What's New in version 4 beta P5?
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(Please read topic "Important Information" below list of changes!)

P5: Added/Changed
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* Compiled with an updated version of Delphi (they apparently fixed more than 150 bugs!)

* Rearanged Favorites menu

* Added an option to hide commands related to HTML authoring (Options|View|Show HTML Features).

* NoteTab Pro: improved syntax highlighting.
 
* Fixed many bugs that resulted from merging the code between Super NoteTab and NoteTab Pro.


P4: Added/Changed
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* NoteTab Pro now officially available (some changes to the tag highlighting are still planned).

* Trying out some new icons (tell me what you think).

* Fixed bugs that appeared after merging the Super NoteTab and NoteTab Pro code.

* MS Intellimouse is now fully supported in both Super NoteTab and NoteTab Pro.


P3: Added/Changed
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* Easily change or create new Favorites projects with the menu command Favorites|Projects.

* Options has been renamed Options and has moved to the end of the View menu to comply better with the Windows standard.

* A couple of toolbar commands have been renamed, so you might have to reselect them if you used them in your toolbar.

* Improved clarity of Second Window feature. The tab representing the left window is labeled "1." and the one for the right window "2.". Pressing Ctrl+Shift+W in the left window swaps them around. Pressing Ctrl+Shift+W in the right window toggles off the Second Window feature.

* New format for Outlines and Clipbook libraries. The dot is no longer used to mark a blank line. Loading and saving is now much faster. The old format is still compatible and is automatically converted to the new format when saved. The new format is not backward compatible though.

* Changing to a new Outline heading with a mouse click automatically resets the focus to the document window (unless Blind User Mode is enabled). If you want to keep the focus in the list, just click on the highlighted heading. Note that the focus must stay on the list if you want to move headings around by drag-and-drop.

* Keyboard shortcuts to move focus to the Clipbook, File List, and Document windows:
  Shift+F6: Moves focus between document and Clipbook window or File List
  Ctrl+F6: Moves focus to Clipbook or File-List combo box
  Shift+Ctrl+G: Moves focus between left and right window when two documents are viewed side-by-side
  Ctrl+G: Returns the focus to the active document

* Document properties are no longer stored in the file FileProp.Dat. The system has been changed to avoid potential conflicts when NoteTab Pro and Super NoteTab are stored in the same directory. The name of the file now corresponds to the program name with the extension '.FPR'

* Fixed the bugs reported by the beta team and participants on the NoteTab mailing list.


Important Information
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This is a beta version! Before using it on important files, make sure you have backup copies. Please read the file Beta.TXT for more information.

The version number has jumped from 2.63e to 4.0 instead of 3.0. This was done to align the version number with that of NoteTab Pro.

NoteTab version 4.0 is the most important upgrade since the introduction of the innovative Editor Clipbook tool in January 1997. You will find many useful new features and lots of improvements. This version is more user friendly, faster, and offers features that will please both power users and more casual users. Several new tools and commands are available for the first time in a text editor.

There will be two versions of Super NoteTab: a commercial version and a Freeware version called "Super NoteTab Light". The commercial version, which will be available from ideaMarket for just USD $5, will include a spell checker, a thesaurus, and a fully enabled Outline feature and Search/Replace Disk command. The Freeware version will let you display Outline documents but will not let you edit them, and the Search Disk command will not let you replace text.

NoteTab Pro will be available at ideaMarket for $9.95. It includes the same features as Super NoteTab but adds: faster with large files, multiple-level undo/redo, bookmarks, real column wrap, HTML-tag and URL highlighting, and three types of tab setting (real, fixed, smart).


The NoteTab Mailing List
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I have decided to start-up a mailing list (a mail forum) on a trial basis. It will continue as long as it is successful. This means, if it is something that a fair number of you want and are reasonably active on it then it will continue. You will find more information about this list on the following web page:

www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/geologie/fookes/maillist.htm

To Subscribe to the NoteTab mailing list, send a post to:
  server@firehouse.org
  On the first line of the body put: SUBSCRIBE NOTETAB

To Unsubscribe, send a post to:
  server@firehouse.org
  On the first line of the body put: UNSUBSCRIBE NOTETAB

Remember to use NOTETAB and not NOTEPAD!!!!!
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Features that still need completing...
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-> Help file and context-sensitive help needs updating


Major new features include...
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-> NoteTab makes the popular "The HTML Reference Library" (by Stephen Le Hunte) available from the Help menu when you install the package in the same directory as NoteTab. You can download the excellent "HTML Reference Library" from:
  http://subnet.virtual-pc.com/~le387818/

-> Many new commands in the Modify menu

-> Many new options in the Options dialog box

-> More than 80 commands available for the toolbar

-> Customizable editor shortcut menu

-> File List replaces the Document Selector and is docked in the main window. Choice to view list of open documents, Favorites, or disk files (press F6 to display it)

-> Supports document outlines (open the file Readme.OTL for an example of the possibilities)

-> Supports document templates (open the file Sample.TPL for an example of the possibilities)

-> Search/Replace through files on disk (press Ctrl+D)

-> Hyperlinks between and within documents

-> Display two documents side by side (Shift+Ctrl+W)

-> Clipbook button bar for easy access to libraries

-> You can now edit individual Clipbook items in a normal document window (menu Tools|Clipbook|Clipbook Item Editor). Each time you select an item from the Clipbook window, it is displayed in the document.

-> You can display Wizard-like dialogs with the Clipbook for user input (see HTML examples; e.g. HTML Begin).

-> The program can calculate! Look at the new Convert Clipbook library for examples.

-> The program can also calculate mathematical formula in a document. For example, if you enter the following formula in a document:
    Sin(3)*5=
and then press Ctrl+E (or from menu Tools|Calculate Expression), the result will be added after the equal sign. If there is no equal sign, or if the document is Read-Only then it copies the result to the Clipboard and displays it in a small window.
Supported mathematical operators and functions are listed in the file "Maths.Txt".

-> And lots more...


Hope you enjoy the new features!
--Eric Fookes

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