What's New in MacLinkPlus Deluxe?
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| Last Reviewed: 6/22/2007
This document applies to:
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 15
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 14
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 10-13
MacLinkPlus 9.7 and below
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Question:
What's New in MacLinkPlus Deluxe?
Answer:
MacLinkPlus Deluxe Revision History
16.001 - Released May 1, 2007 - Current Version
New Features
- Support for additional file attributes during the translation of Word/Excel 2007 files
- Word 2007 files
- Basic Text
- Character & Paragraph Formatting
- Autonumber & Bullets
- Tables
- Headers & Footers
- Footnotes & Endnotes
- Graphics
- APOs
- Fields & Hyperlinks
- Columns
- Excel 2007 files
- Basic Structure - Workbook, Worksheets
- Basic cell content
- Cell Alignment
- Character Formatting
- Number Formatting
- Column widths/Row heights
- Font/Font size information
- Cell Notes
- Named Ranges
- Shading
- Text Rotation
- Text Wrapping
- Locked Cells
- Borders
Other Information
- Version 16.001 is the full release of MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16, and is a free update for registered users of version 16.000 Pre-Release.
Features No Longer Supported
- Dropped support for Stuffit
16.000 Pre-Release - Released April 10, 2007
New Features
- icWord & icExcel fully integrated with MacLinkPlus Deluxe application
New Translators
- Word 2007 for Windows (read only)
- Excel 2007 for Windows (read only)
- WordPerfect x3 for Windows
Other Information
- The Pre-Release of MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16 will perform the following translations:
- Word 2007 files
- Basic Text
- Character & Paragraph Formatting
- Auto number & Bullets
- Tables
- Headers & Footers
- Footnotes & Endnotes
- Excel 2007 files
- Basic Structure -Workbook and Worksheets
- Basic cell content
- Cell Alignment
- Character Formatting
- Number Formatting
- Column widths/Row heights
- Font/Font size information
- Cell Notes
- Named Ranges
- The full release of MacLinkPlus Deluxe 16 will be able to translate more file attributes in Word/Excel 2007 files
15.000 - Released September, 2004
New Features
- Extract text from PDF files
- New graphic translator for Photoshop
- Improvements to the BMP, JPG, PICT, and TIFF translators
- Convert word processing and PDF files to text format and send to an iPod or iPod mini
- Decompression support for Stuffit X
New Translators
- Word 2004 for Macintosh
- Excel 2004 for Macintosh
- WordPerfect 12 for Windows
Other Information
- Starting in version 15, MacLinkPlus Deluxe no longer supports Mac OS 9.2 or lower
14.000 - Released August, 2003
New Features
- Works with Mac OS 10.3 (Panther)
- Translation Settings to automate the process of translating and sharing files with others
- Macintosh OS X Address Book integration
- Contextual menu support for OS X
- QuickTips and improved recognition of problem files
- New user interface
- Additional AppleScript support
New Translators
- Word X for Macintosh
- Excel X for Macintosh
- Word 2003 for Windows
- Excel 2003 for Windows
- WordPerfect 10 and 11 for Windows
Other Information
- Various bug fixes & product enhancements
13.0 - Released July, 2001
Now OS X Compatible
MacLinkPlus Deluxe 13 is now fully carbonized and compatible with OS X and takes advantage of many of OS X's new features.
- Utlilizes OS X's new simple and elegant Aqua user interface
- Increased stability in OS X's protected memory environment
- Easy access to MacLinkPlus via the new OS X Dock
New Translators
- Word 2001 for Macintosh
- Excel 2001 for Macintosh
- Word 2002 (Office XP)
- Excel 2002 (Office XP)
New Features
- Updated Contextual Menus which offer more functionality (OS 8.1-9.x only)
Features No Longer Supported by OS X
- Document Converters*
- Contextual Menus*
- Double-Click Translation*
*These features will work when running OS 8.1-9.x.
