As you can see the border and background extend to cover the entire width of the text area. The headings are set to have a 1px border on all 4 sides, with a paragraph background color also set. The Text Improvements heading above and in fact all Heading 1 headings in this document show an example of how this can be used. These offer some great new choices for heading and paragraph styles (they are also quite a common style in Word documents, so improve the success of Word import).

Now in 17.0 you can also set Paragraph Borders, with or without a paragraph background. Text Improvements Paragraph Borders Designer 16.3 added support for Paragraph Backgrounds. 15 Image Import Resolution (November 2020) 16 13 New Rotation Center Workflow (November 2020). 11 New handle controls for various tools (November 2020). 4 Internal borders between consecutive paragraphs. You can find Release Notes for Designer Pro+ updates here.Ĭontents Text Improvements. You can find Release Notes for the earlier Designer Pro X18 here. You can find Release Notes for the earlier Designer Pro X16 here. If your Update Service has expired and you would like to give the new features a try, then you can download and install the trial of Designer Pro X and install it alongside your current version, or you can sign up for the free trial of Designer Pro+ (the version of Designer Pro included in Xara Cloud+). Owners of versions older than 17.0 will need to re-download Designer Pro from, as there is no auto-update.

NOTE for Designer Pro X owners: If you already have 17.0 installed (you can check in Help > About) then any later updates will download automatically. If you have an active subscription to Xara Cloud+ purchased from Xara, or an active Update Service purchased from Magix, then these updates are free. Scroll through this document to see a description of all the great new features & content released in v17.0 (March 2020) and v17.1 (November 2020).

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