Product Release
Notice
 
 
MathMagic Newsletter 2003.2
[Math+Magic] Public Beta release of MathMagic Pro Edition v5.0 for InDesign & QuarkXPress
 
  Dear valued users of MathMagic,

 We are pleased to release MathMagic Pro v5.0 Public Beta for both QuarkXPress™ 6.x and InDesign™ CS.

Some heavy users have worked closely with us until now during the Alpha stage and early release of Beta versions for the last few months.
And we believe that this is much stabilized version and you can try without too much worry.

Since you were interested in beta testing of MathMagic 5.0, we would like to offer you this new Public Beta version that has many improved features and equation quality.

+ Authorization ----------------

Here are the download links and Authorization info for testing:

* MathMagic Pro Edition v5.0b50 for Adobe InDesign 2.0x & CS for Mac OS X

 <www.mathmagic.com/d ownload/Installers/MMPro5.0b50InDInstall.sit>

 * Product: MathMagic Pro Edition for Adobe InDesign for Mac OS X
* Customer #: NPMINR-MU4-10383EF
* Serial #: FSAH-XKQC-XMCL
* Expiration date(M/D/Y): 12/20/2004


* MathMagic Pro Edition v5.0b50 for QuarkXPress 6 for Mac OS X

 <www.mathmagic.com/download/Installers/MMPro5.0b50QXPInstall.sit>

 * Product: MathMagic Pro Edition for QuarkXPress for Mac OS X
* Customer #: NPMQNR-MU4-18201F1
* Serial #: DBAE-XGGH-XMCA
* Expiration date(M/D/Y): 12/20/2004


* If you are a MathMagic Personal Edition user, you can try either of the above links. And just use the MathMagic Pro Edition application only, without linking QuarkXPress or InDesign. But please note that some of the Pro Edition features may not be avaiable when the Personal Edition is released.

We are expecting to release a new set of MathMagic fonts in both TrueType & OpenType format when the final version is released.


+ Bug Report ---------------

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, please visit the following pages and submit your comments.

* Bug reports
<www.mathmagic.com/support/br.html>

* Suggestions
<www.mathmagic.com/support/suggestion.html>


We would like to offer you some period of MathMagic license for those of you who send us any valuable bug reports or suggestions, when we release the final version which we expect to release within one month.


+ Change History ---------------
  • Added: More than 30 new setting fields added to Preferences->Spacing dialog for accurate adjustment of gap, thickness, and shape.
  • Added: More items added to Preferences->Style and Preferences->Size dialog.
  • Added: Better support for OpenType fonts in Preferences->Style list, and bold/italic font face switching from menu.
  • Added: Nudge movement(option+arrow keys) for selection and Nudge floating window.
  • Added: More kinds of space added.
  • Added: New Negates, Horizontal & vertical Strut bar templates added.
  • Added: Many more symbols added to Symbol palettes and Symbol popup palettes reordered.
  • Added: Show Center line and other new menu items added to View menu.
  • Added: Change Size Unit dialog added for other size units(q, mm, in) than pt.
  • Added: Auto Apply Style submenu added to Style menu, which let user turn on/off automatic styling.
  • Added: Subscript/Superscript box and Sub-subscript box can have new font style settings separately.
  • Added: User configurable TeX spacing rule for each Left/Right part combination in Preferences->Spacing.
  • Added: Shape pane added in Preferences dialog.
  • Added: Summation large symbol can be changed between Western shape & Eastern shape.
  • Added: Bold faced template can be added by pressing option key while clicking on a template button.
  • Added: New symbols added to MathMagic symbol fonts.
  • Changed: Factory Setting values of Define Spacing dialog have been
  • changed to make better equation quality.
  • Changed: MMF file format is changed and may cause some problem with backward compatibility for some templates and settings.
  • Fixed: StyleSet pop-up menu item matching with the current window
  • fixed & improved.
  • Fixed: Trailing space characters handled for Customer # and Serial # fields in Authorization dialog.
  • Fixed: File export & export process is more stabilized against unexpected situation.
  • Fixed: Many other bugs fixed.

If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.
support@mathmagic.com