Xara Designer Pro X
The design suite
for bringing your ideas to life

Create pixel-exact designs on your 4K monitor in the new, razor-sharp HiDPI workspace.

Enjoy improved imports of PDF files starting now with PDF Editor 4.0. And fonts used in files are displayed.

The shape tool now also features the modern handles.

Create vertical & horizontal patterns from objects and elements with just one click.

The new header and footer designs are automatically placed at the beginning and end of pages, where they automatically match to fit the size of your document.

Starting now, activate over a thousand different Google fonts for free with Xara Designer Pro.

The Online Content Catalog now features 155 diverse templates for Facebook posts.

There are now over 95 templates for Instagram posts in the Online Content Catalog*.

Find over 125 templates for presentations in the Online Content Catalog*.

Use one of the over 105 Text Panels from the Online Content Catalog* to highlight your important texts.

Showcase your photos with one of over 65 Photo Panels from the Online Content Catalog*.

Share numbers, facts and figures with ease using one of 15 charts from the Online Content Catalog*.

Simple object editing – thanks to the new handles for the selection, SmartShapes and QuickShape tools.

And now your personalized settings will be kept, even if you upgrade to a new version.

SVG files can now be imported in their original size and without empty elements.

Bitmap files are now converted to vector graphics during HTML export. This ensures a better Google rankings for your website & a pleasant browsing experience for your website's visitors.

Footer designs are automatically placed at the end of a document & automatically match your existing design.

Thanks to the new Tab Key support, you can easily navigate through in the new Xara Designer Pro X.

Xara Designer Pro X now offers 970 Google fonts for more creative freedom. Activate for free and start using them right away!

With the clearly arranged supersite Preview, you can present awkward content to your website's visitors in an attractive and downloadable format.

With the new rotation workflow, you can easily rotate objects intuitively around any point in the document.

The Online Content Catalog* now contains more than 250 website design templates.

Now you can professionally put the final touches on your web & print designs in no time with the footers from the online content catalog.

Let your ideas take center stage – with one of over 110 templates for presentations in the online content catalog.

The Online-Content-Catalog now offers over 60 diverse photo panels.

Put the focus on important quotes – with over 100 text panels.

More than 15 different table templates are now available in the online content catalog so that you can present data and key points clearly.

Present data and connections clearly and professionally with one of nine different diagrams from the online content catalog.

The right post for every occasion – browse from the over 125 facebook post templates available in the Online Content Catalog.

Be present on social media – find over 65 templates for Instagram posts in the Online Content Catalog.

Designer Pro X now lets you import and edit InDesign files.

More accurate import for .ppt(x), .doc and .pdf files.

Give your text a unique look. Choose from over 640 different Google fonts.

The expanded table function now lets you use fill characters to make tables of contents and menus easier to navigate.

The paragraph designer lets you create attractive layouts for title pages and paragraphs.

Add alt text to pictures and graphics to improve their visibility in search engines.

Use NoFollow links to prevent links to other websites from negatively impacting your Google ranking.

Objects can now be dragged and dropped onto text to embed them.

The Online-Content-Catalog* now features ten different templates for e-books.

The Online-Content-Catalog* now contains more than 240 templates for modern websites.

The right post for every occasion – with over 80 facebook post templates, the Online-Content-Catalog* has something for everyone.

Create e-books from your written content and captivate your customers and readers! Designer Pro X now includes five modern e-book designs for you to choose from, so you can present your work in a new, entertaining and informative way.

The holidays are just around the corner. Your social media posts are guaranteed to stand out and bring a smile to the faces of your followers with these festive templates.

Special greetings: Create stunning invitations and festive greeting cards to send to clients, as well as family and friends.

So clear! Clearly present important findings and data trends in line diagrams. Grid lines help you to display your data neatly, the X-axis headings can be rotated as you wish, Y-values can be moved with just one click – and much more!

When you rotate an object, the exact angle now remains visible even if you stop holding it clicked. This way you'll always know the exact angle of rotation for all objects.

Create your designs 100% according to your original ideas and Xara Design Pro X will completely handle the cropping process automatically. This way you can easily submit the PDF/X of your design to a copy shop and receive exactly tailored prints!

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Want to put extra emphasis on a few text passages? Now, you can highlight lines and paragraphs with color. That way, they're guaranteed to be noticed and your texts will look even more creatively designed.

With new, improved text selection, words and text passages can now be easily selected by double-clicking and dragging.

The new "Dynamic Web Variants" option automatically scales content within each web variant so that it fits the width of the screen or browser, meaning your website can be viewed better on different devices.

The Text shape filler has been optimized: Text added to a shape or graphic will now automatically adjust to the font size there.

Save even more time when creating documents: Use "Automatic Text Panels" to store frequently used text such as name and address details for adding to any document with a single click.

SVG graphics are vector-based, meaning they can be scaled without loss in quality. These are ideal for responsive websites.

More Smart Text Panels have been added, which can be used to put the focus on important text or quotations.

The range of Smart Photo Panels and Frames that can be used to feature people on websites or highlight photos on flyers and brochures has been extended.

Now, there are also even more Smart Labelled Lines that are perfect for line breaks, titles, or as a ruler for technical drawings.

New OpenType functions (Swashes, Titling & Stylistic Alternates) offer even more options for eye-catching typography. This way, you can make individual characters, words or entire sections really stand out.

Create brochures, websites and flyers: The new Smart Text Panels enable you to make important text or quotations pop. These adjust to perfectly fit the length of your text.

