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What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.3 - July 28, 2021
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Fixed periodic reprompting for license key information.

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Detailed Changes Log

What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.2.2 - December 2, 2020
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Resolved license manager connection issues by reverting SSL changes for 
license manager.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.2.1 - 5 November 2020
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Fixed memory issues with x64 registered versions.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.2 - 15 October, 2020
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Fixed issue with HTML help component preventing normal termination.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.1.1 - 30 September, 2020
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Fixed file missing from install borlndmm.dll.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v6.1 - 24 September, 2020
*	License manager now handles key renewal.
	Updated ribbon controls.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.9.1 - July 11, 2020
*	Fixed issue with saving settings in Lite Edition.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.9 - June 19, 2020
*	Fixed issue saving restart files when settings have not been saved.
*	Updated regex component.
*	Fixed file modes for server editions.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.8 - February 29, 2020
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Improvements to grid editing.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.7 - March 5, 2019
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Updated editing grid to be more user-friendly.
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Fixed error where evaluation files were deleted if backup mode was selected 
and the status window was closed without choosing to restore or delete the 
backup files.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.6 - February 16, 2019
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Updated license manager code.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.5 - June 4, 2018
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Fixed error with Search Only mode.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.4 - October 18, 2016
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Fixed export error.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.3 - August 16, 2016
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New warning display if MS PowerPoint is currently running, with a button kill 
it (tempting, I know)
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Removed numbering from status dialog tabs as this was confusing.
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Look In field now shows count of number of locations selected.
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Fixed SharePoint URL dialog not allowing https:// links.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.2.1 - July 11, 2016
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Rebuild to remove PROGRAMMING ERROR bug.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.2 - June 23, 2016
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Now can find and replace in OpenOffice presentations (*.odp)
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Enhanced and improved user interface.
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Updated internal libraries for pattern matching.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.1 - March 24, 2016
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Can now use macros in the replacement text: @inputFilename@ or @filename@
@fullInputFilename, @inputPath, @inputExtension
@clipboard 
@time, @date, @datetime 
@_year, @_month, @_day
@_hour, @_minute, @_second
@randomdigit, @randomletter 
@ENV_varname
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Can now specify which property should be modified or replaced by preceding it 
with [fieldname] eg 
  Search fields for: [Author]Simon   Replace With: Lisa


What's New in PowerPointPipe v5.0 - March 11, 2016
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Now allows the subaddress (anchor) part of hyperlinks to be modified.
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New warning when all Search Locations checked (slows job down).
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New checks if the hyperlink change does not get saved if the hyperlink is 
invalid or the destination cannot be found)
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Separated the restart controls into a new tab.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.9.3 - January 22, 2016
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Added Excel import messages regarding ending at the first blank "Find What" 
cell.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.9.2 - December 22, 2015
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Fixed Activate error with "Options\Keep Microsoft PowerPoint visible while 
changes are being made."


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.9.1 - August 3, 2015
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Major revamp of user interface.
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Fixed "List index out of bounds" error on run.
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Fixed drag and drop and DDE processing.
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Fixed Language dialog and Job Cancel alert appearing underneath other 
windows.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.9 - May 18, 2015
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Fixed settings error on startup.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.8 - March 3, 2015
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Fixed intermittent XML loading/saving error on x64 systems.
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Fixed error with /I= command line option not loading the search-replace list.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.7 - November 26, 2014
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Fixed Save from removing leading and trailing whitespace.
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Fixed Recent settings from not appearing in the Recent files history.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.6 - October 23, 2014
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Search items can now be sorted by clicking on any of the column headers - 
great for translators.
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Fixed issues with Lite Editions.
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Improved detection and display of non-English languages.
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Updated to EasyPattern v2.9 and Perl regex libraries.
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Incremental search when the search grid is selected - great for large search 
lists.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.5 - July 11, 2014
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Fixed problem with invalid EasyPattern/Perl regex search locations being 
removed, and then not being processed against valid search locations such as 
hyperlinks.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.4 - June 13, 2014
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Files To Process can now set the Start or End date for files to be included.
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New! Now attach directly to SharePoint sites (evaluation, and SharePoint 
Edition only).


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.3 - March 7, 2014
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Now can handle search and replace inside tables.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.2.1 - February 28, 2014
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Restart control now restarts on the next file AFTER the restart filename - 
making it easier to skip problem files without having to guess which file is 
next.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.2 - October 30, 2013
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Now shows '(more pending)' next to the file count if more files remain to be 
counted, so users aren't misled that only 1000 files will be processed.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.1 - September 3, 2013
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Options\Import Search/Replace List and Actions Tab\Load A Search/Replace List 
From This File now work with multi-line Tab and CSV data.
