Check and ProductivityPlus - release notes

September 2019

Bugfixes

Cannot fix check warning - text alignment in placeholder

Fixed unfixable layout warning on picture placeholders.

 

Update Agenda and COMException

Fixed COMException when updating agenda with certain presentations.

When updating an agenda, a lot of consecutive copy/paste operations are done. Analysis revealed, "explorer.exe" locks the clipboard for a very short time after a copy operation. If PowerPoint then tries to paste, the operation failed with the exception that the clipboard does not contain paste-able data.

The initial retry mechanism also retried the copy operation which leads to repeating the whole problem. Due to timing issues, it sometimes passed. The fix now only retries the paste, assuming the copy always succeeded. This leads to a much higher success rate when updating agendas.

 

Check: Color scheme warning just showing up for some charts

Fixed check not finding wrong theme colors inside Donut charts.

 

August 2019

Bugfixes

Add-in version 5.0.387.0

CustomColor (added via registry) detected as color mismatch

Registry custom colors are now also used while checking, this means no color mismatch warning will be displayed.

 

Check color scheme in Charts

Check now produces a warning if a single value in a chart has a color not contained in the scheme colors.

 

Update Office.dll and interop assemblies

Updated Microsoft Interop assemblies to 15.0. This fixes a compatibility issue when a certain other PowerPoint was uninstalled

 

Check wrongly detects chart shape background

Fixed Check detecting certain shapes in charts as an invalid background color. Now, no false warning is displayed.

 

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.383.0

Text mistaken for footnote throws warnings

We Improved footnote detection heuristics to avoid the false identification of text at the bottom of the slide as footnotes. The conditions to be met for a text element to be considered a footnote have been modified to improve accuracy of the Check.

 

Add/Remove linked element doesn't refresh Excel overview pane

Links Pane is now automatically refreshed after adding a new element or removing a link (though the remove link option within the menu).

 

Features

Add-in version 5.0.383.0

Remove limitations from Slideproof

We removed all limitations from SlideProof. No email address is now required as we don't contact the end-user or need to use the address. This will avoid conflicts during deployment. We verified the analytics were not affected by these changes.

 

Add Dummy Text Button to Text group

We added a 'Dummy Text' button in the ProductivityPlus pane under the Text group. This button allows the user to replace text in the presentation with dummy text (Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisici elit, …).

 

Fix failing integration tests 

Fixed integration tests from previous task 9220.

 

Add back button to Settings panel

Settings pane now has a back button to navigate back to the previous view.

 

Better name for 'Update Agenda' warning

"Update Agenda" warning text changed to "Update Agenda Reminder" (Rule PRUA) Removed confusing child node for the warning

 

Display "Edit Agenda Layout" only in the Master View

"Edit Agenda Layout" button is shown only in the Master View when a slide that belongs to an Agenda is selected

 

July 2019

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.372.0

Check: level of warning is not working for font format

Warnings that appear only in one shape are not considered anymore warnings with no impact so the warning level is not set as 4 by default and the user can configure level of the warning.

 

Error message stills displaying 'SlideProof'

Replaced "SlideProof" with "Templafy" within error messages of Check and ProductivityPlus.

 

New section inserted at bottom

When inserting a table of contents or a new section it was added at the end of the presentation. We fixed this issue and now:

• A new TOC will be created inserting the Agenda layout before the selected slide.
• A new section will be added before the selected slide, always keeping the Agenda slide in the first section.

This behaviour is expected to be more intuitive for the user.

 

Change pointing URL for Excel

The help link of the Excel pane now points to Templafy's Excel Integration knowledge base website.

 

SlideProof crashes creating agenda with no slide selected

Now it is possible to create the Agenda when any Slide is selected or there are no slides in the presentation.

 

Features

Add-in version 5.0.372.0

Unify Check Icons

Unified ribbon icon to be the same as in CheckForPowerPoint

 

Grey out unused sections of the TOC

Option checkboxes for TOC fields that are not present in the Slide Master Agenda layout are now disabled. These fields could not be present in the Slide Master as a deliberate decision of the Admin and this way we avoid user confusion.

 

Bugfixes

Add-in version 5.0.366.0

Format painter text is broken

The text of the Format Painter menu was not displaying correctly. To solve the problem we added the missing translations that were removed when the StylePainter was taken out from the project.

