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History Version 10

This page contains all new features, changes and bug fixes since the first official release of the program versions for “VivaDesigner” (Desktop and Web Edition), “Viva Publishing Server”, “Database Publishing”, “VivaPosterize” and “VivaImpose” as well as partially for “Viva AI”, if not included in VivaDesigner.

2023-07-05 – Version 10.0 (Build 8395)

New features

    • Added support for SVG as an export format (VSD – VivaScript Developer).

Improvements:

General

    • Changed default image compression for PDF export to JPEG (quality 90%).
    • Improved rendering of dotted lines in PDF export.
    • Updated keyboard shortcuts (Import, Export, Duplicate).
    • Updated embedded URLs (e.g. manual link).
    • Integrated new license files in the installer.

InDesign Import

    • Improved image extraction from INDD files (IDML import).
    • Transferred additional metadata (e.g. InDesign version) during INDD document conversion (IDML import).

Problems fixed:

    • [VHD-6085] Fixed issue preventing registration with certain email addresses (e.g. name@domain.studio).
    • Fixed incorrect display of missing fonts.
    • Fixed crash when reopening the same document in the image palette.
    • [#2261] Fixed crash during text input related to paragraph control.
    • Removed the “Getting Started” link.
    • Fixed crash when working with text alias objects in combination with text variables.
    • Fixed crash during PDF import on Linux (due to missing method in the library).
    • Fixed error when detecting embedded images in INDD documents (IDML import).
    • [VHD-8177] Fixed text overflow in table cells (VivaNWP).
    • Removed outdated color tables (Pantone, HKS, DIC, Toyo).
    • [#2301] Fixed crash when exporting PDF with specific path objects.
    • Adjusted default fill rule for imported object frames.
    • [VHD-7412] Fixed printing offset issue.
    • [#2295] Updated placeholder text files in the installer.

2021-02-19 – Version 10.0 (Build 8369)

New features (since first release of version 10):

    • 2021.02.12 (Build 8367) [VHD-4138] Scaling of bar and line charts
    • 2021.01.20 (Build 8365) [VHD-4511] Define number format in charts
    • 2020.11.12 (Build 8361) Support for the Digital Asset Management “Resource Space”
    • 2020.04.22 (Build 8345) Automatic text translation for Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese
    • 2020.02.26 (Build 8339) Extended export options for displaying a PDF in Acrobat Reader.
    • 2020.01.21 (Build 8336) First AppImage Installer for Linux.
    • 2020.01.14 (Build 8335) Import DOC and DOCX documents

Improvements:

General

    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [#2215] Improved Drag & Drop image import
    • 2020.07.03 (Build 8351) Faster deletion of pages
    • 2020.07.03 (Build 8351) Improved quality for complex paths
    • 2020.07.03 (Build 8351) [#2206] Faster opening of documents
    • 2020.07.03 (Build 8351) Faster saving of documents
    • 2020.07.03 (Build 8351) Faster counting of characters (Document statistics)
    • 2020.05.28 (Build 8347) Faster text calculation for footnotes
    • 2020.02.05 (Build 8337) Faster access for missing file paths.
    • 2020.01.14 (Build 8335) Faster opening of documents with polygons having more than 30,000 points.

InDesign Import

    • Improvements in searching for images
    • Improved image import from InDesign documents
    • [#2224] Import InDesign Templates (indt)
    • [#2217] InDesign documents are saved in the VIVA format.

Problems fixed:

    • 2021.02.19 (Build 8369) [VHD-4611] Fixed a problem – Hidden backup copies were not deleted correctly under Linux and Mac OS. (VD, VN)
    • 2021.02.18 (Build 8368) [VHD-4634] Fixed a problem – it was possible to import images and texts to protected/locked objects via drag & drop. (VD, VN)
    • 2021.02.12 (Build 8367) [VHD-4677] Fixed a crash in connection with deleting document pages. (VD, VN)
    • 2021.01.28 (Build 8366) Fixed a problem – infinite loop when reading a document in connection with paragraph checks. (VD, VN)
    • 2021.01.20 (Build 8365) Fixed a problem with run around for new objects. (VD, VN)
    • 2021.01.12 (Build 8364) [VHD-4487] Fixed a problem with missing display of horizontal lines in a line chart (VD, VN)
    • 2020.12.08 (Build 8363) [VHD-4487] Fixed a problem with deleting style sheets – styles in lists were not checked (VD, VN)
    • 2020.12.08 (Build 8363) [VHD-4253] Fixed a problem with damaged line graph in PDF export (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.20 (Build 8362) Fixed a crash in connection with stretching text objects with running titles. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.20 (Build 8362) Fixed a problem with a memory leak when deleting objects. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.20 (Build 8362) Fixed a crash in connection with changing the preview quality for images from the clipboard. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.12 (Build 8361) Fixed a problem – file meta information was sometimes displayed twice. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.03 (Build 8360) [VHD-4073] Fixed a problem – table objects not output correctly to PDF in version 8359 (VD, VN)
    • 2020.11.03 (Build 8360) [VHD-3431] Fixed a missing option “segments per line” with “GS1 Databar Expanded Stacked (RSS)” (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.30 (Build 8359) [VHD-4004] Fixed a problem – infinite loop when opening documents with missing fonts (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.29 (Build 8358) [VHD-4038] Fixed a problem – text descenders truncated during PDF export. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.29 (Build 8358) [VHD-4046] Fixed a crash in connection with multi-column HTML Import (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.29 (Build 8358) [#2219] Fixed a problem with PDF Error with a combination of marks and text overflow (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.27 (Build 8357) Fixed a problem with the access rights in connection with the “Tasks” palette (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.09 (Build 8355) [VHD-3962] Fixed a problem – Letters truncated during PDF export (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.07 (Build 8354) Fixed a problem – Alias pages were also taken into account when generating tables/index. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.07 (Build 8354) [VHD-3936] Fixed a problem – *StartAngle: missing function in PieChart (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.07 (Build 8354) [VHD-3876] Fixed a problem – incorrect text search in PDFs (invisible text) (VD, VN)
    • 2020.10.07 (Build 8354) [VHD-3629] Fixed a problem – incorrect utilization of space in bar chart (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [VHD-3737] Fixed a problem – incorrect image scaling/sizing in PDF related to image optimization/cropping. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [VHD-3366] Fixed a problem with incorrect size of the update notification dialog (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) Fixed a problem with adaptation of the update notification dialog for RETINA resolution under macOS. (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [VHD-3655] Fixed a problem – style sheet unreadable (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [VHD-3813] PDF created from VivaDesigner cannot be placed (VD, VN)
    • 2020.09.21 (Build 8353) [#2214] Fixed a problem with OpenType fonts with Arabic text (VD, VN)

2019-08-07 – Version 10 (Build 8313)

First official program version

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