12.002 - Released September, 2000
12.001 - Released July 31, 2000
12.000 - Released July 17, 2000
New Translators
- AppleWorks 6 Word Processing (Read Only)
- AppleWorks 6 Spreadsheet (Read Only)
- Quattro Pro 9.0 (Read Only)
- Lotus 1-2-3 Millennium (9.5)
- WordPerfect 9.0
Note: The term "Read Only" means you can translate your AppleWorks 6 files into other applications such as Word or Excel. If you wish to translate files such as Word or Excel into AppleWorks 6, you can use the MacLinkPlus Deluxe translator called "AppleWorks 6 via AppleWorks 5". This means MacLinkPlus Deluxe will convert your files to AppleWorks 5 and AppleWorks 6 will open them automatically. The same holds true for all other "Read Only" translators included with MacLinkPlus Deluxe.
New Features
- Create Translation Settings for Fast and Simple Document Conversion
Now you no longer need to remember which file formats are needed by your clients, associates, friends, etc. Create a setting for each one and simply select it when converting documents for them. MacLinkPlus Deluxe will convert a word processing, spreadsheet, database or graphic file to the appropriate format required! Just select the specified formats once and name each setting. Translating files for specific people couldn't be easier.
- QuickTime Viewing and Printing
MacLinkPlus Deluxe now works with QuickTime for better JPEG and GIF viewing. You can also print any text or graphic file being viewed by MacLinkPlus Deluxe.
- Better support for Applescript
The Mac OS language, Applescript, is the easiest way to control and automate tasks on your Mac. MacLinkPlus Deluxe now offers full dictionaries that allow for greater integration with Applescript.
- Support for StuffIt 5.5
Other Information
- PowerPC only product
- Various bug fixes & product enhancements
Features No Longer Supported
- Dropped out of date translators
- AutoCad.DXF
- Harvard Graphics.CGM
- HTML
- Lotus Pic
- MacWrite (MacWrite II & Pro are supported)
- Microsoft Word 3.0
- MS Works 2.0
- Multimate (Version 4 is supported)
- OfficeWriter
- SunWrite
- Ventura Publisher.GEM
- Ventura Publisher.IMG
- WordPerfect 4.2
- WordStar (Versions 5-7 are supported)
- WriteNow 2 (Versions 3 and 4 are supported)
- XYWrite
11.002 - Released January, 2000
Bug fixes
- Fixes error -119 when decompressing Stuffit 5 compressed files on OS 9
- Fixes a problem where the MLP contextual menu plugin would not work properly under Mac OS 9. This fix may also have fixed a problem where "Translate To" was not listed in the contextual menu on earlier operating systems (actually a time-out)
11.001 - Released August, 1999
11.000 - Released August, 1999
New Translators
- AppleWorks 5 / ClarisWorks 5 (word processing and spreadsheet)
- Word 2000 for Windows
- Excel 2000 for Windows
- WordPerfect 3.5 Enhanced for Macintosh
- MS Works 4.5 for Windows (word processing, spreadsheet, database)
New Features
- Support for StuffIt 5.0 (PowerMac only)
Bug Fixes
- Various translator fixes
- Improved file recognition
- Better MIME decoding
- Many translator library improvements
10.1 - Released April, 1999
New Translators
- Lotus 1-2-3 97, 98 (Windows)
Other Information
- Year 2000 compliant
- Added the "Select Desktop Folder" button when user is selecting a destination folder
- If MacLinkPlus doesn't recognize a format, view raw text
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a crash when trying to do more than one translation using a Doc Converter, MEO, or File Exchange
- Fixed the Word 97-98 reader for Fast Saved documents with a table(s)
- Some application & progress bar optimization/simplification
- Fixes to Mime recognition (mainly for AOL attachments)
10.003 - Released November, 1998
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem with recognizing a text file as a UUEncoded archive
- Improved recognition of a PC text file as to whether the file uses the Windows versus DOS character set
