Transcript Changelog

What's new in Transcript 2.6.0.115 Beta

Feb 21, 2020

Change: Updated German translation.
Change: Use https connections for urls used in update checking and downloads.
Change: Replace http links used in Transcript with https.
Change: Reduce number of error dialogs and improve error message when we fail to load a pdf.
Fi: Eternal code can cause floating point eceptions in Open/Save Dialogs.
Fi: Massive flickering and coolbar updating/recreating caused by regular updating of Windows background color. This may also reduce the flickering caused by company group policies updating settings every 15 minutes but without being able to test that we are unsure if this will be enough.
Fi: WM_SETTINGCHANGE can cause image toolbar to move to the right edge of the window.
Fi: First time after registering the Projects Toolbar was showing too far to the right.
Fi: Etracted pages of a pdf after the first page get inserted in the dropdown list in the wrong spot. This was a regression caused by the change to natural sorting.

New in Transcript 2.6.0.114 (Aug 13, 2018)

New:
Add: Make Transcript handle high dpi screens where the size is bigger than 100% (96 dpi). Note that for now only the dpi of the primary monitor is supported. If your really need to use it on a secondary monitor then email me for a test version.
Add: Automatic rotation of jpeg images according to exif orientation (if present in image).
Add: Implement natural sorting order for the image list which means that numbers of different length are now sorted correctly.
Add: An update checker to check if there are updates for Transcript. This can be done either automatically once every 30 days or manually. You will still have to download and install Transcript yourself from the download link. The first time you start Transcript you will be asked whether you want automatic update checking to be turned on.
Add: Update checker settings to the general tab of our Options dialog. Here you can turn automatic checking on or off and you can select whether you only want an update notice for stable versions or also for beta versions.
Add: Make everything respect unicode multibyte characters. You can now use unicode filenames, quick texts and autoreplacements. The interface should now also be translatable in all languages. Exception: entry of Tamil and other languages outside the normal unicode block is still problematic.
Add explicit Windows 10 compatibility setting to manifest.
Correctly detect and show Windows 10 version information in About, Information.
Add installed size of files to the Uninstaller registry key.
Add Norwegian translation thanks to Eivind G. Hoel.
Add: Support different regions for language translations.
Change: Remove fonts starting with @ and increase the amount of shown fonts in the dropdown list.
Add: Better resolution mouse cursors.
Updated translations: Danish, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Finnish.
Bugs fixed:
Fix: Save Dialog doesn't open when there's a tab on the first line of text, making it impossible to save a file that doesn't have a name yet.
Fix: Picture toolbar for some users sometimes moved on top of the common toolbar to the left of it.
Fix: Image settings not always updated when switching projects.
Fix: Image highlighter height not saved before changing image.
Fix: Increase the size of certain text strings in the Options dialog because some strings were cut off in certain languages.
Fix: A lot of security and stability improvements were made to the image reader component and also show better error messages when we can't read a certain image. It can now better handle corrupt images and is less likely to have buffer overflows (crashes).
Fix: Don't remove locale folders when uninstalling if they are not empty. Which might be because of a translator working on a translation.
Fix: Some parts were not showing correctly when dpi higher than 100%. If you see other parts that need improving please email me.
Fix: Image window and Editor Ruler sometimes didn't get painted when starting Transcript and the main window wasn't maximized.
Fix: Secondary image window moving below main window when showing hint.
Fix: Cursor position isn't always visible when starting Transcript.
Fix: Crash when starting Transcript and the text file doesn't exist. This could happen when you moved or deleted the rtf text file.
Fix: When closing an image we need to update the image settings to remove image adjustments or else the empty background may get a different color.
Fix: Image zoom and brightness adjustments with mouse wheel not always working.
Fix: Remove ugly vertical bars through bars in coolbar and replace with space.
Fix: Don't (ask to) save empty text files when EachPhotoApart setting is on.
Fix: Move to top left/right page doesn't update image highlighter position.
Fix: Resetting image back to default did not reset inverted colors.
Fix: Resetting image back to default did not reset rotation correctly.

