[Newsletter] Announcements from Alchemy Mindworks

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Sat Jul 26 09:15:00 EDT 2014







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     Contents:

     1. Announcing Presentation Wizard 5 

     2. Announcing Calendar Wizard 5 (Second Notification)

     3. Graphic Workshop Professional 5 Revision 3 (Additional Notification)

     4. Replying to this Message and List Removal




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     1. Announcing Presentation Wizard 5 
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     Presentation Wizard 5 has been released. 

     We've refined the internal architecture of Presentation Wizard to make 
     it faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of 
     the functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8.

     While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in Presentation 
     Wizard 5 are "under the hood," users of the latest release will find 
     that it's noticeable quicker, especially for functions that call for 
     significant system resources.
     
     The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to 
     Presentation Wizard that were impractical or genuinely impossible 
     under version 4.


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     WHAT'S NEW


     This release:


     - Adds Message objects - create configurable pop-up message windows 
       within your presentations. Click on the blue Click Me button on the
       third page of the example presentation that installs with 
       Presentation Wizard to see one such window.

       Message object windows can include multiple buttons that can jump to 
       different pages in your presentation, notify objects, open documents 
       and web pages... and perform various other tasks. 

       See the discussion of Message objects in the Reference section of the 
       Presentation Wizard manual for the complete tale.


     - Rewrites the document runtime to make it quicker and smaller. 
       Admittedly, some of the size reduction was absorbed by the extra 
       functionality added to support the foregoing Message objects.


     - Fixes a problem with the Paint function.


     - Addresses a number of user-interface issues.


     - Fixes a problem that caused the Windows task bar to refuse to unhide
       if Presentation Wizard was the active application and it was maximized,
       under some builds of Windows, if there was a unicorn or other 
       mythical quadruped in the immediate proximity... some of the time. 

       This problem also prevented the Show Desktop button in the task bar 
       from operating correctly, as well as several additional task bar- 
       related functions. 

       It's history now.

       
     - Presentation Wizard requires less memory to run, which will 
       make it and anything else running under Windows quite a bit 
       speedier, especially on systems with limited system resources.



     Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at:
  
         http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/

     You can download Presentation Wizard 5 from:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/prspro.html#download


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     UPGRADES


     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation Wizard 4 
     on or after July 1, 2013, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to 
     Presentation Wizard 5. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Presentation Wizard 4 
     prior to July 1, 2013, you can upgrade to Presentation Wizard 5 for half 
     the cost of a new single-user license.

     When you first run Presentation Wizard 5, it will check to see if you 
     have a registration for Presentation Wizard 4 on your system. If it 
     finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing 
     upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our
     web page and request or order an upgrade. 

     The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the 
     Presentation Wizard Help -> Upgrade Manager -> Upgrade from Previous 
     Version menu item.

     You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/prskey.html

     and the upgrade order page at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html    




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     2. Announcing Calendar Wizard 5 (Second Notification)
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     Calendar Wizard 5 has been released. 

     We've refined the internal architecture of Calendar Wizard to make it 
     faster, more memory-efficient and better able to take advantage of the 
     functionality of Windows 7 and Windows 8.

     While most of the seriously cool changes embodied in Calendar Wizard 5 
     are "under the hood," users of the latest release will find that it's 
     noticeable quicker, especially for functions that call for significant 
     system resources.
     
     The updated architecture will also allow us to add new features to 
     Calendar Wizard that were impractical or genuinely impossible under 
     version 4.


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     WHAT'S NEW


     This release:


     - Adds an option to create calendars that start mid-way through the 
       year. See the Start Month field in the Year editor. A calendar that
       started with the month of June 2014, for example, would run until
       May 2015.


     - Updates a number of drawing issues to create neater, still more
       professional calendars.


     - Addresses a number of user-interface issues.


     - Fixes a cosmetic issue with the Cover page.


     - Fixes a problem that caused the Windows task bar to refuse to unhide
       if Calendar Wizard was the active application and it was maximized,
       under some builds of Windows, if there was a unicorn or other 
       mythical quadruped in the immediate proximity... some of the time. 

       This problem also prevented the Show Desktop button in the task bar 
       from operating correctly, as well as several additional task bar- 
       related functions. 

       It's history now.

