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Mars Notebook Changelog

What's new in Mars Notebook 2.21

Oct 18, 2013
  • Database deletion after all wrong password attempts even with this option disabled
  • Database deletion on Alt+X in password dialog
  • In some cases backup folder wasn't saved
  • URL link were not closed after Enter pressed
  • Some internal links were incorrect in CHM
  • Saving last used CHM export language
  • Export to MS Word 2010 (*.docx) without MS Office installed
  • Images for background included (check Mars Notebook\Backgrounds folder)
  • Some slight fixes

New in Mars Notebook 2.2 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Ability to add user icons (best result with 16x16 images)
  • Database properties were moved to File -> Database (Ctrl+D)
  • Ability to insert flash videos from several online services
  • Improved auto backup abilities with a lot of new options
  • Now you can set database compression mode from 0 (none) to 9 (highest)
  • New properties for images (border width, border color, spacings...)
  • Whole database to PDF export page-delimiters are optional
  • Maximum amount of sections in demo version increased to 30
  • User defined colors in color selector popup menu
  • Ability to insert image as editor background
  • Better pictures downloading when importing from HTML
  • Better text background highlighting
  • Better HTML export
  • Czech translation
  • Bugfixes and improvements

New in Mars Notebook 2.11 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Whole database export to PDF
  • Codepage fixes in CHM export
  • Sometimes toolbars were not updated on cursor move
  • New table layout save
  • All spellchecker dictionaries were converted to Unicode (even autocorrect)
  • OwnMouseWheel parameter to enable own mouse wheel handler (default)
  • Unicode installer supports several languages
  • All spellchecker dictionaries were updates and some new added
  • Some fixes and improvements

New in Mars Notebook 2.1 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • High CPU usage with auto spell check enabled in empty document
  • Paste from MS Word will not try to paste as HTML but as RTF
  • Previous document margins were inherited to a new section
  • Ruler margins depends on window/editor size
  • Full Bulgarian translation for standard dialogs
  • Ctrl+L shortcut were changed to Alt+L
  • Some new keyboard shortcuts added (reset to default to apply)
  • FontPreview config parameter to enable/disable font style preview
  • Improved installer with install/portable mode selection
  • Chinese BIG5 and Italian translations
  • All language files are Unicode now
  • Some improvements and fixes

New in Mars Notebook 2.1 RC 3 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Ability to insert YouTube videos
  • Support for drag and drop attachments
  • Ability to count words/characters/paragraphs in your documents
  • Export to HTML with tree saves one summary CSS file for all pages
  • Main hotkey minimizes program if it's already active
  • Maximum section name length changed from 100 to 200 symbols
  • Fixes in branch export to Mars Notebook Database
  • Right click on the ruler shows paragraph options
  • Some improvements in editor and dialogs

New in Mars Notebook 2.1 RC 2 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Some bugfixes
  • Language files updated

New in Mars Notebook 2.1 RC 1 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Toolbars are fully customizable
  • Enhanced eyedropper with zoom in advanced color dialog
  • Attachments were not available after restore from locked mode

New in Mars Notebook 2.1 Beta 1 (Feb 14, 2012)

  • Support for templates (menu Insert->Template)
  • German localization added
  • New Office 2010 skins for calendar
  • Four new skins (Cloud, Office 2007 olive/pink/rose)
  • Locked toolbars retains their positions after program opens
  • Attachments were not available after database compacting
  • Changing text case with different styles will not lose them
  • Minor bug fixed and cosmetic changes

New in Mars Notebook 2.0 (May 11, 2010)

  • Ability to drop .URL files into the document
  • Unsupported dropped files will be attached
  • All images from clipboard will paste as PNG (not BMP)
  • Open attachment option: save to temp folder and run
  • Ability to attach several files at once
  • Import another Mars Notebook database
  • French translation added
  • Some fixes and improvements in calendar
  • Ability to add any file to database as attachment
  • Insert -> File... moved to File -> Import
  • Calendar tool window
  • Tree can be detached from main window
  • Much faster program preferences save
  • New skinned Insert Table dialog
  • Support for external skins, 5 new skins included
  • Error on 'Apply this to all tree sections' with no sections in database
  • Paste HTML with images downloading
  • Support for TIFF images
  • Last used color for text and paragraph backgrounds
  • Mouse wheel support for icons in section options
  • Main Menu - Font - Change case to...
  • Main Menu - Font - Overline
  • UTF-8 encoding fixed in export to HTML with tree
  • Much improved skin engine, new skin set
  • Ability to insert built-in icons into the document
  • Background color for the section name in tree can be changed
  • Now it's possible to add and remove user spell dictionaries
  • Default font color for the new section can be set
  • Support for Google Chrome browser
  • Stay on top keyboard shortcut was changed to Ctrl+W
  • Export to MS Word 2007 (.doc) and (.docx) fixed
  • A lot of other fixes and improvements

