Freebyte update: March 17, 2002


Dear Freebyte newsletter subscriber,


(1) TreePad PLUS has been updated to version 4.8. A very large list of new=
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features, added to the program since mid february 2002 (versions 4.7 and=20
4.8) is included below. Version 4.8 includes an highly improved manual,=20
created by Barry Andrews. TreePad PLUS is an award-winning shareware=20
PIM/personal database for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, and can be=20
downloaded from http://www.treepad.com


(2) All the pages in the Freebyte CAD section have been updated. A new CAD=
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page, 'assorted software' has been added as well.
The CAD section is created and maintained by Karl of Free Mechanical=20
Engineering Software. http://www.freebyte.com/cad


(3) TreePad2HTML now supports a dynamic (Javascript) HTML tree pane,=20
meaning that the subtrees can be expanded and collapsed when viewed in your=
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Web browser. The program also includes a large number of templates and=20
lay-outs. TreePad2HTML is a versatile freeware tool to generate HTML pages=
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from TreePad (.hjt) files, created by Kurt Kosnar. It can be found on=20
http://www.treepad.com/utils


(4) HJ-Install is updated to version 3.5.3
Added: the script identifier %programfilesdir%. It enables you to copy=20
files into the 'program files' directory, no matter what the location or=20
the name of that directory is on a client computer. HJ-Install is a=20
freeware installer for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, created by Henk=20
Hagedoorn, and can be downloaded from http://www.freebyte.com/hjinstall


New features in TreePad PLUS 4.8


Tree node icons
Added: custom tree node icons. You can now tag individual tree nodes with=20
different icons.
Added: 'icons' tab, next to the article tab, containing the optional tree=20
icons. To assign an icon to the currently selected node, simply=20
double-click on an icon inside the icon area. To assign the default icon to=
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the current node again, just click on the first icon. Many thanks to Philip=
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Sutton for providing many of the icons inside the icons tab.
Added: a new menu to show/hide the icons area: menu/view/icons.
Added: a new icons menu (menu/icons) to manage (import/remove) icons. This=
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menu will only show when the icons area is visible. It contains these sub=20
menus:
* menu/icons/add new icons; this enables one to import one or more icons at=
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the same time into the icons area (or the 'insert' key on the keyboard when=
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the icons area has focus).
* menu/icons/remove selected icons; with this menu one can remove the=20
selected icons from the icons area (or the 'delete' key on the keyboard=20
when the icons area has focus).


New manual
The TreePad PLUS manual has been greatly improved. Many thanks to Barry=20
Andrews for creating this new high-quality manual.


Tree navigation
Added: pressing the explode tool-button while holding the keyboard shift=20
key will expand only one level of the selected subtree (pressing explode=20
button without the shift key will expand all levels).
Added: pressing the implode tool-button while holding the shift key will=20
only collapse one level the selected subtree (doing this without the shift=
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key will collapse all levels).


Tree editing
Changed: name of menu/tree/insert/child node to menu/tree/insert/child node=
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at bottom.
Added: menu/tree/insert/chid node at top (only visible in advanced mode).=20
This also has been added to the tree context menu.


File import and export
Added: when exporting a subtree to TreePad PLUS file, all article images=20
contained in this subtree are also exported to that file.
Added: when importing a TreePad PLUS file, all article images are imported
Added: when exporting a subtree to a TreePad PLUS file, all user-defined=20
node-icons are exported to that file.
Added: when importing a TreePad PLUS file, all user-defined node-icons are=
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imported.


Printing
Improved: the printing quality of vector/metafile images has improved.


Hyperlinks
Improved: support for https hyperlinks. Previously, https hyperlinks could=
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only be inserted when selecting the type 'user defined' in the 'Insert=20
Hyperlink' dialog. Now you can also use the link type 'WWW'.



New features in TreePad PLUS 4.7


Tree node formatting and properties
=B7 Added: the format toolbar and format menu now can change the formatting=
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of the selected tree node. Note that for applying the format toolbar or=20
menu to the tree the tree needs to have focus. When the article has focus,=
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the formatting toolbar applies to the selected block text inside the=
 article.
This means that you can now use the format toolbar to set individual node=20
properties directly, like 'bold', 'italic', 'underline', 'strikethrough',=20
'font name', 'font size', 'color', 'background color'.
=B7 Added: one can now also set the background color of each individual=
 node,=20
using the formatting toolbar.
=B7 Added: a shortcut for node properties, ctrl+F2.
=B7 Improved: the node properties dialog has been improved to include the=
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options. It now also displays the article data type and ID.
=B7 Added: a new 'Tools' tab to the properties dialog, currently containing=
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one new function which allows you to remove the formatting of all subtree=20
node titles in one go. Useful when you want to remove all formatting=20
(color, style, size, font name, etc.) from a group of node captions. This=20
makes the nodes in the selected subtree take over with the default tree=20
font setting.