New in Transcript 2.5.0.104 (Apr 20, 2015)

New:
Support for reading multi page TIF images. The next and previous image buttons will go to the next/previous page in the image
Transcript now accepts and opens rtf, txt, pdf* and image files when dropped on top of Transcript's window. Note: pdf files are only accepted when GhostScript (32 bit version only) is installed as explained on the website and in this help file
Added the ability to use Ctrl+Shift scrollwheel on images to change its brightness
Brightness combobox now also accepts user defined values
Improved the way the interface of Transcript is translated making it possible to translate more parts of the program
Check if locale folder containing translations is present and warn unless user's language is English
Thanks to volunteers Transcript is now also available in Czech, Italian, Spanish and Swedish
Some language updates to German, French and Dutch
Use default Windows system font for all our dialogs and forms which should improve the looks on most systems
Remove the need for an extra copy of the image used internally by Transcript and use an adjustment layer to support sharpen, grayscale, autocontrast and brightness. This can save a lot of memory on large images making it possible to load larger images than before. However this will slow down moving images somewhat when using at least one of the above mentioned adjustments
Proper detection of Windows 8 and 8.1. Though no other explicit changes have been made nor am I aware that any are needed
More detailed system information available in About dialog and in case of a crash in the crash report
Improved Ghostscript (PDF) error handling
Improved handling of twain scanning of images
Improved exception handling when loading images
More detailed error messages added when something goes wrong so that it should be more clear what the problem is (out of memory, invalid or unsupported file format, etc.)
Increased width of several interface elements to be able to show longer names and also useful for translations where they need longer words
Changed default e-mail address inside the program
Publish headingstyle toggle shortcut Shift+F11. I'm still evaluating if Shift+F11 is the best key for this
Sort list of available languages alphabetically
Removed plugins since their usability was limited and after updating
Transcript older versions of plugins could cause problems. The separate image window plugin has been integrated into Transcript, menu View
Add extra image window on the taskbar so we can find it back
Removed GIF as saving option for scanned images since jpeg and png are both better formats for saving
Removed old style zoom mouse cursor option since hardly anyone used it and using Ctrl+scrollwheel for zooming is a good alternative
Added links in Help menu to Transcript on Facebook and direct link to pay for Transcript Pro
Change:
Remember text zoom option is now True by default
Set default AutoSave interval to 15 minutes (but AutoSave has to be turned on first, it is off by default)
Remember Picture Settings now set to True by default
Move on Enter setting now set to True by default
Bugs fixed:
Many fixes and stability improvements in the image handling library and other fixes related to handling images
Transcript application title and version were not showing in the titlebar when using the unregistered version
Making a new project with an empty name was allowed
Reset to default picture settings (F4) didn't update all settings visually even though internally everything was reset
Division by zero when for some unclear reason when the amount of pictures in the folder of the current image seems to become 0
After changing Options (F11) the image file list didn't show pdf files anymore
Don't turn cursor into hourglass when moving image and sharpen or autocontrast is on
HelpFilename should be loaded/saved without path
Only make AutoReplace active when we have a valid database file
Don't delete unused items younger than the week limit because they have date last used set to 0
New filename based on first line of text doesn't check for double quote as illegal character. A double quote on the first line of text when the option use first line of text as default filename was set made it impossible to save a new file
The extra image viewer window didn't check whether an image still existed before trying to open it
Uncommon crash when main window is not active and checking whether we need to resume an paused timer
Detect pdf files where the pdf extension is not all lowercase
Images with a non standard file extension were not shown in the dropdown image list and the previous/next image arrows also were not updated correctly
Extensions can be longer than 3 characters!
Extra image window always opens the current image instead of the selected image
Several bugfixes and a few extra safety checks in the image loading code
When dragging/touching zoomed in/out image keep mouse cursor at same position in image
Newer versions of Ghostscript need encoding set for accented characters
If pdf conversion fails set image back to the last one instead of the pdf
We need to check for GlobalSettings being initialized at startup or we might get a crash in certain rare cases
Words consisting only of accented characters are handled wrong by the standard Windows RichEdit control. We need to fix that ourselves
Highlighter zoom and brightness were reset after moving to another image
Catch exception when saving and file is in use by another program
When using the project timer and then changing the short date format in Windows caused a crash and the inability to use Transcript
Image highlighter size and position were incorrect after changing projects
When changing projects and the image file for the new project is not found the image of the previous project stays visible
Menu shortcuts could not be translated