New in Mars Notebook 1.61 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • New program icon
  • Document export to Adobe PDF
  • Ability to set last used color for the text
  • Dropping of any supported import file into editor
  • Ctrl+Tab shortcut switches between tree and editor
  • Recent fonts list saving on program exit
  • The name of the newly created section contains creation date and time
  • Inserted PNG images were not saved into the database
  • Some rearrangements in editor popup menu
  • Style selection hotkeys were shifted, now Ctrl+0..9 and Ctrl+ for default
  • Drag'n'drop was not disabled in readonly mode
  • Hang up while loading damaged database from Mars Notebook 1.4
  • Autobackub saved copies to default folder only (same as original database)
  • Some minor bug fixes and improvements

New in Mars Notebook 1.6 (Aug 19, 2008)

  • Drag'n'drop tree sections with mouse
  • Whole database export to a multiple HTML files with tree
  • Whole database export to a multiple RFT files
  • Possibility to add new sibling section
  • Saving images from document to a file
  • Option to lock toolbars
  • Some special characters insert shortcuts
  • Backup database filename contains date is was created
  • Opened database name in main window title
  • Tree in the link insert dialog to pick local links
  • Desktop color picker in advanced colors dialog
  • Windows standard color dialog
  • Editor panning with middle mouse button
  • New export menu
  • New print preview dialog
  • Export whole database or only a branch into CHM
  • Export of current document into XML and MHT
  • "Rename" section popup menu item
  • Stay on Top keyboard shortcut was changed to Ctrl Y
  • Ctrl S will save database but there is still no need in it
  • Under Vista with UAC enabled .ini file will be saved to AppData folder
  • Font size combobox didn't set the size entered manually
  • Paste with Ctrl V and menu inside the table
  • Better 'close and minimize to notification area' handling
  • Some minor fixes and improvements

New in Mars Notebook 1.5 (Dec 27, 2007)

  • Multilanguage support with .lng files (Languages folder)
  • New program languages: Spanish, Bulgarian
  • A lot more section icons were added (now 361 in total)
  • New insert hyperlink dialog
  • Local hyperlinks (use 'local://24' where 24 is a section tag from it's properties)
  • New advanced color selection dialog
  • Passwords generator (menu Insert -> Password...)
  • Automatic database backup options
  • Tree branch export to a new database (right click on section)
  • Tree navigation history
  • New toolbars icons
  • Subscript and superscript buttons
  • Option to prevent from running multiple application instances
  • Possibility to repair corrupted database
  • /repair command line parameter to repair corrupted database
  • Correct handling of corrupted or removed databases
  • 'Save Database as...' in File menu
  • 'Close Database' in File menu
  • New and Open buttons on toolbar
  • Ctrl [0]..[9] keyboard shortcuts to apply style
  • Possibility to clear recent files list
  • Hot key for horizontal line insertion - [Ctrl] [-]
  • Creating new section will not expand all upper sections anymore
  • Unicode text paste fixed (will work for newly created sections only)
  • Adding new section in autoedit mode caused saving data to this section from the previous one
  • Mozilla browser was changed to Safari in preferences
  • Removed 'Cancel' button in program preferences

New in Mars Notebook 1.41 (May 2, 2007)

  • Ctrl V pastes into text editor even when editing selection name - fixed
  • Saving config to readonly file error handle
  • All menu items and skinned windows are in Unicode now
  • New skinned and Unicode user dictionary editor dialog
  • F1-F12 keys can be set as hotkey without Shift, Ctrl, Alt
  • Possibility to set text background color in style
  • The style can be applied to text without font name change
  • Double click on section can also show it's properties
  • List of recently opened files in File -> Open menu
  • Recently used fonts list in dropdown combo
  • Some other small bugs were fixed