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- Version 4.1 | Release Date: 2008-10-29 | Download
+ Improved compatibility with OpenOffice 3.0 and NeoOffice.
+ PopChar can now detect the current font in MultiAd Creator Pro.
+ New technique for specifying application-specific exceptions.
+ Improved font detection technique (for "As in Document") avoids problems with unusual font/style combinatons.
+ Clarified messages when a license key does not cover an upgrade.
+ Fixes a problem that caused the memory allocation of PopChar to grow over time.
+ Fixes a problem where the magnifier could remain visible on the screen after closing the PopChar window.- Version 4.0 | Release Date: 2008-06-16 | Download
- New "All" view displays all available Unicode characters in any installed font.
- Context menu now contains a new command for copying the selected character's Unicode name.
- Support for Unicode 5.1.
- PopChar now also lists undefined Unicode characters that may be present in some fonts.
- Improves compatibility with Butler.
- Improves compatibility with CopyPaste Pro.
- PopChar now uses transparent menu bar icons that better match the appearance of Leopard's menu bar.
- Fixes some visual alignment glitches.- Version 3.4 | Release Date: 2008-03-10 | Download
- Context menu supports copying selected characters to the clipboard in various formats.
- PopChar now supports searching for characters by their decimal and hexadecimal Unicode numbers.
- Entering or pasting arbitrary text in the search field displays the characters used within the text.
- Support for Unicode 5.0.
- Automatic checking for new versions.
- Fixes a problem where typing or pasting a license key sometimes did not work.
- The "As in Document" option could cause Excel 2004 to hang on Leopard.
- Font detection sometimes caused excessive delays in certain applications.
- Fixes a problem where certain characters beyond the first Unicode plane were displayed and inserted incorrectly.
- Works around a bug in InDesign that causes InDesign CS3 to crash after copying guides to the clipboard while PopChar is running.
- Fixes a problem with font detection in Adobe Illustrator CS3.- Version 3.3.2 | Release Date: 2007-12-12 | Download
Improved backward compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3.9.
- Version 3.3 | Release Date: 2007-10-29 | Download
- Ready for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
- New Magnifier shows an enlargement of the selected character.
- "As in Document" font selection works with all components of iWork '08.
- Avoids flickering of the selected character when the "As in Document" option is enabled.
- Accellerates "As in Document" font checking and avoids mismatches in some applications.
- The corner "P" of PopChar now correctly appears on all "desktops" in virtual desktop managers.
- Fixes a crash at startup that affected some users after applying the system update 2007-005.
- When a sheet was visible, characters could be selected in the partly covered table.
- Changing preference settings caused flickering of the character information field.
- Fixes a problem that could cause insertion of the current clipboard instead of the selected character in MS Office applications.
- Fixes a problem with multiple Spaces in Leopard, where the corner "P" would show up only in the first space.
- Fixes a problem where selection of characters did not work immediately after opening the PopChar window.
- Fixes an inconsistency with online renewal of license keys.
- Fixes a scrolling problem when a character was inserted multiple times.- Version 3.2 | Release Date: 2007-05-07 | Download
- New option to hide the corner "P" unless the mouse pointer is near the corner.
- New option to highlight recently selected characters with a yellow background.
- Improved handling of mouse movements avoids flickering.
- Faster display of the character table during scrolling and selection.
- The PopChar window now closes faster when the mouse pointer leaves the window.
- PopChar is now resolution-independent in preparation for future Mac OS X enhancements.
- Some characters of certain fonts occasionally appeared with incorrect attributes.
- In some situations, the preferences sheet could not be displayed.
- Certain preference settings could cause a crash at startup.
- Fixes a problem that caused slowdown after long periods of use without relaunching PopChar.
- Works around a problem with some exotic fonts that left artefacts during scrolling.
- The first character in the font list sometimes was not visible.
- The scrolling position was not always correct in the "Scripts and Symbols" view.
- Works around problems in QuarkXpress and InDesign CS1 that caused insertion of the clipboard instead of the selected character.
- PopChar 3.1 did not restore the clipboard after inserting a character.- Version 3.1 | Release Date: 2006-11-19 | Download
Automatic font detection ("As in Document") now works with Pages (v.2.0 or newer).
PopChar now uses a more sophisticated technique to determine the best font size to display. As a result, many fonts are now shown in larger sizes, so the characters can be recognized more easily.
PopChar detects corrupted fonts and displays a warning message on attempts to display an unusable font.
PopChar now uses less memory and reacts faster when the current keyboard layout changes.
In ASCII mode, the non-breaking space character was displayed and inserted as a regular space character.
PopChar now works around a bug in QuarkXPress that resulted in insertion of a question mark instead of the selected character.
The "As In Document" feature sometimes failed immediately after inserting a character.
PopChar now detects and works around anomalies in fonts with incorrect size information.
Fixes a problem that could cause high memory load and slow response when PopChar had been active for a long time.
Fixes a problem with certain applications that refused to insert selected characters.- Version 3.0 | Release Date: not specified | Download
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