Handy Address Book Changelog

What's new in Handy Address Book 11.2

Jan 30, 2024
  • Online field names are now user-adjustable
  • Improvements to the Notes details pane, for larger capacity and a new Paste menu command
  • Setup program now offers the choice to launch the program upon completion

New in Handy Address Book 11.1 (Mar 8, 2023)

  • Fixed bug where current age could be displayed incorrectly

New in Handy Address Book 11.0 (Feb 22, 2023)

  • Added ability to resize the 2 halves of the details section
  • Made entering of the year for birthday and anniversary optional

New in Handy Address Book 10.0 (May 8, 2022)

  • Updated for Windows 11 compatibility
  • vCard importing improvements

New in Handy Address Book 9.10 (Jan 11, 2022)

  • Added check and error message when adding too many categories to a contact. Category string is limited to 255 characters in length, so the sum of all category names cannot exceed this.

New in Handy Address Book 9.8 (Jul 4, 2021)

  • Minor cosmetic improvements

New in Handy Address Book 9.6 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Changed the action when double clicking on regular, non-hyperlinked text in the Details windows. Now, when double clicking on regular text the word is selected. If you double click on an empty area, the contact is opened in the address editor. Previously the address editor was always opened when double clicking on regular text. This change is designed to make it easier to copy text out of the Details windows.
  • Improved the formatting of non-US addresses

New in Handy Address Book 9.5 (Oct 24, 2020)

  • Added option to customize the size of the dialog boxes shown throughout the program (File / Options... / Options)

New in Handy Address Book 9.4 (Dec 18, 2019)

  • Added support for inserting links to files with spaces

New in Handy Address Book 9.3 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • Added ability to link contacts to any number of files

New in Handy Address Book 9.2 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Improved display of alphabet filter bar by offering different button sizes

New in Handy Address Book 9.1 (Feb 16, 2019)

  • Improvements to appearance, including support for high resolution displays and adjustable toolbar button sizes
  • New "File / Save As..." command for saving local books
  • Variety of other minor improvements

New in Handy Address Book 9.0 (Jun 6, 2018)

  • Made the toolbar user-adjustable to add/remove buttons for commonly used commands
  • Increased number of available custom fields to 8
  • Variety of other minor improvements and bug fixes

New in Handy Address Book 8.3 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • Made several dialogs re-sizable
  • Bug fix that could cause program to crash

New in Handy Address Book 8.2 (Apr 24, 2017)

  • Improved security/speed by building with latest compiler
  • Fixed issue where dialogs would sometimes not display properly