Category: Desktop Publishing

This page contains all new features, changes and bug fixes since the first official release of the program version.

Build 9143 – 2024-06-06

New features

• New AI options and palette for text (manual chapter “Working with AI”)
• New options for AI-based image editing (manual chapter “Working with AI”)
• New menu in the “Layers” palette.
• New option “Show all Layers”, “Hide all Layers” in the menu of the “Layers” palette.
• New option “Lock all Layers”, “Unlock all Layers” in the menu of the “Layers” palette.
• Translations to and from “Arabic”.
• Support of XLSX files as data source. (Database Publishing)
• Opened documents can also be saved locally in the VivaCloud edition if necessary.
• New keyboard shortcut for the option “Margin & Columns”.  [#2326]
• Fully automatic background installation (Windows only)
• Support of the latest Duden (version Duden v3.8).
• Open sample documents in read-only mode.
• New icons for the user-defined toolbars.

Bug fixes

• Error in the display of separators for merged/connected table rows.

Manual

• Updated manual (Installation etc.).
• New chapter “Working with AI”.

Improvements

• Improvements to the “Cut/Copy/Paste” behavior in the WebEdition version.
• Improvements to the interaction with the input fields for floating point numbers.
• Improvements to the positioning of anchored objects .  [VHD-9779]
• Improvements to the visualization of drag & drop within lists (e.g. layer palette).
• Improvements to the display of missing objects in the library. [VHD-10133]
• Improvements to the output of error messages that occur during the activation of upgrade codes.
• Improvements to the display of text paths in the “Layers” palette.

InDesign Import Improvements

• Improvements when importing documents with alternative page formats.

Build 9119 – 2024-02-22

Important note

FILE FORMAT CHANGES: DOCUMENTS SAVED IN VERSION 11 BUILD 9119 CANNOT BE OPENED IN OLDER VERSIONS OF VIVADESIGNER.

New features

• New option “Separable tables” (within text chains).
• New option “Purchases” in the Help menu shows the account balance and the consumption of “VIVA Points”.

Improvements

• Improved preview for faulty SVG images (e.g. from Adobe Illustrator) that have no height and width.
• Acceleration when working with the VivaCloud
• Improved import of InDesign documents with anchored objects.
• Improved import of InDesign documents (larger than 1 GB) with an extremely large number of images.

Bug fixes

• [VHD-9414] Error when creating cross-document directories.
• [VHD-9476] Error when importing/uploading PDF in the server environment.

Build 9111 – 2024-01-22

Important note

FILE FORMAT CHANGES: DOCUMENTS SAVED IN VERSION 11 BUILD 9111 CANNOT BE OPENED IN OLDER VERSIONS OF VIVADESIGNER.

New features

• New access rights for importing images, texts and objects.
• New access rights for managing document pages and Alias pages.
• New option for mapping alias pages to document pages with the option of overwriting the content of document pages with the content of alias pages.

Manual

• Updated manual (Working in a Team > Access Rights, etc.).
• New chapter “Workflow”.
• New chapter “Keyboard and mouse commands”.

Bug fixes

• Error when opening VIVA sample documents.
• Error when opening template documents.
• Crash when closing the color dialog.
• Error when creating shapes.
• Error when searching & replacing.
• Incorrect size during SVG export.
• Crash during PDF export of collections with the option “Print individual pages”. The option only has an effect when exporting individual documents. This should remain so, so only the crash has been fixed.
• Crash when mapping Alias pages with headers and footers on document pages.
• [VHD-9296] Program crash when changing page preview settings.
• [VHD-8850] Error when deleting Alias pages with “Del” or “Backspace”.
• [VHD-8709] Incorrect PDF-Export with line ends “Round Caps”.
• [VHD-9107] Incorrect assignment of imported PDF documents when updating images.
• [VHD-9346] Incorrect trim box and bleed box during PDF export of collections.
• [VHD-8477] Some variable fonts could not be used under Windows.

Improvements

• Improvement when loading files from WebDrives.
• Faster opening and saving of documents.
• Automatic recognition of email addresses and URLs during export improved.
• Accelerated PDF export of collections (spelling correction is ignored).
• Changes to the behavior of WebEdition with regard to access rights when creating and opening libraries.
• Improvement of RGB color display for PNG, JPG and SVG export.
• Improvement of the EPUB format.
• Optimization in the area of image management (avoidance of multiple copies of an image within the document).
• Support of the latest Duden (version Duden v3.7.4).