New in Transcript 2.4.0.88 (Apr 12, 2012)

New:
Option to hide all toolbars including menu to maximize the working area. Turn toolbars on/off by using Ctrl+Shift+F11 (ESC also works for turning them on again). Menu: View, Show toolbars.
Show image and editor Windows beside eachother instead of below eachother, switch between both settings with Ctrl+Shift+F12. Only available in the Pro version. Menu: View, Windows side by side.
Added an optional image highlighter/ruler which can be turned on/off from menu View, Show highlighter. Only available in the Pro version.
You can move and resize the highlighted portion with the mouse. Using rightclick you will get a highlighter menu where you can set the default position for the highlighter when loading a new picture and you can also change the Zoom and Brightness of the highlighter.
The highlighter Zoom can also be changed with Ctrl+Scrollwheel up/down above the highlighter and the highlighter Brightness can also be changed with Ctrl+Shift+Scrollwheel up/down above the highlighter.
Zoom in/out for images now centers the zoom around the mouse cursor when using the mouse for zooming, or zooms around the center of the visible part of the image when using the zoom keys, menu or toolbar zoom selection.
Added superscript and subscript buttons to the editor toolbar.
Add some info in About box of Transcript about the files and libraries that are used by Transcript and their locations, and also some other useful information, copy this if you want to report a problem. The same info is also used for crash reports.
Change editor background color when editor is in readonly mode.
Remember separate editor/image window sizes for maximized and normal window state.
Made a new Transcript program icon, I'm not a great artist so if anyone thinks they can make a better one send me an example and I might consider using that. (Note that it needs to have all the common sizes and you need to allow me to use it ofcourse. If accepted by me you will get a free Pro license.) The idea behind my icon was: the yellow at the top stands for the old document image, the white at the bottom stands for the new document and the arrow is the transcription process.
Finnish translation of the gui.
Several new translatable strings added for better detailed messages.
Changed how we set our program title and version in About and added a specifier when we are BETA or RC.
Bugs fixed:
Improved Windows 7 support, both 32 and 64 bits.
GhostScript couldn't be found on 64 bits Windows. Secondly only the 32 bits version of GhostScript can be detected by Transcript so even if you are on 64 bits Windows you should install the 32 bits version of GhostScript (which works without problems on 64 bits Windows).
When a pdf with images was the last file in a folder the next image button did not get enabled when there was more than one image in the pdf.
When changing languages and the timer was paused, the translation for paused was not updated.
Saving/restoring of quicktexts only worked when projects were used.
Fixed first time loading position with dual monitor setup.
After acquiring an image with a scanner the image reverts back to previous image when changing brightness or other image adjustment.
Zoom value showing 400 when entering 40 after closing combo. Fixed by always adding custom zoom values to the list of zoom values. On request also added 40% zoom to the predefined values in the zoom combobox.
Make sure at least part of the editor window is shown when changing from maximized to normal size (unless image window is only shown).
Clarification: make it clearer that the exception can't allocate DIB handle is in most cases due to not enough free memory. (Crash reports for this exception don't need to be sent to me.)
Fixed several bugs found during and after the refactoring especially when the advanced setting "Use the same name for each image and its corresponding text file" was set. Also improved the working of this setting and made the settings saved separately for each project.
With setting EachPhotoApart when loading an image and the edit file was empty or new then it asked to save it.
Exporting a text file not asking to overwrite when not explicitly specifying an extension!
Exporting a text file and setting an extension that's not the normal extension for that file type didn't work: the file was saved as rtf.
Exception when typing a space in an empty document.
Checks if language file exists, if not gives a warning.
Renamed the filename of the default English language file from "Default" to the more logical name "English". Also updated the installer to take this change into account when (un)installing.
Made some changes to the key pressing code thats handling auto correction and auto replacement in hopes that it will fix the bug that sometimes happens but in an unreproducable way. Now when text is selected it will not look if it needs to be autoreplaced. Also added an extra check that will throw an exception when the text to be replaced has non alphanumeric chars.
Added warning when Edit file is in use by another program instead of showing an exception + added translation string for the warning.
Removed old translator code from para and tab options.
Updated the jvcl and jcl code libraries to their latest releases which made code changes necessary in several places, also made it necessary to change to my own language loader because jvcl removed the one I used.
Updated several links in Transcript and language files.
Refactored several parts of the code base for maintainability.
Lots of other minor changes to improve the code.