Search
=B7 Improved: the article search and replace function is now much faster.=20
Also: article scrolling during search-replace (with confirm) has been=20
improved.
=B7 Added: separate tree search and article search buttons in the view=
 toolbar.
=B7 Added: copy, paste and clear buttons to the tree and article search=
 screens.

TreePad Shutdown options
=B7 Added: the option to (1) automatically clear the TreePad Clipboard (for=
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nodes/subtrees) when the program closes, (2) or to ask whether or not to=20
clear the TP clipboard, (3) or not to ask anything about the TP clipboard=20
while not clearing the TP clipboard when the program closes. In the options=
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screen (menu/view/options) choose the category 'TreePad/Shutdown'. More=20
information on the TreePad Clipboard for nodes/subtrees can be found here:=
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Copying, cutting and pasting nodes and subtrees

Auto backup
=B7 Added: the option to automatically create backup files of the TreePad=20
data files. In the options screen (menu/view/options) choose the category=20
'backup'. The TreePad data file (.hjt) is backed up to a .hjt.bak file in=20
the same directory as the TreePad data file, TreePad image files (.tpz)=20
files are backed up to .tpz.bak in the same directory. Auto-backup is=20
recommended when your data file is located on a hard disk. When you have=20
your TreePad data file on a floppy, you might not have enough space for the=
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auto-backup. In that case you rely on the periodical usage of the built-in=
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manual backup function using menu/file/backup.

Images
=B7 Added: support for PNG images. PNG images can now be imported=20
(menu/insert/image from file) into TreePad and exported from TreePad=20
(menu/file/export/selected image).
=B7 Added: support for Windows metafiles. WMF and EMF files can now be=20
copied,pasted, imported and exported.
=B7 Improved: when importing an image of type JPEG, GIF, PNG, EMF, WMF, ICO,=
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BMP, it is stored in its native format inside the TreePad database.=20
Previous versions of TreePad converted pixel images internally to bitmaps.
=B7 Added: conversions between all the supported image formats. This means=
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that you can export an image stored into TreePad to any other supported=20
image type, except to an icon. For instance, a PNG image can be exported to=
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a JPEG image, a WMF image to a GIF or BMP. Icons can be exported to the=20
other formats, but the other formats can not be exported to icon (.ico)=
 files.
=B7 Added: when clicking on an image, the statusbar will display the=
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image name and image type.
=B7 Improved: smaller images will now be inserted into the article=20
(menu/insert/image from file) and pasted (menu/edit/paste) in the correct=
 size.

Export and images
=B7 Added: the export subtree to Web site option now includes images! Please=
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note that: bmp files are exported to Web site as JPEG files, ico, wmf and=20
emf files are exported as GIF files. You can access this feature using=20
Menu/file/export
=B7 Added: export of an article to a HTML file now includes exporting the=20
images. Images are exported to the same directory as the HTML file.
=B7 Added: export of an article to an RTF file now includes exporting the=20
images. The images are not stored inside the RTF file, but exported=20
separately into the same directory as the RTF file and linked from the RTF=
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file. Programs like MS Word are able to load the RTF file and display the=20
external images. Using MS Word, when you save the RTF file as Word file,=20
the images will become embedded inside the Word document.

Format
=B7 Added: menu/format/convert/to title case, which will convert the=
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block of article text to lowercase, except for the first letter of each=20
word (which is converted to a capital).
=B7 Added: menu/format/convert/to sentence case, which will convert the=20
selected block of article text to lowercase, except for the first letter of=
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each sentence (which is converted to a capital).
=B7 Added: menu/format/remove/spaces, which will remove any leading spaces=
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from the selected block of text. As an extra, this function also removes=20
'>' characters when found at the beginning of the line. This is useful when=
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processing emails.
=B7 Added: menu/format/remove/spaces and returns, which does the same as the=
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above function (remove/spaces), additionally it removes the returns from=20
the selected block of text. Please note that these 'Format' commands are=20
also available through the article popup menu.

File
=B7 Added: shortcut ctrl-F4 to close the current file.



Sincerely,

The Freebyte! team
freebyte@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.freebyte.com

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