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News source: Iexbeta

602Pro PC SUITE 2001 General Enhancements

PC SUITE 2001 is eDock (Electronic Document Storage System) ready.
Any document can be opened from and saved to eDock via the PC SUITE programs.

New Open/Save As dialogs appear in all PC SUITE programs and contain the following
features: Desktop button for quick access to the Desktop, possibility of setting one or
more paths to user defined folders. A user-defined folder can be set as the default folder.
The dialogs enable direct access to eDock and provide document search in eDock.

Spelling checker now supports: English US/UK, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese

602Album: New digital picture organizer is included.

602Text (Word Processor) Enhancements

New support for Microsoft Word XP (DOC) format.

Improved compatibility with MS Word (DOC) 97/2000.

Improved compatibility with TXT. Text from text tables are now exported to TXT.

New AutoRecover system similar to that found in Microsoft® Word 97/2000 is embedded
in 602Text. This system protects your documents when 602Text or your Operating System crashes.
Next time you run 602Text after a crash, your document loads into 602Text as it was before
the crash. This new system replaces the older AutoSave system.

Language property was added as a new font property (see Tools - Language Selection).
It is now possible to create a document with multiple languages.

New export filters were added. You can export documents to the PalmDOC
format (PDB and PRC).

Outline Numbering was improved. Now it is found under Format - Paragraph - Bullets and
Numbering. The Miscellaneous tab was removed from the Paragraph dialog.

New Print Preview. It is possible to preview multiple pages as well as zoom and edit a page.

New Footnote Numbering. Continuous numbering is available across the whole document
(in the 2000 version, footnote numbering started at 1 on each page). Now it is possible
to restart the numbering on each page or section as well. The keyboard shortcut for
footnotes (CTRL + H) was removed (this shortcut is used for the Replace command now).

It is possible to insert a Line Break into a document (also with the shortcut
SHIFT + ENTER like Microsoft® Word). In connection to this, the keyboard
shortcuts for Breaks have been changed. Insert - Section Break that used to have the keyboard
shortcut SHIFT + ENTER is now ALT + SHIFT + ENTER. The shortcuts for Page Break and
Chapter Break remain unaltered (CTRL + ENTER and SHIFT + CTRL + ENTER).

It is possible to add and modify a paragraph style in the main template for new
documents that are called Normal (this option is under Format - Paragraph Style Definition).
It is also possible to reset the Normal template. You may also use any user-defined
template for new documents (see Tools - Options - Files).

New options were added to the File - Print dialog. It is possible to print non-adjacent
ranges of pages in a document (such as pages: 1, 3, 8-10). To print data on forms, you can
use the Print data only for forms feature.

New show and hide gridlines feature in text tables.

When margins are displayed in a document, there is protection against unintentional
dragging and moving them.

Turning unprintable characters on and off (Tools - Options - View) is now an available
button on the Formatting toolbar.

The tab Communication was removed from Tools - Options. When sending a document from
602Text by e-mail, the default e-mail client is used (Start - Settings - Control Panel -
Internet Options - Programs).

Symbols can be inserted into a document from Insert - Symbol. When you click
Insert - Symbol, 602Text will directly open the tab with symbols for the current selected font.

Form Fields (Form Text, Form Drop-down and Form Checkbox) are available on the Insert menu.

The File - Send menu was restructured. The menu contains five commands: Send E-mail -
sends formatted text including pictures (HTML e-mail), Send E-mail (as Attachment) -
launches the default e-mail client and attaches the current document and Send Fax - creates a
fax from the opened document (only works with LAN SUITE). PC SUITE Plus 2001
activates the two commands: Send E-mail Merge and Send Fax Merge.

The command View - HTML Source was removed from the View menu.

All Agent602 commands (602Pro PC SEARCH) were removed from 602Text.

602Tab (Spreadsheet) Enhancements

Opens Microsoft Excel XP workbooks (XLS).

Improved compatibility with MS Excel XLS 97/2000. Images and comments are imported from
Microsoft® Excel 97/2000.

Type directly into a cell. You may enter and edit numbers and text inside a cell, not
only on the entry bar.

602Tab offers an easy way to place a chart on another worksheet.

602Tab offers connectivity to mail merge in 602Text (only with PC SUITE Plus 2001).

The Name Box from the Formula Bar is now functional as in Microsoft® Excel.

Date formats in 602Tab change automatically according to the Regional Settings in Windows.

Fonts in worksheet names and column headings can be changed in Tools - Options.

602Tab supports the scrolling wheel feature.

PC SUITE Plus (formerly know as PLUS PACK) Enhancements

602Text - New Mail Merge Organizer with an instant view of the merged database was added.
The Organizer enables you to easily find and select records in the merged data source.

602Text - Creates HTML e-mail in a mail merge (available with Microsoft® Outlook Express).
The following e-mail formats are available: HTML e-mail, document as attachment, document
as unformatted text, document as unformatted text and attachment).