InDesign Import Improvements

• InDesign documents are opened with the “Fit Spread in Window” view.
• Support of the InDesign attribute for paragraph background for texts.
• Support of the InDesign attribute for paragraph borders for texts.

Build 9094 – 2023-10-04

Bug fixes

• [VHD-8477] Some variable fonts could not be used under Windows.
  Crash when mapping Alias pages to document pages with variable text objects including headers and footers.
• Optimization in the area of image management.

Improvements

• Optimierung im Bereich der Verwaltung von Bildern.

New features

• The program now distinguishes between the “Assign Alias Pages (Keep Content)” option and the “Assign Alias Pages (Overwrite Content)” option when assigning Alias pages via the context menu in the Pages palette. Please refer to the explanations in the manual, which has been updated accordingly.

Build 9094 – 2023-09-26

Important note

FILE FORMAT CHANGES: DOCUMENTS SAVED IN VERSION 11 BUILD 9094 CANNOT BE OPENED IN OLDER VERSIONS OF VIVADESIGNER.

InDesign Import Improvements

• New option “Quality control”.
• New option “Split tables”.

Bug fixes

• Incorrect size when importing/exporting SVG images (Ticket: VHD-8162).
• Crash when deleting an image from an image frame with white space optimization turned on (Ticket: VHD-8493).
• Infinite loop when automatically loading Google Fonts from the Internet (Ticket: VHD-8557).

Build 9090 – 2023-08-25

First official program version

Build 9081 (Beta) – 2023-06-09

General

• Incorrect application of nested styles corrected.
• Changing the order of layers on the Alias pages did not work.
• Support for Duden v3.7.3.

InDesign Import Improvements

• Support for importing text hyperlinks.
• Enhanced Line Styles (Objects & Paragraph Rules). [#2319]
• Enhanced Line Styles for “Underline” and “Strikethrough”. [#2320]
• Create QR-Codes from Comments.

2018-12-03 – Version 9.5 (Build 8203)

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with OPI Information for TIFF images (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with display of font styles in the Quick Access Palette (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with PDF export with TIFF images that couldn’t be loaded (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with PDF export in the NWP server process [#2152]
• Fixed a problem with PDF export in the PDF/X-3 Format [#2152]
• Fixed a problem with importing PDFs
• Fixed a problem with exporting XML files (writing permission missing)

Improvements:

• Impoved import of polygons in InDesign IDML
• When opening documents of newer program versions, the version with which the document was created is displayed. (VD, VN)

New features:

• New dialog to display data protection rules [#2122]

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2018-03-05 – Version 9.5 (Build 8202)

Changes:

• Sort the results of WebDrive queries using the parameters “nwp_sort_field” and “nwp_sort_order”. (VN)

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a crash in connection with layers [#2080]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash in connection with Bar codes on Mac OS X [#2075]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash when importing TIFF images with an OPI tag. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with a possible image offset of half a point when exporting PDF/X-4 [VHD-01]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with color profiles in the PDF export in connection with the ScriptEngine
• Fixed a problem with PDF export with images linked from an Internet drive/VivaCloud [#2098]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with display of shortcut commands in the menu with the “Neutral Interface Design” on Mac OS X [#2074]. (VD)

Improvements:

• The Quicklook module on Mac OS X is now part of the program. (VD, VN)
• Copy and Paste in connection with locked layers [#2081]. (VD, VN)
• With some PDF/X documents an unnecessary conversion was made during PDF export that could lead to loss of quality.
• Extension of the ScriptEngine with the new options for changing the settings “Embed All Used Fonts” and “Disable System Fonts”.
• Display Arabic Text from right to left in multi-column text objects [#2099]. (VD, VN)

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2017-12-01 – Version 9.5 (Build 8197)

Changes:

• New functions and support for FTP Proxies
• Improved Login dialog for virtual drives. [#2069]

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with saving documents in the VivaCloud. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash when scrolling or navigating [#2070]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with PDF Export in connection with layers [#2061]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with flattening transparencies in PDFs that were placed in a document as an image. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with paths in virtual drives (VivaCloud). (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with rendering EPS images in the PDF export (Windows 32 Bit Version only). (VN)
• Fixed a crash when importing XML objects with images. (VN)
• Fixed a problem with the dynamic font update while the program is running. (VD, VN)

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2017-09-29 – Version 9.5 (Build 8191)

Summary:

• This update is absolutely necessary if you want to use the program under macOS 10.13.
• This update is absolutely necessary if you want to use the program under Windows XP.

