InterWrite Release Notes
Release
5.17.0001 July 10, 2006
Contents
General Information
Description
The InterWrite Suite of products and services was designed to make
collaboration in the workplace and school efficient and simple. The InterWrite
software included with the InterWrite products accomplishes this with the following
tools:
Supported Devices
Although any standard cursor device, such as a mouse, or
Wintab-compliant tablet, can be used with the InterWrite software, only the
following devices are supported by the InterWrite Device Manager, which is
installed as part of InterWrite.
Supported Operating Systems
Known Issues
Installation
Information
Installing the InterWrite software from the InterWrite
CD
Removing InterWrite
Release Notes
This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the recent versions of the InterWrite software.
Release 5.17.0001 July 10, 2006 (Windows 98, Me, and NT)
Release 5.16.0001 February 9, 2005 (Windows 98, Me, and NT)
Release 5.15.0003 November 23, 2005 (Windows 98, Me, and NT)
Release 5.13.0001 April 14, 2005
o Fixed a problem where previously drawn annotations appeared distorted upon review.
o Fixed a problem where some Gallery images did not maintain their aspect ratio when they were sized
Release 5.12.0006 March 31, 2005
· Enhancements
o Updated S panish (Mexican) online Help.
o Added Getting Started for new Model 400 Pads
o Added translations for the following language: Czech
o Added double-click preferences tab to Device Manager
o Fixed a problem where starting up Interactive Mode was resetting the Onscreen Keyboard from the Language
Preference setting back to English.
o Fixed a problem where clicking on the "InterWrite Interactive" icon on a new USB-connected Whiteboard led
to an "Unprogrammed SoftKey" message.
o Fixed a problem where a "Save As..." operation performed while in Interactive Mode would not delete the
Autosave file.
Release 5.11.0018 February 21, 2005
· Enhancements
o Added Localized Help files (8 languages)
o Added Localized End User License Agreement (all languages)
o Replaced Onscreen Keyboard with one from IMG (includes additional functionality and support for all languages)
o Added a date/time stamp to Page Sorter images
o Added support for the new Model 400 Pads, including the ability to save a Bluetooth Name to the device
o Added new gallery images (food, science, etc.)
o Added new toolbar schemes
Release 5.10.0027 October 1, 2004
· Enhancements
o Added new InterWrite Mode – Office Mode – to support direct interaction with Microsoft Office applications,
PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
o Added four different thumbnail sizes to Page Sorter.
o Added translations for the following languages: Catalan and Euskera
o Added a non-InterWrite hardware usage timed lockout.
o Changed width settings for tools to a slider on a Tool Settings Floating Toolbar.
o Added a Page Sorter Zoom to allow the user to identify the area to magnify, or zoom.
o Added transparency to the Spotlight tool.
o Changed the Annotation Window from a standard window to a frame window with view, which allows all Tool Settings
dialogs to be changed to Tool Settings Floating Toolbars, some of which are dockable, or dockable only in certain
locations, and some of which are not.
o Added a Control Bar to the bottom of the non-sizing Annotation Window to allow scrolling and page selection.
o Added our version of extended pages. If a new page is created, it is inserted after the current page. The Annotation
Window will allow scrolling through all pages in the presentation file with one or two pages visible at the same time.
o Added an Export Entity tool, which allows one or more selected entities to be saved as a BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, or
TIFF file, using either a white background or the existing background.
o Added the ability to edit the Properties of a device that is not connected.
o Updated online Help.
o Added Spanish (Mexican) online Help.
Release 5.02.0001 September 10, 2004
· Enhancements
o InterWrite GUI: Device Manager and InterWrite application strings have been localized to the following languages: Spanish (Mexican), Galician and Arabic.
o Getting Started Guides: Localized to German, French and Spanish (Mexican).
Release 5.01.0005 March 25, 2004
· Corrections
o Fixed a number of issues in Setup, InterWrite and InterWrite Device Manager related to translations.
o Fixed a number of problems with 40x40 icons.
o Fixed the problem where some Preferences would not display when the language was switched to Thai, Japanese, or Chinese, and the necessary code page was not available.
Release 5.00.0018 February 6, 2004
· Enhancements
o Gallery: An extensive Picture Gallery has been added for easy insertion of a diverse
selection of pictures.
o Multicolor Pens: allows the user to draw lines that have either a two-color gradient,
or lines that have an interior color and an outline color.
o Stamper Tool: allows the user to quickly place stamps/pictures anywhere on the page.
