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NeatWorks Changelog

What's new in NeatWorks 4.0.1.31

Jun 11, 2013
  • Multi-page scanning:
  • If you use a Neat mobile scanner, Neat for Mac now supports scanning multiple pages as a single document into PDF. For example, you can scan a 12-page contract and save it as a single PDF file.
  • Item View restored for all users
  • Many fixes were made around scanning, sync, and scanner support to dramatically improve overall stability and performance!
  • Sync Improvements:
  • You no longer need to log in each time you use Neat for Mac.
  • If you use NeatCloud, the sync completion percentages are now more
  • accurate. Follow-up syncs are more efficient and less noticeable.
  • Usability Improvements:
  • UI Improvements: Multiple cosmetic changes have been made to labels and pop-ups to improve your overall user experience. For instance, the scanner calibration and cleaning screens now include more relevant images and instructions.
  • Email expense reports: All users should now be able to email expense reports from within the app.
  • Local currency settings: We have restored the ability for users to view amounts in their local currency setting.

New in NeatWorks 3.5.6.3 (Mar 26, 2012)

  • Now with Tax Categories for 2011.

New in NeatWorks 3.5.5 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Folder tree draws correctly without horizontal scrolling under 10.7.
  • Migration problems from very early version Cabinet files resolved.
  • Keyboard shortcut conflict for NeatWorks help fixed.
  • Combining items from different folders could cause crash..
  • ScanSnap and image only PDFs were not correctly analyzed under 10.7.
  • Print to NW imports were always processed as a receipt even if document or contact was selected.

New in NeatWorks 3.5.4 (Oct 31, 2011)

  • Now compatible with OS X 10.7 “Lion”.
  • Improved stability for 2008 and earlier NeatDesk scanners under 10.6.8.
  • Inbox and Address Book might appear in reversed order under 10.5.
  • Quitting while multiple items were in process could cause errors.
  • Hang when trying to email the same report multiple times.
  • Uncommitted edits could be lost if window is resized or a new item was scanned.
  • Guided tour window partially hid video playback controls.
  • Very large PDF files could take a long time to complete analysis.
  • Problems importing read-only PDF files
  • Combining items in a Smart Folder could cause crash.
  • NeatWorks now searches all defined fields, not just the ones displayed in table.
  • Print to NeatWorks and items dragged to dock were sometimes placed in a folder other than the Inbox.
  • Various stability improvements based on user-reported crashes.

New in NeatWorks 3.5.3 (May 11, 2011)

  • Release Notes revised to removed outdated information.
  • Improved deskewing peformance for post-2009 mobile scanner
  • Various stability improvements based on user-reported crashes.

New in NeatWorks 2.1.1 (Mar 30, 2009)

  • FIX Improved scanning performance! All scans are faster, particularly of scans of smaller items. For instance, color business card scans have tested more than 35% faster (scan time, not including analysis). Exact performance improvement may vary depend on your processor and memory.
  • NEW Collections now oï¬?er to convert items of a diï¬?erent type (such as a receipt dropped on a document collection). The behavior can be customized in Collection Info panel reached by clicking on the â?¹ button below the source panel.
  • NEW Scanner driver for NeatDesk scanner (coming soon! check out www.neatco.com/mac )
  • NEW Collections that are set to Folder Sync now have a "Sync" overlay icon:
  • NEW Scan Settings for automatic document feed scanners : Separate / Combined to control whether you create one item for every page scanner, or one multi-page item
  • NEW Fujitsu scanners now respect scan destinations and scan settings. If set to B&W scanning, all pages that are analyzed will be converted to B&W. Other pages may be converted manually in Item Inspector (Image Edit/Convert...)
  • FIX Fujitsu miscropping on B&W scans in version 2.1.0
  • FIX Improved Address Book loading, more accurate summary information
  • FIX Item type can now be changed while the item is being OCR'd, and the correct analysis will be performed.
  • FIX Preview and preview thumbnails are now kept up to date across addition or removal of pages.
  • FIX Items deleted from collections that are set to synchronize with a directory ("Folder Sync") now delete the associated PDF in the sync folder.
  • FIX Time oï¬?set problems with imported PDFs
  • FIX Unusual unicode characters in the Notes ï¬?eld no longer interfere with Quicken export
  • FIX Scroll buttons of the ï¬?elds in the Item View. Also ï¬?xes mouse wheel scrolling of some mice.
  • FIX Fujitsu scanners now scan with improved quality, resulting in signiï¬?cantly better character recognition. This does slow down image processing, particularly with color images, but accuracy is greatly enhanced.
  • FIX Improved cropping. Crops should be more accurate.
  • FIX Removed Street Address 2 ï¬?eld. Two line street addresses can now be handled as a multiline Street Address--exactly as in the Address Book.
  • FIX Table column sets are preserved for Smart Collections
  • FIX Resetting table columns on Inbox now works. Reset Table Column added to main View menu (still is also available on table column dropdown)
  • FIX New collections take their columns from the currently displayed columns, unless you change the Collection Type, in which case they use the columns from the default collection for the new type.
  • FIX Many stability and performance improvements, particularly in Mobile Scanner driver.
  • FIX Accuracy improvements to Business Card and Receipt analyzers
  • FIX Currency ï¬?elds are now exported as decimal numbers in CSV ï¬?les for improved compatibility.
  • CHANGE Neat scanner diagnostics now support NeatDesk as well as Neat Mobile.

New in NeatWorks 2.0.4 (Feb 4, 2009)

  • FIX: Many performance and resource usage improvements.
  • FIX: Address Book load now occurs in background, resulting in significantly faster application startup.
  • FIX: Contact analysis accuracy improvements.
  • FIX: Autocomplete was wrongly enabled on some unique Contact fields.
  • FIX: Two line street addresses now match up with Address Book.
  • FIX: Quick and Full processing modes now work for imported PDFs and ScanSnap scans.
  • For performance reasons, Full mode will only process the first 20 pages.
  • FIX: Bugs related to imported large PDFs and scans from ScanSnap scanners
  • FIX: Problem where dropping an image file on the dock icon results in a phantom duplicate item in the Inbox.
  • FIX: Checkbox fields in table view can now be resized.
  • FIX: A bug causing the error "NRMERR_GENERAL_INVALID_IMAGE" to be thrown during processing.
  • FIX: Summary information in source pane is now always up to date.
  • FIX: "Save and Close" button now saves changes to the Notes field when it still has focus
  • FIX: "Save and Close" button now appears on Mac OS X 10.4
  • FIX: The menu command item of ( View >> Next Page ) for the Inspector View is now enabled.
  • FIX: Problem where Ampersand treated were being treated incorrectly in Bug/Crash report feedback.