 

Call-out from PowerShapes disappearing

The call-out from PowerShapes was disappearing after toggling another state. Now the visible shape in the group is selected and therefore the call-out remains visible when toggling through all the states of the PowerShape.

 

Network drive and Excel - open and update fail when Excel is closed

Openning an Excel source file (located in a shared folder) through the 'Open' option from a PowerPoint linked element now works fine even for a shared folder in the network. Updates made to the Excel file are also reflected in PowerPoint correctly after clicking the 'Update' option.

 

Features

Add-in version 5.0.366.0

Delete 'Manual' and change link to Support

Within the Settings menu: 'Support' was updated so it redirects the user to support.templafy.com and the 'Manual' option was removed as the link was broken and the option was obsolete.

 

Update icons and naming to new design

Check and ProductivityPlus icons now have a new design and new names that better adapt to Templafy's product design.

 

May 2019

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.355.0

Template Changer: "Placeholders: Keep positions and formatting" twice

Fixed "Placeholders: Keep positions and formatting" twice by removing the duplicated key from the processor file

 

Custom footnote type does not work when adding other text

The prefix text in the footnote is kept and the format of the footnote does not revert to the default (al)

 

Switching configurations during demo showed Library

Removed Library from Productivity Plus components (this bug never reached production)

 

Colors Pane needs double-click for cells

Selecting the same color on the color tools pane on different cells does not require anymore clicking twice.

 

Button label not showing correctly

Fixed several minor UI glitches

 

Custom color not working for font

Modified parsing method from the string custom color value to a hexadecimal number.

 

April 2019

Features

Add-in version 5.0.347.0

Turn on/off features

Added the possibility to turn on and off single features using registry keys

 

Excel: Change Source in Overview

It is now possible to change the source file of all linked elements at once through the overview pane (Group-by-file view)

 

UI: Polishing

Small changes to UI for a more consistent look.

 

Ribbon configuration

The ribbon and the Pane have been redesigned, this includes re-ordering and re-naming of controls. Added the possibility to set the configurations "ProductivityPlus" and "Complete" as a separate Tab called "ProductivityPlus" by switching the on the option "Set as home Tab" under "Ribbon Configuration"

 

Version/Update info missing in pane

The current version of SlideProof/ProductivityPlus is now displayed on the top right corner of the Settings pane.

 

Update All - available in source-file view

Added the possibility to update all shapes associated with a file on the excel overview pane under the "group by file" view.

 

Important presentation callout

Updated the UI of the "Important presentation" callout

 

Delete Advanced Group

Moved the "Create PowerShape" commands and "template changer" command to the "Other" group. Deleted the Advanced group.

 

Changing SlideProof configurations

Added the possibility to switch between configurations

 

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.347.0

Updating source to a wrong file breaks history

Excel links do not have store history anymore.

 

Font color for "Insert flow" different between shapes

The font style is preserved while inserting more flow items

 

Change Template UI bug

The UI of the "Template UI changer" has been fixed

 

Icon missing on first start

Fixed the missing icons during the first start after installation/deployment

 

Update All closes opened Excel files (6)

Fixed: opened Excel files do not close while Update All Fixed: only the last Excel process was terminated if the shapes were linked from multiple files

 

Excel Link not working (duplicating table, no permanent link)

Fixed Excel link not working under certain circumstances. If a machine contained multiple OneDrive sync paths with the same mount-point, linking and updating an Excel link might not work. This problem is solved by excluding any ambiguous paths.

 

Excel: change file inconsistent state

Preventing to change the file if the range is not present in the new file Showing errors during normal & bulk operations while changing the source file

 

False 'Update All' if in editing mode (7)

Errors during bulk operations are now collected and if any happens a message box is shown at the end showing the number of update shapes and the number of not updated shapes

 

Menu broken in presentation-wide placeholders

Updated the IconEmpty to have the Templafy logo instead of the SlideProof logo The presentation-wide placeholders command don't have anymore an icon

 

Switching configurations during demo showed Library

Removed Library from Productivity Plus components (this bug never reached production)

 

February 2019

Features

Add-in version 5.0.312.0

 

SendMail unreliable

Updated TemplafySendMail.exe Using v141 C++ toolkit Built by Azure DevOps pipeline Signed with Templafy ApS certificate This will pass the test at virustotal.com without any problems.

