Version history for AM-Notebook
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Changes for v6.3 - v6.4
- [+] AM-Notebook works correctly with High DPI displays
- [+] Planner: New field "Note"
- [x] Note Tree: Custom colors are displayed correctly when a note is selected
- [x] Contacts: Name split into "First Name" and "Last Name"
- [-] Notes: Click the "Cancel" button when Inserting a new table into another table could lead to data loss.
- [-] Planner: Opening an item via double click could create a new item instead of opening the selected item
- [-] Spreadsheets: "Open Link" did not work for entered e-mail addresses
- [-] Global Search: Find text in grid didn't work under certain circumstances
- [-] Notes: Click the "Cancel" button when Inserting a new table into another table could lead to data loss.
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v6.2 - v6.3
- Diagrams: Option to optionally show name window when inserting new objects
- Printing TODOs could cut text under certain circumstances
- Option "Always open note in new tab" didn't work when a note was locked by another user
- TODOs: The note field wasn't updated correctly under certain circumstances
- Background color of read-only notes was not restored correctly after printing a note
- Some Unicode issues fixed
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v6.1 - v6.2
- Export spreadsheets to Excel
- Dates can be entered without points into date fields (eg. 24122010 or 241210, AM-Notebook will detect the correct date format automatically).
- The word count feature works now for the whole document as well as for the selected text
- Print "AM-Notebook Today"
- Toolbar button for font styles
- Unused font styles are no longer displayed in menus
- Export spreadsheet to HTML: merged cells supported
- Diagrams: Inserting an object into a diagram automatically requests the input of a description. This makes creating new diagrams much faster and more comfortable
- Smaller improvements to the Reminder window
- Export notes to HTML files: Images that were pasted from the clipboard were exported without a file extension. Now the correct file extension is used.
- Clips: Improved navigation
- LWA: Improved navigation
- Improved detection if todo/planner/address files are damaged to avoid data loss
- Diagram/Flowchart files were not included in backups (Tools+Backup/Restore)
- Many smaller improvements, changes and fixes
Changes for v6.0 - v6.1
- Word Count ("Tools" menu)
- Automatically convert *.txt files in the "notes" folder to new notes (when starting AM-Notebook)
- Some conflicts with multi monitor setups fixed
- AM-Notebook could crash on systems where no printer was installed
- AM-Notebook could crash when changing folders in the tab "Local Website Archive"
- If "View+Always on top" was active, then sub windows (eg. "New Alarm") were displayed behind the main window and AM-Notebook was no longer responsive
- Setup: It's no longer possible to install the portable edition over the desktop edition or vice versa
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.1.1 - v6.0
- PRO only
- New note type "Diagram" to paint diagrams and flowcharts
- Calendar: Yearly Tasks (PRO edition only)
- PRO + Lite
- Full Unicode support in all program modules
- Improved font selection
- Improved Paste behavior from Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Close button is now placed on tabs
- The commands "Rename", "Encrypt", "Remove encryption" and "Delete" in the File menu were used for the selected note in the note tree. They are now applied to the note of the currently selected tab.
- Length of bookmark names increased from 50 to 200 characters
- Spreadsheets: Custom cell font
- Spreadsheets: Custom cell background color
- Spreadsheets: Reintroduced: Cells with formulas have a separate color (optional)
- Spreadsheets: Cells with URLs are automatically highlighted and can be opened via context menu
- Spreadsheets: Add Links to other notes
- Spreadsheets: Automatically grow when pasting cells from clipboard
- Spreadsheets: Bugfix in the DATEVALUE function - Thread
- Spreadsheets: If the last cell is selected, then pressing the tabulator key inserts a new row
- Spreadsheets: AM-Notebook remembers and selects the last selected cell and scroll position
- Spreadsheets: Sort via header double click
- Calendar: Entered birthdays (addresses) are displayed in the Calendar module
- Calendar: Entered due dates (TODOs) are displayed in the Calendar module
- Calendar: The month/year view automatically adjusts its height to ensure that all items are displayed (the "..." icon for more items is no longer displayed now).