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2017-07-21 – Version 9.5 (Build 8188)

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with printing with an offset [#2046]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with duplication of Alias pages [#2045]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with updating the Pages palette in XML files [#2043,#VHD-193]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with updating the Module palette in XML files [#2044,#VHD-195]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with exporting TIFF files. This problem was partly responsible for for a bad screen display of TIFF files. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with the setting for automatic linking of text frames in the XML import.(VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash with settings for text object columns in the Preferences [#2040]. (VD, VN)

Changes:

• Change in the setting for automatic text frames and grid are now only possible in new documents.(VD)

Improvements:

• IDML import in relation to non-printable objects [#2049]. (VD, VN)
• IDML import in relation to color blends/gradients that refer to unavailable colors [#2047]. (VD, VN)
• IDML import in relation to taking over the setting for automatic text frame linking. (VD, VN)

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2017-07-04 – Version 9.5 (Build 8187)

Summary:

• Official Release of Version 9.5 (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• The update is free of charge for all users of 9.0
• All 9.0 license files or license codes can be used for 9.5
• This update is optional, but strongly recommended, since as well as including new functions it offers many improvements and bugfixes.
• Important Notice: The file format has changed between 9.0 and 9.5. This means that you can not open documents that are saved with 9.5 in Version 9.0.

User Interface

• Identical Interfaces for dialogs and palettes. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Multiple workspaces for sorting the different palettes on the monitor. (VD, VN)
• Documents are shown as tabs. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• The program shows a tool tip with the file path when the mouse is positioned over the tab window title. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Open the parent folder of the document by right clicking the document tab. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Variable sizes for sizing handles to support gestures on touch screens. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• The Quick Access palette is now available in the Free Edition and the Demo version. (VD, VN)
• Show the PDF version number in the Quick Access palette. (VD, VN, VI, VP)

Objects:

• Show/hide individual objects using the Layers palette. (VD, VN)
• Lock/Unlock objects using the Layers palette. (VD, VN)
• Import SVG images as native objects. (VD, VN)

Images:

• Import BMP images. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Intelligent image replacement: Keep the image crop when updating the same image with different resolutions, providing the image has the same file name. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Show the PDF version number in the Quick Access palette. (VD, VN, VI, VP)

Text:

• Import text files by Drag & Drop. (VD, VN)
• Improved RTF Import (Support for Small Caps, All Caps, Superior and Inferior). (VD, VN)
• Support for the new Duden Version 3.2.2. (VD, VN)

Miscellaneous:

• Extended color management with screen proof and tool tip for the color management in the program preferences. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Supplies the example documents via the VivaCloud. The example documents are therefore downloaded when they are opened. This may take a little while depending on the file size and Internet connection. (VD, VN)
• Registration via the HTTPS protocol. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• The MathML AddIn is now available in the Free Edition and the Demo version. (VD, VN)
• Additional storage of object notes in XML as user info. (VD, VN)

Output:

• New and partly improved management of templates for printing and export including saving a file in the Preferences folder. (VD, VN)

PDF Export:

• Extensive improvements in handling color profiles. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• New features for treating colors when using color profiles. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Improvements for black-and-white (1-Bit) and grayscale images. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Support of color management also for thumbnails (images for which no image file is available). (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• New PDF hint when a user disregards warnings for missing or modified images [#1900]. (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• New warning message when attempting to save the PDF file in invalid paths [#2027]. (VD, VN, VI, VP)

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2016-12-12 – Version 9.0 (Build 8109)

Summary:

• This update is essential if you want to print .

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with printing. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with printing of positions/scale of small page sizes [#1912]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with importing IDML [#1933]. (VD, VN)

2016-12-01 – Version 9.0 (Build 8108)

Summary:

• This update is recommended if you use the option “Virtual/Web Drives” or the VivaNWP Designer .

