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- Xara plug-in 1.5 full release
- =============================
-
- This is the first full release of the plug-in for Xara files on the Web.
- The archve that you have just downloaded will automatically run setup by
- default - if you have chosen not to do this them you will need to run the
- program SETUP.EXE in this directory to install the plug-in. Normally you
- will have been asked a series of questions about where you want the
- plug-in to be installed, and the plug-in will already be installed on
- your system.
-
- Using the plug-in to view files on the Web
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-
- If you open a Web page with an embedded Xara, CMX or CDR (version 3, 4 or 5)
- file, the plug-in will load and display the file. Alternatively, you can
- drag a file to the browser window to view it - it will then open full screen.
-
- The file will open with the zoom tool selected by default - the pointer
- should resemble a magnifying glass with a plus sign in the middle. Click with
- the left mouse button to zoom in, or drag out an area to view that area.
- Shift-click to zoom out again.
-
- If the pointer is over an embedded URL (only available in Xara's new
- development file format) the pointer will change to a pointing hand, and
- the status bar will display the URL pointed to. Clicking with the left
- mouse button will go to that URL. To use the zoom or push tools when over
- a URL object, hold down Ctrl when clicking - whichever of the tools was
- selected will become active.
-
- Clicking with the right hand mouse button opens a menu. The items on this
- menu are as follows:
-
- * Zoom Tool - toggles whether the zoom tool is selected.
- * Push Tool - toggles whether the push tool is selected. When the push tool
- is selected, the pointer becomes a flat hand shape, and dragging
- with the left mouse button will move the image around the
- screen.
- Note that one or other of the push and zoom tools is always selected.
-
- * Previous Zoom - displays the image at the previous zoom sstting.
- * Zoom to Fit - re-sizes the image so that it fits within the display area.
- * Full View - displays the image in the whole browser window rather than
- embedded wthin an HTML page.
-
- * Quality - changes the quality of the display with the following sub-menu:
-
- * Smoothed - fully anti-aliased display; best quality but slowest.
- * Normal - no anti-aliasing.
- * Outline - outlines only; lowest quality but fastest.
-
- * Ordered Dither - simple dithering; faster but lower quality.
- * Error Diffuse Dilter - better quality dithering, but slower.
-
- * About - information about the plug-in, including version number.
- * Go to Xara - takes you to the plug-in home page on Xara Limited's Web site.
-
- More information on the plug-in
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-
- More information on the plug-in is available on Xara Ltd's Web site, at
- http://www.xara.com/. Pages of particular interest may be:
-
- http://www.xara.com/corelxara/plugin.html - information about the plug-in.
- http://www.xara.com/corelxara/hints/embedding.html - tips on embedding
- files in your Web pages using the plug-in.
- http://www.xara.com/corelxara/gallery/embedding/index.html - example
- embedded Xara files.
-
- You can get to the Xara site easily by choosing 'Go to Xara' from the menu
- generated by right-clicking over an embedded Xara file.
-
- Release notes for the 1.5 release
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-
- The 1.5 release of the Xara plug-in works well - here is the list of
- known limitations:
-
- ò Web format files - this isn't really an issue with the plug-in, but
- many of the Xara files on the Xara Web site are in a compact format
- which is being developed for Web use. Version 1.2 of CorelXARA
- will not create these files, nor can it attach URLs to objects as is
- allowed in the new format.
- ò Embedded file cannot be used as a link - you cannot use the anchor
- (<a href=...>) tag around an embedded Xara file, because clicks on the file
- will not be sent through to the browser.
- ò Printing problems - attempting to print on high DPI printers with low
- memory may fail (now rare).
- ò Printing from Microsoft Interenet Explorer won't work if the Xara
- document is loaded full-screen (not our fault - MSIE never asks the
- plug-in to print.)
- ò Netscape Navigator 2 problems with embedded files - Netscape Navigator
- 2.0 may incorrectly position an embedded Xara file when re-flowing an
- existing page. This appears to be a bug in Navigator, and does not occur
- with version 3, nor with Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- ò Using both CMX and Xara files on the same HTML page can cause problems.
-
- Please bear these known limitations in mind when using (and reporting
- problems with) the plug-in. Any problems may be reported to
- webmaster@xara.com - no reply is guaranteed, but we'll do our best.
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