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Changes Since Release 4.00
New in 4.02 (May 2002)
You can now plot on a coordinate system the data contained in a table. See Tables for details.
You can now copy the data from a table and paste it into Fathom!, Microsoft Excel or other programs. See Tables for details.
The "Show Labels Automatically For All New Points" setting in Text Preferences now works properly for all points (including transformed images, Selection-Arrow created intersections, and coordinate system origins and unit points).
Tables redraw properly after a row is removed using the minus key from the keyboard.
Pressing a matched object in the Script View during Step-by-Step play now highlights the matched object in the sketch.
Pictures moved from Windows to Macintosh and back can now be copied and pasted to other applications
(Mac) Dashed near-straight arcs are now displayed properly.
(Mac) Selected circle, arc, and polygon interiors no longer obscure labels.
(Mac) Saving files to a file server no longer fails if the user doesn’t have write access to the root volume.
(Mac) Fixed a problem in which networked servers didn’t allow multiple launches of Sketchpad in certain situations.
(Windows) Moving or renaming the Sketchpad application no longer creates problems when double-clicking in Explorer windows to open sketch files.
New in 4.01 (January 2002)
Several minor corrections and improvements were made in the Sample files.
(Windows) Trace fading is dramatically improved, using full color fading.
(Windows) You can now use a command line to specify an absolute path (not just a relative path) to an alternate tool folder.
(Windows) The Tool Folder now supports shortcuts: The Tool Folder itself can be a shortcut, and it can contain shortcuts to sketches.
(Mac OS X) Sketchpad Help now targets the default OS X browser under OS X rather than a Classic browser. If you'd rather use an older browser under Classic, see System Preferences.