Wordaizer Changelog

What's new in Wordaizer 6.0 Build 195

Feb 24, 2022
  • Added the possibility to disable HighDPI scaling
  • Fixed an issue with files having less then 25 unique words
  • Fixed a non-critical issue of a start-up error
  • Completed missing translations

New in Wordaizer 6.0 Build 193 (Feb 23, 2022)

  • Added the possibility to disable HighDPI scaling
  • Fixed an issue with files having less then 25 unique words

New in Wordaizer 6.0 Build 191 (Feb 23, 2022)

  • Optimized for Windows 10
  • Both in 32bit and 64bit versions
  • New visual styles, native windows
  • High DPI sensitive, scaling with Windows' scale
  • Video now also in mp4 format (ffmpeg codec)
  • Now also reads excel input files
  • Extensive in-app information and help available
  • New languages added: spanish and frysian
  • Improved layout and controls placements
  • Larger interface font
  • Better separation of normal and educational modes
  • Exit the educational mode now with a (teacher's) passcode
  • Improved multiple-page printing
  • New: on-screen word and character dynamics (realtime)
  • New: extensive video options and possibilities
  • New: morphing of two text blocks
  • New: export all the colour palettes as a single image
  • Bug fixes and many code optimizations

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 146 (Oct 11, 2021)

  • Bugfix when reading system fonts

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 145 (Oct 11, 2021)

  • New feature added: layered masks where the wordlet is drawn on an image
  • Now the background colour is also live-updated for the colour schemes and variations

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 144 (Mar 12, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug when no words could be placed
  • Now only admin rights are required at install

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 143 (Dec 7, 2018)

  • Fixed a reading error of small text files
  • Fixed a bug when no mask was applied

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 142 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Fixed a reading error of small text files

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 141 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Added multiple-font to the project data

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 140 (Feb 24, 2018)

  • Added a new feature to quickly process supersize text files (> 1 MB)
  • Improved data file input processing

New in Wordaizer 5.0 Build 139 (Dec 11, 2017)

  • Added a manual word adding feature
  • Added the possibility to edit colours of each placed word
  • Now the entire word cloud can be saved, and re-opened again
  • Added a history of changes (only for manual word additons)
  • Improved creation and re-open of projects
  • The range of font size has been enlarged
  • Major improvement of the German translation
  • Now the last used font is correctly remembered

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 132 (Sep 23, 2017)

  • An issue with a low number of UNICODE words is now fixed
  • The slow starting and exiting issue in Windows 10 Anniversary Edition is now fixed

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 130 (Jul 19, 2017)

  • The fonts are now put in alphabetical order
  • The entire interface now has help hints

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 129 (Mar 14, 2017)

  • The fonts are now put in alphabetical order
  • The entire interface now has help hints

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 128 (Feb 3, 2017)

  • fixed a small bug in word count

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 127 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • new multiple font selection feature added
  • 40 new fonts added
  • fixed a bug in new font reading
  • fixed a bug in exclusion list
  • fixed a bug in the video creation
  • fixed a bug in file save (when in use)

New in Wordaizer 4.0 Build 123 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • minor and major code optimalisations
  • new text editor features added
  • major improvement of character exclusions
  • improved accuracy for curved words
  • fixed a few minor bugs
  • improved stability
  • simplified interface for masks
  • added Danish translation
  • detailed list of major improvements and bugfixes:
  • the proof word for curved words now has the correct length
  • admin message at start now managed properly
  • colour are now also immediately refreshed for the other colour engines
  • in case of 'no colour' the default paper colour is white with black text
  • spaces now correctly removed for Unicode text files
  • fontsize multiplier now in steps of 5% (was 10%)
  • automatic paper setting when formats is changed (ANSI or metric)
  • IPX skin now correctly shown
  • the ampersand (&) character is now correctly printed for bending words
  • now also normal ('ABC' etc) characters in exclusion list are correctly removed
  • print window is now scalable (to cater for large fonts in Windows)
  • inversion of words now correctly managed
  • educational mode: now also colour can be selected with pictures
  • the colour boxes are now correctly resized when now active
  • the default.mpr file is now fully revalued with better defaults
  • the stored project data is now more complete

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 116 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Improved installer.

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 114 (May 20, 2016)

  • Added an option to check for update at start.

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 111 (Feb 20, 2016)

  • added the option to save as a transparent PNG
  • improved the PNG transparency
  • added 76 more fonts to the installer

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 110 (Feb 20, 2016)

  • added the metric and ANSI paper sizes (cm and inches)
  • added a warning to start in administrator mode
  • added 26 alphabet masks and 48 icon masks
  • enlarged default mask sizes (300 x 212 pixels)

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 109 (Nov 23, 2015)

  • Added a new option to rotate the paper (and the mask)

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 108 (Nov 11, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug in pdf creation (page was too small to contain the text)
  • Corrected an issue of special characters to be removed from text
  • Now the ampersand (&) is correctly taken as a special character

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 107 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • Turkish translation added
  • Missing translation words fixed in translation files
  • A few internal optimizations

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 106 (Jun 1, 2015)

  • The maximum papersize has been enlarged to 2 x A0

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 105 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • True Type Fonts (TTF) are now embedded in the pdf file

New in Wordaizer 3.6 Build 104 (Feb 9, 2015)

  • placement optimization is now available (100% placement)
  • bugs in 'Colour FX' and 'Personal colours' now solved (palette reset after window change)
  • a few minor tweaks (no bugs) to increase stability

