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Widgets from the Online Content Catalog
Many of the elements under the COMPONENTS folder in the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOG are
widgets (as indicated in the titles).
To add a widget, just drag and drop it from the gallery onto your page. What happens
next depends on the type of widget. If it’s a Web Editable Widget, a browser window will
open to allow you to configure the widget on the widget provider’s website. If it’s a Locally
Editable Widget, a placeholder image will appear on your page. Double click on the
placeholder and a new document opens within Designer Pro, which allows you to
customize the widget.

See the website at xara.com/widgets http://www.xara.com/widgets for more information.

Web Editable Widgets
When you drop one of these widgets onto your page from the DESIGNS GALLERY, a
window opens which is actually an Internet Explorer browser running inside Designer
Pro. This is similar to the preview window shown when you click the preview page and
preview website buttons on the web toolbar. However this widget window has some
additional buttons at the bottom – more about those later.

Example widget insertion window, showing Google News gadget.

The browser window opens onto the website of the widget provider. Here you can find
out more about the widget if required, provide any data the widget requires and in most
cases also customize its appearance. Usually the widget website will also show you a