HomeGauge Home Inspection Software
What's new: October 2008 News Alert
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HomeGauge 4HomeGauge Home Inspection Software 4.1 Updates and Fixes


- Added summary item review screen. This is a new screen, accessed from the Summary button, designed for reviewing and editing items included in any summary. See tutorial

- Reports can now include multiple customers - each customer will have a tab on the Customer screen. See tutorial

- Added ability to add an overlay image when editing pictures - useful for infrared picture overlays and energy assessments. See tutorial

- Added completion stamp functionality for reinspections - message is user-editable and can include a timestamp. See tutorial

- Up to 10 logos can now be set, along with merge fields for each. See tutorial

- Added mapping functionality for inspection address via Google, Yahoo, MapQuest, and Microsoft. See tutorial

- Added ability to copy and paste pictures between inspection items so arrows, rectangles, etc. won't have to be redrawn

- Calendar report items now sync with handhelds

- Calendar now includes a 7-day view

- Added a Spanish/English spell-check dictionary

- Added several new spell-check options

- Added ability to set defaults for all report info and customer city, state, etc., info

- Quick-add comments can now be immediately assigned to a category

- Can now enter comments, etc., while listening to voice recordings

- Added context menus (right click menu ) for editing, copying, etc. inspection items in the template.

- Double-clicking a column header now sets an 'X' in all non-excluded items for that column

- Added more office functionality to merge report data into a Word document

- Default picture sizes are now user-configurable - users can set "Small" to be 150x100, for example. This is great for Texas inspectors to get two pictures on one row.

- Handheld devices can now be assigned a name to help keep track of them for inspectors with multiple devices.

- Buttons for picture caption now leave input focus in comment editor

- Made attachments work better with printing output to a PDFs

- Removed some problem words from spell-check dictionaries

- REPs can now be moved up/down in list on report info screen

- Added some extra info to help resolve some issues with agreements/attachments

- Fixed: More editor bullet/numbered list issues

- Fixed: Some copying and pasting issues

- Fixed: Removing an itemized item now correctly updates picture usage

- Fixed: Existing URLs can be edited correctly

- Fixed: "Remove Formatting" button on comment edit screen now also removes color

- Fixed: Clicking on links in CYA pages now opens in a new window

- Fixed: Issue where HomeGauge would not completely exit when trying to update, mostly on TabletPC

- Fixed: Comments and attachments now function correctly in General Styles and Materials

- Fixed: Some General Styles and Materials remained excluded regardless of setting

- Fixed: More issues with summary print alignment

- Fixed: Problem with tablet input icon when text is selected in editor

- Fixed: Problem where color applied to text with a Heading format would revert to black - heading must still be selected first, then color

- Fixed: Issues with template toolbar buttons sometimes being disabled

- Fixed: Problem with auto-fill save dialog and very long sections names losing the 'X' column in some cases

- Fixed: Bug that prevented exporting HomeGauge invoice line items to QuickBooks

- Fixed: Problem with extra white space sometimes inserted with a comment

- Fixed: Issue with shift-clicking in some HTML windows causing a new empty browser window

- Fixed: Position of splitter between items view and comment view now always saved correctly

- Fixed: Bug where summary intro/footer text was sometimes not saved correctly

- Fixed: When downloading appointments, local invoice items are included in invoice if missing

- Fixed: Bug where editing a REP in current report would erase role information

- Fixed: Some issues when merging a report not in the Reports folder

- Fixed: Bug that could occur when viewing HomeGauge v. 3 reports in the Open Reports window

- Fixed: Bug that could occur if a backslash (\) was typed in a city, state, etc., drop down

- Fixed: Bug that could cause a crash when setting text back to Heading 0 (Normal)

- Fixed: Calendar display of reports with incorrect start/end times

- Fixed: Some text issues in picture caption field

- Fixed: Some issues with report stats

- Fixed: Some issues editing text in General Styles and Materials

- Fixed: Contact lead sources now export correctly


PocketHG 4.1 Fixes and Updates

- Deleting reports from Pocket HG now moves them to PC Recycle Bin

- Moved comment erase button to far end of toolbar in Pocket HG

 

See what was new in HG version 4.


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