r18672 by gpittman - Some edits in progress for 1.6

scribus-commit scribus-commit at lists.scribus.net
Mon Dec 30 01:58:41 UTC 2013


Author: gpittman
Date: Mon Dec 30 01:58:40 2013
New Revision: 18672

URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=18672
Log:
Some edits in progress for 1.6

Added:
    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/images/drawview.png   (with props)
    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/toolbox20.html
Modified:
    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/readme.html

Modified: trunk/Scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=18672&path=/trunk/Scribus/doc/en/menu.xml
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--- trunk/Scribus/doc/en/menu.xml (original)
+++ trunk/Scribus/doc/en/menu.xml Mon Dec 30 01:58:40 2013
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <menu>
 	<area text="Welcome" file="index.html">
-		<submenuitem text="New in Scribus 1.4.3" file="readme.html"/>
+		<submenuitem text="New in Scribus 1.6" file="readme.html"/>
 		<submenuitem text="Specification" file="specs.html"/>
 	</area>
 	<area text="Documentation" file="intro.html">
 		<submenuitem text="Introduction" file="documentation.html">
 			<submenuitem text="Editorial Notes" file="editorial.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="About the Team" file="about1.html"/>
-		</submenuitem>
-		<submenuitem text="Installation" file="install.html">
-			<submenuitem text="Mac OS X" file="readme-macosx.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="OS/2 and eComStation" file="readme-os2.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="Haiku" file="readme-haiku.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="Windows" file="readme-win32.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="Scribus Source and SVN" file="install1.html"/>
-		</submenuitem>
 		<submenuitem text="Setup" file="config.html">
 			<submenuitem text="Configuring Scribus" file="settings1.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="Hyphenation and Spellchecking" file="hyphenator.html"/>
@@ -31,6 +23,7 @@
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Frames" file="WwFrames.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Text" file="WwText.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Styles" file="WwStyles.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Working with Tables" file="WwTables.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Images" file="WwImages.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Render Frames" file="WwRenderframes.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Shapes" file="WwShapes.html" />
@@ -42,9 +35,6 @@
 			<submenuitem text="Working with Master Pages" file="pagetemplate1.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Page Numbering" file="pagenumber.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="The Short Words Plug-in" file="short-words.html" />
-		</submenuitem>
-		<submenuitem text="Collect for Output" file="collect4output.html">
-		</submenuitem>
                 <submenuitem text="Editing Colors" file="color_editing.html">
 			<submenuitem text="Adding and Editing Colors" file="add_colors.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="The Color Wheel" file="colorwheel.html" />
@@ -63,23 +53,44 @@
 			<submenuitem text="What about Pantone, HKS and others?" file="color10.html" />
 		</submenuitem>
 		<submenuitem text="Importing" file="importhints.html">
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Output Formats" file="importoutput.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing DTP Formats" file="importdtp.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Importing Bitmap Files" file="importbitmap1.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Importing Photoshop Files" file="psd.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="GraphicsMagick" file="importhints4.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Rasterizing Files" file="importhintsraster.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Importing Vector Drawings" file="importhints2.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="Importing EPS" file="importhints1.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="Importing SVG" file="scribus-svg.html" />
-			<submenuitem text="Importing HTML" file="importhints4.html" />
-			<submenuitem text="Importing OpenOffice.org and ODF Files" file="importhints3.html" />
-		</submenuitem>
+			<submenuitem text="Importing CGM Files" file="importcgm.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing EPS and Illustrator Files" file="importhints1.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="Importing FIG Files" file="importfig.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing SVG Files" file="scribus-svg.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Xara Files" file="importxar.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Clipart Formats" file="importclipart.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="UniConvertor" file="importucv.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Text" file="importhints4.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="The Text Filter" file="textfilter.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="Importing OpenOffice.org Writer and ODF Files" file="importhints3.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Word and Palm PDB Files" file="importword.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing HTML Files" file="importhints4.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing XPress Tag Files" file="importxtg.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing 3D Files" file="import3d.html" />
+			<submenuitem text="Importing Other Formats" file="importhints-misc.html" />
+			
+		<submenuitem text="Exporting" file="export.html">
+			<submenuitem text="Collect for Output" file="collect4output.html">
 			<submenuitem text="Exporting to PDF" file="pdfexport1.html">
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Flavors" file="pdflavor.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Export Targets" file="pdfexport2.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Export: Image Compression" file="pdfexport_image.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Export for Screen/Web" file="pdfexport3.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Presentations" file="pdfexport4.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="3D PDF" file="pdf3d.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="Creating Document Links" file="createlinks.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="PDF Forms" file="pdf_form.html"/>
-			<submenuitem text="PDF/X-3" file="pdfx3.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="PDF/X" file="pdfx.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="Exporting XPS Files" file="xps-export.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="Exporting Vector Files" file="export-vector.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="Exporting Bitmap Files" file="export-bitmap.html"/>
 		</submenuitem>
 		<submenuitem text="Printing with Scribus" file="print1.html">
 			<submenuitem text="Printing Tools (1)" file="print2.html"/>
@@ -101,6 +112,7 @@
 			<submenuitem text="ImageMagick" file="toolbox8.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="Inkscape" file="toolbox9.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="Squiggle" file="toolbox3.html"/>
+			<submenuitem text="DrawView" file="toolbox20.html" />
 			<submenuitem text="LProf" file="toolbox14.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="Fontmatrix" file="toolbox16.html"/>
 			<submenuitem text="SwatchBooker" file="toolbox17.html"/>

