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provides a wide range of controls for this tool. Alternatively you can right click within text
and choose ADVANCED TEXT PROPERTIES.

The Font Menu (on page 211) displays a list of fonts and is split into four sections. The
top section shows fonts already used in the document, the second section shows web
safe fonts, the third section shows available Google fonts, and finally the lower section
shows all fonts installed on your computer.

As you traverse the menu, the selected text changes font allowing you to immediately
preview what the font will look like in the document.

Page Size

You can set any page size you like by selecting the PAGE SIZE tab of the OPTIONS DIALOG
(right click > "Page Options" or choose Page Options from the File menu). The dialog
offers a range of commonly used page sizes in the drop-down list, some intended for
web use and others for print use. Or Choose the custom option to enter any other page
size.
You can directly adjust the height and width of your page by just dragging on the bottom
or right margin of the page. Go into the Selector Tool and hover the pointer over the
bottom edge of the page, and it will change to indicate you can now drag resize the page
up or down as required. This is normally only useful for web documents as print
documents usually need a fixed paper size. You will be prompted to choose whether the
change should apply to all the pages in the document or website, or just the current one.

Changing the Page Size of Templates

You can change the vertical size of the pre-designed web templates by just dragging on
the bottom edge of the page. As you do this, footer objects will automatically stay with
the bottom of the page and any background panels will stretch automatically also, so the
page design is maintained for any page length.

Saving & Exporting Your Work.

Use the SAVE or SAVE AS menu options to save your work in progress. This saves a file
with the .xar extension, which is the native file format for Designer Pro. You are
recommended to regularly save your work as you go along, particularly if you don’t have
the automatic backup facility turned on (see below). If you want to edit or update your
document in future, you must save a .xar file this way and use it to do further updates,
even if you've also exported it to different standard file formats.