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The huge benefit of vector graphics, compared to 'bitmap' graphics created in pixel
editing software, is that you can re-color, edit, rotate, and resize the button with no loss of
quality. Make it huge and it remains pin sharp:

On top of that you can re-color easily, Just select, click a color and choose the color you
want to replace from the list shown in the Color Replacement dialog that appears. And it
will even stretch as required - everything in Designer Pro remains non-destructive (which
means you can always edit it, with no loss of quality).

Something that would take skill and time to produce using alternative graphics software,
is trivially easy in Designer Pro.

Right-click context menus

When you right-click any object in the Xara Designer Pro X workspace, a drop-down
context menu lists useful operations that are relevant to the object clicked on. For
example, if you right-click a rectangle you've drawn previously, the drop-down menu
allows you to perform actions only relevant to a rectangle.

If you right-click a photo, however, some of the menu options that appear apply only to
photos, while others are similar to the actions you can perform on a rectangle. The
object-specific operations are listed towards the top of the right-click menu's list, e.g., in
the case of a rectangle the first three actions above apply only to rectangles.
You can also right click both the page and pasteboard to see a menu of page and
pasteboard background-related operations you can apply.
If you select more than one object and right-click, the menu lists actions specific to
multiple objects, such as group, align and combine, as well as the common operations
such as cut, copy and delete. Similarly if you right-click objects that you have previously
grouped, actions specific to a group are displayed.
It's recommended that you right-click any object or multiple objects in the workspace to
access the context menu specific to those objects. Once you've done this a few times
you will know which actions you can quickly perform with right-click menus.