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with a combination of Arabic and Roman text [#1917]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with printing of positions/scale of small page sizes [#1912]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem importing PDFs/AI from a web drive [#1932]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with interchanged mirror settings (hor./vert.) importing images from a VivaXML file. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with saving the preview for objects in a VivaXML file [#1905]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem in VivaNWP forms/templates (IP) where a line break was inserted although the rule defines that the only object in the line should not be output. (VN)
• Fixed a problem in VivaNWP forms/templates (IP) where a Script was not saved as a data source for an XML object [#1911]. (VN)

Changes:

• Remove the function “Import Table” from the Free Edition [#1919]. (VD, VN)

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2016-09-01 – Version 9.0 (Build 8105)

Summary:

• This update is strongly recommended for printing functions.

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with sizing when printing. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with layer names that contain square bracketsas default [#1881]. (VN)
• Fixed a problem with printing using the option “All Pages” [#1898]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with displaying the bleed for single Alias pages. (VD, VN)

Improvements:

• Improved the PDF Export in conjunction with objects having a height/width of “0 mm” [#1895]. (VD, VN)

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2016-09-01 – Version 9.0 (Build 8105)

Summary:

• This update is strongly recommended for printing functions.

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with sizing when printing. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with layer names that contain square bracketsas default [#1881]. (VN)
• Fixed a problem with printing using the option “All Pages” [#1898]. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with displaying the bleed for single Alias pages. (VD, VN)

Improvements:

• Improved the PDF Export in conjunction with objects having a height/width of “0 mm” [#1895]. (VD, VN)

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2016-07-22 – Version 9.0 (Build 8104)

Summary:

• This update is strongly recommended if you are embedding images or importing IDML documents.

Problems fixed:

• Fixed a problem with importing text fields in conjunction with paragraph rules that have a line width relative to the font size. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with embedded images in conjunction with virtual WebDrives. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with images in conjunction with the export/printing of documents. (VD, VN)

Improvements:

• Improved the information analysis for PDF boxes in conjunction with page rotation. (VD, VN)
• Improved the XML/IDML import in conjunction with table column widths. (VD, VN)
• Accelerated the XML/IDML import of tables. (VD, VN)
• Support for the new Duden module Version 3.2 for 32 and 64 Bit versions. (VD, VN)
• Improved transparency in black and white images. (VD, VN)

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2016-06-23 – Version 9.0 (Build 8100)

Summary:

• This update is strongly recommended if you want to create PDF/X files.
• We have altered our Home Page. Full support for Retina monitors (Mac OS X) will for technical reasons only be available with the next free of charge release in July/August 2016. We apologize for this and thank you for your understanding.

Changes:

• Disable Update Feature for the Web Edition (VD)
• Fixed a problem with printing/PDF Export with missing PDFs/invalid links (VD, VN)
• Mark “PDF 2.0” export as pre-release version (VD, VN)
• Change the default value for Page Preview Quality (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with PDF/X-1 and PDF/X-3 export (VD, VN)
• Change the priority for reading image resolution from images with different image resolution information (VD, VN)
• Embedded PDFs for QR and bar codes are stored as PDF/X-1 instead of PDF 1.4. Please note that this change will only affect objects that are created with this version. Older documents will not be optimized or changed (VD, VN)
• Change the API AddIn for the Viva ScriptEngine (VD)
• Extend the VIVA ScriptEngine to include support for creation and modification of folders and files (VD)
• Fixed a problem with printing/PDF Export with OPI information and special characters in folder names (umlauts, accents, etc.) (VD, VN)
• Optimizes the import of images from local drives or network volumes (VD, VN)
• Updates the screen after printing/export (VD, VN)
• Suppress error messages after cancelling the printing process by the user (VD, VN)
• Enhancement for stretching rectangle objects with rounded corners (VD, VN)
• Optimizes the display of the current page after opening a document that was saved with other screen settings (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with page previews in page layout palette after saving a document with a UHD monitor under Windows (VD, VN)

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2016-05-25 – Version 9.0 (Build 8099)

• Changing the way of storing preferences and taking over preferences from older versions (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed a problem with VivaXML file format (VD, VN)
• Changes for PDF export default values (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with VivaImpose dialog (VI)
• Fixed a problem with saving schema and machine files (VI)
• Fixed a problem saving import temples with VivaImpose Auto-Import(VI)
• Fixed a problem with installing VivaFileSender Communication Profile with Double-Click from the desktop (VD, VN)

