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- Welcome to Magic Notes V3.3 for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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- Changes for 3.3 build 3215
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- o Fix for snoozed alarms where non snoozed alarms wouldn't
- trigger correctly if an alarm before it was snoozed.
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- Changes for 3.3 build 3206
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- o Fix in execute command for alarms.
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- Changes for 3.3 build 3158
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- o Transparency fix BSOD under Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
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- Changes for 3.3
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- o Transparency support under Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
- o New smarter look of notes.
- o More options in the Note Organizer.
- o Bug fixes in the net send and a list of other features..
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- Changes for 3.2
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- o New title font option in Preferences for better Windows XP support.
- o Note organizer bug fixes.
- o Improved multi user support including new installer option to
- allow Win NT4/2000/XP users to store their user settings and data
- on a per user basis.
- o New global search in the Note Organizer.
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- Changes for 3.1
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- o Updated Net Send feature with new alias and ignore list
- to make it simpler to use.
- o Improved support for international character sets.
- o Added support for Windows XP including skinning.
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- Changes for 3.0
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- o The interface has been updated.
- o New net send feature which allows you to send notes via
- TCP/IP to other users on an intranet on the internet.
- o New Note Organizer with lots of new options.
- o System wide hotkey support.
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- Changes for 2.7 Build 10216
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- o Bug fix for handling of email addresses in the popup menu.
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- Changes for 2.7 build 10117
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- o Small alarm bug fix.
- o The "Display All Notes" item is sorted alphabetically.
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- Changes for 2.7 build 10117
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- o Fixed the multimonitor support.
- o Added silent alarm indicator.
- o Tested under Windows 2000.
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- Changes for 2.7
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- o Additional DBCS support for Win 95/98/NT version if multi byte font
- are installed.
- o Reorganized menus for easier access.
- o Tested under Windows 2000 RC2 for correct functionallity.
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- Changes for 2.6b
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- o Fixes problem with saving. Recommended update!
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- Changes for 2.6a
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- o The Snooze feature now doesn't affect the set alarm time and is not
- saved to disk for that reason. This should fix problems with alarms
- "drifting" and other problems caused by this.
- o The nag screen is now less intrusive.
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- New features in 2.6
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- o Bug fixes to custom colors.
- o Execute command now support long file names and additional parameters.
- o New "SmartSize" option which will resize the note as you type.
- o Improved SmartFit with multimonitor support under Windows 98.
- o Various other small thing.
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- New features in 2.5
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- o Lots of small bugfixes.
- o New support for custom colors for every note.
- o Small cosmetic changes to the interface.
- o New "SmartFit" and "SmartSize" option which will keep all note inside
- the desktop window at all times.
- o Minor interface improvements.
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- New features in 2.4a
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- o Fixed bug in the Preference dialog when browsing for sound files.
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- New features in 2.4
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- o Finally removed the horrible preference dialog and replaced it with a more
- userfriendly tabbed dialog. Unfortunately increased the size of the install by
- about 300K.
- o New cool sound options like event sounds for standard sounds.
- o More options in the preference like random color notes and disable the prompt
- when you delete a note.
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- New features in 2.3B
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- o Fixed bug in Show/Hide dialog
- o Now lets you play wave or midi files for alarms.
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- New features in 2.3
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- o New option to view all visible/hidden notes directly from the menubar.
- o New simple password Lock/Unlock feature to prevent people from viewing the
- contents of a note.
- o Command line option to set where the notes and settings are stored for
- customized installs. See Help file for more information.
- o New "Export as text" option to save the contents of a note to a file.
- o Find/Replace text inside a note.
- o The close button no longer deletes the note but just hides it. Replaced
- it with a "Delete Note" command (CTRL+D) instead.
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- New features in 2.2
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- o Notes now remember their original position when restored from being
- minimized.
- o Options to run a program and/or select a custom sound for a note.
- o Turned off my international character support by default. Was clashing
- with standard international keyboard mapping.
- o Right clicking anywhere on the title bar of a note will display the menu.