       
     - Calendar Wizard requires less memory to run, which will 
       make it and anything else running under Windows quite a bit 
       speedier, especially on systems with limited system resources.



     Please see the discussion of version 5 enhancements at:
  
         http://www.mindworkshop.info/gif-construction-set/v5-upgrades/

     You can download Calendar Wizard 5 from:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/calwiz.html#download


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     UPGRADES


     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Calendar Wizard 4 on or 
     after July 1, 2013, you’re welcome to a free upgrade to Calendar 
     Wizard 5. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Calendar Wizard 4 prior 
     to July 1, 2013, you can upgrade to Calendar Wizard 5 for half the cost 
     of a new single-user license.

     When you first run Calendar Wizard 5, it will check to see if you have a 
     registration for Calendar Wizard 4 on your system. If it finds one, it 
     will display a window to tell you which of the foregoing upgrade 
     options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button to visit our web 
     page and request or order an upgrade. 

     The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Calendar 
     Wizard Help -> Upgrade Manager -> Upgrade from Previous Version menu 
     item.

     You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/calkey.html

     and the upgrade order page at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html    




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     3. Graphic Workshop Professional 5 Revision 3 (Additional Notification)
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     Graphic Workshop Professional 5 has been updated. This release:


     - Adds two new capture modes to the Graphic Workshop Camera screen
       capture application. 

       Highlight Active Window will capture your entire screen as a 
       de-saturated image with the active window included as a normal 
       graphic.

       Manual Selection will allow you to specify which portion of your 
       screen to capture by drawing a crop rectangle around it.

       See the discussion of Screen Capture in the Graphic Workshop 
       Manual for more about this.


     - Addresses several performance and user interface issues in Graphic 
       Workshop Camera.


     - Fixes a problem that caused the Windows task bar to refuse to unhide
       if Graphic Workshop was the active application and it was maximized,
       under some builds of Windows, if there was a unicorn or other 
       mythical quadruped in the immediate proximity... some of the time. 

       This problem also prevented the Show Desktop button in the task bar 
       from operating correctly, as well as several additional task bar- 
       related functions. 

       It's history now.


     - Adds a Keep Both option to the Overwrite File prompt window. If you 
       enable this option when Graphic Workshop asks you to confirm 
       overwriting and existing file, your new file will be written with a 
       number appended to its name, to resolve the file collision. 

       The Keep Both option includes an Apply to Rest of Batch switch, to
       apply it to multiple graphics without any further clicking.

       See the discussion of the Prompt Before Overwrite option in the 
       Graphic Workshop Manual for more about this.


     - The opening banner in e-Paint UltraLight has been fixed so it 
       appears the first time the application opens, and then never again.
       Under some builds of Windows, it used to pop up every time e-Paint
       UltraLight started... definitely not what it was intended to do.


     - Fixes a minor inconsistency in View mode, which could leave the 
       setting of the Zoom button in the lower right corner of the View
       window in a state of uncertainty after using the Filters window,
       such that it had to be clicked on twice to zoom correctly.

       Hands up everyone who knew that clicking on the area in the lower 
       right corner of the View window - between the scroll bars - toggles
       the Zoom mode.


     - Fixes a number of issues that appeared during the upgrade to
       version 5.


     - Updates the documentation.



     Please visit:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwspro.html#download

     to download Graphic Workshop Professional 5.


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     UPGRADES


     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 4 on or after May 1, 2013, you’re welcome to a free 
     upgrade to Graphic Workshop Professional 5. 

     If you registered or upgraded a registration for Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 4 prior to May 1, 2013, you can upgrade to Graphic 
     Workshop Professional 5 for half the cost of a new single-user license.

     When you first run Graphic Workshop Professional 5, it will check to see 
     if you have a registration for Graphic Workshop Professional 4 on your 
     system. If it finds one, it will display a window to tell you which of 
     the foregoing upgrade options is applicable. Click on the Upgrade button
     to visit our web page and request or order an upgrade. 

     The upgrade window can subsequently be accessed through the Help > 
     Upgrade Manager > Upgrade from Previous Version item of Graphic Workshop 
     Professional 5's menu bar.

     You can also visit the no-cost upgrade page directly at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/gwskey.html

     and the upgrade order page at:

         http://www.mindworkshop.com/upgrade.html     

 


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