- Corrected a potential crash when unstuffing certain Stuffit archives
10.002 - Released September, 1998
Bug Fixes
- Contextual Menus will now work on a non-English OS
- Fixed a crash when doing a Save As in ClarisWorks 5 and Mariner Write formats
10.001 - Released August, 1998
Bug Fixes
- The MacLinkPlus installer no longer installs the extension "Contextual Menu Enabler"
10.000 - Released August, 1998
New Translators
- Microsoft Word 98(Macintosh)
- Microsoft Excel 98(Macintosh)
New Features
- New Email Capabilities
- Decoding and decompression built in
- Decoding supported: Binhex, MIME, UUEncode
- Decompression supported: StuffIt, Zip (Windows), Compact Pro, MacBinary, Gzip, TAR, Z
- Sleek, New User Interface
- Drag & Drop interface for easy file translation, decoding, decompressing and viewing
- Contextual Menu support - hold down the Control key and click on a file for quick access to all MacLinkPlus capabilities (Requires OS 8 and Power Mac)
- Advanced File Info and Recognition - find details about any file you can't open
- View graphics files without opening a graphics application
Features No Longer Supported
- No longer supports cable or modem serial connection for connecting a Macintosh computer with a DOS/Windows computer
- Dropped support for XTND
- Dropped support for the ART graphic translator
- Requires 68030 32 bit clean system (the following Macs are not supported with version 10: Macintosh II, Macintosh IIx, Macintosh IIcx, and Macintosh SE/30)
- PC Exchange no longer included with MacLinkPlus
- Dropped the products MLP-EOT, MLP-Trans Pro, and MLP-PC (now the only MLP product is MacLinkPlus Deluxe)
9.7.1 - Released January, 1998
New Translators
- WordPerfect 8 (Windows 95)
- Quattro Pro 8 (Windows 95)
- RTF 97 (included APOs, time/date fields, auto-numbering)
9.7 - Released July, 1997
New Translators
- Word 97
- Excel 97
- Limited support for RTF from Word 97 (The following items aren't supported: Auto Bullets and numbering, Bookmarks and hypertext links, APO's)
New Features
- Now supports embedded .BMP graphics
- Document Converter translations allow for Windows 95 long file names (this is a preference in the MacLinkPlus Setup Control Panel)
- Now supports embedded .PNG graphics from Word 97
Bug Fixes
- Fixed character mapping for extended characters
- Fixed Error -192 when translating to a file format that uses the same type and creator for different versions (examples are ClarisWorks and Excel)
- Various other translator fixes
9.00c - Released March, 1997
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem when installing upgrade over 7.52 and lower
9.00b - Released January, 1997
Bug Fixes
- Problem with XTND translation (as discussed above) is fixed in 9.00b
- Word Mac 4, 5, & 6 and Word Win 2 & 6 writers fixed (in 9.00 and 9.00a, tables would sometimes hang when scrolling through translated document)
- Various bug fixes & product enhancements
9.00a - Released October, 1996
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a problem regarding Fnder memory size
9.00 - Released October, 1996
New Translators
- WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows
- QuattroPro 7.0 for Windows
New Features
- Now Power Mac Native
- Translations up to 4 times faster
- 68k Macs are also supported
- New Word Processing Features
- Automatic Bullets, Numbers & Multilevel Outlines
- Hypertext Links and Bookmarks
- Absolutely Positioned Objects (Text and Graphic Frames)
- Updated HTML Translator
- Supports Netscape 3.0 cache searching
Bug Fixes
- Fileview recognition of DBase files (recognizing 4.0 as 3.0)
Features No Longer Supported
- No longer supports Ami Pro 1.2
- Support for MS Word External Converters and the Works Converters were dropped
8.10 - Released May, 1996
New Translators
- ClarisWorks 4.0 (Mac & Windows)
- word processing
- spreadsheet
- database
New Features
- Macintosh Easy Open 1.1, PC Exchange 2.0.1
- Updated HTML Translator
- Supports Netscape 2.0 cache searching
Bug Fixes