UI: Colors Closed Taskpane background is now Templafy white

 

Make SlideProof GDPR compliant

SlideProof sends analytic events with obfuscated email address.

 

UI: Controls

Updated UI controls to follow Templafy standards and color scheme including font colors, switch-toggle button, slider, textbox, tooltip, expander, radiobutton etc.

 

Callout follows shape in SlideProof

Callouts now follows the shapes

 

Add ability to search settings

SlideProof settings are now searchable. We added search bar in the top of the Settings pane.

 

Features configuration

After the release, it will be possible to turn on and off every single feature by using the registry key "NameOfTheFeature_IsEnabled" (Ex: "Agenda_IsEnabled).

 

Change Buy Link

The buy link is configurable through the registry and have a default value of "https://www.templafy.com/pricing/ "

 

ApplicationInsights

SlideProof now uses ApplicationInsights as analytics stack.

 

Configurations for Check and ProductivityPlus

After releasing the software it will be possible to have 3 different configurations (using the Configuration key in the registry):

• TemplafyDesktopCheck: Only check and Save&Send will be available. The commands are displayed in the Templafy tab on the ribbon
• TemplafyDesktopProductivityPlus: All Slideproof components except Check and Library are available. The commands are displayed on the Slideproof tab
• TemplafyDesktopComplete: ProductivityPlus+ Check components are available. The commands are displayed on the Slideproof tab

 

Settings on pane

Added context menu for all panes

 

Add Group-by-file

After releasing it will be possible to have two different grouping options in the Excel Overview Pane. One by slide and one by source file.

 

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.312.0

RFA Send mail fails (Access denied)

Updated TemplafySendMail.exe to be signed with Templafy certificate and using the latest C++ built tools.

 

Workspace: still on when exporting as PDF

When using SlideProof Save&Send functionality the workspace is hidden

 

December 2018

Features

Add-in version 5.0.249.0

Colors: Hide Theme Colors

Added a new setting that will allow the user to hide and show the theme colors from the Color Pane.

 

Productivity: Switch texts resets text formatting

Switch Texts now keeps the Emphasis (Superscript, Subscript, Bold, Italic, Underline etc.) when switching the texts. This is useful especially when working with footnotes.

 

Custom colors between theme and shades for all

Colors ordering changed to Default, Theme, Custom, Shades.

 

Not using Automated_Build anymore

Removed Automated_Build build definition

 

Release Pipeline

There is now a build pipeline Templafy.SlideProof.LicenseManager which builds (without tests) and a release pipeline Templafy.SlideProof.Web which automatically publishes/deploys the changes to the license manager website https://license.veodin.com/ on merge to the master branch.

 

Check: Distorted Images

SlideProof Check is now able to detect and fix distorted images. Distorted image means broken aspect ratio and the threshold of detection is 5%. If the image is distorted more than 5% 2 fixes are offered:

• The fix with Resize (Default) will resize the longer side to bring the image to the original aspect ratio.
• The fix with Crop will restore the image to the original size and crop the longer side to preserve the aspect ratio. To maintain the proportions the crop will be applied half on the left and half on the right in case we are cropping the width or half on the top and half on the bottom in case we are cropping the height.

 

Productivity: Add and remove colors in the color pane

The registry key CustomColors, that is used for specifying theme color names, now also supports hexadecimal values like #AA0022.

 

License Manager

Fixed missing icons on the website by including proper fonts. Added release pipeline for the website.

 

MSI

We fixed the installation of per-user version failing when installing in a machine where the per-machine version was installed before.

 

Bug fixes

Add-in version 5.0.249.0

Agenda: Publish presentation (with Agenda) as shapes throws an exception

While Agenda is created it puts the shape outside of the slide with zero height. Preview, that is shown in the library, can't be generated for shapes with zero height or width. This code now will skip all shapes with zero height or width while publishing.

 

Templafy Integration Task Panes closing Might Break

When opening the Templafy Task pane with no presentation open the event was throwing an exception because the active window context was null. Fixed by checking for null.

 

Hiding panes does not work in the installed version

Added missing files to the installer.

 

Installing PerUser after PerMachine fails

There is a bug in Wix that prevents you to install a certificate on the Per User store if it was previously installed in the Per Machine store. To fix this we created a Custom Action that is checking if the certificate is already installed and if yes it is skipping the certificate component.