Modified: trunk/Scribus/doc/en/readme.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=18672&path=/trunk/Scribus/doc/en/readme.html
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--- trunk/Scribus/doc/en/readme.html (original)
+++ trunk/Scribus/doc/en/readme.html Mon Dec 30 01:58:40 2013
@@ -1,226 +1,124 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
-	<title>What’s New in Scribus 1.4.3?</title>
+	<title>What’s New in Scribus 1.6?</title>
 </head>
-<style>
- at import "manual.css";
-</style>
 <body>
-<h2>What’s New in Scribus 1.4.3?</h2>
-<p>This is a cursory overview over the changes in Scribus compared to the latest stable version of the 1.3.3.x series (1.3.3.14).</p>
+<h2>What’s New in Scribus 1.6?</h2>
+<p>This is a cursory overview over the changes in Scribus compared to the latest stable version 1.4.x.</p>
 
-<p><b><i>Note that the file format has changed between 1.3.3.x and 1.4.x and is not backwardly compatible with any prior stable version (1.3.3.14 or earlier). To be precise, you will not be able to open 1.4.x files with version 1.3.3.14 or any earlier version.</i></b></p>
+<p><b><i>Please note that the file format has changed and is not backwardly compatible with any prior stable version (1.4.x or earlier). To be precise, you will not be able to open 1.6.0 files with version 1.4.x or any earlier version.</i></b></p>
 <h3>General</h3>
-<ol>
-<li>On initial launch, Scribus 1.4.x will offer to inherit the configuration data from any existing prior version, but it will store them separately, so you can run Scribus 1.3.3.x in parallel with 1.4.x </li>
-<li>You <b>can</b> install both versions in parallel and run them at the same time. The only caveat is to install them using different installation directories, e.g., 1.3.3.x in <code>/usr/local</code> and 1.4.x in <code>/opt</code> or <code>$home/bin</code> on Linux/UNIX. If you’re building Scribus from source, you can use the <code>-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=</code> argument to configure where Scribus should be installed. On other platforms you can determine the location during the installation process.</li>
-</ol>
-<h3>New in Scribus 1.4.3</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><b>A new snap mode:</b> Items can now be snapped to other items.</li>
+<li><b>“Weld” feature for objects:</b> Move objects together without grouping them.</li>
 
-<h4>Qt4 Port</h4>
-<p>One of the major endeavours on the way from 1.3.3.x to 1.4.x was the porting to the Qt4 toolkit. Among others, it enabled a vastly better performance under Mac OS X, as well as the creation of native DMGs for OS X. Scribus 1.4.x DMGs will run on OS X 10.5 or later. It also enabled a port for the <a href="readme-haiku.html">Haiku operating system</a>.</p>
-
-<h4>More Supported Platforms</h4>
-<p>Scribus now runs on the following platforms: Linux, FreeBSD, PC-BSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Debian GNU/Hurd, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation, Haiku, Windows 2000 SP 4 or later (32-bit), Windows Vista or later (64-bit). It is also available as Scribus Portable for Windows.</p>
-
-<h4>Object Handling</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>Significant enhancements to Multiple Duplicate.</li>
-<li>Transform tools as known from Illustrator.</li>
-<li>New options to align and distribute objects.</li>
-<li>Advanced multiple object selection.</li>
 </ul>
 
