Version 4.3.4 Build 653 Change Log

Features

The following features have been added:

• Added a Dutch (Nederlands) spell check dictionary for Windows.

Changes

The following changes have been made:

• Increased the timeout duration for internet operations from 30 seconds to 120 seconds.
• The Save as Draft and Save & Publish buttons are now enabled when opening an article in version 3 format. This allows the article to be upgraded to the version 4 format without having to make any changes.

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Fixed an error that could occur when processing images while saving a version 3 article.
• Fixed a "403" error that could occur when downloading images in an article.
• Pasting content copied from Microsoft Excel on macOS no longer favors the image that Excel places on the clipboard.
• Searching from the Launch Pad was not working properly with multi-byte characters.
• Paragraph formatting in revision notes has been improved.
• Updating revision note properties could, under certain conditions, cause refreshing revision notes and some other revision note actions to no longer work.
• Searching for articles in the Knowledge Base link dialog would only return the first page of results.

Version 4.3.3 Build 646 Change Log

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

• The spell checker on Windows would lock up if an article contained a string that ended with a single non-whitespace character. E.g. `Account #`.

Version 4.3.2 Build 645 Change Log

Changes

The following changes have been made:

• Spell checking on Windows has been updated and now properly handles multi-codepoint characters in text for languages such as French, Swedish, etc.
• After spell checking is complete a dialog is now displayed. Previously a system beep was triggered which wasn't very helpful if the system sound was off or turned down.
• On Windows "Learn Word" is now scoped to the currently active dictionary.
• Using up, down, and right arrows keys to "leave" a word while editing now update the spell check flag for the word.
• Double-clicking a word now spell checks it.
• Added "Ignore Spelling" to the text contextual menus.

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Learning a word would not always refresh the flags for the word in the entire article.
• The contextual menu for the article title and headings did not have the "Learn Spelling" option.
• The option to learn a misspelled word would not appear in the contextual menu if there were no suggestions.
• Uploading more than one attachment when saving an article would cause an error.
• Using the article outline contextual menu to paste an image when more than one content block was selected would cause an error.
• Using the contextual menu for any non-image content block to paste an image would not paste the image.
• When uploading attachments the feedback message always reported "uploading 0 of 0".
• Improved error handling for errors that occur while an article is opening.
• Fixed an error that could occur when pasting content copied from some applications.
• If an error occurred while launching on Windows the ScreenSteps.exe would not shut down properly and would remain running in the background.
• Pressing the Return or Enter keys before entering an account name in the Sign-in screen would attempt to sign the user in.

Version 4.3.1 Build 635 Change Log

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

• Article titles with multi-codepoint characters were not being saved to the ScreenSteps cloud properly.
• Text annotations with the background turned off would not allow you to edit the text.
• After successfully saving article meta properties the editor was still under the impression that the properties had not been saved.
• Fixed an error that could occur when syncing the toolbar icons to the current text selection.
• It was possible to delete the table content object while editing the table if focus left the article editor and then returned to the article editor and you pressed the backspace or delete key without focusing on text in the table first.
• If the HTML Preview was closed before the preview had finished loading the "busy" animation would appear multiple times the next time you opened the preview.

Version 4.3.0 Build 634 Change Log

Features

The following features have been added:

• List styles are now supported for ordered and unordered lists.
• The Format menu and the contextual menu for Paragraph text now has an option to convert paragraph(s) to a heading.
• [Beta] Microsoft Word files can now be imported using the File > Import menu item in the Launch Pad window.
• Connecting the desktop software to a ScreenSteps account now goes directly through the web browser so you don't need to enter your username and password twice. This allows authors who do not have an S
• In addition to being able to drag content blocks from the content block try, you can now click on an icon to add the content block to the outline based off of the current selection.
• Articles can now be converted from Workflow to other types. Questions and steps will be converted to headings. Answers will be converted to foldable sections.
• A Swedish spell check dictionary has been added for Windows.

Changes

The following changes have been made:

• The rules for adding headings and checklist items have been modified with more appropriate indent levels based on the current selection.
• The Format window menu and the contextual menu for Paragraph text have been reworked so that the order is consistent with the formatting toolbar and so that all options are available.
• Control + Spacebar has been added as a shortcut key to remove text formatting.
• Added "Show/Hide Content Block Tray" to the View menu.
• The contextual and action menus for adding content blocks have been simplified and no longer contain the options of adding as a Sibling or Parent. The menus have also been flattened so that it is faster to make a selection.
• Using the "Paste Image" contextual menu option when right-clicking on an image content block that has no images will now paste the image into the content block.
• Deleting an entire line of text in a Paragraph content block will now reset the character styles (e.g. bold, italics, etc.)
• Pressing the backspace key when there is no text on a line in a Paragraph content block will now remove any character styles that are currently active.
• Pressing the backspace key in an empty Code block or Prompt paragraph will remove the paragraph style.
• Pressing the Return key at the end of a line with text in a code block will now insert new lines in the code block. Pressing the Return Key at the end of an empty line will create a new paragraph with no styling.
• Improved error messages when trying to connect to an account.
• The recent articles menu now limits article title length to 75 characters. Previously it was 125 and could get a little wide.
• The "Remove formatting" button/menu option no longer removes paragraph level styles such as Prompt or Code Block. It only removes character level formatting.
• The vertical space between multiple paragraphs that are part of the same Prompt has been adjusted.

Bug Fixes

The following bugs have been fixed:

• The "Reply" button for a revision note thread is now always displayed on the last child in the thread if any note in the thread is unresolved.
• Clicking "Resolved" or "Unresolved" and then quickly clicking "Reply" could lead to the Replay field disappearing after updates were retrieved from the ScreenSteps server.
• Fixed an error that could occur when spell checking multi-codepoint characters.
• Fixed errors that could occur while formatting text that contained multi-codepoint characters.
• The published state of an article in the Launch Pad was not being updated after publishing an article.
• Entering an empty string for an external link will now remove all link information from the selected text.
• Changing the Terminate setting for an answer content block now updates the dirty state of the article.
• You can now apply a background color to text while editing on Windows.
• Opening multiple articles at once can no longer trigger errors in the feedback UI.
• Opening an article while saving an article will no longer cause problems.
• Selecting text in a paragraph content block by clicking, dragging, scrolling, and then dragging some more before releasing the mouse will now work properly.
• Copying text with an image from a web browser and pasting into a paragraph content block will no longer include the image in the text. The image would be lost as inline images are not supported yet.
• Setting a starting list number now works in fields that start with a list that has a listDepth > 1.
• Changing image annotation properties would not update the article dirty state.
• The Windows installer would not install the ScreenSteps.exe file included with the installer if the ScreenSteps.exe file already installed on the computer was newer.
• Pasting an image copied from Chrome using the Chrome contextual menu now works.
• Selecting "Remove Formatting" from the Paragraph text contextual menu would not perform the same operation as the toolbar button or window Formatting menu option.
• Indent/Outdent toolbar buttons and Format> Indent/Outdent menu options are now enabled/disabled properly based on text selection.
• HTML copied from Safari on macOS is now pasted into ScreenSteps properly (e.g. tables are recognized).
• Images with no annotations, no borders, but a modified canvas size will now export properly.
• Pasting content blocks now works properly if an image content block is selected.
• An image copied from an image canvas can now be pasted into an image content block that doesn't have any images or annotations.
• The network activity indicator animation wasn't showing up when importing files.
• Pasting images into tables is no longer allowed. The images were not actually stored so it was providing a false sense of hope. Now the user is alerted that images are not supported.
• Undo now works when switching the article type.