- Calendar: Improved month calendar on the left side (shows eg. yearly tasks, task hints)
- Custom folder for saving configurations and notes via nbcommon.ini (see help file for more details)
- Tweak: CalendarWeekStartDay=
- Opening a note after a global search ignored the locked tab status
- Crash when AutoBackup folder could not be found or created
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.2.0 Beta 5 - v5.2.0 Beta 6
- [+] Calendar: The month/year view automatically adjusts its height to ensure that all items are displayed (the "..." icon for more items is no longer displayed now).
- [-] Deleted TODOs were displayed in the Calendar module until a program restart
- Smaller improvements
Changes for v5.2.0 Beta 4 - v5.2.0 Beta 5
- Calendar: Improved month calendar on the left side (shows eg. yearly tasks, task hints)
- Calendar: Yearly tasks and birthdays were not displayed under rare circumstances
- Some bugfixes when pasting content from Internet Explorer or Firefox
- New shortcut for "Paste special": Ctrl+Shift+V
- Smaller fixes
Changes for v5.2.0 Beta 3 - v5.2.0 Beta 4
- [x] Improved Paste behavior from Internet Explorer and Firefox
- [-] Pasting tables into tables could crash AM-Notebook (Beta-3 issue)
- [x] Diagrams: Smaller fixes and improvements
- [-] Crash when deleting a table column
- [-] Crash when AutoBackup folder could not be found or created
- Smaller bugs fixed
Changes for v5.2.0 Beta 2 - v5.2.0 Beta 3
- [x] Improved font selection
- [x] Improved Paste behavior from Internet Explorer and Firefox
- [x] Close button is now placed on tabs
- [x] The commands "Rename", "Encrypt", "Remove encryption" and "Delete" in the File menu were used for the selected note in the note tree. They are now applied to the note of the currently selected tab.
- Smaller fixes/improvements
Changes for v5.2.0 Beta 1 - v5.2.0 Beta 2
- [+] Calendar: Yearly Tasks (PRO edition only)
- [+] Calendar: Entered birthdays (addresses) are displayed in the Calendar module
- [+] Calendar: Entered due dates (TODOs) are displayed in the Calendar module
- [+] Spreadsheets: If the last cell is selected, then pressing the tabulator key inserts a new row
- [+] Spreadsheets: AM-Notebook remembers and selects the last selected cell and scroll position
- [+] Spreadsheets: Sort via header double click
- [x] Spreadsheets: Performance improvement when option "Highlight cell with formulas" is enabled
- [x] New notes will be created in new tabs if the option "Always open notes in new tabs" is enabled
- [+] New Tweak "DefaultRemindAgainIn"
- [-] Tab-Lock could be lost under certain circumstances
- Romanian user interface added
Changes for v5.1.1 - v5.2.0 Beta 1
- New note type "Diagram" to paint diagrams and flowcharts (PRO edition only)
- Full Unicode support in all program modules
- Spreadsheets: Custom cell font
- Spreadsheets: Custom cell background color
- Spreadsheets: Reintroduced: Cells with formulas have a separate color (optional)
- Spreadsheets: Cells with URLs are automatically highlighted and can be opened via context menu
- Spreadsheets: Add Links to other notes
- Spreadsheets: Automatically grow when pasting cells from clipboard
- Spreadsheets: Bugfix in the DATEVALUE function - Thread
- Custom folder for saving configurations and notes via nbcommon.ini (see help file for more details)
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.1.0 - v5.1.1
- Some problems when exporting notes/spreadsheets fixed
- Smaller tweaks and fixes
Changes for v5.0.2 - v5.1.0
- [+] Integration of Local Website Archive - BLOG
- [+] Tab Locking - BLOG
- [+] Dialog "Notes by date" (Ctrl+F5) has a search field. It's now possible to quickly open new notes with just a few keystrokes. - BLOG
- [+] New option: Always open notes in new tabs
- [+] Preview BAK files before restoring