-<h4>Text and Typography</h4>
-<h5><b>Typography:</b></h5>
+<h3>Text and Typography</h3>
+<h4>Typography</h4>
 <ul>
-<li>Glyph Extension</li>
-<li>Variable First Line Offset for text frames.</li>
-<li>Character Styles.</li>
-<li>New Style Manager that allows for style hierarchies, cloned styles and style inheritance.</li>
-<li>A new glyph selector which allows for the creation of glyph sets that can be shared between users.</li>
-<li>Major improvements to the hyphenator.</li>
-<li>Optical margins to give the impression of a straighter edge with justified text by moving hyphens, commas and parts of certain glyphs slightly into the margin:</li>
+<li><b>Orphans and widows control:</b></li>
+<li><b>More hyphenation options:</b></li>
 </ul>
 <br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new1.png" title="Optical Margins" alt="Optical Margins" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>Optical Margins</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-<br>
-<h5><b>Text</b></h5>
+<h3><b>Text</b></h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Spellchecking via Hunspell.</li>
-<li>New text variable: Number of pages.</li>
-<li>Undo/Redo is finally available for text-related actions.</li>
+<li><b>Foot- and endnotes:</b></li>
+<li><b>Freely defineable text variables:</b></li>
+<li><b>Text references:</b></li>
+<li><b>Anchored text frames</b></li>
+<li><b>Numbering and Bullets:</b></li>
+<li><b>Inline Frames:</b></li>
+<li><b>Auto-adjustment of text frames to text size</b></li>
 </ul>
 
+<h3>Tables</h3>
+<p>The tables feature has been completely rewritten. Tables in Scribus work now more like those in other DTP and wordprocessing software. Basic table and cell styles have also been implemented.</p>
+
+<h3>Graphics</h3>
+
+<h4>Picture Browser</h4>
+
 <h4>Vector Tools</h4>
-
 <ul>
-<li>New default shapes.</li>
-<li>New Path Tools, like Boolean path operations, lens effects or mesh distortion.</li>
-<li>More options for text on path.</li>
+<li><b>New vector types: Arcs and Spirals:</b></li>
+<li><b>Calligraphic lines:</b></li>
+<li><b>New Path Tools:</b></li>
 </ul>
 <br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new2.png" title="Boolean path operations" alt="Boolean path operations" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>Boolean path operations</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-<br>
 
-<h4>Lines</h4>
+<h4>Raster Images</h4>
 <ul>
-<li>New line styles.</li>
-<li>Line style editor.</li>
+<li><b>Image cache:</b> To prevent Scribus from slowing down with many high resolution images being loaded into a document, an image cache for raster images has been added.</li>
+<li><b>Embedded images:</b> Raster images can now be embedded in Scribus files. Beware, though, that the resulting SLA or even SLA.GZ files may be huge.</li>
 </ul>
 
