Version 4.5 New Features

Super Fast  Saving

• DOCMaker has traditionally been plagued with slow saving - No Longer!

Table of Contents

• TOC font and bullet character definable

• TOC window is floating and resizable in documents

• Command-L adds all selection text to TOC entry (250 chars max)

Apple Events Supported

• Stand-alone document supports AppleEvents
              (see dictionary from Script Editor)
       - "Number of Chapters" returns number of chapters
       - "Number of Contents" return number of TOC entries
       - "Go to chapter" switches to chapter with scroll value
       - "Go to contents" switches to TOC item location
       - "Do Find" issues a text find in document

New Hot Picture Actions (Document Buttons)

• "Go to chapter" now has optional scroll down value

• "Output text from single chapter" hot picture action

• "Return to last position" hot picture action

• "Open TOC" from hot picture action

• "Next chapter" from hot picture action

• "Previous chapter" from hot picture action

• "Send Apple Event" from hot picture action

Other Picture Features

• Pictures now have optional no-print attribute

• Copied pictures now maintains original settings

• Option-cmd click to select pictures in DOCMaker

• Option-cmd double-click to set picture actions in DOCMaker

• Added "Select After Paste" to preferences

Miscelaneous New Features

• Footer space now available for main text body printing

   when not being used.

• Buttons added to screen size dialog for getting
       current window width & height

• Custom chap scrollbar/control added to documents

• Text copying from the documents may be optionally set

• Drag and drop is available in docs when text copying is active

• Drag and drop is available in DOCMaker

• Color background for document window definable

• Hand cursor in document when over picture with action

• Find/change fonts in DOCMaker

• Find/change status to DOCMaker

• Preferred and minimum RAM size set in prefs dialog

Fixes

• Fixed problems caused by saving docs with empty chapters

• Show note picture action always displays note in window

• Movie play routines reworked

• Movie centers horizontally on calling picture

• Movie window always in screen

Examples: 

                               Play QuickTime™ Movie

                       Scroll To Top Of Current Chapter

                       Save Current Chapter To Text File

                           Display The Find Text Dialog