Changes for v5.0.2 - v5.1.0 Beta 1
- [+] Unicode support for Notes and Spreadsheets
- [+] Spreadsheet component was replaced with a much more powerful component
- [+] Spreadsheets: More Excel® style formulas and functions
- [+] Spreadsheets: Cell merging
- [+] Spreadsheets: Cell formatting
- [+] Print Spreadsheets: Shrink to page width/height
- [+] AM-Notebook has now an integrated spelling checker and is no longer dependent from external third party spelling systems
- [+] Full spelling checker support in the portable version
- [+] Live spelling: context menu can add words to dictionary or ignore all occurrences of a word
- [+] All images (bitmaps) in a note are now converted to PNG format internally, this can dramatically reduce the file size of notes
- [+] Pasting text with images from web browsers supported - BLOG
- [+] Pasting text with links from web browsers inserts links correctly
- [+] Tab width is automatically adjusted to keep all tabs in view
- [+] Tab hints
- [+] Links to other files (Ctrl+F7) are now inserted with relative drive letter and should work without problems on USB sticks
- [+] Shortcuts for decrease/increase left indent: Ctrl+Alt+, and Ctrl+Alt+.
- [+] TODO: "Note" field supports addresses to local files (file://...)
- [+] Notes: Word Wrap (Edit menu)
- [+] Add new TODOs via the Input bar: Cursor Up/Down in the Subject field changes the Priority
- [+] Note component updated to latest version (not sure if this fixes or improves something)
- [+] German help file added
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.0.1 - v5.0.2
- [+] Add tasks via double click - Thread
- [-] "AM-Notebook Today" could use a wrong encoding for non-english characters - Thread
- [-] Calendar: Increasing time could crash AM-Notebook - Thread
- [-] Some incompatibilities with global hotkey fixed
- Minor tweaks and fixes
Changes for v5.0.2 Beta 1 - v5.0.2 Beta 2
- Some incompatibilities with global hotkey fixed
- Minor fixes
Changes for v5.0.1 - v5.0.2 Beta 1
- [+] Add tasks via double click - Thread
- [-] "AM-Notebook Today" could use a wrong encoding for non-english characters - Thread
- [-] Calendar: Increasing time could crash AM-Notebook - Thread
- Minor tweaks
Changes for v5.0 - v5.0.1
- Improved detection and usage of system default font (especially under Vista with classic theme) - Thread
- Internal improvements: more reliable save operations
- Notes: Some features didn't work when a note was opened in read-only state - Thread
- The Freeware version of AM-Notebook could crash when inserting a new note
- Program configuration + Tweak: Define how many bak files should be created for notes (more info see Tweak section in help file) - Thread
- bak files weren't created for spreadsheets
- TODO: Assign Group via context menu didn't assign the group color correctly
- Smaller fixes
Changes for v5.0.1 Beta - v5.0.1 Beta 2
- [+] Program configuration + Tweak: Define how many bak files should be created for notes (more info see Tweak section in help file) - Thread
- [-] bak files weren't created for spreadsheets
- [-] TODO: Assign Group via context menu didn't assign the group color correctly
- Smaller fixes
Changes for v5.0 - v5.0.1 Beta
- [x] Improved detection and usage of system default font (especially under Vista with classic theme) - Thread
- [-] Notes: Some features didn't work when a note was opened in read-only state - Thread
- [-] The Freeware version of AM-Notebook could crash when inserting a new note
Changes for v4.1.3 - v5.0
- [+] TODO list functionality
- [+] Planner functionality
- [x] Contacts moved to main window
- [+] Contacts: Birthdays + Birthday reminder
- [+] Contacts can be printed
- [+] "AM-Notebook Today" for TODOs, tasks and birthdays
- [+] Smart reminder for TODOs, tasks and birthdays
- [+] Global Hotkey to restore/show AM-Notebook (can be defined in the program configuration)