- o 32-bit version contains new "Open URL command" which will appear when you
- select a URL and right click.
- o Alarm display dialog now has a snooze button for alarms.
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- New features in 2.1
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- o New option to set the default position and size of new notes.
- o Added shortkeys for Insert current time and Insert current date.
- o Alarm dialog changed to display date in current local format. Also
- included support for biweekly intervals.
- o Minor cosmetic change to the print function.
- o New support for entering international characters like accents using
- the same keys as in Microsoft Word. See help file for more information
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- New features in 2.0
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- o New "Hide all" / "Show All" option which temporarily hides your notes.
- o New duplicate note function.
- o Improved alarm reporting.
- o New print function which allows you to print out notes. (see Print Note
- in the note menu)
- o Now allows you to set the color of the text inside a note using the
- color selection in the font dialog (see Select Font).
- o New picture for the system menu on the notes to make it look more like
- Win95. Win95 version also has a close button on the right.
- o Your notes data is backed up when you start Magic Notes from NOTES.DAT
- to NOTES.BAK.
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- Revision history
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- 2.2 Long standing problem where notes would loose focus after some menu commands.
- Turned off my international character support by default. Was clashing with
- standard international keyboard mapping.
- 2.1 Fixed problem with 'hanging' popup menus. Also fixed minor activation
- problem under Win95 and problem with alarms which had already gone
- off.
- 2.0 Fixed problem with uninstall. Also modified the setup program to
- eliminate the need to uninstall a previous version.
- 1.98 Fixed bug where toolbar didn't like being moved from the Preference
- dialog.
- 1.97 Added option to register from about box.
- 1.96a Small fix to the setup program. Version number only changed in the
- setup program.
- 1.96 Windows 95 and NT/32s version made into one executable to save space
- and make the installation easier.
- 1.95 Small daylight saving fix.
- 1.91 Doesn't crash when you close a note.
- 1.90 Better international support for the ShowHide dialog. Changed hotkeys
- to prevent incompatibility. Improved the window resizing code to better fit
- what's inside the window. Fixed bug in alarm dialog. One long-standing bug
- in the AutoSave routine fixed where the windows would go into a endless loop
- until the program returned with a 'Stack error'. Severe bug under Win3.1
- where you couldn't edit or see you notes at all. To prevent this type of
- problem I will now test under all designated operating systems
- (Win3.x/NT/Win95) before release.
- 1.85 Bug fix in alarm where weekday alarms didn't work correcly Now the
- show/hide dialog has scrollbars so all the text is visible. Fixed bug where
- a note would crash if minimized.
- 1.81 Added check in uninstall if Magic Notes where running. Win95 only: New
- preference setting allows the toolbar to be hidden on startup. Added Set
- Title command. Added Insert current date and Insert current time. Added
- several shortcut keys for often used functions.
- 1.80 Closing problem with notes fixed. Moved saving code when exiting
- preventing notes to disappear next time Magic Notes was started. Now saves
- notes if program receives message that Windows is exiting.
- 1.72 Minor bugfixes in Windows 95 version. Always on top fixed when the
- toolbar had been moved with the right mousebutton.
- 1.71 Added option to move the toolbar using the right mousebutton to
- anywhere on the screen. Now if the icon properties is set to minimize on
- startup Magic Notes will minimize itself or if running Win95, the toolbar
- will hide and show a trayicon instead.
- 1.65 Added new Always On Top option to allow for the toolbar and note to
- behave like normal windows. Added automatic setting of window title to the
- first line of text in a note when you deactivate it. Added Uninstall option.
- 1.61 Problem fixed with installation of Win16 version.
- 1.60 Made a special 95/NT4.0 version. Only difference for now is a hide
- toolbar option which will create a trayicon in the taskbar. Also changed the
- setup program to show more informal messages.
- 1.51 Added support for REGISTER.EXE in SETUP.EXE
- 1.50 Fixed the setup program to work under NT 4.0 (Beta). Added more colors
- to chose from.
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