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Fixed range check error on loading replace highlight color fields from import 
files.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.0.3 - July 29, 2013
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Improved installer for floating version.
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Better error messages when Microsoft Excel is not available to load external 
.xls search/replace lists.
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Better detection of missing Microsoft PowerPoint object or mis-matching 
bitness (x32/x64) between PowerPointPipe and Microsoft PowerPoint.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.0.2 - June 8, 2013
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Fixed problem with evaluation where it crashed if you gave it more than 20 
documents to process, and it also restricted the evaluation to only one file.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.0.1 - May 1, 2013
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Fixed integer overflow errors under x64.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v4.0 - April 30, 2013
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Dual x32/x64 release.
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The files to be processed are now gathered in parallel with document 
processing - so processing starts far more quickly, especially for large sets 
of files.
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Improved handling of Unicode filenames.
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Faster importing of large search/replace lists.
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Quicker to cancel operations with large search/replace lists.
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Fixed bug with change detected even when nothing replaced - occurred with 
text boxes.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.9 - August 28, 2012
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Status dialog now opens file on double-click of subsidiary search/replace 
phrases. Right-clicking on a filename or phrase now gives a menu to open the 
file, or its containing folder.
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Now supports Open Document Impress file type .odp.
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Fixed bug where the Replacement Text for subsequent replacements is altered 
incorrectly when Prompt on Replace is checked, and [Replace (File)] or 
[Replace (Job)] is pressed in response to a replacement.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.8 - January 24, 2012
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When Microsoft PowerPoint is restarted, PowerPointPipe now re-applies the 
visibility settings to show or hide Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Now skips ~*.* temporary files and .lnk files.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.7 - January 17, 2012
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Now handles shapes that include tables.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.6.2 - October 18, 2011
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Added application link to help file for correct import file format.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.6.1 - September 15, 2011
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Fixed 'Prevent overlap' replace mode.
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Fixed GUI issue with selecting a cell to edit.
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Fixed Tips of the Day.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.6 - July 22, 2011
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New option to disable AddIns - previously AddIns were always disabled, but 
this new option allows them to remain enabled so that they can assist with 
the replacement process if required.
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New option to prevent overlapping of subsequent search replaces. This is very 
handy when the replace terms appear in subsequent search terms and two 
replacements would have occurred.
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Improved installer to not require Admin user.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.5.1 - May 3, 2011
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New help options and hints for connecting to SharePoint.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.5 - May 2, 2011
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Passwords are now stored encrypted.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.4 - April 1, 2011
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Now detects and disables the 'Update Links' dialog.
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Progress timer is now disabled while opening a file - so Microsoft PowerPoint 
will not be terminated when opening a large file.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.3.3 - January 27, 2011
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New log message when 0 occurrences are found and Force Save is on.
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Fixed string list error when using List of files.
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More Unicode improvements.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.3.2 - December 20, 2010
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Improved hyperlink and OLE/DDE scanning speed.
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Fixed scanning issue when slides have no shapes.
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OLE links now included in Hyperlink Report.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.3.1 - December 16, 2010
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Fixed installer issue.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.3 - December 13, 2010
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Errors on final Save are now trapped to prevent errors with File Locking and 
SharePoint.
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The row number column is now resizable - allowing row numbers larger than 100 
to be displayed.
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Fixed bug where the timer that checks if Microsoft PowerPoint is still 
responding did not re-trigger after the first failure of Microsoft 
PowerPoint.
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Link Reports now ignore empty hyperlinks, making it easier to identify 
unchanged links.
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Now can restart at a specified file.
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New option to Accept All Revisions before replacing - these can prevent 
phrases from being found.
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Hyperlink report is now available in the Save Report option for output types 
CSV, TAB and HTML. Previously it was only available for XML.
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OLE Links are now included in the Hyperlink report.
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Unicode filename support.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.2.1 - June 7, 2010
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New option to Skip Prompting if the replacement is identical.
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Now shows error dialog if the default save location (in My Documents) cannot 
be written to, and exits gracefully.
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Standardized open/save dialogs now used throughout.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.2 - April 9, 2010
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New Check All/Uncheck All buttons to set the Look In locations.
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New Insert row button.
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Better install under Vista/Windows 7 - no admin required to install or run.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.6 - February 18, 2010
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Microsoft PowerPoint now kept visible better if 'Keep Visible' option 
checked.
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File associations now just for .ppt and .pptx files.
