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The constrain key

The "Ctrl" key has a special function in Web Designer Premium. It constrains the action
of the current operation in some way. For example, normally you can rotate an object to
any angle. But in Web Designer Premium,if you hold down "Ctrl" while you rotate an
object, the rotation is constrained to a subset of the possible angles. By default the object
will rotate only to multiples of 45 degrees plus any rotations where a significant straight
edge in the object becomes vertical or horizontal.
The black line on the left can be rotated to
any angle within the circle. On the right is
the same line, but with "Ctrl" held down it
can only be rotated to the positions
indicated.

Similarly, constraining a rectangle creates a perfect square and constraining an ellipse
creates a perfect circle. Release "Ctrl", and they will not be constrained.

The constrain angle feature is defined in "FILE" > "PAGE OPTIONS" > "GENERAL" > "ANGLE
CONSTRAINT (ON PAGE 499)"

Galleries

Xara Web Designer Premium uses galleries to provide convenient access to libraries of
content such as templates, fonts, colors, clip-art, line attributes, and bitmaps/photos. This