====================================================================== Natara DayNotez(TM) Desktop Journal for Windows Beta Release Notes - Build 104 Release Candidate 1 November 21, 2000 ====================================================================== Copyright (c) 2000 Natara Software, Inc. This document provides information about this Beta version of the Natara DayNotez journal application for Windows and the Palm Computing platform. Contents ------------------------------------------------ 1.0 General 2.0 Quick Start Steps 3.0 Uninstalling 4.0 Product Limitations and Requirements 5.0 Revision History 6.0 Contacting Natara Software ============================================================ 1.0 General ============================================================ Thank you for participating in the beta test of the Natara DayNotez Windows companion application. Please email your questions, comments, and bug reports to betatest@natara.com. Before reporting problems, please review the known bug list below, and at our web site http://www.natara.com/daynotez/beta.cfm Be sure to download the latest version. See the revision history below for known bugs, and features to be added before release. DayNotez installs in a 30 day evaluation mode. The full product feature set is avaialable for your use. After 30 days the conduit will no longer synchronize DayNotez until a product registration code is entered. ============================================================ 2.0 Quick Start Steps ============================================================ The following steps will get you up and running with DayNotez. 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) At the completion of the install script an option is provided to install the application on your Palm OS device. Select that option. If you have multiple Palm Users defined on your desktop, a selection list will be displayed. Pick the user where you want to install DayNotez. Click the Done button when the Install Tool dialog is displayed. 3) Perform a HotSync. The DayNotez application is now installed on your handheld and ready for use. 4) After making entries on the Palm, synchronize again. 5) Run the desktop application either by double clicking the DayNotez icon in the folder opened by install, or by the start menu item found on "Start->Programs->Natara Software". ============================================================ 3.0 Uninstalling ============================================================ Use the Add-Remove Programs control panel document to uninstall DayNotez from your desktop. ============================================================ 4.0 Product Limitations and Requirements ============================================================ 1) DayNotez requires the Jet OLE DB driver version 4 or above. You can download the latest version of the Microsoft Data Access Components from http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm. The required driver was included in MDAC version 2.1. 2) Requires Palm OS 3.x or greater. 3) Requires HotSync Manager version 3.0 or greater. 4) 15 Category limit. 5) Each note is limited to 32K. ============================================================ 5.0 Revision History ============================================================ Build 104 Status: New: Preference for setting the background color of the 3 different entry views. Page Setup is now persistent. Use the Page Setup menu item on the main application to retain margin settings. Status Bar now has a new look, including Caps/Nums lock indicators. Added hot-key Ctrl-S to "Save Entry" for quicker saves. Added preference for Spell Check window to now "jump" around the screen if you would prefer it to remain stationary. Status Bar now has current date/time, which, when clicked, does the equivalent of a "Go To Today" Fixed: Contol-Click in Custom grid now works reliably Verification of Jet OLE 4.0 drivers now is "read-only" which helps people using the desktop in an environment where they had no write privilege to certain registry entries. DayView now works for those experiencing problems due to MDAC 2.6 updates (Microsoft broke this with their 2.6 MDAC release...) Category Names now restricted to 15 characters as is on the device side (Palm rule). Printing now reliable with longer entries. Previously, long DayNotez entries would print a couple of blank pages, then print the entry and run off the bottom of the page. Printing now reliably updates changes made when making Page Setup changes in print preview. Tabs now print properly User name now prints properly Added a space output after quick time, date, and bullet for better formatting Entry Tab toolbar no longer wraps/jumps. "Save Entry" on Entry Tab has been changed to just an icon, plus now a menu item. DateNav list (on left) now properly updates when deleting entries. Set smaller tab settings for Entry and Preview Pane. The DayView navigation arrows now properly reflects the start and end of the list. Known Issues: No Help or User Manual Visit our web site at http://www.natara.com/DayNotez for more product information. ============================================================ 6.0 Contacting Natara Software ============================================================ Please email your questions, comments, and bug reports to betatest@natara.com Visit us online at http://www.natara.com Phone: 1-630-579-0958 Mail: 909 E. Ogden Ave. Suite C Naperville, IL 60563-2885