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'Prompt on Replace' option now displays the Confirmation dialog even if the 
found text and its replacement are identical - making search-only far easier.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.5 - August 1, 2009
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Fixed minor bug.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.4 - July 31, 2009
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Improved handling of Microsoft PowerPoint restarts.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.3 - June 9, 2009
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Logs now include a sequential file number.
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Fixed connection to help file.
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Fixed installer not copying files.
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Fixed settings not being saved in My Documents folder.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.2 - May 15, 2009
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Now searches inside each shape contained with a grouped shape e.g. for 
Links/OLE/DDE etc.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1.1 - April 28, 2009
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Backup files now get the same date as the original file.
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Backup Files and Keep File Date option now work with Unicode filenames.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.1 - April 23, 2009
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Code Module searches now include all possible modules. A VBProject protection 
password can be opened using the Unprotect Password field.
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New Edit Menu with Cut/Copy/Paste/Select All
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Installer will now force a reboot if redemption.dll is in use.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.0.1 - November 6, 2008
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Removed option to keep PowerPoint visible as Microsoft does not support it.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v3.0 - October 2, 2008
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Added option to keep Microsoft PowerPoint visible while running to aid 
debugging.
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Added button to import the file list from Microsoft PowerPoint's current list 
of open files.
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Added ability to perform search only from command line using /GS.
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Fixed /REPORT= command line option not working.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.9 - October 1, 2007
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New Highlight option when a replacement is made, to make locating changes 
easy.
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New [Clear All] button below search/replace grid.
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Removed legacy behavior where contents of search/replace grid were appended 
to imported search/replace lists, leading to confusing results.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.8 - August 8, 2007
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Now forces a Microsoft PowerPoint restart when particular error messages are 
returned.
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If errors occur during Import, you can now cancel the Import.
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Fixed bug with /G command line invocation, and with /Q.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.9 - August 1, 2007
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Macros are now disabled to prevent them interfering with document processing.
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New warning message if backup files have not been deleted or restored at the 
end of a job.
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Longer timeout while waiting for Microsoft PowerPoint to respond. Timeout 
disabled while showing the 'Cancel Job' confirmation window.
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Fixed bug with Microsoft PowerPoint being terminated repeatedly.
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New translations, better form resizing, fixed detection of options changing.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.8 - June 27, 2007
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Fixed Match Case and Match Whole Words Only settings not being retained.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.7 - June 21, 2007
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Now integrates with Windows Explorer right click menus - 'PowerPointPipe this 
file/folder'.
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Now allows a list of files to process on the command line.
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Previous settings are now saved under Documents rather than Registry.
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New installer languages.
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New Japanese and Chinese translations.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.6
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Fixed incorrect warning for hyperlink longer than 255 characters.
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Now integrates with Windows Explorer right click menus - PowerPointPipe this 
file/folder.
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Now allows a list of files to process on the command line.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.5
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Now updates hyperlink Screen Tips as well when the 'Hyperlink addresses' 
search location is chosen.
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Office 2007 file extension of .PPT* now supported.
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Import assumes defaults if just columns A & B present.
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Invalid Search Locations are now corrected and you have the option to 
continue running the job.
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Fixed bug with hyperlinks not being updated due to TextToDisplay property not 
supported on older versions of PowerPoint.
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Fixed bug with Prompt on Replace always replacing.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.4
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Now can optionally handle read-only files.
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Now warns you if you apply EasyPattern wildcards or Perl regex wildcards to 
search locations that do not support them.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.3
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Fixed bug with search locations not being processed correctly.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.2
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Vista installation support.
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New Troubleshooting Guide links.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7.1
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Fixed errors when searching Notes and Handout masters for hyperlinks.
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Now allows files to be drag and dropped.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.7
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Improved speed when making massive numbers of hyperlinks changes (e.g. 
18000).
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Hyperlink changes now automatically check for equivalence between %20 and 
spaces.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.6.2
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New status message when exporting or importing data
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Added Half Width/Full Width option for Japanese text.
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Increased search/replace speed.
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Removed Arabic options - causing problems with English versions.
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New Options Menu item to remove leading and trailing blanks from search and 
replace terms.
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Status displays now resume if you cancel out of Aborting the job.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.6.1
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Status window now shows seconds elapsed and scans in progress to improve 
feedback to user.
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Improved timeout detection.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.6
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Auto Recovery is now disabled to prevent it interfering with document 
processing.
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New search types of EasyPattern wildcards and Perl regex wildcards. These can 
be used to apply sophisticated pattern matching, replacing and reformatting 
in Hyperlink addresses, Shapes, Headers, Footers, Built in/Custom properties, 
Notes and Links (OLE/DDE).
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Prompt on Replace for the search locations above.
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Processing can now be paused and resumed.
