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• DELETE deletes a name from the NAME GALLERY and from any objects using that name.
• INTERSECT selects the objects that have all the selected items (name, font, bitmap or
color).
• REMOVE deletes a name from any objects using that name, but does not delete it from
the NAME GALLERY.
• RENAME changes the name shown in the NAME GALLERY.
• REDEFINE changes which objects use a name.
• MORE reveals some more options:
- SELECT selects (in the document) the objects that have any of the selected items
(name, font, style, bitmap or color).
- EXPORT exports the selected named objects.
- HELP shows the according help article

Naming objects

You can apply names to any object in Xara Designer Pro X using the “Apply,
remove or inspect names of objects” button on the SELECTOR TOOL InfoBar.
Alternatively right click an object and choose NAMES from the drop-down list.

Naming is a general mechanism which has a variety of uses, some of which are
described below. Most commonly names are used to form loose sets of objects.

Example uses of names

• Record information about the objects, e.g. what they are used for;
• Select the objects. This is particularly useful if the objects are widely separated in the
drawing or in a complicated drawing. One click and you can select just those objects
that share a name;
• Selectively export parts of the document. This is particularly useful for web pages with
complex graphics, which are often split into "slices" (or small parts) on the web page;
• For linked stretching where one named object can automatically stretch another
named object. For example, changing the text on a button can automatically change
the width of the button.