The user can select from pre-installed pictures, or use their own graphics.
o Spotlight: A very flexible spotlight tool that can be configured or resized quickly and easily.
o PDF Icons: Save and email PDFs of InterWrite files can now be placed on Toolbar or in Toolbox
for easier access
o IW Recorder: Record audio and screen activity and save as an .AVI file.
o Utilities: A utility feature has been added that allows the execution of Java Applets. The first
utility featured is a Timer/Stopwatch.
o All tool icons have been updated to provide a more consistent look and feel.
o Watermark page numbers have been added to the Annotation Window, Page Sorter, and
Page Selector.
o The Curtain tool has been enhanced to provide the ability to change the Curtain color and
adjust its transparency.
o The selection handles on the sides of the Curtain have been increased in size.
o Sizing entities using the corner squares will now maintain an object’s aspect ratio and
characteristics during sizing.
o Added ability to include individual tool icons for Create Blank Page, Create Grid Page, and
Create Image Page on the Toolbar.
o The Onscreen Keyboard is now available for editing a text box.
o Toolbar icon sizes have been expanded to allow for two different sizes of icons - 22 x 22 pixels
and 40x40 pixels.
o Redesigned the "Devices" screen in the Device Manager to be simpler, but with enhanced
capabilities.
o Individual Bluetooth devices can now be selected for Auto-Connect.
o Added Keystroke Macro and URL capability to the Programmable SoftKeys.
o Added default programming for the Programmable SoftKeys on Pads. This is applied using the
Import" function on the SoftKeys screen.
o Added links to the InterWrite Web site so users could download/print new inserts for their Pads.
o Updated online Help.
· Corrections
o SoftKey assignments "Capture" and "Screen Capture" now work correctly.
o Occasionally, using the "chording" feature of the InterWrite pen to erase would cause the pen
to act as an eraser afterwards. This should no longer happen.
o Default filenames will adjust based on language settings.
Release 4.02.0009 November 13, 2003
· Enhancements
o iPanel: Added support for the new LCD digitizer product, iPanel 15E.
o Transparency of the Reveal Curtain can now be adjusted.
o The GUI interface has been localized to Italian
o Added the ability to launch the Onscreen keyboard from Device Manager.
· Correction
o The Master Pad will now take control from other Pads in the session.
o Added the ability to rotate groups.
o Enlarged the Reveal Curtain borders.
o Directories used during the current session are now remembered throughout the session.
o The Export to PDF option now creates much smaller files.
o Fixed the problem where InterWrite would fail to print a file a second time in Win98.
o Highlighter colors now stay changed in Preferences.
o Onscreen keyboard will now appear when the function is accessed by the system mouse.
o Adding extra entities to an existing group no longer causes some of the previously added entities to disappear.
o The Selection w/Text Recognition tool's bounding rectangle now surrounds the whole word.
o Text of point sizes greater than 26 no longer partially disappear when edited.
o The Page Up/Page Down tools now work in Win98/WinNT.
o Fixed problem where InterWrite would not load - Error Message: Invalid Path Error reading Schemes file - when the user's personal directory was set to a root network driver.
Release 4.01.0006 October 9, 2003
· Corrections
o Fixed a problem where exported files were not being saved if the export directory was changed.
o Fixed a problem where InterWrite would crash after installing to a network drive.
o Updated Japanese strings.
o Fixed an issue where the Link button wouldn't work on a MeetingPad 310 or SchoolPad 310 until the pad was connected to the system twice.
o Fixed the problem where some keyboard keys, backspace, home, etc., would not work when editing text.
o The chorded Pentip-to-Eraser function - hold down left button on pen/stylus to erase on the fly - now works on InterWrite Pads.
Release 4.00.0025 September 22, 2003
· Enhancements
o
Pad Link Button: Added Link button support for the 310 Series of InterWrite
Pads.
o SoftKeys: Added programmable SoftKey support for Pads – Pads now have 19 programmable SoftKeys.
o
Expanded SoftKey Functions: Added additional InterWrite functions to the programmable
SoftKeys list of functions.
o Localization: Install, Device Manager and InterWrite application strings have been localized to the following languages: German, French, Spanish, Polish, Thai, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.
o
New Calendar Page tool: A Create Calendar Page tool has been added to the Create
Page Suite.
o
New Entities: Filled Ellipse, Filled square Rectangle, Empty
rounded Rectangle, Filled rounded Rectangle, Line with arrow at end
point, Line with arrows at each end, Bent Line with arrow at end
point, Bent Line with arrows at each end.
o
New Page Selector tool:
A Page Selector tool has been added. It displays thumbnails of all the
image pages in the presentation file. The thumbnails update in "real
time" and make navigation within the file easier.
o
New Zoom tool: The Annotation window can be zoomed using the new Zoom
tool. The user can draw annotations while an area is zoomed. Cannot
zoom during Select, Text, or Erase modes.
