Recent Modifications to Address Book

Version 3.2.0

• Added page breaks to phone book.
• Prints multiple labels with the same name & address fields.
• Prints the phone book to Day-Timers B, C, J, K & L sizes and user definable size. Manual Page 54
• Allows page breaks on letters in phone book.
• Added modem dialing Fast/Compatible option.

Version 3.3.0

• Added 2 more return addresses.
• Speeded up loading and saving of the list file. Loading is 5 times faster on an SE/30 or PowerBook 170 and about twice as fast on an IIfx. Saving is twice as fast on an SE/30 or PowerBook 170 and about 1.4 times on an IIfx.
• "Work with Fax Modem" in the "Dial Setup" dialog closes the Driver after each number is dialed and allows a fax to be sent with Address Book open.  Page 31
• Prints US bar codes on labels.

Version 3.4.0

Fixed many oversights, faux pas and bugs

Version 3.5.0

• US Post Bar codes can be printed in the new preferred position above the name and address.
• Added “Sort by Mailing Code” and ability to mark groups of ZIPs or Can. post codes for bulk mailings. Page 19
• Names in the Index can be colored relative to categories.  Page 68
• Phone Numbers dialog can now store 3 configurations.  Page 34
• Added prefix exceptions to automatically remove the trailing period when the name is flipped.  Page 15
• Added dial through speaker from keyboard. Hit “+” to initiate. Responds to number & letter keys. Enter or other than a normal dialing key to cancel.  Page 68

Version 3.6.0

• Create Subsets. The “Display & Use” menu will confine active records to those in selected categories or records which have been marked. Page 10
• Alphabetical index added at right side of Index Window. Clicking on a letter takes you to the first record beginning with that letter. 
• You can now have 2 to 8 columns in the Index.
• A further speed up in the loading and saving of list files. The increase depends on the computer & drive. Minimal increase with small files.
PowerBook 170 
Load 700 records in 3.5 secs. Was 7 secs. Load 4000 records in 10 secs. Was 27.
Quadra 950 and an Apple 160SC drive 
Load 700 records in 2 secs. Was 5 secs. Load 4000 records in 7 secs. Was 25.
Note: This speed enhancement could not be implemented in the DA.
• The font in the View, Edit & New record windows can be changed from the system font (Chicago).
• Added “Find duplicate names”.
• You can include a “Salutation” after the name such as “!Mr. & Mrs.”  after the name in the name field (the exclamation point causes the salutation to flip properly). Page 16 & 68.
• The Print envelope dialog now has the option to “Swap Addressee & Sender” to print single or batches of self addressed envelopes with the recipients' return address already on them.
• The printing media selected is remembered. You no longer have to continually reselect the paper size or printer tray.
• To copy names and addresses from a word processor, copy the name and address to the clipboard, bring Address Book foremost with the Index or View record windows open and press command-V.  See the Help “Copy & Paste” > “Pasting from the clipboard”.
• Pressing “e” in the Index or view record windows copies the first line of the Info. field to the clipboard. For copying “Email” addresses.
• Added export to HP95LX format.

Version 3.6.1

• Fixed a few bugs.

Version 3.6.2

• Added option to dial with the DeskTop Dialer™
• Added Glossary feature with 13 items.
• Added printing to 5" * 3" Rolodex cards.
• Speeded up cursor scroll in Index window.
• Updated Index and View Record before some dialogs close.

Version 3.6.3 

• Added option to omit the name field on labels.
• Added option to omit the addressee when printing on “window” envelopes.
• Added option to switch to modem dialing if “Fax” appeared in the phone number.

Version 3.6.4

• Saved print records (Page Setups) in the AdBk prefs file instead of in the application so they do not have to be reset with each upgrade.
• Fixed bug where Phone Book index could print garbage if the record name was less than 3 characters.
• Fixed bug in Glossary insertion.

Version 3.6.5 

• Fixed bug when using command-C to copy from the Edit Record window.
• Corrected modem on line delay to allow for commas in the phone number prefix fields.

Version 3.6.6 

• Now allows 300 font names in the “Select Font” Popup menu.
• Rewrote the “Set Aside” routines.
• Installed new desktop icons.
• Added Print Name Tab check box to the print flip cards dialog.
• Fixed bug where adding a new record did not update the record count in the Index Window title.

Version 3.6.7 

• Fixed bug which killed the “Find” type ahead buffer.
• Displays the phone numbers setup at launch.
• Added time adjustment to the modem “redial if busy.”
• Fixed bug when scrolling through records in the categories dialog.
• Modified “Fast Modem Dialing” to work with Hayes modems.
• Fixed bug in Phone Book printing which truncated fields to 6 lines when a large font size was selected and occasionally caused a crash.
• Rewrote speaker dialing routine to work with AVs.
• Fixed bug in exporting to HP95LX.

Version 3.6.8 

• Fixed bug in “Copy” when in Edit or New Record dialogs.
• Fixed bug when trapping extra carriage returns in Edit or New Record dialogs.
• Added Rolodex 8 cards per sheet option.

Version 3.6.9 

• Fixed bug in printing that could cause crash in Macs with limited RAM.
• Modified the v3.6.7 new speaker routine dialing to work with the Mac Plus & SE.
• Added display of which Phone setup when “w” is pressed in Index or View Record windows. "W" first displays the record modified date. Hit again to see the phone setup.
• Restored allowing modem to hang up after zero rings and installed an alert if set to zero regarding auto redial being inoperative.
• Modem redial if busy now includes any optional access code. 
• Corrected page breaks when printing the Phone Book with multiple columns on a full page.
• Fixed a bug in the Text to Address Book utility that caused a crash when importing word processor files.
• Fixed bugs that caused Address Book to forget return address in prefs file when printing envelopes, and froze the screen in the Prefs & Help dialing setup dialog. 
• New registration and technical support lines: (416) 724-2971 (voice); (416) 724-5463 (Fax).

Version 3.7

• Simplified pull-down menus in dialog boxes.
• Added option to use a color PICT, as well an an icon, in a return address on an envelope or a label.
• Added option to display unmarked records and records not in set categories under the Display & Use Menu.
• Added support for high-bit ASCII character sets; Address Book can now search and sort records using alphabets such as Cyrillic, Hebrew, and Arabic.
• Added import/export to Psion3a, Sharp Wizard, and Newton.
• Fixed conflict with System 7.5's Windowshade Control Panel.