New in Transcript 2.3.1 (Apr 12, 2012)

New in Transcript 2.3.0 (Apr 12, 2012)

New
AutoContrast: apply automatic contrast to images to improve their colors (see menu Image).
Added option to visually see the progress of the amount of images you have done in the toolbar. The imagefile selection box will have a green background for the part that has been done based on which imagefile you are currently transcribing (default off, see general tab of Options dialog).
In options you can now choose what name will be used as default when saving a new text file: you can choose between the first line of text in the editor, or the same name as the imagefile.
Added a dialog to insert special characters/symbols. Only available for registered users.
Resume manually paused project timer when typing option added: If you manually pause the timer and start typing when this option is set will automatically resume the timer. Only available for registered users.
It's now possible to select a part of the image and copy that part either to the clipboard or into the editor. To select first press the selection toolbar button on the right side of the image toolbar (the mouse changes to a cross when above the image) and select the part you want. You can copy the selection to the clipboard with Ctrl+C (or used the rightclick menu) and you can copy the selection directly into the editor by using the rightclick menu of either the image or the editor. Only available for registered users.
Copy image selection into a separate window which makes it easier to compare the way letters or words are written. Only available for registered users.
Added paste special dialog which allows to choose in what format the text or image on the clipboard should be pasted.
Added: in file open I added the possibility to open the file as readonly! You can also toggle the readonly mode of the current textfile using the edit menu at the top or the local rightclick menu for the editor. This setting is saved in the global Transcript settings, which means that when changing projects the readonly flag will be reset to false. Also when creating a new file or opening a file from the history list the readonly settings will be turned off if it was on. Notice that you can set a file to readonly which has already been modified but it will still be possible to save those changes! If you have set automatic saving in options those changes will still be automatically saved to file!
By using F12 you can now select the stretch filter to be used when zoomed in or out. There are 7 filters, from faster/worst quality to slower/better quality: Nearest, Draft, Linear, Cosine, Spline, Lanczos, Mitchell. You switch between them by consecutively pressing F12 or by selecting the desired setting for the Image Menu.
There are separate settings for zoomed in (< 100%) and zoomed out (> 100%) because zooming in is slower than zooming out. Note that when the image is not zoomed (100%) these settings have no effect.
Now uses sqlite as engine for storing autoreplace information (instead of an ini file). This makes opening the autoreplacement dialog faster and also makes it possible to add new features in the future. The autoreplacement dialog will now also show the number of times a word has been replaced with its replacement. Only available for registered users.
Removed menu item "Reload autoreplacements list" because it's not needed anymore now we're using sqlite for storing autoreplacements.
Ctrl-Home/End support added in the autoreplacement dialog. Only available for registered users.
Added options to delete unused en never used autoreplacement items (which are older than a settable number of weeks). Only available for registered users.
Added option to reset usage count when changing the replace part of an autoreplacement item. Only available for registered users.
Ctrl+Mouse scrollwheel can now be used to zoom image in/out.
Added a link to the website on the Help menu.
XP/Vista Manifest is now included in Transcript.exe instead of a separate manifest file.
German is now recognized as language when starting Transcript for the first time.
Several small changes of the working of the toolbars.
Many small internal changes to the way the program works.
Bugs fixed:
Closing Transcript with the image window maximized (editor window not visible) caused Transcript to not show the editor window at next startup.
When using the English language Transcript could often not find the location of the English help file.
You could only paste text from the clipboard to the editor, not images.
Trying to open a non rtf file in Open Text File (not Import) would do nothing and gave no error message. Now it uses Import file when it's not an rtf file.
The newest GPL GhostScript releases were not recognized by Transcript so it could not let GhostScript convert pdf's to images.
Opening a new textfile when the current text was changed caused the text zoom to be reset to 100.
After opening another textfile or creating a new textfile the font name and font size boxes still showed the old values.
Ctrl+Alt+B as shortcut for setting the text background color did not work.
After using the back and foreground color buttons focus did not always return to the text.
Hint in imagefile selection box was not updated after changing language.
When using the Windows setting "large fonts", some parts of the autoreplacement and project management dialogs were not visible.
Autoreplacement dialog: now the correct number of visible rows is computed so PgDn will stop at the end if everything is visible.
In autocorrect options when setting the autocorrect filename without path then the path to AppData/Transcript will automatically be added.
Ugly selected text in comboboxes should now be fixed.
When using autoreplacement when some other text directly after the autoreplace word was selected, then that text was not replaced. Instead the autoreplacement was inserted before the selected text.

