A dizzying array of layout and drawing tools are provided along with the layering, fill and transparency features to make the most of them. Designer also includes iGrafx Image for image capture and editing. Unfortunately, Designer's presentation features are less impressive than its drawing capabilities. Designer does not include a charting program or preset formats for tables and organizational charts. In addition, only a limited selection of transition effects can be added to pages in the page manager, which is somewhat reminiscent of PowerPoint's slide sorter.
Available transitions are the familiar cast of wipes, blinds, checkerboards and weaves.
Presentations can be timed or run manually and can be exported to a compact executable file. A useful tool, but not the whole package Today's digital-media professional uses a wide variety of tools on every project. No single application can do it all, try as some might. Designer excels at text handling and object drawing and has more powerful features and tools than can be adequately described here. Its love for CAD files enables it to handle some files that other applications cannot.