Business Card Composer 2.x Version Changes

What's new in Business Card Composer v.2.3 since 2.2

The new version features integration with iPhoto, improved printer calibration, 25 new designs, the ability to rotate text.

- New Features:

• Added integration with iPhoto. Now it's possible to preview and use pictures from the iPhoto libraries in the same manner as it was possible to use built-in clipart.
• Improved Address Book support. When selecting a person or a list of persons, it's possible to choose which address to use (e.g. "home" or "work").
• Completely redesigned the printer calibration procedure. Added the Scale setting that helps to solve the problem with cards getting slightly offset by the end of the printed page.
• Text fields can now be rotated.
• Added 25 new designs, including designs for double-sided and folded cards.
• More images added to the clipart collection.
• Previously, the angle could be changed with the slide bar only. Now it's possible to enter an exact value.
• Slightly redesigned the interface. The buttons got a new slick look, the Card Properties dialog can now be called with a toolbar button.

- Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with loading images from the Internet - images would not load in their full quality.
• Fixed text problems caused by the Mac OS 10.2.8 (Jaguar) secure update, when the application would not allow to edit or type text.

What's new in Business Card Composer v.2.2 since 2.0

This update features Japanese localization and a number of functionality improvements and fixes.

- Localizations:

• This update includes the Japanese version of the program. It became possible due to our long-term partnership with Act2 - the Japanese distributor of Business Card Composer ( http://www.act2.com/ ).
• corrections in the French localization

- Improvements:

• New Avery business card templates added: 08476, 28873, 28876
• In the Format menu, a new command added: Align Centers. It allows to align objects to their centers.
• The new Order Paper Online command in the Help menu lets you order business card paper from the Internet.

- Export/Import:

• Large images are automatically resized to fit the card size when inserted, to make editing easier.

- Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the bug with increasing distance between cards when printing more than one sheet.
• Fixed the problem when images inserted from a custom folder were not stored in the document.
• When exporting to PDF, the resolution of the embedded raster images and the PDF itself has been synchronized.

- Legal Issues:

• We had to change the application icon! We had to change the icon and redesign some promotional artwork because of the claims of legal representatives of AOL (www.aol.com). We were very surprised to hear AOL's claims that Business Card Composer's icon looks very similar to the AOL's Running Man logo (the yellow man on the iChat icon). However, we decided to spend our time for more useful things, than litigation with AOL.
  So, be careful when you use yellow men in your images - AOL can get angry. It looks like all rights to yellow men worldwide belong to AOL!

What's new in Business Card Composer v.2 since 1.1.3

The new version of Business Card Composer offers a lot of new features and enhancements. Some of them are innovative features, not found in other software, such as searching images in the Internet and the ability to order cards via an online print shop. Others give the user new possibilities such as printing ID cards and badges, creating custom layouts and more. All this at no cost to the existing users of the program.

Here is the full list of what was added:

• The ability to order printing cards in an online print shop right from the program. This is useful when you need to print a large amount of cards (100 or more), or you need cards of professional quality.
• Users can create custom layouts for all kinds of labels and business cards (determine the size of the cards and their arrangement on paper. Now it's possible to print cards of non-standard size and add support for new card stock.
• The built-in clipart collection is now virtually unlimited. You can search images in the Internet by keywords right from the program.
• You can also add custom folders with pictures to the clipart collection.
• The same card can be printed for several people, so the cards have the same design but different personal information. Just choose the people you need from the Apple Address Book. This is very convenient for creating ID cards, name cards, badges, etc.
• About 30 new designs added, and the existing ones have been enhanced.
• Better support for Mac OS 10.3 Panther: now it's possible to insert EPS and AI files, the standard Fonts panel is fully supported (including fonts and underlining).
• Export to PDF is customizable so you can configure the PDF to meet the requirements of a print shop (bleeds and cut marks).
• Objects can be aligned to the left or right edges. It's especially convenient for creating text columns.
• It is possible to incorporate e-mail feedback mechanism.
• In dialogs working with Address Book, the ability to choose groups is added.
• For more convenience the size of clipping area during print is increased for paper with bleeds between cards.
• Enhanced work with text dialog.
• Many minor improvements and additions.
• Various bugs fixed.

Read about Business Card Composer version 2.

See the history of Business Card Composer other updates (1.x and 3.x).