New in Transcript 2.2.0 (Apr 12, 2012)

PDF support added, but: you will also need to install Ghostscript separately. For testing I have only used AFPL Ghostscript but I expect that GPL Ghostscript will also work without any problems. Here is a more direct link to the downloads of Ghostscript (choose the Windows exe). Note: there are some other programs which also use Ghostscript, notably some pdf printer drivers, so you may already have it installed on your system. If Ghostscript already is installed then Transcript will automatically detect it when starting. For more information see the usage of pdf images.
When using the file open dialog to select another image all pdf's will also be listed if Ghostscript was found. If not then pdf's will not be listed.
The following image file formats are now also supported: PNG, TIF, PaintShop PSP, PhotoCD PCD, PhotoShop PSD and PDD, Portable map files PPM, PGM and PBM. In some cases some subtypes of the above mentioned filetypes may not be supported. (e.g. when layers were used).
Added option to sharpen the image. Shortcut key: Ctrl+Alt+S.
Added option to also move the image when the text wraps to the next line (wordwrap), just like the option to move on "Enter".
DOuble CApitals at the start of a word can be recognized and optionally be replaced by only the first letter a capital. Only for registered users.
Added an option to make an exception for the double capital setting for the "IJ" combination (especially useful in Dutch). Only for registered users.
Added option to replace a sEcond letter cApital with a Captial for the first letter. Only for registered users.
Added an option to ignore double spaces. When you type a space after another space that second space will not be added to the text when this option is set.Added the possibility to let you hear a sound whenever Transcript replaces text according to your autocorrection settings. Only for registered users.
The default sound can be replaced by a sound (wave) file of your choosing. Only for registered users.
For me one of the most productive extra's is the autoreplacement feature. There is a dialog (Ctrl+Alt+C) where you can define words or abbreviations which should automatically be replaced with other words or (parts of) sentences. This is very useful when you encounter many repeating sentences in you transcriptions. Just define an abbreviation and Transcript will automatically replace it with the full sentence!. Every project can have it's own set of autoreplacement definitions. Only for registered users.
All autocorrection and autoreplacement options can be temporarily disabled by turning the Scroll Lock key on.
Image zoom in/out shortcut keys added: Ctrl+Alt++ and Ctrl+Alt+- (note: only the + and - on the numerical keypad can be used).
In the project management dialog you can now also see the filenames of the image and textfiles of the currently selected project.
In the projects window you can now also add a description to a project. Only for registered users. The description of the current project can also be seen when you hover the mouse over the project selection box in the main window.
For every project it is now possble to register how long you are working on a transcription (only for registered users). There's a new button on the project toolbar which you can use to start or pause project timing. Under the tools menu are some other timing options: stop timing and reset time to 0. Whenever you switch to another program the time is automatically paused and when you return back to Transcript it resumes again.
Several toolbar buttons and actions are now also available from the menu.
When you hover the mouse over the image file selection box on the image toolbar the complete path of the current image will now be shown and on the line below the number of the image within the current folder and the percentage of images done will be shown (it assumes that all images before this one in the current folder have already been transcribed).
Added right-click menu to the image window which has the a number of useful features:
You can set the vertical starting offset of any new image to be loaded to the vertical offset of the current image.
A new feature is horizontal image positioning (when loading another image). In the rightclick image menu you can choose between center image, use same horizontal offset for all images, and use different horizontal offsets for left and right pages.
Why making a difference between left and right pages? Because when photographing a whole book (using a tripod) it's often more convenient to first photograph all leftside pages and after that the rightside pages (or the reverse). In this case there will often be slight differences in how the subject is centered in the image. By using different settings for left and right pages you can load most images directly in the exact starting position you want.
In case you choose different left and right pages you can also select from the rightclick menu whether the current page is a left page or a right page. In that case Transcript assumes that left and right follow eacht other.
Some changes for better translation support.
XP theme support: now the program will look more XP alike. When testing this I encountered some problems related to theming which I hope most got fixed.
Important change: from now on the settings file Transcript.ini will be saved in a folder called Transcript under the "Application Data" folder. The location of this "Application Data" folder depends on your Windows version. This change was made because as I understand it Windows Vista will complain when trying to change settings files in the program folder. At first startup your current Transcript.ini settings file will be automatically copied to the new location. If you are a user of Transcript autoreplace files (*.tac): those are not automatically copied to the new location. If you have Windows Vista it is advisable to also move those files to another location then the program folder.
Several internal changes needed as a consequence of the above.
All file filters are now also translated when changing between languages.
Bug fixed: If Transcript is not the foreground window when starting up and the project timer is running for the current project then the timer will not (always) pause but start running which it should not do.
Bug fixed: When using the option "scroll image entirely to the left" is used, the image gets sometimes positioned incorrect.
Bugfix: after pressing F4 (restore default image settings) the image also got centered.
Bugfix: import/export default directory now also the directory of the current textfile.
Bugfix: when changing between projects where the new project did not have an image set, the image of the old project was not removed.
Bugfix: in some cases the image window got so small that after a restart of Transcript it got completely hidden.
Bugfix: the "not found" message when searching text sometimes got behind the search dialog.
Bugfix: when trying to open a pdf file or other unsupported image formats you didn't get an error message and after restarting Transcript the menu and toolbar were hidden.
Several other small bugs fixed and other internal changes.

