Note about version numbers
Namo WebEditor 4.04 is the first update to the English version of Namo WebEditor 4. The initial English-language release of Namo WebEditor 4 was actually version 4.02. (Versions 4.0 and 4.01 were released only in Korea.) Version 4.03 was a Korean-only release. The current version of Namo WebEditor in all language versions is now 4.04.
Change summary
The major change from Namo WebEditor 4.02 to 4.04 is the greatly enhanced Smart Button Wizard. New functions have been added to the wizard, including the ability to add new components to a Smart Button, modify stroke properties, apply bevel effects, rotate and flip components, and define the visible area of a Smart Button. In addition, the Smart Button Wizard now includes many more basic shapes, which have been categorized according to their intended use. Another significant change is the addition of table templates to the New dialog box. Please see the table below for a complete list of changes.
Obtaining and installing the update
Registered users of Namo WebEditor 4 can download the Namo WebEditor 4.04 update from our Web site's download page (http://www.namo.com/download/). Double-click the downloaded file to install the update.
After installing this update, you may wish to verify that your copy of Namo WebEditor has been successfully updated to version 4.04 by performing the following steps:
- Launch Namo WebEditor.
- In the Help menu, select About Namo WebEditor
- Note the version number in the title bar of the resulting window.
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New and enhanced features in Namo WebEditor 4.04
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Description
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Smart Button Wizard: Categorized Shapes
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The Smart Button Wizard now includes many more basic shapes, which are now categorized by their intended use. Shape categories include banners, bullets, buttons, dividers, images, labels, paragraph headers, and table headers.
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Smart Button Wizard: Component Editing Tools
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A new Editing Tools menu in the wizard lets you add and remove text, resizable image, and bitmapped image components; rotate or flip components; and arrange the back-to-front order of components.
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Smart Button Wizard: New Layer Tab
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A new Layer tab lets you specify the position, size and opacity of a Smart Button component.
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Smart Button Wizard: New Stroke Tab
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A new Stroke tab lets you edit the properties of the outline of a text or resizable image component. Properties include color(s), fill type, thickness, and corner style.
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Smart Button Wizard: New Bevel Tab
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A new Bevel tab lets you apply a bevel effect to any Smart Button component. Properties include bevel style, thickness, and light angle.
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Smart Button Wizard: Enhanced Shadow Tab
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Two new shadow styles, "Inner Shadow" and "Glow", have been added to the Shadow tab.
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Smart Button Wizard: New Export Area Step
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The Smart Button Wizard includes a new Export Area step. In this step, you can select the portion of the Smart Button that will actually be visible in the document.
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Smart Button Wizard: Saved Buttons
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You can now save any Smart Button that you plan to reuse. Saved buttons appear in the My Smart Buttons category in the Select Shape step of the Smart Button Wizard.
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New Table Templates
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A Table tab, containing templates for tables, has been added to the New dialog box (File > New). The table templates use Smart Buttons as graphical headers.
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New Shortcut Keys
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The following shortcut keys have been added: <Alt+Shift+T> Select table <Ctrl+Shift+Y> Delete contents of selected table cells
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Paste External Table
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Using the clipboard, you can now import tables from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, and Internet Explorer into the Edit window, where they will be converted to standard HTML tables.
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Changes and fixes in Namo WebEditor 4.04
Change In
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Description
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Script Wizard
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In the previous release, if you applied a rollover effect to a document using the Script Wizard and then opened the document in Notepad, the JavaScript na_preload_img() function disappeared. Fixed.
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Script Wizard
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When you selected a clipart to use in a rollover effect, the image path was being set to the original clip art path. You can now specify the path in the Copy Inserted Files dialog box.
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Script Wizard
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Fixed the problem with the Popup Window script where the URL was being specified as an absolute path when you selected a file using the Browse button.
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Script Wizard
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Fixed the problem with Expanding Navigation Menu script where the relative paths were being changed to absolute paths when you edited the menu after inserting it.
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Projects
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WebEditor no longer crashes when you insert a banner in a document that is not part of the project or edit a banner in a document that had been removed from the project.
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Publishing
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Fixed the problem with publishing where all the files were selected when you clicked the Select Modified button after you published the project.
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Navigation Bar
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Horizontal navigation bars now look the same in the Edit window and in browsers.
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Import from Web
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The Import from Web command now works correctly.
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Import from Web
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The Import from Web command was importing the previous contents after changes had been made to the imported pages. Fixed.
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Database Wizard
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Fixed the problem with date input fields in the Database Wizard where AM hours were indicated with one digit.
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Database Wizard
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Date input fields in the Database Wizard can now accept years earlier than 1990.
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Site Manager
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Fixed the problem with the Structure tab of the Site Manager where the document order was being changed when multiple documents were selected and moved as another document's children.
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Site Manager
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You can now change a subproject name by right-clicking the subproject in the Project tab of the Site Manager and selecting the Properties command.
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Site Manager
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If you selected and drag a document to another document's child level in the Structure tab of the Site Manager while holding down <Ctrl>, this would modify the relationship between the pages. Now, this action doesn't modify the relationship but makes a copy of the dragged document as a child of the other document.
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Site Manager
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When you added a Movie and Cooking section to a project's navigation tree, some of files in the section had the read-only attribute. This problem has been fixed.
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Frames
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Fixed the problem with the vertical scrollbar failing to appear when a long document was inserted in a frame.
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Images
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The folder list in the Choose Folder dialog box that appears when you save a document with inserted images and click Choose Folder in the Copy Resource File dialog box are now sorted alphabetically.
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Charts
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Fixed the problem with creating charts where semicolons within data were not properly recognized.
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Charts
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The data labels in pie and stacked area charts now include percent signs.
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Time Lines
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WebEditor now displays changes correctly even if you don't save a document after modifying actions in a time line.
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Layers
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Fixed the problem with actions attached to a layer not working in Netscape.
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Site Wizard
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In the previous release, documents created using the Site Wizard failed to include a na_preload_img() function, increasing image load time. This problem has been fixed.
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Version History
- 01/30/2001: current release
- 07/10/2000: Initial release of Namo WebEditor
4 English version (internal version 4.02)
Namo Interactive Inc.
This document was created using Namo WebEditor 4 on January
30, 2001.
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