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| https://www.ans.org.uk/ |
| ISSUE 391 15 August 2021 |
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| An independent monthly newsletter for the Acorn world. |
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Contents
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1) General news
2) Commercial news
3) PD/Shareware news
4) Club news
5) ANS information
General News
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1) The RISC OS Awards Ceremony at ROUGOL
The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be The RISC OS
Awards Ceremony, compered by Vince Hudd, on Monday, 16th August. The
meeting will start at 7.30pm and will also be available online via Zoom.
Commercial News
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1) TextEase 5.99
TextEase 5.99 is available now, featuring 3 minor bug fixes and the
following 3 enhancements:
* TeTable, which is part of TextEase Professional, can now import
content directly from Excel 5.0 (.xls) format files. Only those
features for which there is a TextEase equivalent are loaded.
* In exported Drawfiles with editable text, the text will be given a
transparent background.
* Using Delete on a selected piece of text now copies that to the
internal clipboard.
TextEase is fully 32 bit compatible and runs on RISC OS 3.60 and later. It
is available in three combinations:
* TextEase Home GBP60 + postage
* TextEase Educational GBP78 + postage
* TextEase Professional GBP96 + postage
Existing users can download the update by re-running the installer
application.
2) Updates to Impact and ImpEmail
New versions of Impact and ImpEmail are available for download. Impact is
a relational database and ImpEmail generates mail-merged e-mails.
The main improvements to Impact are:
* Tables may be printed or exported with or without grid lines.
* Option in Choices to add /csv or /txt extensions to filenames.
* Text files now have an optional setting which will insist that the
field is not left blank.
ImpEmail has received the following enhancements:
* E-mail editor menu now has option to insert a signature. These are
read from the signature files for Messenger and Pluto.
* Added the option to "Clear copies" to the status window, making it
easier to run several batches of messages and save copies of them.
* Remembers the location of the status window.
PD/Shareware News
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1) Updated software summary
* QrCode v2.01
Create QR codes. This version fixes a bug in which saving images of a
certain size caused a long delay.
Club News
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1) Upcoming meetings
* RISC OS Events Calendar
* Meetings are likely to be held virtually and if not may be cancelled at
short notice. Please check in advance.
* HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 16th August
* ROUGOL (London), 16th August - The RISC OS Awards Ceremony
* RONWUG (North West), 25th August
* MUG (Midlands), 4th September
* BRU (Bristol), 8th September
* WAUG (Wessex), 11th September
* SASAUG (Sussex & Surrey), 13th September
* SROUG (Southampton), 14th September
* RONWUG (North West), 15th September
* HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 20th September
* ROUGOL (London), 20th September
* MUG (Midlands), 2nd October
* WROCC (Wakefield), 6th October
* WAUG (Wessex), 9th October
* SASAUG (Sussex & Surrey), 11th October
* SROUG (Southampton), 12th October
* HHRUG (Hemel Hempstead), 18th October
* ROUGOL (London), 18th October
* RONWUG (North West), 20th October
* RISC OS London Show, 30th October
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