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Confirming requests have been reported.
*The software name should be on the top line above any title I use for the story name
*Allow standard Microsoft Windows functions
*How about color text?
*How about getting the videos up to date, or have new ones by version.
*Make it work for Legacy 10
Other requested items with comments.
The screens should have a way to let me know what version I’m using. An ABOUT tab.
-Go to Help, About Personal Historian to see the version number.
The file name should have the file extension shown everywhere the name appears
-Not sure where you are not seeing the file extensions? Do you have file extensions enable on your computer?
Having pop up help guidance by field would help a lot. It’s NOT intuitive!
-F1 will bring up Help. It is not context sensitive. That request has been reported to development.
Stop using CATEGORIES and CHAPTERS as synonyms, choose one
-I actually see them as separate things. Where exactly is it confusing?
Why are pics ‘LINKed’ such that they cannot be copied from one story to another? Need Unlink.
-Stories are embedded. You can use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to copy and paste to a different story.