Editor: Xara Xtreme has had a major makeover and there are new names to go with the new look! Xara Xtreme becomes Xara Photo & Graphic Designer and Xtreme Pro becomes Designer Pro. But that's just the start, you can find Details below on the many enhancements in these major updates. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger pop-up (uses the Smooth new pop-up animation from V6).
Totally re-designed application appearance
There's an all-new look to Designer, including Modern skin and icons. You can see some screenshots here.
New fly-out tools and buttons
Fly-out tools and buttons present a simpler user interface, but with direct one-click access to a wider range of common functions. Many buttons now have a fly-out menu with related options. These buttons have been carefully designed so that you can still get to the main function with a single click of the button, but also very quickly access any of the additional options without any extra clicks.
Hierarchical Designs Gallery
A hierarchical arrangement of the Designs Gallery makes it far easier to find the template you're looking for at a glance.
Auto-updating Designs Gallery
The Designs Gallery includes new 'download' sections and content, that can be updated remotely by Xara.
Automatic Backup of all open documents
A new set of controls in the Options dialog provides an automatic backup facility where the program can regularly save copies of all open documents. You can set the folder where these backups are saved, and how often the backup occurs.
Automatic save and restore of open documents on application closedown
You can now just close Designer (or shut down your computer) and Designer saves all open documents and restores them the next time you start the program.
