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672 Integrated key shortcut utility

Special characters (in Text Tool)
Ctrl + Space Hard space (words with hard spaces
between will not wrap at the end of a line)
Ctrl + NumPad – – EN dash (An EN dash is longer than a
minus, and is a more correct ‘dash’)
Ctrl + Alt + NumPad – — EM dash (An EM dash is a long dash)
Ctrl + Alt +.(Full stop) … Ellipsis (An ellipsis is three dots)
Ctrl + Alt + C © Copyright
Ctrl + Alt + R ® Registered
Ctrl + Alt + T ™ Trademark
Ctrl + Alt + B • Bullet

Feather Tool
You can control the feather slider with your mouse and keyboard. When the feather text
box or slider are selected:
Mouse wheel up/down increases or decreases feathering
Ctrl + Mouse wheel up/down increases or decreases in larger
increments.
Page up/page down keys increases or decreases in larger
increments.
Home/end keys select minimum or maximum feather values.

Other
Color Editor Ctrl + E (opens and closes)
Options dialog Ctrl + Shift + O
Xara Designer Pro X Help F1

Integrated key shortcut utility

This utility provides an easy and direct way to configure key shortcuts. It allows you to
define a shortcut for a command which doesn't have a shortcut by default, or to change a
command's shortcut.