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              Natara Bonsai(TM) Outliner for the Palm OS
                           Release Notes
                  Version 1.0.5, December 11, 2000
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              (c) Copyright Natara Software, Inc.  2000


This document provides information about this version of the
Natara Bonsai outline application for the Palm Computing platform.

  Contents
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  1.0  General
  2.0  Quick Start Steps
  3.0  Uninstalling
  4.0  Product Limitations
  5.0  Changes in this Release


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1.0  General
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Natara Bonsai installs in a 30 day evaluation mode.  The
full product feature set is available for your use.  After
30 days the conduit will no longer synchronize the outlines
until a product registration code is entered.

Please email your questions, comments, and bug reports to
support@natara.com


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2.0  Quick Start Steps
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The following steps will get you up and running with 
Natara Bonsai.

1) Open the downloaded Zip file and extract all the files
   into a temporary directory.  Run the setup program from 
   that location.  Or, if you have downloaded the 
   self-extracting Zip file, run that executable and follow
   the instructions.

2) Run the Natara Bonsai program from the Start menu.  
   The default is location on the start menu is:
     Start->Programs->Natara Software->Bonsai

3) Create an outline and save under the name of your choice.
   
4) During the save you are asked if you want to synchronize
   this outline.  Respond yes to the prompt.

5) Perform a HotSync.  The Natara Bonsai application is now installed 
   on your handheld.

6) Perform a second HotSync.  Your outline is now installed on your
   handheld and is ready for use. (NOTE: The second HotSync is only 
   necessary after you first install Natara Bonsai. After that, your
   outline database and file will by updated with each normal HotSync.)


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3.0  Uninstalling
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Use the Add-Remove Programs control panel document to
uninstall Natara Bonsai from your desktop.

On your Palm device, use the Delete menu item under the
App menu to remove Bonsai and all outlines.


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4.0  Product Limitations
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1)  When synchronizing more than one outline file with
    your palmtop device, the file names must be unique within 
    the first 28 characters.

2)  Synchronizing the same outline to multiple Windows machines
    is not supported.

3)  The text for each item in the outline is limited to 140
    characters, and the note with each item to 32K.

4)  Indentation is limited to 10 levels.  Given the limited
    screen space, 10 is past what is usable.

5)  There is a limit of 15 categories within each outline.

6)  Number of outlines and size are limited by available Palm
    device memory.


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5.0  Changes in this Release
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Version 1.0.5

Palm Application:
  (New)   Rename outline command.
  (New)   Items can be linked to a To Do in the built-in 
          To Do database.
  (New)   Beam an outline  
  (New)   Ability to mark an outline to not synchronize.
  (New)   Command and shortcut to toggle the completion status.
  (New)   On the details dialog, the hard scroll buttons
          change the percent complete.
  (Fixed) When a branch was cut from the outline, there were
          conditions where the branch would be restored during
          synchronization, instead of being deleted from desktop.
  (Fixed) Filter by category would cause an incorrect priority 
          filter to be enabled.
  (Fixed) Problem on Visor Prism where popup menus were corrupted.

Windows Application:
  (New)   Export options now also apply to text format.
  (New)   Command and shortcut to toggle the completion status.
  (New)   Directory dialog added for selecting the default
          outline location.  Dialog checks validity of
          directory name.
  (New)   The category is now exported.
  (Fixed) Dates were not always localized properly in exports.
  (Fixed) Would crash if the saved currently caret position was
          made invalid by synchronization.
  (Fixed) Context menu would not always set the current item
          type correctly.

Conduit:
  (New)   Conduit skips sync if neither handheld or desktop
          outlines have changed.
  (Fixed) Checks for invalid characters in outline name.
  (Fixed) Checks that the default directory for new outlines is
          still valid.

Import Application:
  (Fixed) Outline names that contained characters that are
          not valid in Bonsai names were not translated.