The following lists the changes made to the My Novel Writer product for Version 3.0

 

Login Screen:

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            Prompt on cancel

            Reorganized screen layout

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Main My Novel Writer Application Screen

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            Close application confirmation

            Moved Open Navigator button to first tab

            Moved View tab items to first tab - Book Properties and Book Notecards

            Fixed application start menu icon and about menu icon

            Display name of currently open book in main window title bar

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Open Book

            Fix open book context menu icon

            Displayed name of open book in main application window title bar

            Added screen picture

            Changed book list to drop down list

            Added display of synopsis text

            Implemented book password and new password screen

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Create New Book

            Added user defined properties

            Added book synopsis area

            Prompt on screen cancel

            Added screen picture

 

Create book wizard - NEW FUNCTIONALITY

            - All new functionality

            - 5 tab screen

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Manage Books

            Dock fill list in centre of screen

            Bigger fonts

            Better form layout

            Added Create New Book button

            Added Refresh Book List button

            Fix open book icon on context menu

            Added book icon to book list

            Remove generic rename book input dialog

            Update context menu with new options and reorganised list.

            Align book list data

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Close Book

            Clear book label above ribbon bar

            Update close prompt with book title

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Book Properties

            Added User defined properties

            Added screen picture

            Reset book password button

            NEW - reset book password screen

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Book Outliner

            Remove generic input dialog

            Display toolbar text toggle button

 

Manage Front / Back Pages

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Improve manage front / back pages screen

            Fixed front / back page labels in tree

            Remove front / back pages tree node when now pages left on the group

            Added include / exclude button to toolbar

 

Page Text Editor

            Display toolbar button toggle button on both toolbars

            Bigger icons

            Page view display style selector

            Check notecard type functionality

            Made icons on top editor toolbar bigger

            Updated icons on resource toolbar & made bigger

            Update superscript and subscript icons

            Fixed bug  - not opening editor page when already open in document window

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Book Notecards

            Add list item icons

            Reorganised screen slightly

            Increased font size in grid

            Removed grid lines from top grid

            Fixed bug when removing exiting notecard from available list

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Character Profile

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Fixed message box format

            Updated bullet list icon

            Updated numbered list icon

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening
 

Event Sequence Builder

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Update bullet list icon

            Updated numbered list icon

            Added display name text to editor toolbar buttons

            Tooltip text on editor toolbar

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

 

Object Manager

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display name text o editor toolbar buttons

            Updated bullet list icon

            Updated numbered list icon

            Updated superscript / subscript icon

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

 

Locations Manager

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Editor toolbar display name

            Replaced superscript / subscript icons

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

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Research Manager

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Editor toolbar display name

            Replaced superscript / subscript icons

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

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Glossary

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Editor toolbar display name

            Replaced superscript / subscript icons

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

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Text Snippet

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Editor toolbar display name

            Replaced superscript / subscript icons

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

 

Project Ideas

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Editor toolbar display name

            Replaced superscript / subscript icons

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

            Bug - need to disable text area on screen opening

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Character Profile Template

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

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Event Sequence Template

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

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Locations Template

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added display names to editor toolbar

            Replaced bullet list / numbered list icons

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Location Types

            Display toolbar button toggle button

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Object Types Templates

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Bug - update icons - super/sub and numbered & bullet lists

            reorganized and resized form

 

Object Type

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Bug - update icons - superscript / subscript and numbered & bullet lists

            Reorganized and resized form

            Bug - fixed missing content menu icons

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Notecard Types

            Turned off grid lines

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Added picture box

            Increased field sizes

            Reorganized screen

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Manage Genres

            All new functionality

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Task List

            Display toolbar button toggle button

            Updated font size

            Reorganized screen

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Manage External Tools

            Added screen picture box

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Add / Edit External Tools

            Added screen picture box

            Reordered screen

            Put single border on icon image

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System Options

            Save functional should also close screen

            Added docking options & spread through main form

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Manage Users

            Added picture box

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Add / Edit Users

            Increased font size

            Reorganized screen layout

            Added screen picture box

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Architecture changes

            moved more functionality into classes

            improved code base structure

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