New in Transcript 2.1.1 (Apr 12, 2012)

Increase and decrease indentation buttons and shortcuts added. Shortcuts: Ctrl+D and Ctrl+Alt+D. The amount the indentation will be increased or decrease can be set in general options.
Added a ruler for the editor. The ruler can be enabled/disabled using menu View, Show/Hide ruler or shortcut Ctrl+Alt+R. Using the ruler you can change the paragraph margins and add or delete tabs. By pressing the right mouse button on a tab you get a menu where you can set the tab alignment. Only available in the registered version.
Automatically incremented counter added as an option for the autotext specification (previously called insert image filename) You can choose between a page/numbers counter and a "folio" counter. Everything can be set to you wishes on the advanced options tab. Only available in the registered version.
Quicktext (using Alt+0 - 9) are now settable on a project basis.
Shortcut keys added for inserting the last selected background color (Ctrl+Alt+B) an text color (Ctrl+Alt+T).
The dialog for opening a new image now shows a preview of the images.
Bug fixed: In Windows XP it could happen, depending on your settings, that Transcript in full screen mode (Ctrl+F11) was shown too far down. On the top of the screen there was empty space and at the bottom part of the editor was invisible.
Bug fixed: when starting Transcript and going back to a position with bold or italic text was interpreted as if the text had been changed.
Bug fixed: when using Transcript for the first time on fast computers with a Dutch version of Windows it could happen that the first time you used it it was not translated into Dutch and/or that pressing F1 or selecting help from the menu didn't work. Starting Transcript a second time always fixed this. I think I have this now also fixed for every first time start but if you encounter this problem please let me know.
Bug fixed: when switching between projects where the target project was a project with a "new" (empty) textfile, the textfile of the old project stayed visible.
Bug fixed: changed the memory manager because the old one could cause a AV in certain situations when waking the computer up after a sleep.
Bug fixed: the help file could not be found when the program directory was not the same as the directory where the program was started. This could happen when using a desktop shortcut.
Bug fixed: after importing a file the textzoom was reset to 100.
Bug fixed: when maximizing either the image of editor window the program sometimes forgot to remember the position of the divider in the non maximized state. Because of this it could happen that after restarting Transcript the image or editor window was invisible.
A number of other small changes and improvements.