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2016-05-07 – Version 9.0 (Build 8098)

• Fixed an error with printing under Windows (VD, VN)

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2016-05-03 – Version 9.0 (Build 8097)

• Changes storing update file in download folder instead of Desktop folder (VD, VN, VI, VP)

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2016-05-02 – Version 9.0 (Build 8096)

• Fixed problem with PDF and embedded images (VD, VN)
• Fixed problem with stretching/resizing picture objects (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Changes to behaviour of Paragraph Indent in combination with Run-Around Objects(VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed an error with printing under Mac OS X(VD, VN)

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2016-04-22 – Version 9.0 (Build 8095)

• Fixed an error in custom hyphenation in server modul (VN)
• Fixed a crash on opening documents saved on a different computer/platform with an unavailable color profile (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed an error saving Preflight settings (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed a crash on switching between documents (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed an error with Hi-Res TIFF images in PostScript export(VD, VN, VI, VP)

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2016-04-08 – Version 9.0 (Build 8094)

• Fixed a crash with Quick Access Palette (VD, NW)
• Fixed a problem with application icons under Linux (VD, VN, VI, VP)

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2016-04-04 – Version 9.0 (Build 8091)

• Official Release of Version 9 (VD, VN, VI, VP)

Legend

• VD = VivaDesigner
• VN = VivaNWP-Designer
• VI = VivaImpose
• VP = VivaPosterize

2016-06-23 – Version 8.0 (Build 8026)

• Fixed a problem with Paragraph Indent and Run-Around Objects [#1848] (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with VIVA-XML [#1857] (VD, VN)

2016-04-28 – Version 8.0 (Build 8025)

• Fixed an error saving Preflight settings (VD, VN, VI, VP)

2016-02-08 – Version 8.0 (Build 8023/24)

• Fixed a problem with VivaDict Hyphenation under Mac OS X and Linux (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed a problem with Search/Import Images from Network Volumes [#1800] (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Fixed a problem in the XSD Schema with the tag ” ” (VD, VN, VI, VP)

2015-12-08 – Version 8.0 (Build 8022)

A FILEFORMAT CHANGE WAS NECESSARY TO FIX THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS:

• Fixed a problem with losing image content, when changing Picture Alias to Copy [#1737] (VD, VN, VI, VP)
• Suppress numbers like “1578.45e-8” in the XML export (VD, VN)
• Improvement of validation for XML values in tags for Skew, Rotate and Kerning (VD, VN, VI, VP)

2015-10-15 – Version 8.0 (Build 8021)

A FILEFORMAT CHANGE WAS NECESSARY TO FIX THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS:

• Fixed a problem with tab titles in Module Palette in Table Mode [#1716] (VD, VN)
• Change behavior for numbering with drop caps [#1720] (VD, VN)
• Store Current Layer in XML [#1719] (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with VivaDeisgner Documents larger 2 GB [#1722] (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with XML import “parameter is Null” [#1731] (VD, VN)

2015-09-10 – Version 8.0 (Build 8020)

• Change behavior in presentation mode. [#1699] (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with importing picture from Picture Palette (Favorites) originated from a network drive which is no longer available [#1685] (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with PDFX export and color profiles (VD, VN)

2015-08-13 – Version 8.0 (Build 8019)

• Fixed a problem with user names and umlauts [#1686] (VD, VN)

Legend

• VD = VivaDesigner
• VN = VivaNWP-Designer
• VI = VivaImpose
• VP = VivaPosterize

2016-04-28 – Version 7.1 (Build 7113)

Note: This FREE update is strongly recommended for all users of version 7.x. For the unlikely case that problems with your license may occur after the update, please contact us by using the contact form.

• Fixed a problem with the “Package & Send” option relating to images pasted from the scrapbook/pasteboard. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with opening documents with long texts and activated Spell Check. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with the positioning of Alias objects. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with deleting objects and then saving the document. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash when inserting new pages with Alias objects. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a problem with the option “Content covers Drop Shadow”. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash when deleting picture objects while the Picture palette is open. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash exporting text in VivaTags format. (VD, VN)
• Fixed a crash caused by an exception in the Preferences file. (VD, VN)

Legend

• VD = VivaDesigner
• VN = VivaNWP-Designer
• VI = VivaImpose
• VP = VivaPosterize