 
-<h4>Solid Colors, Gradients and Patterns</h4>
+<h3>Solid Colors, Gradients and Patterns</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Major improvements to the Color Wheel (support for multiple color models).</li>
-<li>An option to replace solid colors throughout the whole document.</li>
-<li>Support for external color palette formats (EPS, AI, PS, SOC, GPL).</li>
-<li>Locking of standardized color palettes.</li>
-<li>Many new color palettes, among them the national standard color sets of Australia, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as Resene® color and dtp studio collections.</li>
-<li>New gradient types.</li>
-<li>Support for pattern fills: All graphics formats supported by Scribus can be used as patterns.</li>
-<li>Emulation of color blindness for all colors in a document.</li>
+<li><b>Enhanced resource management:</b></li>
+<li><b>More gradient fills:</b></li>
+<li><b>More supported pattern formats:</b></li>
 </ul>
 <br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new5.png" title="Replacing solid colors" alt="Replacing solid colors" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>Replacing solid colors</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
+
+
+<h3>Import Filters</h3>
+<p>A considerable amount of work has been spent on new import filters, as well as improving existing filters.</p>
+<h4>General</h4>
+
+<h4>Improved Import Filters</h4>
+<ul>
+<li><b>Adobe Illustrator:</b></li>
+<li><b>PDF:</b></li>
+<li><b>PostScript:</b></li>
+<li><b>OpenDocument Text:</b> The new text features, like footnotes and lists, will be imported automatically from ODT files.</li>
+</ul>
+<h4>New Import Filters</h4>
+<ul>
+<li><b>Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM):</b> CGM is a 2D vector format standard that has been around for a long time and is still being developed, especially for technical drawings. The new filter is supposed to import most CGM files correctly.</li>
+<li><b>GraphicsMagick Plug-in:</b> Almost all file formats supported by GraphicsMagick can now be imported into Scribus. Note, though, that to save space in the drop-down menu of the file selectors, the many formats aren't listed separately. Also note that Scribus will always use its internal, PoDoFo’s or Ghostscript’s filters instead of GraphicsMagick if a file format is supported by the latter.</li>
+<li><b>InDesign/InCopy:</b> While reverse-engineering InDesign's binary format (INDD) is still a work in progress, Adobe has released a complete specification of the XML version of that format (IDML). Scribus 1.6 is being shipped with a basic import filter for this format, which will be improved and refined over time. It will also import InDesign XML Snippets (IDMS) and InCopy XML files (ICML).</li>
+<li><b>Micrografx Draw (DRW):</b> This a file format of the once popular Micrografx Draw graphics software for Windows 3 and 95. Since many vector collections using this format are still around, an import filter has been written.</li>
+<li><b>MS Publisher (PUB):</b> An importer for PUB files has been made possible by the creation of <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/libmspub/">libmspub</a>, wich is also used for Publisher import into LibreOffice. It is supposed to import all Publisher versions.</li>
+<li><b>Progressive Graphics File (PGF):</b> This is a fairly new image format, designed to replace JPEG, just like JPEG 2000 does, but emphasizing speed and quality over compression ratio.</li>
+<li><b>UniConvertor Plug-in:</b> As with the GraphicsMagick plug-in, Scribus won’t list any of the file types supported by UniConvertor to save space in file selectors. It will also ignore UniConvertor for importing file formats, for which Scribus provides generic importers.</li>
+<li><b>WordPerfect Graphics (WPG):</b> Scribus uses an improved version of libwpg to import the clipart format of WordPerfect Office.</li>
+<li><b>VIVA Designer:</b> Like InDesign, VIVA Designer allows for exporting XML versions of its native format. These can now be imported into Scribus.</li>
+<li><b>Xara Designer (XAR):</b> Xara Designer (formerly known as Xara Xtreme) is known as one of the most powerful vector drawing programs. Its file format (XAR) is well-documented, and thanks to many contributions from professional Xara users, the Scribus Team has been able to create an excellent XAR filter, whose implementation resulted in the addition of many new features in Scribus.</li>
+<li><b>XML Paper Specification (XPS, OXPS):</b> XML is an alternative to PDF originally developed by Microsoft and now maintained and updated by ECMA International. Scribus 1.6 can import both the original Microsoft version (XPS) and the modified versions as standardized by ECMA (OXPS).</li>
+<li><b>XPress Tags (XTG):</b> XTG is a format created by Quark to exchange text layouts between documents. Scribus 1.6 provides a basic import filter for XTG files created by Quark XPress, which will be improved and refined over time. Note that XPress Tags is not identical to Xtags, which is an enhanced version of XPress Tags provided by a third party.</li>
+</ul>
 <br>
 
-<h4>Transparency</h4>
+
+<h3>PDF Features</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Blending modes as known from Photoshop or GIMP are now available for all objects in a Scribus document and can also be applied to layers.</li>
+<li><b>Support for PDF-X1a and PDF-X4:</b></li>
+<li><b>Support for PDF 3D features, using OpenSceneGraph:</b></li>
+<li><b>Substantial improvements for PDF Forms:</b></li>
 </ul>
 