8.06 - Released October, 1995
New Translators
- New Word Processing translators
- MS Word 7.0 (Win 95)
- MS Works 4.0 (Win 95)
- WordPerfect 3.5 (Mac)
- WordPerfect 6.1 (DOS)
- New Graphics translators
- ART Graphics (from America Online) - user must have the Internet Translation Kit (ITK) installed
- New Spreadsheet translators
- Lotus 1-2-3 WK 4 & 5
- MS Excel 7 (Win 95)
- MS Works 4.0 (Win 95)
- Quattro Pro Win 6.0
- New Database translators
8.04 - Released July, 1995
New Translators
- HTML (to all Mac & Windows word processing formats)
- GIF
- JPEG
- Nisus Writer 4
New Features
- Internet Translation Kit
- Allows you to use files (including their embedded graphics) downloaded from the World Wide Web in Mac & PC programs
8.03 - Released May, 1995
8.02 - Released February, 1995
New Translators
- ClarisWorks 3.0 (Mac & Windows)
- WordPerfect 6.0 & 6.1 (Windows)
New Features
- File View (added ability to change type and creator)
8.01 - Released November, 1994
New Translators
- AmiPro Win 3.x
- WordPerfect Mac 3, 3.1
- WP DOS/Win 6.0 writer
New Features
- Macintosh Easy Open 1.1.1, PC Exchange 2.0.3
- Word ECs
- XTND
- Works Conversions for MS Works version 4.0
8.00 - Released September, 1994
New Translators
- New Word Processing translators
- MS Works 3.0 Win
- MS Works 4.0 Mac
- MS Word 6.0 for Mac/DOS/Win
- WP Works 2.0 Win
- WriteNow 4.0 Mac
- ClarisWorks 1.0 & 2.0 Mac
- Embedded PICT graphics are now supported in translations to and from ClarisWorks 2.0 Mac
- ClarisWorks 1.0 Win
- RTF (Word 6.0 Mac & Win)
- Text (DOS, Win, and Mac text)
- New Spreadsheet translators
- ClarisWorks 1.0 & 2.0 Mac
- ClarisWorks 1.0 Win
- MS Excel 5.0 Mac & Win
- MS Works 3.0 Win
- MS Works 4.0 Mac
- Quattro Pro 1.0 & 5.0 Win
- WP Works 2.0 Win
- New Database translators
- ClarisWorks 1.0 & 2.0 Mac
- ClarisWorks 1.0 Win
- MS Works 3.0 Win
- MS Works 4.0 Mac
- WP Works 2.0 Win
New Features
Our newest release includes Macintosh PC Exchange Version 2, an Apple utility that allows you to mount DOS disks, removable media like SyQuest and Bernoulli and also SCSI hard disks and floptical drives. Also included is the new utility DataViz FileView which gives you a quick view of virtually any file's text, as well as information on using the file in your Mac application.
7.5 - Released September, 1993
New Translators
- AmiPro 3.0
- ClarisWorks 1 & 2 (Mac)
- ClarisWorks 1 (Windows)
- dBase IV (PC Only)
- FoxBase
- Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.1 (WK3)
- MacWrite Pro 1.0 & 1.5
- Nisus 3.0 & 3.4
- Quattro Pro 4 (DOS)
- WordPerfect 6.0
- WriteNow 3.0
New Features
This release included Macintosh PC Exchange, an Apple DOS disk mounting utility for System 7 users, and a functional equivalent for System 6 users. Macintosh Easy Open, an Apple extension allowing "double-click and drag-on" translation was added. The MacLinkPlus translation library could be accessed through Microsoft Works (Mac).
7.0 - Released August, 1992
New Translators
- AmiPro 2.0
- Harvard Graphics (CGM) 3.0
- Microsoft Excel 4.0 (Mac & Windows)
- Microsoft Word 2.0 (Windows)
- Microsoft Word 5.1 (Mac)
- Microsoft Works 2.0 Word Processing (DOS)
- Microsoft Works 3.0 (Mac)
- WordPerfect 2.1 (Mac)
- WordPerfect 5.1 & 5.2 (Windows)
- WordStar 6.0 & 7.0
New Features
Graphics were enhanced with translators for Windows Metafile (WMF), bi-directional conversion between TIFF and PICT, and support for EPS.
6.0 - Released October, 1991
New Translators
- Apple Works (WP, DB and spreadsheet)
- AmiPro 1.0
- Excel 2 & 3
- Microsoft Works (DB for PC & Mac)
- RTF
- Windows Paint (BMP)
- Word 5.0
New Features
DOS to DOS file translation combinations for Multimate, Word PC, Word for Windows, WordPerfect 5.1 and RTF were included. Automatic File Recognition was added to provide the ability to double click on a PC file and automatically translate it. Control of the transfer and translation process from Windows and/or DOS, when connected via cable or modem was introduced.
