New! BusinessCard Composer 5

WDPX-Frank Wollweber, 38855 Wernigerode, Germany

daniel, 10.15.2009 BusinessCard Composer 5

Now available with many new features and functions! BusinessCard Composer is the beloved software for creating business- and visit cards. BusinessCard Composer is powerful and easy to use. So it is the perfect fit businesses and private users.

These are the new functions and features of BusinessCard Composer 5:

General

Added auto save functionality, which helps to restore documents after an unintentional computer shutdown (adjustable in the Preferences dialog);
Introduced integration with Apple iPhoto 09 and Aperture;
Added the ability to create custom layouts of any size, not only A4 or Letter, which is done in the Custom Page dialog;
Added more paper layouts from ACCO, Ace Label, Hisago, Pimaco, and Xerox;
Introduced integration for Google Maps, which enables you to mark your business location on a map and place an image of it on your card to provide exact directions;
Added 140 new (retail edition only) and 210 re-designed business card templates;
Supported barcodes - Code 128, QR and Data Matrix 2D barcodes allow you to encode contact details, URLs, or any other information for easy sharing and processing.

Design Tools

Introduced vertical and horizontal guidelines, which can be locked/unlocked and differ in color;
Added the ability to group objects;
Added Linear and Radial gradients, as well as an Image Fill option;
Improved image cropping with the new In-place Crop mode;
Added multi-line text boxes;
Added customizable Smart Guides, which help to snap objects to their edges, centers, or both;
Introduced labels for all text fields (e.g. Address, Phone, etc.);
Added independent orientation of the front and back sides of the card.

Improved Assistant

Reorganized the category structure of ready-made designs;
Improved navigation;
Added the ability to preview multiple designs simultaneously;
Added the ability to delete custom templates right from the Assistant;
Introduced a preview of both sides of double-sided cards;
Improved the way Assistant works with Expose.

Interface Changes

Added a Document tab into the Inspector for changing page layout, orientation, or viewing document size;
Integrated the Apple Address Book into the Source panel, which enables you to sort and search for contacts;
Added into the Inspector the ability to select the address that corresponds to the text fields (Work, Home, or Other);
Improved integration with Image Tricks, which allows you to generate images and backgrounds directly in the program;
Introduced tooltips for all interface elements;
Added options into the context menu to rotate objects 90 degrees left/right;
Introduced the ability to constantly keep Toolbar tools active via a double click;
Added the option to send your custom layout to the developer;
Added a Recently Used tab to the Change Layout dialog and Assistant;
Introduced the option to view Foreground objects on the Background (View > Show Foreground Objects);
Added a Save as Template option for convenient access to the design you have created and plan to use in the future;
Added a Capitalization tool, which makes the letters of a text field all capital, all lowercase, or only the first letters capital (available in the Text tab of the Inspector).

Other Improvements

Improved the clipart search;
Updated measurement units to correspond to System Preferences units;
Fixed a problem with the stepper that changes the degree of rotation;
Added the ability to rotate objects using corner handles and the keyboard (Alt+Left/Right arrows);
Extended the image merge capability by allowing you to use several lists for different merged images;
Added the ability to choose encoding for imported file data;
Added the ability to insert date and time;
Improved export to PDF. Now one or two pages can be exported;
Added four PDF filters;
Revised name fields. Now first and last names are separated;
Added a Get Images from Subfolders checkbox when importing images from a custom folder;
Added a Find feature for searching text fragments.

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