- [+] Export all notes
- [+] Export note: Filename is suggested
- [+] Auto-Backup functionality
- [+] Note tree: Each folder/note can have a user defined color
- [+] Note tree option: Collapse all folders at startup (if you don't want to remember folder expand status)
- [-] Copy to clipboard didn't work for notes with read-only status
- [-] Window size and position was not saved when AM-Notebook was minimized
- [-] Note could be opened falsely when expanding/collapsing a folder
- Many smaller changes and improvements
Changes for v5.0 Beta 4 - v5.0 Beta 5
- Alarm: "Remind every Thursday" didn't work
- Note could be opened falsely when expanding/collapsing a folder
- Auto-Backup directory didn't work correctly in portable mode
- Minor Tweaks
Changes for v5.0 Beta 3 - v5.0 Beta 4
- Global Hotkey to restore/show AM-Notebook (can be defined in the program configuration)
- Language files for translators updated
- Minor tweaks
Changes for v5.0 Beta 2 - v5.0 Beta 3
- [+] Export note: Filename is suggested
- [+] Calendar / Week view: Header displays week number
- [-] TODO: Edit dialog couldn't be closed with ESC when the note field had the focus
- [-] TODO: Group color wasn't initialized correctly when adding new TODO entries via the "New" button under certain circumstances
- [+] TODO: Increase/Decrease completion with Num +/- shortcuts
- [+] TODO: Don't strike out text if "Completed" folder is selected
- [+] TODO/Contacts: Line Hot Tracking
- [+] TODO: A double click onto the note icon opens the embedded note editor
- [+] TODO: The embedded note editor can be closed via a close button
- [+] Contacts: More fields can be displayed in contacts list (View menu)
- [-] Contacts: Edit dialog couldn't be closed with ESC when the note field had the focus
- [-] TODO/Contacts/Calendar: Print and Print Preview didn't work correctly when fields contained "<" or ">" characters
- [x] Add new Alarm/TODO reminder: Seconds are initialized with zero
- Smaller fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.0 Beta 2 - v3.2 Beta 1
- [+] AM-DeadLink can be installed as portable application
- [+] Check *.URL files on your hard disk
- [x] Changed shortcut to edit bookmark properties: F2
- [x] AM-DeadLink no longer reports HTML redirections when they are placed in noscript areas
- [x] NTLM proxy authentication improved
- [x] Proxy support with user/password authentication improved
- [-] AM-DeadLink reported an error if a bookmark had a valid 2xx status code
- [-] Some servers reported an error when Accept-Language wasn't sent to the server
- [-] AM-DeadLink could crash when copying a bookmark to clipboard
- [-] File+Export always used the file extension ".txt"
- [-] FTP addresses didn't work under certain circumstances
- Minor fixes and improvements
Changes for v5.0 Beta 1 - v5.0 Beta 2
- Alarm: "Every Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun/Month/Year" functionality was broken in Beta-1
Changes for v4.1.3 - v5.0 Beta 1
- [+] TODO list functionality
- [+] Planner functionality
- [x] Contacts moved to main window
- [+] Contacts: Birthdays + Birthday reminder
- [+] Contacts can be printed
- [+] "AM-Notebook Today" for TODOs, tasks and birthdays
- [+] Smart reminder for TODOs, tasks and birthdays
- [+] Export all notes
- [+] Auto-Backup functionality
- [+] Note tree: Each folder/note can have a user defined color
- [+] Note tree option: Collapse all folders at startup (if you don't want to remember folder expand status)
- [-] Copy to clipboard didn't work for notes with read-only status
- [-] Window size and position was not saved when AM-Notebook was minimized
- Many smaller changes and improvements
Changes for v4.1.2 - v4.1.3
- AM-Notebook 4.1.3 is mainly a maintenance and bug fix release
Changes for v4.1.3 Beta 2 - v4.1.3 Beta 3