New in Transcript 2.1.0 (Apr 12, 2012)

Help is now available in HtmlHelp format. Every topic now has its own help page which makes it easier to find the information your're looking for. As English is not my native language there may be errors. Please report those so I can correct it.
Added an optional installer for those who have difficulties installing the zip version. This zipversion is still available for those who prefer the program without installer.
Added program registration functionality. Registered users can now open up the program to get some extra functionality.
Added projects. A project contains all settings of importance like edit and imagefile and the curent working positions in those files etc. You can switch between projects by choosing another project from the list besides the menu. Very handy for everyone who works occasionaly or often on different transcriptions at the same time. It is also possible to start the program with a specific project using the commandline option -p. There is a project management dialog where you can rename or delete projects and where you can make a desktop shortcut to start the program with a specific project. Only available in the registered version.
Added an option to automatically insert the image filename into the editor when you go to the next image file. You can specify in which format it will be inserted. It can temporarily be disabled by setting Scroll Lock to on. It is also possible to insert it manually by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F. Only available in the registered version.
A (probably) temporary plugin interface added. This interface will most likely change in the future because it's not flexible enough. At the moment there is one plugin available: an exif viewer which shows the information added tot images by digital camera's.
You can now choose between old and new style mouse handling of the mouse above the image window. In the new style default is moving the image when pressing the left mouse button and moving the mouse. The old style means pressin left/right mouse buttons means zooming in/out of the image. Pressing the Ctrl key together with the mouse button switches the functionality.
Added an option to automatically switch focus back to the editor after you release the mouse button above the image window. Normally the image window will have the focus after releasing mouse button which means you wil first manually have to go back to the editor.
Closing of image file and text file commands added. Closing text file is the same as opening a new empty text file..
Added commands for maximizing the image window (Ctrl+F12) and text window (Shift+F12). When maxmizing the image window you are still able to enter text in the editor. For these commands an new menu was added: the view menu.
Added a full screen mode (Ctrl+F11). In this mode the menu and toolbars (including the standard Windows traybar) will be hidden.
You can now use Shift+F5/F6 to jump to the top of the left or right "page" of the image, assuming that it's an image of two pages. Using Shift+Ctrl+F5/F6 you can go to the left or right side of the image without going to the top.
Added an option for two page images. When set going to the next or previous image will automatically position it on the left (using next or fileopen dialog) or right (previous) part of the image.
The history of last opened files gets better updated now. When you select a file from this list it will be moved to the top of the history list instead of staying at its current position.
The Home, End, PageUp and PageDown keys now also work inside the image window. Within the image window it is not necessary to use those keys together with the Ctrl and Alt keys, though those combinations do also work.
The text and image zoom dropdown lists contain now more available zoom values to choose from.
When opening a text or image file the file open dialog will now always start in the directory where the current text or image file resides. The same holds true for saving files.
The horizontal scroll percentage used to compute the amount to move the image to the left or right was decreased from 10 to 5%.
The toolbar and menu images were given a more modern look.
The usage of the text and backgroundcolor buttons has been slightly changed in order to conform to the way Microsoft Office uses these buttons. The color on the buttons now signifies the color that was last selected (was previously the color of the text or background on the current position in the text). When pressing the button that color will be applicated to the curent text or background. Pressing the arrow will still let you select another color.
A change in one of the components used in this program makes it necessary that you need to set the default font when you want something else than Times New Roman als default (menu tools, default font...).
Bug fixed: space characters at the beginning and at the end of text fragments inserted with Alt+0 to 9 were not saved properly in the ini configuration file. When restarting Transcript and using those keys to insert a fragment with space at the beginning and/or at the end the text was inserted without those spaces (though the rest of the text was inserted normally).
Bug fixed: opening a file by double clicking on the filename when that position was above the image window caused the image to be zoomed in when using the old style cursor.
Bug fixed: after zooming in/out on the image the horizontal image position was reset to horizontal center.
Bug fixed: text zoom was reset to 100 after loading another text file but the zoom percentage on the toolbar displayed the old value. Now the zoom value stays the way it is..

