WriteUp v1.2 - Release Notes


Welcome to WriteUp v1.2.   The purpose of this release is to provide additional import and export filters, introduce a number of enhancements, provide better integration with the PasteUp page layout program, and fix bugs reported by you, the users.

If you do not find a feature you need, please call us. Chances are we are already working on it for the next major release.

New Features

You can select a default file format (e.g. rtf, MSWord, WordPerfect) in which WriteUp will save new documents other than the standard WriteUp wub format. If your organization is already standardized on a particular format, this lets you "set it and forget it."
WriteUp will remember the incoming word processor format of open documents so that when you save the document, the original file type is preserved.
WriteUp documents can be opened in the new version of PasteUp so you can enhance the document's page layout and take advantage of the advanced features provided by PasteUp
Paragraph styles include break protection settings of 1) no protection, 2) windows and orphans are not allowed 3) keep the entire paragraph together on the same page and 4) keep the paragraph with the next paragraph.
Arbitrary items in the document, like page-based graphics, can be given a name so that they may be referenced through the WriteUp API.  This feature is useful if you are going to write custom applications that drive WriteUp by remote control.
You can use autonumbering to create numbered lists, sectioned documents, and outlines.
Paragraph styles include a "Followed by" style setting so that when you hit return at the end of a paragraph, the next new paragraph is a different style.
In addition to importing mail merge data from a file, you can use the paste command to retrieve data from the pasteboard, e.g. if you copy the data from a spreadsheet.
You can use or create files which contain keymap information that map various WriteUp functions to different key combinations.  So if your fingers are used to pressing a certain key combination to perform a particular function, WriteUp lets you continue to use that key combination.
WriteUp supports variable header/footer contents so that the header and footer can change throughout the document. Headers and footers not include a gap, an empty area dividing it from the main text body.  This gap can be set by dragging margin lines or numerically in the Page Layout panel.
You can move all of the indent markers using just the keyboard.
WriteUp will import items like tables, hierarchical styles, and paragraph border attributes even though you cannot create these items...yet.
WriteUp lets you map font names between itself and other word processors.   This is especially useful if the fonts you use for documents in other environments are not available in your WriteUp environment.
You can now apply changes to paragraphs that override the paragraph's style.

Other new features include:
leader tabs
default tab width for a document
page-based graphic rotation
a Graphics List Panel to import, open and replace the document's imported graphics.
autosave preference
default load/save directory preference
"Total Number of Pages" token for entering text like "Page m of n" in a header or footer
a new paragraph style editor to define a style with all or some of its attributes set



Changes

The Merge Token Panel is now a floating panel (not modal) so you can keep the panel open while entering tokens.
Smart Quotes and Hanging Punctuation are not only just new document settings but also paragraph style attributes.
Page Up/Down button work relative to view not insertion point.
You can edit attributes on the paragraph inspector for multiply selected paragraphs so that only the attributes you edit are changed.
You can now type in a page number in the document windows "Page n of m" display and WriteUp will go to that page.
Paragraph styles can be applied without the mouse.
The bullet position can now be reset, on the Paragraph Inspector, to its default location.
Saving to RTF/RTFD preserves bullets in bulleted paragraphs.
A graphic's scale can be set numerically on the Graphics Inspector.
With the new license panel, you can easily add new licenses as your organization grows.
Inline graphics can now be hidden with the Hide Graphics command and scaled using the Graphics Inspector.
.rib files may now be imported into WriteUp documents.

Fixes

Margin line preference works correctly.
Spell Panel remembers its size and location.

Spell checking in large documents no longer leaks memory.

Print Panel no longer reappears after a Preview.
It is now easier to double click white space.
Temporary graphic files (stored in /tmp) are now removed when you quit WriteUp.
Alternate header/footer works correctly.
Different character sizes in the same paragraph have correct letter and word spacing.
Tabs preserved in Save To ASCII.
Command-5 and Command-6 now open the Inspector Panel.
Help system does not crash when an item in the index is selected.
Command-e places the right number of characters on the FInd Panel.