The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 7
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Place the capsule shape on top of the enveloped lines and background. Select the capsule and the lines and from the Arrange pull down menu, select Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes. This crops the lines to the shape of the capsule.

Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the black outline around the capsule to select just it and not the entire contents, and set the outline to none.

Select the intersected lines and the background group, and send both to the back (Ctrl B or Arrange > Send to Back).

NOTE: Another way to do this is to select the intersected lines and press Shift Ctrl B to send the lines Backwards. This sends the selected object(s) back one layer at a time.

 

Select the Text Tool, click on the page to place the insertion cursor, and key in XARA ROCKS (it really does, don't you think?). Highlight the text by dragging the text cursor over it and click the Center Justify icon on the Infobar.

The font I have used is called Valken, and is available from Xara's BuyFonts.com or in the Fonts folder on the Xara CD.

With the text still highlighted, click the down arrow next to the Line Spacing text entry box until it reaches 70%. Click the right arrow next to the Tracking text entry box until it reaches 100%. Visually center the text over the capsule.