New in Transcript 2.0.3 (Apr 12, 2012)

New in Transcript 2.0.2 (Apr 12, 2012)

New in Transcript 2.0.1 (Apr 12, 2012)

The program can now be translated in any western language (no unicode). Standard language is English. The only other available language at the moment is Dutch (Nederlands). When starting the program for the first time it looks for the language Windows uses. If it is Dutch the Dutch language will automatically be set, otherwise it will stay English (but you can always change it in options). Volunteers are welcome to send me translations in other languages. I will put this as separate downloads on my website.
The name of the program was changed from Transcriptie to Transcript.
Import and export from and to other filetypes added using the Microsoft Word/Office import/export filters (only available when present).
BMP and GIF file support added.
A number of image transformation options added: rotation, inverted colors and grayscale.
Direct image scanning from within the program using TWAIN. This is still a bit experimental. You may get an "EOutofResources" error when scanning large images in high resolution (also dependant on Windows version and available memory).
Zoom in/out on the text. This works the same as in Microsoft Office: use Ctrl+mousewheel up/down to change the zoom or use the combobox on the Image toolbar to select the desired zoom. You can also set in options that this zoom value should be restored when starting the program.
Added paragraph margins, space before and after, linespacing and alignment (F8). These settings can be saved for use as default for new documents. Heading styles are now also available but their use is limited because these styles cannot be changed (a limitation of the RichEdit dll).
Tabs can be set using a dialog (Shift+F8). Different tab alignment and tab leaders are available.
Bullets and numbered lists added. At the moment numbered lists can only be set using the toolbar button menu.
Superscript and subscript added to the Format menu.
Textcolor and backgroundcolor can be set using two toolbar buttons on the image toolbar. The popup color windows can be moved to stay visible all the time.
Toolbar button and shortcut key (Ctrl+T) added for strikethrough text.
Besides undo now also redo available (Ctrl+Y).
Default font for new documents can be set (see menu Tools).
Using the popup menu in the editor (rightclick with the mouse) you can set and insert quick text fragments instead of having to type it over and over. To set a quick text fragment use the popup menu or use Alt+Shift+.The insert a previously set text fragment use the popup menu or type Alt+.
Added resizable editor window. On the left and right side are splitters which you can drag to the desired position.
Added some advanced options in combination with equal names for image and textfile: save without asking and different directories for images and text now possible (default is the same directory).
Hint visibility options now selectable in options dialog.
Measurement selection. You can now choose between centimeters which is default and inches.
Added option to make a backup copy of the old rtf file when saving.
Extended the menus.
Help now available in all dialogs except in About.
The INI configuration file now by default in the same directory as the program. If you want to put the program on cd you can copy the INI file to the Windows directory.
Buttons for next and previous image are now disabled if there is no next/previous image available.
Ctrl+Alt+PgUp/Down added: move image one page up/down.
Clicking on a hyperlink in the editor or helpviewer now opens the standard browser.
Searching for text which is not found now gives notice of that.
Bug resolved: image files without any attributes were not added to the dropdown list of images.
Bug resolved: zoomcursor on the scrollbars.
Bug resolved: after maximizing or resizing the main window the editor text looked sometimes scrambled.
Increased price for non personal use to 10 euro because of all the new features I added and the amount of time I put in this