o
New Auto Save: Added an AutoSave option.
o
New Entity Rotation: All selected entities can now be
rotated.
o
Highlighter tool: The Highlighter tool has been improved -- added Ellipse,
Rectangle, and Line shapes.
o
Highlighter tool colors: Select four default color selections for the Highlighter
tool from the entire color palette in the InterWrite/Preferences/Define Colors
tab.
o
Image Page tool:
Added pre-installed backgrounds to the Image Page setup feature.
o Background Images: Each image used as a background for Create Image Pages can be assigned its own Picture Display position (Center, Tile, Stretch to Fit Screen, Upper Left, Stretch to Fit Window).
o Grid Page tool: The Create Grid Page tool now has an Add Title Box option in the Grid Page Setup.
o
Insert Page tool: Added a Picture Library to the Insert Picture
tool.
o Insert Page tool: Added ability to use the Windows Meta File (WMF) format with the Insert Picture tool.
o Edit typed text: Typed text can now be edited inline by double-clicking on the text with the Selection tool.
o
Page Sorter: Previously known as Viewer, Page Sorter has been
enhanced.
o
Merge GWB files: Added ability to merge GWB files to Page
Sorter.
o Type Text tool: The Type Text tool now supports Asian languages (double byte input).
o Tool Preferences Dialog Box: Tool Preferences have been removed from the Toolbar and placed in a modeless dialog box with a pushpin to keep it visible while in Annotation Mode. This allows for multiple tool option changes while annotating.
o InterWrite Tool Storage: All the InterWrite tools can be stored in the Toolbox.
o
Tool Icon Sizing: Added support for sizing the tool icons on the Toolbar from
22 to 50 pixels (InterWrite/Preferences/Toolbar settings tab).
o Preferences have been moved to the registry.
o
WebUpdate will now update the TDK Bluetooth
software.
o
Improved line smoothing.
o
Created a single CD for both Windows and Mac InterWrite
installs.
o Added PDFs of the Getting Started guides to the InterWrite CD.
· Corrections
o Line widths for the Pen tool and Highlighter tool were not always incremental from the narrowest to the widest.
o With the Auto Hide option enabled, the Toolbar hid after a tool is selected, even if the cursor was not moved.
o Changes made to the Handwriting Recognition dictionary were not retained when additional words were added.
o The Type Text box was being placed farther down the page than the cursor is indicates.
o If the My Documents/InterWrite folder had been deleted, an “Invalid path” message was generated when trying to save files.
o Improved the icons for the Freehand Text Recognition tool dialog box.
o PDF files now saved to the Image directory, not to its own folder.
o Inserting large text strings and sizing them caused them to disappear.
o A non-privileged user was unable to change the Autoconnect Devices Property option.
o IWStarter didn't correctly handle the reconnection of the Bluetooth USB Adapter.
o Device Manager would “hang” if a Bluetooth USB Adapter was not connected.
o Removed the "Quick Calibration" option from the Device Manager menu.
o Removed the Edit Users functionality (menu and link button) from the Device Manager menu.
o
Sometimes the “Rediscover Devices” Device Manager menu
option would not connect one or more persistent devices.
Release 3.32 Apr 7, 2003
· Enhancements
o Master Devices: enables you to designate a MeetingPad or SchoolPad as a "Master Device." A "Master Device" can take control from any other Pad, as well as locking out other Pads without affecting its own operation. This designation is set on the Device Properties screen.
· Corrections
o Fixed problems that occurred when the toolbar is hidden
o Page Up/Page Down buttons now move between images in annotation window
o Support for large icons has been reinstated
o Changed default Preferences setting for changing text color to using the text color setting instead of using the current pen color.
o
Improved performance of saving image files to a network
directory
o Fixed problem where window capture was showing Annotate window title bar
o Fixed problem where window capture would sometimes cause crash
o Now using lighter colors for blue and pink in Highlighter tool
o Restricted users can now change the toolbar layout (schemes).
o Changed the text string added to emails to point to interwriteviewer.htm
o Starting InterWrite from Device Manager menu no longer puts up error message if InterWrite is already running
Release 3.31 Feb 5, 2003
· Enhancements
o Non-privileged users are now allowed to manage their own set of devices. They can mark their devices persistent, calibrate them, change the friendly name, set the active area, set pressure pen levels, etc.
o Users can now assign InterWrite functions to the 3 programmable whiteboard SoftKeys.
o The Interactive SoftKey on the whiteboard will now perform a screen capture if InterWrite is already running.
o Improved Auto-Connect support for Bluetooth whiteboards and pads.
o The "Enable Auto-Connect" check box has been added to the Devices screen to enable/disable auto-connection. If the box is unchecked, auto-connection will quickly stop.
o Battery level and firmware version are now displayed for Pads on the Devices/Properties dialog.
o When a Save operation is taking a long time, more than 5 seconds, a progress dialog is displayed.
o The Text tool now supports right-to-left text input for Arabic, Hebrew, etc.
