Brand new ‘magic snap’ for object alignment
Web Designer now provides ‘magic’ magnetic object snapping. As you drag an object, it ‘snaps’ to points and
lines of interest nearby and indicates what it has snapped to by displaying dynamic
snap lines and points. This makes it
easy to align objects with each other, or with guidelines or the page center or
edges.
Improved embedding of graphics into flowing text
Creating anchored objects is now a one-click action and objects that you
anchor in text now also repel text, helping you create a wrap-around
effect easily. Repel margins can also now be defined separately for
the margin width and height. Also anchored objects can be constrained to move
vertically only, which is very useful where you have objects to the right or
left of the text that need to move only up and down.
Tabbed document windows
Tabs at the top of the Web Designer window show clearly which
document you are currently viewing, the document type and whether there are
unsaved changes. See at a glance which documents you have currently open and
gain access to them by just clicking on the document tab.
Quick alignment of selected objects
Quick
alignment of selected objects is made possible by the new right click menu option 'Align'. This
enables you to directly align multiple objects horizontally and vertically,
without having to open the alignment dialog.
Easier control of graphic styles (attribute rules).
There is a major change in the way that attributes (the appearance or
'style' of an object) are applied to a newly drawn object or line. Now a new
object can take on the style of the last selected object, rather than the last
drawn. It sounds like a small change, but is more intuitive and more powerful -
for example you can copy the style of any object by just selecting it then
drawing a new object.
Improved page management
- A new default Page & Layer
Gallery ‘pages’ mode
displays a narrow list of page thumbnails – for easy page selection and access.
- Web Designer initially
displays an uncluttered single page view. Use the Page & Layer Gallery to quickly move
to different pages, or switch to multi-page view by right clicking on the page
and selecting the multi-page view option on the menu.
A new straight line / arrowhead tool
This provides a really simple way to draw single-segment straight lines
and a new way to control the arrow head and tail on any line.
Fly-out galleries for instant viewing and flexible docking
A new gallery bar gives instant access to all galleries, which now fly
out as you hover the mouse pointer over a new gallery bar. It's easy to move galleries
around the workspace, and you can pin and dock them wherever you want, either
individually or in groups or 'stacks' on top of each other.
Solid, live shape drawing
When creating new shapes such as rectangles, ellipses and quickshapes
you'll now see a solid filled shape as you drag across the page (instead of an
outline). It's far more WYSIWYG, you'll see the correct fill and line color as
you drag. This works even if you have a fat line.
Hierachical Designs Gallery
A
hierarchical arrangement of the Designs Gallery makes it far easier to
find the template you're looking for at a glance.
The navigation buttons in the top bar of the preview window allow you to
move back or forward, just like in a web browser, and the Home button returns
you to the page you started the preview on.
You can now preview
your web page in full screen by clicking the new View Full Screen button in Web Designer's built-in Preview window. When you next use preview, Web Designer remembers the last used
mode (normal, maximized or full screen). and displays subsequent previews in
the same way.
Web Designer now supports the addition of favicons, allowing you to customize the
tabs of your web pages by displaying a custom graphic, such as a logo, on the document browser tab.
If you have Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari or Chrome
installed, you can preview exactly how your page will appear in each of these
popular web browsers with a single click.
Creating anchored objects is now a one-click action and objects that you
anchor in text now also repel text, helping you create a wrap-around
effect easily. Repel margins can also now be defined separately for
the margin width and height. Also anchored objects can be constrained to move
vertically only, which is very useful where you have objects to the right or
left of the text that need to move only up and down.
Tabs at the top of the Web Designer window show clearly which
document you are currently viewing, the document type and whether there are
unsaved changes. See at a glance which documents you have currently open and
gain access to them by just clicking on the document tab.
Quick
alignment of selected objects is made possible by the new right click menu option 'Align'. This
enables you to directly align multiple objects horizontally and vertically,
without having to open the alignment dialog.
