Perspector 4.2.1 - Changelog

What's new in Perspector 4.2.1:

November 15th, 2011

· With Service Pack 1 (SP1) on PowerPoint 2007, slide images are cut off along the right and bottom edges.

What's new in Perspector 4.2:

November 15th, 2011

· Created Perspector Lists as a subset of Perspector Standard Edition. This features insertion of new 3D lists and conversion of existing PowerPoint bullet lists.

What's new in Perspector 4.1:

November 15th, 2011

· Added a "Save as Picture..." command to save the image in different file formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP. The command is available from the Image menu.
· Enhancement
· For color selection, use an Office-style color selection picker.
· Fix
· Hang when trying to insert one of these shapes: Sphere, Rounded Rectangle, Octagon, Plaque, Double Bracket, Double Brace, Alternate Process, or any of the Corner Rectangles.
· Fix
· Rare crash related to toolbar settings.
· Fix
· Animated images generated using the best quality setting have a line around them.
· Fix
· Converted connectors and lines aren't visible.
· Enhancement
Added new shortcut keys:
· Ctrl+Shift+C – copy the shape format
· Ctrl+Shift+V – paste the shape format
· Ctrl+Shift+G – group the selected shapes
· Ctrl+Shift+H – ungroup
· Ctrl+T – show the Font dialog box
· Ctrl+Shift+P – change the font size
· Ctrl+Shift+F – change the font
· Enhancement
· Added ability to move connectors with the cursor keys.
· Enhancement
· Simplified the buttons used to set whether a shape uses international characters, or just Western European characters.
· Enhancement
· Ensure shapes with "International Text" characters always have a fill color, as they require a fill for the text to be drawn.
· Fix
· Unable to select images with identical names in the "Edit Perspector Image" dialog box.
· Fix
· Conversions of lists use incorrect sizes when the original list is in a narrow PowerPoint placeholder.
· Fix
· Using Change Shape makes the shape forget its "International Text" setting.
· Fix
· On converted shapes, elipsis characters are shown as ampersands.
· Fix
· With the "Slide Objects Sideways" toggle on, the blue handle doesn't always work as expected.
· Fix
· Connectors disappear after setting the Size/Position values in the Format Shape dialog box.
· Fix
· Vertical text alignment isn't available with multiple selections.
· Fix
· The "Fill Color", "Line Color" and "Font Color" menus have incorrect titles when torn off.

What's new in Perspector 4.0:

November 15th, 2011

· Enhancement
· Added advanced list styles with these modifiable properties: list orientation, space between list items, offset between list items, rotation of list items, linear and non-linear growth of list items.
· Enhancement
· PowerPoint bullet lists can be converted into Perspector lists, by picking which style of list to use.
· Enhancement
· Added cursor key movement between list items while editing them.
· Enhancement
· Added the ability to create and delete list items by editing the list text.
· Enhancement
· Added the ability to use presentation color scheme colors, which can be updated if the scheme changes.
· Enhancement
· Renamed "frame" to "image" throughout Perspector, and renamed the "Perspector Frame" window to "Perspector Editor".
· Enhancement
· Added a 30 day, watermark-free trial period.
· Enhancement
· Added clearer handling if the Professional Edition is being evaluated on a licensed copy of Perspector Standard Edition.
· Enhancement
· Added the ability to create new lists.
· Enhancement
· Lists can be inserted from the Perspector Library.
· Enhancement
· New lists can be created from existing shapes or slide/image placeholders.
· Enhancement
· A range of colors can be applied to a list by changing the first item and the last item.
· Enhancement
· Added "lighter" and "darker" properties for shape fill colors – useful for adjustments to color scheme colors.
· Enhancement
· Added a "Contrast with Fill Color" toggle which automatically adjusts text color if the text would appear too similar to the fill color behind it.
· Enhancement
· Added ability to change line spacing and before/after paragraph spacing.
· Enhancement
· Copying shapes to the clipboard now also copies the shape text to the Windows clipboard.
· Enhancement
· The "Special Text Toolbar" has been renamed as "Text Toolbar", and has redesigned icons.
· Enhancement
· Vertical text alignment now available from the Text Toolbar.
· Enhancement
· Text positioning now available for non-Unicode text (available on the Text Toolbar).
· Enhancement
· Shapes can be aligned to front / back / depth center.
· Enhancement
· Moved the Perspector Library files from the installation folder to the local application data folder.
· Enhancement
· When downloading images, show a more helpful message if an internet connection could not be established, and open the library folder.
· Enhancement
· In the "Insert image from the Perspector Library" task link, exclude layouts by default.
· Enhancement
· Do not show a feedback message after a single frame is updated or improved.
· Enhancement
· Fractional values can be entered for line weights in the Colors and Lines property page.
· Enhancement
· Redesigned the update buttons on the add-in toolbar to make them more recognizable.
· Fix
· Temporary files can be left behind.
· Fix
· Open a second presentation while editing an image prevents the window from being able to close.
· Fix
· Connectors created before the items they connect do not stay connected.
· Fix
· Cannot remove a picture from a grouped shape without ungrouping.
· Fix
· Setting the line width on a group of shapes changes the line colors to black.
· Fix
· Format painter from a group or grouped item does not set the fill/line/font colors correctly.
· Fix
· Nudge text does not work with groups or grouped items.
· Fix
· Unicode cannot be set on groups or grouped items.
· Fix
· The "Select Variation" dialog box might become hidden after the positioning mode is changed.
· Fix
· Failure to convert a certain line shape on PowerPoint 2007.
· Fix
· With PowerPoint 2007, with the ribbon minimized, the menu is off the top of the screen.

What's new in Perspector 3.2.1:

November 15th, 2011

· Enhancement: Ignore empty rows and columns when inserting chart data from Excel.
· Fix: Removed problems of storing Perspector scenes with lots of data.

What's new in Perspector 3.0.4:

January 12th, 2007

· Now compatible with PowerPoint 2007