What's New in PowerPointPipe

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Major New Features

• Now detects multiple copies of PowerPointPipe running - and warns against it, as it can lead to document corruption.
• Now warns if no rows are selected when options are clicked on.

As always, PowerPointPipe will read filters from ALL old versions without any changes being required.

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Detailed Changes Log

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.
* If errors occur during Import, you can now cancel the Import.
* 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.
* New warning message if backup files have not been deleted or restored at the 
end of a job.
* Longer timeout while waiting for Microsoft PowerPoint to respond. Timeout 
disabled while showing the 'Cancel Job' confirmation window.
* Fixed bug with Microsoft PowerPoint being terminated repeatedly.
* 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'.
* Now allows a list of files to process on the command line.
* Previous settings are now saved under Documents rather than Registry.
* New installer languages.
* 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.
* Now integrates with Windows Explorer right click menus - PowerPointPipe this 
file/folder.
* 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.
* Office 2007 file extension of .PPT* now supported.
* Import assumes defaults if just columns A & B present.
* Invalid Search Locations are now corrected and you have the option to 
continue running the job.
* Fixed bug with hyperlinks not being updated due to TextToDisplay property not 
supported on older versions of PowerPoint.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* 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
* Added Half Width/Full Width option for Japanese text.
* Increased search/replace speed.
* Removed Arabic options - causing problems with English versions.
* New Options Menu item to remove leading and trailing blanks from search and 
replace terms.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* Prompt on Replace for the search locations above.
* Processing can now be paused and resumed.
* Updated Excel/CSV/Tab import and export.
* 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.
* New option to process longest 'Find What' strings first - perfect for 
translators.
* New option to Allow Alerts from Microsoft PowerPoint.
* Fixed bug with prompt for save not occurring when the settings have been 
changed.
* Fixed bug with replace strings longer than 255 characters missing some 
characters.
* 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.
* List of Files now supports Unicode filenames.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* New option to process a list of files pasted in.
* Now allows replacements longer than 255 characters (working around a 
Microsoft PowerPoint limitation).
* Backup files can now be restored or removed at the end of the job.
* Multi-line values can now be edited in the grid.
* Up/Down arrows now work correctly in fields other than the grid.
* Error messages reworked to always show the filename first.
* Status dialog can now copy filenames without messages - very useful for 
generating lists of files to reprocess.
*
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.
* New 'File\Send To...' menu item to email settings.
* New Help panel to assist new users.
* 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.
* Now warns if no rows are selected when options are clicked on.
* 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.
* 'Whole word only' option is now shown disabled when the search string 
consists of more than one word.
* New option to update an ISO-9001 revision number field by a pre-defined 
amount.
* Fixed 'Search Inside Shapes'.


What's New in PowerPointPipe v1.9
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* Now can search/replace inside slide notes.
* New XML file format - makes it easier to automate PowerPointPipe and share 
replace lists with WordPipe and ExcelPipe.
* Search/replace rows are now restored when the application restarts.
* 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.
* New method of connecting to Microsoft PowerPoint allows it to be manually 
started if required.
* 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.
* New column for the row number - makes the grid easier to work with.
* 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.
* Now supports drag and drop of rows.
* 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.
* Now there is only a single message is the search strings contain leading or 
trailing whitespace.
* Now correctly loads Unicode data from an Excel search/replace list.
* Now correctly finds and replaces Unicode in hyperlinks, shapes, headers, 
footers and document properties.
* Now handles loading a Tab or CSV search/replace list where the replacement is 
blank.
* 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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