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Patrick:
NovaMind 5 is released. I will post information regarding new releases in this thread.
NovaMind 5 will automatically inform you about available updates when you start the application.

Patrick:
5.0.1   28.04.2010
- New: NovaMind now shows the file name in the title bar along with a * if there are unsaved changes.
- New: Added a 'Restart Numbering' option to Outline Numbering.
- New: Added the ability to zoom in and out of the mind map using Ctrl + and Ctrl -.
- Improved: Shape Fill and Shape Outline are now labelled Fill and Outline reducing the size of the Format & Home ribbon.
- Improved: Renamed Child Numbering ribbon bar to Numbering to save space.
- Improved: Improved and more flexible drawing for rounded and chamfered rectangles.
- Improved: Increased the maximum value for the corner amount for rounded and chamfered rectangles.
- Improved: Better performance when exporting mind maps that have project management data.
- Fixed: When closing the outline view and then opening a different document the outline view is empty.
- Fixed: Cannot export to Word in the Express edition.
- Fixed: Assigning newly created resources does not cause them to show on the mind map.
- Fixed: The text box on the project management panel allows entering of incorrect values.
- Fixed: Error when trying to reset the layout style, children coloring mode style or connection style.
- Fixed: Exception when exporting some mind maps.
- Fixed: Deactivated Find & Replace short cuts as the feature is not yet available.
- Fixed: When clicking at the far left of an image in the media library and then quickly dragging the wrong image is dragged.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when applying the rainbow theme.
- Fixed: Some NovaMind 4 maps containing images don't import.
- Fixed: In some cases text from Mind Manager topics don't get imported.
Pro & Platinum:
- New: You can now double click a mind map tab to rename your mind map.
- Fixed: Long root topic text creates huge mind map tabs.
- Fixed: Occasional exception when copying/pasting maps between documents.
- Fixed: The Task Information side panel was too high to be shown properly on smaller screens.

5.0.0   22.04.2010
- Initial release of NovaMind 5. (pre-release)

Patrick:
5.0.2   05.05.2010
- Improved: Opening a document no longer closes the current document.
- Improved: Far better performance when importing documents.
- Improved: Better performance when working with larger maps and rainbow coloring.
- Fixed: Creating nested boundaries causes some files to not open correctly.
- Fixed: When copy/pasting topics the order is not preserved.
- Fixed: In case the media library download fails the application quits.
- Fixed: Imports & exports don't work properly if the input or output file have special characters in the file path.
- Fixed: Exporting to Word doesn't export the topic notes correctly.
- Fixed: Some images are not imported correctly when importing some NovaMind 4 files which were created with the Mac version.
Pro:
- Fixed: MindManager exporter does not work.
- Fixed: Cannot drag and drop map tabs.
Platinum:
- Fixed: Export to Project does not work.
- Fixed: Occasional Invalid Format Exception when entering values in the project reports.

Patrick:
5.0.3   19.05.2010
- Improved: Automatic Text Coloring will now correctly deal with transparent colors and nested boundaries.
- Improved: Styles in the Shape Styles gallery will now set the font color to Automatic.
- Improved: The licensed edition (Express, Pro or Platinum) is now shown in the title bar.
- Fixed: Sometimes a new topic has an incorrect size.
- Fixed: When unlocking the width or height the topic sometimes leaves an incorrect gap.
- Fixed: When using Right To Left languages the topics only grow vertically.
- Fixed: Automatic Text Coloring does not work on root topic.
- Fixed: Exporting to PNG always exports the first mind map.
- Fixed: Imports & Exports do not work properly on some non-English operating systems.
- Fixed: Copy/pasting images from external sources on topics and notes does not work.
- Fixed: Cannot set layout direction to right on callout's of topics which are on the left side.
- Fixed: OPML exports attached shapes as empty entries.
Pro & Platinum:
- New: Advanced Children Numbering giving you full control over the prefix, numbering format, suffix and the separator used for each level.
- Improved: The Powerpoint export will now put more items on each slide.
- Fixed: In some situations PowerPoint exports shows errors when opening.
- Fixed: Exported mind manager maps do not open in MindManager.
- Fixed: Saving files after editing attachments from within NovaMind corrupts the file causing a 'resource hash doesn't match' error when opening it again.
Plugin API:
- Fixed: Plugin API doesn't raise the AttachedProperty changed event.

Patrick:
5.1.0   25.06.2010
- New: New ability to cause sub-topics to inherit fill, outline and shape settings from their parent.
- New: Ability to add a map background.
- New: Support for background images (textures) on the map and on all map elements.
- New: Update to the media library is available delivering over 70 high quality background images and additional adornments and images (smileys, balloons, rss icon).
- New: Added Map context menu to easily access the Map Background panel.
- New: NovaMind localized in Simplified Chinese.
- New: Enabled printing in Viewer mode.
- New: Added print map background option.
- New: NovaMind now uses the newest Microsoft .NET Framework (4.0).
- New: Completely reworked installer.
- New: Installer will now add a link on the Desktop.
- Improved: Better automatic text color algorithm.
- Improved: When the media library has the focus, the ribbon is no longer disabled.
- Improved: NovaMind will now remember if the main window was maximized previously and will restore the window state.
- Improved: NovaMind will now start the window maximized when first started.
- Improved: Most icons now look better.
- Improved: The title bar will now show 'Trial' when running in Trial mode.
- Improved: Better text clarity - especially with small fonts.
- Improved: Paper selection combo box no longer shows the exact paper measurements making selection easier.
- Improved: Updated text on the message box that is shown when deleting a map.
- Improved: Better application responsiveness when first starting NovaMind.
- Fixed: Resetting the Fill style of a topic does not reset the glassy effect.
- Fixed: Some network printers do not show up in the print window.
- Fixed: In some situations custom changes to a topic automatically affect it's children and or the boundary.
- Fixed: Error when setting the text background color.
- Fixed: Error when setting the font color to Automatic.
- Fixed: Children Coloring Mode is enabled even if there is no selection.
- Fixed: Ribbon is showing customize menu even though customization is not supported.
- Fixed: Clicking in the top left of the window opened the window context menu instead of opening the application menu.
- Fixed: In some situations documents with embedded hyperlinks do not export correctly.
- Fixed: Rare error when performing layout and deleted connectors have not been removed from the map yet.
- Fixed: Rare error when selecting a printer.
- Fixed: Insert Attachment and Hyperlink commands are enabled when only a boundary or shape is selected.
- Fixed: The Minimize, Maximize and Close button in the top right of the window are sometimes not correctly displayed.
- Fixed: Exit button the application menu only closes the active window.
- Fixed: The very first time an image is dragged from outside the application the drag and drop doesn't work properly.
Pro:
- Fixed: Pressing the Return key when in the prefix or suffix text box in the outline numbering setting, adds a topic to the map.
Platinum:
- Improved: Much faster Project imports.
- Improved: MS Project import will now use the file name as the root topic if necessary.

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