- Spreadsheets were not displayed correctly on some Non-English Windows versions
Changes for v4.1.3 Beta 1 - v4.1.3 Beta 2
- [+] Shortcuts: Shift+Ins, Shift+Del and Ctrl+Ins supported (Notes and Spreadsheets)
- [x] Shortcut change: Insert new table row: Ctrl+Shift+Ins
- Minor tweaks
Changes for v4.1.2 - v4.1.3 Beta 1
- [+] Global Search has "All words" and "At least one word" option
- [x] Order of toolbar buttons "Increase/Decrease left indent" changed - Thread
- [x] Portable mode improved
- [x] Addresses are now saved in XML format - Thread
- [-] Browser tabs weren't displayed correctly under WinXP x64
- [-] AM-Notebook could crash when renaming a tab group under certain circumstances
Changes for v4.1.1 - v4.1.2
- Backup system more resistant against conflicts with virus tools or desktop search engines
- Notes: Double clicking URLs in table cells didn't work
- Notes: If the "double click opens URL" is enabled, then the option "Ask before opening URL" will be disabled automatically to prevent un-resolvable conflicts
- Notes: Right click+Open URL didn't work for URLs within table cells
Changes for v4.1.1 - v4.1.2 Beta 1
- [x] Backup system more resistant against conflicts with virus tools or desktop search engines
- [-] Notes: Double clicking URLs in table cells didn't work
- [-] Notes: If the "double click opens URL" is enabled, then the option "Ask before opening URL" will be disabled automatically to prevent un-resolvable conflicts
- [-] Notes: Right click+Open URL didn't work for URLs within table cells
Changes for v4.1.0 - v4.1.1
- Notes: Live spelling
- New option for notes: Double click opens URL (instead of Ctrl+Click)
- New toolbar button: New Alarm
- Notes: Inserting new rows/columns in tables selects the font of the previously focused cell (and no longer Arial)
- Configure Tools: File type can be changed to *.* - Thread
- Alarm window: window is now sizable and the column widths are remembered
- Alarm window can be closed with ESC
- Several Vista related improvements
- Smaller fixes
Changes for v4.1.1 Beta 1 - v4.1.1 Beta 2
- [+] Notes: Live spelling
- Smaller improvements
Changes for v4.1.0 - v4.1.1 Beta 1
- [+] New option for notes: Double click opens URL (instead of Ctrl+Click)
- [+] New toolbar button: New Alarm
- [x] Notes: Inserting new rows/columns in tables selects the font of the previously focused cell (and no longer Arial)
- [+] Configure Tools: File type can be changed to *.* - Thread
- [+] Alarm window: window is now sizable and the column widths are remembered
- [+] Alarm window can be closed with ESC
- [x] Several Vista related improvements
- Smaller fixes
Changes for v4.0.5 - v4.1.0
- [+] Windows Vista: Flip3D, thumbnail preview and correct animations supported
- [+] Windows Vista: Use "Segoe UI" as default font
- [x] Windows Vista: Several user interface tweaks for Vista support
- [-] Windows Vista: Several controls could disappear when the ALT key was pressed
- [+] Insert table into note: AM-Notebook remembers table dimensions
- [+] Insert table into note: Use active font (instead of Arial)
- [+] If AM-Notebook is already running, then launching AM-Notebook brings the already running instance into foreground
- [+] Program configuration: More options for tray bar handling
- [+] Links to local directories supported (for example file://c:/Windows)
- [-] Printer setup: Configured margins were not saved correctly
- [-] Print notes: Background was printed under certain circumstances
- [x] Improved handling when restoring notes from backup files
- [x] Drag-and-drop a note automatically scrolls the note tree when when moving outside the visible area
- [+] Uninstall can optionally remove program configuration and/or notes
- [x] Uninstaller improved
- [-] Some compatibility problems fixed (AM-Notebook couldn't be started on certain systems)
- Minor tweaks
