The Content Catalog is an extension of the Designs Gallery and is updated frequently. The Content Catalog is Cloud
based and offers content on demand. To access the catalog you must have an
Internet connection. (You
can also access the content
from the Designs Gallery if
you work off-line). The
catalog is resizable and is
easier for viewing and has
big thumbnails for all the
contents. When you have a
website or presentation
theme open, moving the
cursor over the listings on
the left side produces a
small pop-up thumbnail to
help quickly preview the different styles and colors. If you are using the trial
version, the templates displayed in blue on the the list are available for you to
try now. The items shown in red are available for free, but only after you purchase Web Designer 10 Premium.
There is also a large set of Business Specific Website Themes. These are available for an additional price. (My
photo of the balloons is displayed in the Web Pack 2 > Hover Widgets folder, one of several dozen photo
widgets).
Back to the New Insert Menu You can insert Images from a file, website, camera, or from the clipboard (for
screen captures, or images copied from another source). I discovered that Insert > Image > From Web Address
brings in the content of the whole page, text as well as all the photos and graphics and plops them down in
place on your page! You can insert Shapes such as rectangles, ellipses, SmartShapes, arrows, text panels,
speech bubbles. You can insert a Text Box (text area), and finally, you can insert a New Page including a blank page,
a duplicate page, or a template page from the Content Catalog. The Insert menu will soon become your one-stop
shop for adding content to your website.
Speaking of SmartShapes SmartShapes are common vector shapes that have extra controls that let you modify
them in ways that would take a lot longer if you had to start from scratch. The arrow shown below is a good
example. On the next page we’ll see some more examples of SmartShapes. SmartShapes can be modified at any
time. Tomorrow or next year. Any time. That’s what I call smart.
Mouse over this image
This is a Speech
Bubble. You can
alter its size and
its text.
This is a
Speech
Bubble.
You can
alter its
size and
its text.
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FIRST LOOK By Gary W. Priester
XARA
WEB DESIGNER 10
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