602PC SUITE 4.2 Release Notes

4.2.06.0213 Released February 15, 2006

• Removed 602PC SUITE Free from the installation. Read the press release for more information.
• Removed eDock support from all 602PC SUITE applications (Save/Open/Search).

4.1.04.0908 Released September 8, 2004

• Fixed the toolbar layout in 602Album.
• Fixed the help file to include the new features added to version 4.1.

4.1.04.0903 Released September 3, 2004

• Added PDF export support to 602Text, 602Tab, 602Photo and 602Album.
• Added automatic attachment of voice comments to pictures for voice recorded on a digital camera that appear on the memory card with the same name as the picture (*.WAV only).
• Added the ability to send photos or thumbnails by e-mail in the PDF format.
• Added EXIF support in web photo albums (i.e. date and time of shot, exposure data).
• Added support for text comments in web photo albums.
• Added new batch picture processing wizard with support for image cropping (preset aspect ratio/dimensions) and compression.
• Added on-screen picture rotation in Full Screen view and in Manual Slide show by pressing the L, R, or O key (on-screen rotation does not affect the original image).
• Added automatic mapping of cabinets on Photo CD's when the CD is inserted.
• Added DirectShow support for digital video (.AVI, .MPEG, etc.).
• Added Thumbnail view for digital video (.AVI, .MPEG, etc.).
• Added adaptive JPEG compression support. When editing a photo with one of the following features: Sharpen, Auto Tuning or Custom Rotation; the program saves the photo at the original's compression level.
• Added Thumbnail support for PDF documents in Binders and the Open/Save dialogs (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher to be installed).
• Added AutoCrop guides and the option to automatically save this area after Custom Rotation.
• Added a picture information icon to the top of the album that displays basic information about the selected picture when the mouse pointer hovers over it. Clicking the icon opens the Document Properties dialog that contains all detailed information about the selected photo.
• Added an option to hide the Title page in a photo album (i.e. go directly to the thumbnail page instead of the title page).
• Added automatic playing of voices or sounds attached to photos.
• Added new predefined tags for objects in photos: <width> - image width in pixels, <height> - image height in pixels, <colorcount> - number of colors.
• Added a new dialog for copying photos between albums. The dialog displays a thumbnail of the picture to be overwritten.
• Improved the Crop command with the option to retain the aspect ratio of the original photo when the picture is cropped by dragging the border with the CTRL key held down.
• Improved the display speed of thumbnails in the Document Properties dialog for images containing EXIF thumbnails.
• Improved picture copying, it is now faster on most operating systems.
• Fixed missing language strings on the menus of the MagicText program.

4.0.04.0401 Released April 1, 2004

• Fixed a bug in the Read function that caused 602Text to not read documents via Text-to-Speech.
• Fixed a bug in the Voice Settings dialog in 602Album that occured when switching between the 'Select voice from list' and 'Select voice based on the following properties' options.

4.0.04.0325 Released March 26, 2004

• Added new album and binder outlook in 602Album.
• Added text comments to photos in 602Album.
• Added Web Album support for picture comments in 602Album.
• Added new voice/sound comment option to pictures in 602Album.
• Added a new picture search routine in 602Album. A search can be performed based on the picture name, text comments or text contained in objects inserted into pictures. Pictures found can be viewed, sent by e-mail, viewed in a slide show, printed or copied to another album.
• Added Create Photo CD feature in 602Album. This allows authoring a CD with an entire album or selected pictures. This feature also supports viewing Photo CD's on computers without 602Album installed.
• Added automatic picture size reduction for sending pictures via e-mail in 602Album.
• Added a new "Thumbnail list" print layout that will print the list of thumbnails in a vertical list in 602Album.
• Added PNG format support to Multiple Picture Conversion in 602Album.
• Added the ability to download photos from a camera or card reader with USB Mass Storage Device support in 602Album.
• Added the Object menu providing all commands available for inserting objects in 602Album.
• Added a new option to modify the background color of the title page in a photo album in 602Album.
• Added new options to the Web Upload feature in 602Album: Comments to the HTML page with pictures, remember password, links to the Web Album now appear on the title page of the corresponding album.
• Added "View - Full Screen" command in 602Album.
• Added keyboard shortcuts in 602Album.
• Added the ability to launch 602Album to the "Add to Album" wizard after inserting the selected pictures.
• Added an all-new Sample album to 602Album(sample album and binders now install to the "All users" profile on Windows 2000/XP/2003).
• Added custom date format support based on the date found in EXIF to the Picture Rename function in 602Album.
• Changed the default folder that appears in the Open/Save As dialog in all applications from "My Documents" to "Recently Used".
• Fixed HTML links not correctly exported to the DOC format in 602Text.
• Fixed missing English (UK) and German dictionaries for the Thesaurus and Spelling feature in 602Text.
• Fixed Mail Merge with XLS files that disabled printing merged documents in 602Text.
• Fixed Mail Merge to correctly update the Date field when print merged in 602Text.
• Fixed a bug that caused 602Text to stop responding when editing an inserted OLE object.
• Fixed a bug in documents with pictures or objects inserted and line spacing set to "At least" in 602Text. If this occurred, the line height did not extend to fit the inserted picture or object.
• Removed "tree view" view mode from 602Album.
• Removed the "HTML Presentation" function from 602Album.

