LetterWorks

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- Release Notes -

Changes since 1.0b3

Bugs Fixed

New Features

* PDF Background related options are now available from the inspector. New "Remove Background" option added.
* Text frames can now be rotated by multiples of 90 degree for layouts with vertical text.

Changes since 1.0b2

Bugs Fixed

* LetterWorks now stores window positions (again).
* When re-applying a pdf to a stationary as background, the page dimensions are now updated correctly.
* LetterWorks no longer restricts window size to the document size.

Changes since 1.0b1

Important Changes

* The Template-Format has changed. Please re-insert all templates in existing stationeries!

New Features

* LetterWorks now (optionally) saves address data supplied in the address sheet back into the address book.
* Added user's (sender) name and address to templates
* Added preference to use users home or work address as sender.
* Added telephone and fax number templates.
* Added template for sender initials.
* Rearranged menues.
* Added support for hyphenation.
* Added German localization.
* Added larger/smaller font menu entries
* Added menu entry to revert a text frame to its stationery version.
* LetterWorks now keeps the document scroll position while switching to layout mode and back (if possible).
* Stationery frames with no text now keep their text attributes.

Bugs Fixed

* Fixed a possible crashing bug while changing frame size.
* Worked around a 10.2 bug where copy&paste did no longer work within letter documents.
* Fixed "Plain A4" stationery.
* Fixed a problem where the lower part of a text frame could become unaccessable after a frame resize.

Changes since 1.0a4

Bugs Fixed

* Dates are now localized

UI Improvements

* Added alerts to switch mode if necessary (for vCard or pdf drops).

Changes since 1.0a3

Important Changes

* integrated with the AddressBook Framework. This means that LetterWorks now requires Mac OS 10.2 (aka Jaguar)!

Bugs Fixed

* minor fixes 

UI improvements

* little about box tweaking
* improved scaling menu
* replaced drawer with a "Layout Inspector"
* added a size inspector pane to the Layout Inspector 

Known Bugs: 

* template folders cannot be closed
* only the template names are localized to German
* "longcreationdate" template value is not localized
* application is not prebound (i.e. LetterWorks starts up slower than necessary)

Changes since 1.0a2

Bugs Fixed

* Fixed exception in the text system when adding or removing pages. This lead to "funny" behaviour during editing.

Functional Improvements

* Added Licensing Preferences Pane
* Better About Box

Changes since 1.0a1

Bugs Fixed

* Fixed strange behaviour when vcards from sources other than Apples Address Book were applied to a letter.
* Addresses are now formatted according to the receivers country (with default, see below).
* The "Layout Mode" menu item is no longer enabled while editing a pure stationery.
* Undone text frames do no longer re-appear after saving and re-opening a letter document.
* Renamed application to "LetterWorks".

Functional Improvements

* New Shortcuts for changing the magnification: Cmd-Up, Cmd-Down
* New preferences setting to choose the default address style. 
* New Templates "pobox/street" and "city/zip" which format those values according to the style used in the receivers country (currently only english and german styles are implemented)

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