-<h4>Render Frames</h4>
+<h3>Other Export Features</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>One of the major new features is the introduction of Render Frames, a special frame type that allows for rendering the output of programs like LaTeX, Lilypond or POV-Ray inside Scribus.</li></ul>
-<br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new3.png" title="Render Frame Editor" alt="Render Frame Editor" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>Render Frame Editor</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
+<li>A basic XPS exporter has been added.</li>
+</ul>
+
 <br>
 
-<h4>Barcode Writer</h4>
+<h3>Usability/User Interface</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>The Barcode Writer underwent a significant overhaul and now supports the creation of all major barcode formats, including QR.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>Import Filters</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>A considerable amount of work has been spent on new import filters for vector formats, most notably Adobe Illustrator (AI). Scribus can now import both EPS and PDF based AI files. Other filters are: Windows Metafile (WMF), Xfig (FIG), Calamus Vector Graphics (CVG), Macintosh PICT (PICT), Kivio Stencils (SML) and Dia Shapes (SHAPE).</li></ul>
-
-<br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new4.png" title="Adobe Illustrator import" alt="Adobe Illustrator import" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>Adobe Illustrator import</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-<br>
-
-<h4>Image Handling</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>New non-destructive image effects.</li>
-<li>Better handling of PSD-specific features, like clipping paths and layers.</li>
-<li>Major improvements to the image manager.</li>
+<li><b>New Properties Palette:</b> The Properties Palette has been rewritten and is now dockable.</li>
+<li><b>Document Setup/Preferences:</b></li>
+<li><b>File Preview: The preview in file selectors works for all types of graphics files, including vector graphics.</b></li>
+<li><b>Snap Mode:</b> The “snap” mode for guides is now active by default.</li>
 </ul>
 <br>
-<table width="100%">
-  <tbody>
-    <tr>
-      <td align="center"><img src="images/new6.png" title="The new image manager" alt="The new image manager" /></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><div align="center"><i>The new image manager</i></div></td>
-    </tr>
-  </tbody>
-</table>
-<br>
+<h3>The Scripter</h3>
+<p>The Scripter has been completely rewritten. Aside from being more flexible to add new scripting languages in the future, it provides many more features to create and modify documents, as well as adding new features by using Python scripts.</p>
+<h3>Help System</h3>
 
-<h4>Layers</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>Scribus layers can now be exported as PDF layers (PDF 1.5 only).</li>
-<li>Duplicate Layers feature.</li>
-<li>Wireframe mode for layers to speed up performance.</li>
-<li>Enforceable text flow around objects on a lower layer.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>Pre-press</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>Enhancements to the Print Preview, like indication of ink coverage.</li>
-<li>Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.</li>
-<li>New pre-press features, like bleed and printing marks.</li>
-<li>Optional conversion of spot colors to process colors.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>PDF Export</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>Support for PDF 1.5 features, e.g. slide effects for PDF presentations or PDF layers.</li>
-<li>Optional embedding of EPS and PDF files in PDF documents.</li>
-<li>Better font subsetting.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>Usability</h4>
-<p>Much work has been spent on major and minor usability improvements throughout the whole program, e.g.:</p>
-<ul>
-<li>A search feature for the Document Outline.</li>
-<li>Many more viewing options, including a document preview without guides and frame borders.</li>
-<li>One-click activation of color management.</li>
-<li>Context menu for the document canvas with options to insert vector graphics directly or to activate viewing options</li>
-<li>Many more options to automate and speed up the insertion of frames (e.g. Insert Frame dialog, “Sticky Tools” option).</li>
-<li>Enhancements to the Scrapbook.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<h4>Templates</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>Many templates, donated by artists, have been added.</li>
-<li>We have finally begun to translate the template categories and template descriptions into other languages.</li>
-</ul>
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-<h4>Help System</h4>
-<ul>
-<li>The content of the Online Help system has almost doubled since the relase of the latest stable version 1.3.3.14. Moreover, major parts of the existing documentation have been updated or completely rewritten to reflect the feature set of Scribus 1.4+.</li>
-<li>Many new tooltips have been added, and existing ones have been expanded.</li>
-<li>Online help resources are now accessible from the <i>Help</i> menu.</li>
-</ul>
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