Aignesberger Software GmbH

We have just uploaded a first beta of AM-Notebook 5.2.0. One of the new features (PRO edition only) is a new note type to paint diagrams and flowcharts as the following screenshot shows.

Even if you have never used a similar drawing tool before, it is very easy to create flowcharts and diagrams. AM-Notebook contains many pre-defined objects and symbols that can be inserted and connected with lines. If you move objects around, the relationships between these objects are remembered.

Another major change is full Unicode support in all program modules, also the spreadsheet has got several improvements and enhancements. The download with a complete list of changes can be found in the Beta section.

After a few months of silence, we’re preparing a first beta of the next version of AM-Notebook, v5.1. This version will bring some nice new features and improvements. If everything goes well, we can release it in the last week of January 2009.

Quickly open notes

Something that often annoyed me was the process of finding and opening a specific note, especially when you have hundreds of notes stored. Version 5.1 has now a search field in the “Notes by date” dialog, that lets you quickly search and open notes with just a few keystrokes.

1. Use Ctrl+F5 to open that dialog
2. Enter one or more search words
3. Use the arrow keys to select a note (more notes can be selected by holding the shift key pressed)
4. Press the Enter key to open the note

In the meantime I mainly use that way to open my notes, it just works fantastic.

Locking tabs

Tab-locking was a very often requested feature that is now finally implemented in version 5.1. Having it available is a really nice thing, I never thought that I use it that much. Locked tabs will stay open permanently, it’s not possible to close them or open another note in the same tab. If a locked tab is selected, then opening a new note will automatically open it in a new tab.