4.0.03.1006 Released October 5, 2003

• Initial Release.
• Added new MS OFFICE 2003 toolbar/menu style to all 602PC SUITE programs (on Windows XP and later only).
• Added new style of rulers in 602Text.
• Added the ability to archive mail merges. This new option can save the active main document and simultaneously create a copy of the connected database file in CSV or TXT format under the same name and in the same folder the main document is stored.
• Added EXIF information summary to 602Photo (appears in View - Information dialog).
• Added hand tool for easy navigation of large pictures in 602Photo (click mouse and drag).
• Added a new and improved Red-eye Removal function to 602Photo.
• Added quick thumbnail view to 602Album and Open/Save As dialogs. This feature is available for JPEG files containing EXIF data and reduces the time needed to display thumbnails of large pictures.
• Added thumbnail size adjustment to albums and binders in 602Album. The size can be set by using the +/- controls on the numerical keyboard, the Ctrl key in combination with the mouse wheel or in the shortcut menu.
• Added new web upload wizard to 602Album with many new features: new Web Photo Album styles, font color settings, automatic picture compression according to the desired file size, passive mode support for FTP uploads and the ability to retain settings from the previous use.
• Added new "Add to 602Album" wizard for an easy insertion of pictures to albums from Windows (select photos and right click them from Windows).
• Added the ability to select photos on multiple albums in 602Album. Information about the number of selected pictures on other pages now appears at the bottom of the screen.
• Added MP3 and M3U playlist playback support to 602Album.
• Enhanced the Mail Merge feature in 602Text to now support long database fields containing over 64KB of text.
• Enhanced the display of images inserted in documents.
• 602Album now minimizes to the Windows taskbar, not the system tray.
• Fixed deletion of empty paragraphs below text tables and text frames that random corrupted the document.
• Fixed vertical indentation of vertically merged cells in text tables.
• Fixed application of styles to text in a text table that random reset the style of text in other cells.
• Fixed a bug that disabled the Track Changes function, because of not recognizing the current user.
• Fixed Portuguese (Brazil) spelling in 602Text and 602Tab.
• Fixed appearance of some dialogs when using 602Text via the Citrix client.
• Fixed memory leak when exporting pictures that were "Floating with character" to the DOC format.
• Fixed memory leak when using the slideshow feature in 602Album.
• Fixed EXIF data corruption when saving pictures taken with some Kyocera and Konica digital cameras.
• Fixed a bug in the creation of shortcuts to custom folders in the Open/Save As dialogs. Removing a shortcut to a folder in the Custom Folder dialog did not delete the shortcut from the list of shortcuts in the Open/Save As dialog.
• Fixed a random bug in 602Tab that would cause the column width and AutoFit settings to not work at all.
• Fixed AutoFilter to not include cells in hidden rows.
• Fixed multiple sheet deletion that did not work when multiple sheets were selected using the Ctrl button and mouse.
• Fixed arrow controls next to the AutoFilter combo box.
• Fixed the incorrect command "Cells" that appeared in the shortcut menu in 602Tab instead of the "Insert Cells" command.
• Fixed 602Tab to now obey the "Open new workbook to new window" checkbox in Options - Files.