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 103 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • minimum text file length is now checked to avoid errors (min: 2 lines of text)
  • font size now also shown in text overview when word is not placed
  • word validy and amount is now checked to avoid errors
  • fixed the minimum amount of words nor correctly following the text file content

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 102 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Improved the wordlet engine to create denser word clouds
  • Improved file reading (skipping empty lines) for 'text' and 'data' types
  • Added a start option in the main menu in case the start button cannot be seen
  • Bug fixed to also read system fonts during grace days

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 100 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Critical: bug in saving the result has now been solved

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 99 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • New feature added to use multiple text sources in one wordlet
  • 4 Languages in the text file examples
  • Bug in save button for personal colors now solved
  • Improved file history approach
  • Backup text now available when no text file is found
  • A couple of new fonts have been added

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 97 (Dec 29, 2014)

  • Video save in libraries now works correctly
  • License window now disappears correctly when closed

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 96 (Dec 27, 2014)

  • Font overview print now working again
  • All system fonts are now available together with special fonts
  • Initial background colour now correctly set to black

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 94 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Small correction in the picture mask

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 92 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • A bug in the two-font mask feature has been solved
  • Now also pictures can be used to define the wordlet shape
  • The old 2.4 engine is no longer supported

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 87 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • A bug in the accuracy has been solved
  • 'Italic' and 'Bold' are now correctly applied
  • The project option now saves the data correctly

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 85 (Aug 16, 2014)

  • The GUI is now correctly shown for large fonts windows settings
  • Bug in the 'use edited values' now solved

New in Wordaizer 3.5 Build 84 (Jul 21, 2014)

  • Unicode functions now fully available:
  • all unicode characters are now possible
  • mixed character sets can be used in the same input file
  • new license files are required
  • Application now correctly asks for admin rights to run

New in Wordaizer 3.0 Build 83 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • Application now correctly asks for admin rights to run
  • Fully redesigned interface with less button cluttering
  • Dramatic increase in speed of wordlet creation, especially for rotated text
  • Added curved characters: circular, parabolic, wave and crossword
  • Added 40 new masks and 30 new fonts
  • and many more improvements......

New in Wordaizer 3.0 Build 82 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • fully redesigned interface with less button cluttering
  • dramatic increase in speed of wordlet creation, especially for rotated text
  • added curved characters: circular, parabolic, wave and crossword
  • added 40 new masks
  • added 30 new fonts
  • removed bug in picture colors
  • added antialias copy into picture colors
  • removed bug in video creation (first frame was incorrect)
  • corrected Help text (typos, old and irrelevant text, updated illustrations)
  • swap between educational and normal now without restarting
  • added a quality versus speed option
  • new text files in installation
  • default exclusion lists added in English, Dutch and German
  • several minor improvements

New in Wordaizer 2.4 Build 68 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • added a 'test video' option (without creating a movie)
  • added a German exclusions list
  • added a lead-in and lead-out option for video creation

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 66 (Mar 25, 2014)

  • Added Anti-Alias feature for smoother output

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 64 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Improved video creation interface with full control over output size
  • Added the possibility to save in two popular formats for YouTube and Vimeo: X264 and FLV. To fully use this option an additional command-line application must be made available: FFmpeg.exe.

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 63 (Dec 13, 2013)

  • fixed a bug with the skin of the 'save video' popup

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 61 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • fixed a bug in case the text file is one line only

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 60 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • two new special functions added (color FX and suppress word color and rotation randomization)
  • added the option in the menu bar ('windows') to open the file folders of interest

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 59 (Oct 5, 2013)

  • larger color range for the color picker (was 24, now extended to 100)

New in Wordaizer 2.3 Build 58 (Aug 26, 2013)

  • added the option to have dual fonts in one wordlet

New in Wordaizer 2.2 Build 56 (May 24, 2013)

  • bugfix: pictures are correctly scaled when not the same size as the mask
  • minor improvements for convenience

New in Wordaizer 2.2 Build 55 (May 22, 2013)

  • bugfix: large masks now correctly rescaled and centered

New in Wordaizer 2.2 Build 54 (May 21, 2013)

  • dots on the words now solved

New in Wordaizer 2.2 Build 53 (May 11, 2013)

  • added an override option to repeat the words when insufficient words are available
  • corrected a language error

New in Wordaizer 2.2 Build 52 (Apr 22, 2013)

  • added the video creation feature
  • added an exclusion list of words that should no be used in the wordlet

New in Wordaizer 2.1 Build 46 (Apr 8, 2013)

  • improved mask load/change management
  • added an eraser in on-the-fly mask making

New in Wordaizer 2.1 Build 44 (Mar 24, 2013)

  • added pdf file output
  • added URL input as source for the wordlet
  • added a possibility to include all the system fonts

New in Wordaizer 2.0 Build 43 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • removed a small bug (not finding the 'mydocuments' folder)

New in Wordaizer 2.0 Build 41 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • improved printing on multiple pages under Windows 7 (Vista)
  • added shortcuts for printing and saving
  • added more skins

New in Wordaizer 2.0 Build 40 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • fixed a bug in the manual words feed (the word 'word' kept coming back)

New in Wordaizer 2.0 Build 39 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • fixed a minor issue with the mask refresh/reset
  • fixed a print dialogue window skin error
  • solved a bug in the mask eraser (at first touch now fully erasing)
  • added the possibility to copy the mask to the mask editor window

New in Wordaizer 2.0 Build 36 (Jan 3, 2013)

  • enhanced metafiles added
  • some minor bugs solved in font selection
  • minor issues in educational mode repaired