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Updated Excel/CSV/Tab import and export.
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Backed-out Windows Vista installation support. Too cumbersome for users.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.5
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Now can search multiple locations with one search row.
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New option to process longest 'Find What' strings first - perfect for 
translators.
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New option to Allow Alerts from Microsoft PowerPoint.
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Fixed bug with prompt for save not occurring when the settings have been 
changed.
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Fixed bug with replace strings longer than 255 characters missing some 
characters.
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Fixed bug where MS Word was restarted, not MS PowerPoint.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4.5
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Fixed division by zero when 'Restart after XX documents' was zero.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4.4
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Now processes files with Unicode filenames.
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List of Files now supports Unicode filenames.
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Up/Down arrows now work outside of the Grid control.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4.3
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Status dialog now correctly shows Unicode search/replace strings.
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Changed install to support Windows Vista - Test files and Sample are now 
stored under Application Data\DataMystic\PowerPointPipe. Default install 
location is now Program Files\DataMystic\PowerPointPipe.
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Changed the 'file exists' check to work better on LANs.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4.2
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New button to copy selected rows.
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Status dialog can now save a report as a Web Page, CSV or Tab data.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4 B
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New option to restart Microsoft PowerPoint automatically after a given number 
of documents. This helps to eliminate Microsoft PowerPoint errors.
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Now checks if Microsoft PowerPoint is not responding, and shows a helpful 
message to the end user. Microsoft PowerPoint can be restarted automatically 
if it is unresponsive for a given number of seconds.
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New option to specify the path to the Microsoft PowerPoint executable (.exe) 
file. This is used if Microsoft PowerPoint cannot be restarted automatically 
after a failure.
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New option to process a list of files pasted in.
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Now allows replacements longer than 255 characters (working around a 
Microsoft PowerPoint limitation).
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Backup files can now be restored or removed at the end of the job.
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Multi-line values can now be edited in the grid.
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Up/Down arrows now work correctly in fields other than the grid.
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Error messages reworked to always show the filename first.
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Status dialog can now copy filenames without messages - very useful for 
generating lists of files to reprocess.
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Import from a .XLS replace list now handles trailing spaces and the values 
Yes/No/True/False/1/0 for Boolean fields.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.4
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Now can update the Slide Master, Notes Master, Title Master, Handout Master 
etc.
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New 'File\Send To...' menu item to email settings.
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New Help panel to assist new users.
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Bug fix when started with no search/replace rows.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.3
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Now can update OLE and DDE links to other objects.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.2
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Now detects multiple copies of PowerPointPipe running - and warns against it, 
as it can lead to document corruption.
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Now warns if no rows are selected when options are clicked on.
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Now shows Unicode search strings in the status dialog.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v2.1
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Now can display the clipboard contents - very useful when using '^c' to 
replace search text with the current clipboard contents.
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'Whole word only' option is now shown disabled when the search string 
consists of more than one word.
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New option to update an ISO-9001 revision number field by a pre-defined 
amount.
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Fixed 'Search Inside Shapes'.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.9
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Now can search/replace inside slide notes.
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New XML file format - makes it easier to automate PowerPointPipe and share 
replace lists with WordPipe and ExcelPipe.
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Search/replace rows are now restored when the application restarts.
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Now warns against erroneous backslashes (\) instead of forward slashes (/) 
when searching inside hyperlink addresses.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.8
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New warning message if the search/replace list filename is blank.
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New method of connecting to Microsoft PowerPoint allows it to be manually 
started if required.
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New warning if no files were processed.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.7.1
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Now works with an independent copy of PowerPoint to avoid interfering with 
other applications.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.7
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EXPORT and IMPORT of replacements list to any common file format (xls, csv, 
txt), in Unicode format.
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New column for the row number - makes the grid easier to work with.
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Now shows the number of changes made or search terms found, both for the 
entire job, for each file, and for each search or replace term.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.6
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Backup mode.
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Now supports drag and drop of rows.
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Now supports Up/Down/Tab/Shift+Tab in grid.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.5
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Now can be automated without intervention.
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Now there is only a single message is the search strings contain leading or 
trailing whitespace.
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Now correctly loads Unicode data from an Excel search/replace list.
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Now correctly finds and replaces Unicode in hyperlinks, shapes, headers, 
footers and document properties.
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Now handles loading a Tab or CSV search/replace list where the replacement is 
blank.
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Now handles European installations of PowerPoint.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.4
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Now can import a list of the files to process.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.3
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Fixed handling of some text frame types, which caused processing to abort.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.2
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Fixed changing inside hyperlinks.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.1
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Initial release based on ExcelPipe 2.5
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