·
Corrections
o Bluetooth PC Card and USB adaptor lockups are resolved with new firmware from TDK (no change to IW Software). This fix requires update to the TDK v1.2.2.18 device driver. See GTCO CalComp Web site for download and instructions.
o MeetingBoards will no longer lose calibration for non-privileged users when the run InterWrite.
o Fixed problem where the InterWrite Toolbar was not always being hidden during Calibrate.
o Fixed problem with Windows XP where the IW Toolbar flickered multiple times when opened and each time a tool was selected.
o Added support for Up and Down arrow keys, Page up and Page down buttons, and Home and End buttons in the Page Viewer.
o Fixed problems with Cut/Paste.
o
Fixed: Cording function of pen caused the IW Toolbar
to flicker.
o Fixed: Undo/Redo on customized IW Toolbar would disappear after partial screen capture.
o Fixed: Getting Access Denied message when reading IWTBSchemes.scm.
o
Fixed: MeetingPads and SchoolPads occasionally were scaled
incorrectly.
Release 3.30 Nov 22, 2002
· Enhancements
o
Freehand Text Recognition tool:
enables you to draw freehand letters that are automatically converted to
text for insertion in any application.
o Capture button: enables you to capture a window, part of the screen, or the full screen. The captured image can be added to the current annotation page or to a new page.
o Handwriting Recognition Dictionary: now accepts your special words.
o Undo and Redo commands are now available in main menus.
o Change the stacking order of annotations.
o Group and ungroup annotations.
o Rediscover Devices: New menu option in Device Manager will discover and connect all devices, including Bluetooth.
o Image selection tool: now shows thumbnails of all saved images and lets you quickly select the image you want to view.
o Eraser tool: largest width selected is now 1/10 of the width of the screen. For example, 800x600 mode will produce an 80-pixel Eraser circle.
o Export and email annotation files as PDFs.
o Pick your own colors for 12 of the 16 pen choices.
o Choose any color for the blank page.
o Change the color and width of any freehand annotation.
o Create text from freehand letters, then insert in active application.
o The Annotation window's title bar displays the GWB file name, the number of the current annotation page, and the total number of annotation pages.
o
Added ability to edit Polyline objects. User can now select
an object and change its attributes (color, width).
o
New MeetingBoard sizes (60"and 75")
now supported.
o MeetingPad/SchoolPad 100 (USB): The link button has been moved, and the 5-button mouse cursor is now supported.
o Footer with timestamp added to Annotation pages (for printing).
o Device Manager now automatically scans for and connects Bluetooth devices at startup.
o A new item on the Files tab of the InterWrite Preferences dialog box has been added to set the Default Picture File Directory.
·
Corrections
o Whiteboard SoftKeys for Save, Erase and Print are now supported in Interactive Mode.
o Maximize button now works as in other Windows applications.
o Text tool improved to allow for virtually unlimited text (10K characters) and to word-wrap the text.
o
Reveal Curtain restored after Screen Capture.
o Ability to email GWB files with Reader attached (send as .EXE) has been fixed.
o
Bitmaps and ellipses are now copied during Copy/Paste
operations.
o
Problems with hiding and showing the Windows Toolbar have
been fixed.
o
Users can now select the Highlighter, Eraser and Text tools
while in Auto-Detect Pen Color mode.
o
Tool Preferences (arrow-click and right-click) changed from
dialog boxes to menus.
o
Opening GWB from File/Open menu
in Viewer will now refresh the screen.
o
Problem where different pads had different application
focus has been fixed.
o Circle objects are no longer cropped when cut and pasted into other applications.
o InterWrite Toolbar no longer floats on top of applications, even when docked.
o Location of link button on MeetingPad/SchoolPad 100 has been fixed.
o
Selections copied or cut from InterWrite are no longer
clipped when pasted into third party application.
Release 3.22 October 24, 2002
·
Corrections
o
This release fixed a problem where non-administrators on
Windows 2000 systems were prompted to enter an authorization code every time
they started InterWrite. Note that a user with Administrator rights will still
need to enter a valid authorization code the first time InterWrite is run.
Release 3.21 July 25, 2002
· Enhancements
Release 3.13 February 14, 2002
· Enhancements
· Corrections
Release 3.12 January 23, 2002
· Enhancements
· Corrections
Release 3.11 January 3, 2002
· Corrections
Release 3.10 December 17, 2001
· Enhancements
· Corrections
Release 3.00 August 22, 2001