Discover over 70 new Smart Photo Panels & Frames for your projects. These are a popular way of presenting people on websites or highlighting photos on flyers and brochures.

The new Arrow SmartShapes enable you to create customized arrow shapes exactly the way you need: Adjust the arrows for width and line style as well as length and curvature.

As a hyphen, title or a line for technical drawings: The eight new Labeled Line SmartShapes are fully flexible and adjust their size to fit when text is inserted, or to the length of a unit of measurement.

Tons of new SmartShapes: Use fully customizable trapezoids, parallelograms, wheels, pentagons and more to create modern designs for social media posts, flyers or invitations.

Modify lines faster than before: The practical preview feature displays changes to line width in real time as you scroll though the selection options.

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For a perfect match between design and photo, use the new Magic Color Match feature to generate an entire color spectrum from a photo in a single click. You can then use this as a basic foundation for your graphics, illustrations or documents.

Xara now supports advanced OpenType features such as Stylistic Sets, Contextual Alternates and more. And it includes live preview - just hover over the OpenType feature menu and you can preview the effects immediately.

Be more creative than ever. Text will automatically adjust and fit into any shape you are working with. A perfect combination for any document.

Lots of new & easy to apply options including ALL CAPS, all lower, Initial Caps and SMALL CAPS. It’s a great time saver!

Goodbye to non-aesthetic formatting! The page makeup feature allows you to easily format text and avoid widows and orphans.

Bring your productivity to a whole new level with enhanced table SmartShapes, which let you work more efficiently. With an even wider range of possibilities for design, you can create even clearer tables for your websites, flyers and documents!

Thanks to improved text and object recognition, grabbing a logo, photo or text from a PDF is now as easy as copy / paste. What’s more any vector design elements remain fully scalable, editable and colorable.

Directly import CSV files in easy-to-understand pie charts and tables and present your data clearly across all your documents.

Create buzz about your food store online! This website template has been specially designed for the current "superfood" trend and with freshness and vitality in mind.

This way you can communicate your vision and what you offer to customers, even before they visit your store.

Body and soul, in harmony: Yoga and well-being offers should radiate tranquility from your website in order to attract potential customers. Use our website templates for inspiration, or simply use them as they are.

Whichever you choose, your business will benefit as a result.

Are you valued by your regulars, but want to attract new customers? Use flyers, presentations and social media posts to boost your restaurant or delivery service business.

The new templates can be easily customized to your needs and are based on culinary themes.

Fitness is your passion, whether you run a local sport studio or have a fitness blog. Advertise your latest courses or new protein and energy drinks with flyers or presentations.

Keep your customers up-to-date with the latest developments in fitness and health.

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Discover more than 20 new SmartShapes: With new tables, layouts, shapes and text boxes, there's plenty of creative freedom for your ideas.

Especially popular: Create your own modern flat designs by adding text to SmartShapes or images.

Create the perfect flat design. From now on, there's no need for complicated formatting to get text to fit into a certain shape.

Simply choose a Smart Shape, add your text and then use the special handles to move it to the right position.

Make your ideas a reality without the need for a professional designer! The selection of new Smart Shapes can be used for presentations, flyers, websites and much more.

Modify size and color, add text and your design is finished.

Our most sought-after customer request is now available – SmartShape tables.

Creating tables for your business has never been easier – lines and columns can be easily moved using handles, re-arranged and resized.

Discover new culinary-themed templates for starting your own food blog or creating an Internet presence for a cafe.

Whether your want to share your adventures in the great outdoors or enhance visibility for your consultancy firm, these new templates help you give your online presence the perfect format.

Want to boost your social media presence? Choose one of our new templates for industries including car sales, fitness logistics and more.

Easily convert Facebook posts for other platforms such as Instagram or Twitter. Magic Resize lets you scale text and images to the perfect size.

Discover the Online-Content-Catalog* with over 1 million freely available stock photos, graphics and illustrations that are easy to use.

Whether you have a microsite, website or blog in mind, our templates offer crisp, clear design and breathtaking effects. You're sure to find the right template for your project here.

Does your presentation feel like it's missing something? Want to add graphics or create a unified layout? Select from a high-quality range of material for presentations - including new designs Water, Travel and Business!

New social media templates are included for Instagram, Twitter & Facebook. Not only do they look great, they're automatically adjustable in terms of size.

Want to create and print high-quality flyers, leaflets or brochures? Our templates for newsletters and flyers can be perfectly customized to your needs and are available in 12 new designs!

With Xara Designer Pro, you can create letters with pre-defined forms or from scratch. There's something to suit every taste.

Discover impressive new photo filters that are freely combinable and enable you to create truly unique effects.

The wide collection of templates offers the perfect base for demanding design projects.

Design top-notch brochures and flyers for products, companies and events.

SmartShapes for timelines and planning processes, improved import of PowerPoint documents, optimized import and export for Word and PDF documents and improvements to list editing.

First impressions are key! From now on, you can use the full width of your monitor for your slideshows and make your website an absolute eye-catcher. This way, your images will be presented in just the right way to complete your website's message with an artistic statement.

Expand the slider any way you want – either with a prominent call-to-action button or a customized header.

Now with a total of over 100 photo filters, you can add special improvement to your photos with just one click.

Combine different filters to make your images really stand out.

Support Support for OpenType font ligatures, new SmartShapes for timelines, improved selection tools for SmartShapes and photo editing, improved PowerPoint import, optimized import and export for Word and PDF documents, improvements to text and list editing and improved HTML export.