Nisus Software, Inc.

These are the release notes for an older version of Nisus Writer Express.
For current information, please see our version and release notes archive.


Changes For Version 3.0.1

Additions:
  • Italian localization.

    Notable fixes:
  • Fixed: a variety of issues/crashes/hangs on Leopard (10.5).
  • Fixed: images using the PICT file format print sharply.
  • Fixed: could not modify list level/style in the stylesheet view.
  • Fixed: crash if two of the same PowerFind bubbles were inserted next to each other using the menu.
  • Fixed: bold/italic font formatting imports into InDesign properly if a real typeface is available.
  • Worked around a bug in InDesign's RTF import where it ignores paragraph alignment. The work around is not full proof, but should cover most cases.
  • Fixed: double clicking LinkBack content does not always launch the associated application if needed.
  • The user guide (help files) have correct page numbers.

    Additional fixes:
  • Fixed: Page View could stop layout if an image larger than a single page had a non-zero "after paragraph spacing" set.
  • Fixed: Japanese (EUC) encoding was wrong.
  • Fixed: ruler tooltips are not shown.
  • Fixed: text in adjacent tables cells could be saved with improper text encoding.
  • Attempt at fixing a reported (but unreproducible) ruler redrawing problem.
  • Fixed: copy-paste of text with a floating image should not convert the image to inline.
  • Fixed: we read text from WordÕs RTF files using the Symbol text encoding properly.
  • Fixed: relative links saved in HTML files as absolute links.
  • Fixed: reading files with PC line endings (CRLF) resulted in double newlines.
  • Fixed: list styles that have less than the normal number of levels display improperly in the stylesheet.
  • Changed: Paragraph palette doesn't round fixed line spacing to the nearest point, instead it rounds to the nearest tenth of a point.
  • Fixed: inserting a newline does not run QuickFix for all text in the current text undo coalescion chunk.
  • Fixed: double-clicking the single spellcheck replacement suggestion should correct the word and move next.
  • Fixed: documents that do not explicitly use the "sectd" control to specify section defaults will inherit default RTF margins.
  • Fixed: image files in RTFD documents do not remain locked even after closing the document window.
  • Fixed: attribute changes made to styles are sometimes ignored when the selection rests inside the preview text area.
  • Fixed: some fonts did not display as bold when fake bolding required (eg: AppleGothic).
  • Fixed: if a macro sub-folder became empty and then full again, it could be missing from the Macros menu.
  • Fixed: PowerFind Pro expression fixing could crash when encountering malformed "\x" escapes.
  • Fixed: in some cases (eg: in footnotes) attributes could bleed into indexing cross-ref text.
  • Fixed: the menus "increase/decrease font size..." did not work in the French, German and Spanish localizations.
  • Changed: plain text files should not be guessed to have a "mac roman" text encoding.
  • Fixed: if a language has "count words" turned off, should still show spelling/thesaurus suggestions in the language palette.
  • Fixed: image palette should have a vertical alignment option.
  • Fixed: typesetter doesn't allow line breaks inside a period-delimited reference (eg: "A.1.7")
  • Fixed: system font panel shows display fonts.
  • Fixed: floating palettes can open up too small.
  • Fixed: sometimes switching to PowerFind and inserting a PowerFind bubble would result in the insertion of the PowerFind Pro expression.
  • Fixed: adjusting the list style indents did not always update all the uses of the style in the document.
  • Fixed: if a footnote becomes a spanning note, could improperly position the following notes.
  • Fixed: footnotes bodies with deferred notes could be the wrong height.
  • Fixed: to maintain compatibility with Express 2.7, Perl macros should not select the text they output.
  • Changed: we always emit text in a font that prefers the Symbol charset as full unicode code points.
  • Fixed: formatting that was constant over a section break could be lost for the first part of the new section.
  • Fixed: can move images that are very thin.
  • Fixed: empty macro subfolders do not show on the Macros menu.
  • Fixed: braces could be mistaken for repetition operator in PowerFind Pro expression, preventing proper fixing.
  • Fixed: setting the zoom to be zero (or negative) doesn't cause the document to disappear or hang.
  • Fixed: text encoding assumed for reading field instructions should always be ASCII.
  • Changed: if user chooses to send a file via feedback that has unsaved changes, then they are asked if they want to send those changes along.
  • Changed: feedback reporter includes a list of any loaded bundles.
  • Fixed: typing a new number into the Columns field does not change the number of columns unless the users presses Enter.