around a curve if necessary and
alter existing text objects. The Text Tool
Infobar shows the range of text attributes.
If there is a selected region of text, any
change to a text attribute applies to that
region.
Otherwise, the change applies at the text
cursor. Start typing and the text appears with
the changed attribute.
 Fill tool
The Fill Tool lets you apply
fills to the selected object(s)
in a variety of graduated
color. Fills are controlled
using fill arrows that control
the position and direction of
the fill. The colors of the fill
are controlled using fill
handles.
Transparancy tool

With the Transparency Tool

you can give objects levels
of transparency using a
wide variety of
transparency shapes. It
works in a similar way to
the Fill Tool.
 Shadow tool

This tool lets you apply, remove, and

modify semitransparent (or "soft")
shadows. The transparency of soft
shadows increases towards the edges,
which gives a very realistic effect.
Shadows are resolution independent so
you can scale them without losing
quality.
 Bevel tool

Bevels give objects an

appearance of depth
instead of being flat on the
page. Bevels are resolution
independent so you can
scale them without losing
quality
 Contour tool
You can use the Contour Tool to contour
objects.
Contour Tool Infobar Controls
Distance between Steps/Number of Steps
Remove
Effect
Contour Width
Inner/Outer Contour
Position Profile
Attribute Profile
Inset path
Join style
 Blend tool

Blend Tool Operations

Blending objects
Removing a blend
Creating a two-way blend
Changing the number of steps in a blend
Creating multi-stage blends
Changing the way colors fade in a blend
Anti-aliasing steps in a blend
Blending along a curve
Removing a blend from a curve
 Mold tool
The Mold Tool is used to
apply Envelope and
Perspective molds to objects
to warp, bend and reform
them. For more details on
molds, see the
Molds Overview. You can
choose the Mold Tool using
the Mold Pop-up Menu.
 Button and Navbar tool

This tool lets you create a series of buttons

for use in web page navigation bars.
Optionally you can make the buttons
rollovers. You can then modify the
individual buttons as required (for example
by changing any wording) and then export
them plus the associated HTML code. (For
rollovers, the required JavaScript is also
exported.)
 Push tool
Push tool

The Push Tool lets you use the

The Push
mouse Tool lets
to move you use the
a document
mousethe
within to window.
move a document
The Push
within
Tool the window.
Infobar contains The Push
controls
Tool
for Infobaron
zooming contains controls
the document.
for zooming on the document
 Zoom, tool

The Zoom Tool allows you to alter

the magnification of the current
document view. It only affects the
view on screen - the document
itself does not change