The Xara Trompe L'Oeil Room Page 5
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Position the wavy gray shape in front of the text as shown here. Make a duplicate of the text. (The duplicate text will come to the front). Select the duplicate text and the wavy gray shape.

From the Arrange menu, select Combine Shapes > Intersect Shapes.

The duplicate text will disappear leaving only the intersected portion. Select the text and the intersected portion and group them (Ctrl G).

NOTE: We made a duplicate copy of the text so that when the text disappeared after creating the intersection, we'd have the original for the intersected shape to cover.

TIP: Intersect Shapes is a good way to place an image or object(s) inside of a shape or object, or in this case, text.

Find the two Conical-filled shapes you created on Page 2. Place the light one in the back (Ctrl B) and the dark one in front (Ctrl F). Bring the chrome-colored grouped text in front of the two duplicates.

Center align all three using the Object Alignment menu (Arrange menu).

Select the first duplicate and move it 2 pixels down and right. Select the second duplicate and move it 2 pixels up and to the left. (It's easy if you set your default Nudge amount to 1pix in the Page Options dialog).

How do you select the duplicates when they are hidden?

There are two ways. Way #1. Press the Tab key repeatedly until the first duplicate is selected. You will know by the colors in the Hatched fill and outline color box to the left of the screen palette. Repeat to find the second duplicate.

Way #2 (Faster) Click select the grouped text. Now hold down the Alt key and click again. The next object down is selected. To select the bottom most object, click select the top object, hold down the Alt key, and click twice.