In this Issue:
Dear Xequte Software User,
Earlier this year we conducted a survey of recent MailList King customers to determine which of our long list of potential features we should work on. The results were very illuminating, and we were particularly surprised that - far and away - the most requested feature was a Web Form generator. The ranked feature request list is permanently posted on our wall and we review it frequently. As a result we have included both a Web Form Creation wizard and another popular feature (SMS sending) in our new release, v8.0. Together with Outlook Contacts Synchronization (added in our last release), this means we've already implemented three of the top five requests with more to come.
We expect to conduct similar surveys for our other products in 2009.
This month we have gone all out with updates of our four main products. Please review the details below and let us know if you have any problems.
Regards
Nigel Cross
Xequte Software
nigel@xequte.com
P.S. If you find this newsletter interesting please forward it to your friends :-) If it was dull perhaps you can email me some jokes to include next month ;-)
* MailList King V8.0 Released
MailList King allows you to manage and communicate with a mailing list from your own computer. V8.0 is a major upgrade incorporating numerous enhancements with a particular focus on the top features requested in our recent customer survey.
Top Twenty Changes:
Complete Change List: http://www.xequte.com/maillistking/changes.html
More Info and Evaluation download: http://www.xequte.com/maillistking/download.html
* V8.0 Upgrade Information and Offers
V8.0 is a free upgrade to all users who purchased a license or upgrade after July 1, 2008. Everyone who qualifies should already have been emailed a new serial number (e-mail us if not).
Other registered users can upgrade at:
Also, to make upgrading easier we are providing an extra 20% off for five days. For details go to: Note: This offer is only available from this link and expires at midnight, November 20, 2008.
* DVD PixPlay V4.05 Released
DVD PixPlay allows you to create slideshow discs from your digital photos and videos for playback on DVD players and computers. V4.05 adds some important features and fixes a number of issues.
Top Five Changes:
Complete Change List: http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/changes.html
More info and download: http://www.xequte.com/pixplay/
(Simply install the new version over your old one. No new key is required if you are already using v4.*).
* Smart Pix Manager and MegaView V10.1 Updates
Smart Pix and MegaView allow you to manage and view your multimedia, documents and digital image collection. V10.1 is a minor update that addresses a variety of issues in v10.
Smart Pix Manager:
More info and download: http://www.xequte.com/smartpix/
(Simply install the new version over your old one. No new key is required if you are already using v10).
MegaView:
More info and download: http://www.xequte.com/megaview/
(Simply install the new version over your old one. No new key is required if you are already using v10).
* Program Tips
- MailList King: Search for all recipients of any message you have sent
We've added a powerful new recipient search option, "Recipients of Message". Now you can search for all recipients of any message you have sent. You might use this to send a follow-up message to the same recipients, or send a different message to recipients not included in an earlier sending.
- MailList King: Send SMS messages to mobile phones
In V8 we have added support for sending of SMS messages to mobile phones. MLK needs to connect to a web-based SMS Delivery Service for delivery, this allows sending to mobile phones anywhere in the world without the complications related to local variations between mobile phone providers. We have added a FAQ to help you with the set up:
- DVD PixPlay: Timing your music with your Frames
Firstly, if you simply want to automatically stretch the slideshow display to match the length of the background music use the "Automatically stretch the slideshow to background music" option.
However if you need much more control over your timing you can use the "Align to Frames" function.
Let's say you have two songs named "Song_A" and "Song_B" and six frames named "Photo_1" to "Photo_6". You want each song to play for three frames.
1. Go into Edit > Slideshow Properties, Background Music tab.
2. Select Song_A and click "Align to Frames"
3. Choose "Photo_3" and click OK
» Song_A will now play while Photo_1, Photo_2 and Photo_3 are showing
4. Select Song_B and click "Align to Frames"
5. Choose "Photo_6" as the "Align to Frame"
6. Specify "Photo_4" as "Don't stretch frames prior to" (so the display times up to Photo_3 are not changed)
7. Click OK
» Song_B will now play while Photo_4, Photo_5 and Photo_6 are showing
- Smart Pix/MegaView: Browsing Zips like normal folders
With v10 you can now browse Zip files as if there were normal folders, including the display of thumbnails for images in the Zip. Check the relevant option under Tools > Options, Other to enable Zip browsing. Your default password can even be specified.
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