[Clipmate-announce] ClipMate Newsletter - August 2004

[Chris Thornton]

Hello ClipMate Users,

Welcome to our August Newsletter, featuring a ClipMate 
update, XP SP2 Info, a Special Offer, and as always, 
a ClipMate usage tip.

HTML Version - This newsletter is posted at our website in HTML
format at: http://www.thornsoft.com/newsletter_aug2004.htm

Contents
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  ClipMate 6.3.08
  ClipMate 6.5 - Coming Soon!
  Windows XP SP2 - Looks Fine
  Special Offering - Startup Guru by Lincoln Beach Software
  Forums Now Open
  ClipMate Tip - Strip Non-Text Formats 
  UPDATING
  
ClipMate 6.3.08
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ClipMate 6.3.08 is the latest release, and is a free update for all
registered users of any ClipMate 6 version. Just download over the top
of your current ClipMate 6 installation. 
It fixes several problems, including a problem with systems that 
are waking up from suspend/hibernate.

ClipMate 6.5 - Coming Soon!
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Likely to ship in September-October, ClipMate 6.5 will be a technology
update, which will result in an updated "XP-Look" to all menus,
improved database reliability, and performance.  We're also adding a
translation manager, which will finally allow easy translation of the
interface into other languages, with no special tools.  For more
information on translating, as it becomes available, monitor this
forum:
http://www.thornsoft.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=33
NOTE:  ClipMate 6.5 Will be a free update for registered
ClipMate 6 users.


Windows XP SP2 - Looks Fine
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If you are thinking about moving to the Windows XP Service 
Pack 2, you'll be glad to know that both ClipMate and Darn!
Passwords run fine under this important new XP update.


Special Offering - Startup Guru by Lincoln Beach Software
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Speaking of XP, one thing that XP lacks (along with a good
Clipboard manager and a good Password manager, for which 
we are grateful), is a good STARTUP MANAGER.  Our good friend,
Harold Holmes of Lincoln Beach Software, has written Startup
Guru, which not only lets you easily manage all of the 
various "startup" locations on your computer, but can even keep
stubborn programs from re-inserting themselves if you don't
want them to.  
I saw a screenshot from a user last month with 32 icons in his
system tray - these programs were running all the time, taking
up resources and causing trouble.  Is this you? Getting there?  
It's probably time to take a look at Startup Guru, and re-gain
control of your computer.  

We invite you to download the product and give it a try:
http://www.thornsoft.com/affiliate/sg/index.htm

SPECIAL OFFER for ClipMate Newsletter Subscribers: 
Save 10% on Startup Guru.  To quality, download the 
30-day trial from our site, and use the "buy now" button
in the program, or the link from our site.  
Use coupon code:  THORNBEACH to save 10% if you buy 
before August 27!


Forums Now Open
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Our support forum, including areas for "neat uses of the product" and
"wishlist", are now online. All are welcome, but please be polite.
ClipMate Forum: http://www.thornsoft.com/phpBB2
Darn! Passwords forum: http://www.darnpasswords.com/phpBB2 


ClipMate Tip - Strip Non-Text Formats:
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The clipboard, and likewise ClipMate, can hold the same data in several
formats at the same time. For text-based apps like your word processor
and web-browser, this usually means that you'll have the same data as
TEXT (plain text, no formatting), Rich Text Format (fonts, colors, etc.) 
and maybe HTML.  When you look at the clip in ClipMate's ClipList, these
formats are identified with the "notepad", "fancy A" and "chain link" 
icons, to the left of the clip title.
When you paste data into an app, that application chooses which format
it wants.  But sometimes this isn't what you want.  For example, if you
paste data into Microsoft Word, it may be in a different font/size/etc.
than the other text in the document.  Word has a "paste special" menu,
to give you control over which format to paste. But not all programs 
have this.  So to put yourself back in control, you can eliminate
the Rich Text and HTML with ClipMate's "Strip Non-Text Formats", found
under the Edit menu.  This will convert any clip to plain text, 
eliminating the HTML and RTF components.  Give it a try, the next time 
you need to paste data, without the fancy fluff stuff.


UPDATING
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The current release is v6.3.08, released on July 23, 2004. If you are
running any other 6.x version, you can just download and run the
installer to update your existing copy. Your registration key, and
data will remain. If you are running a registered copy of version 5 or
earlier, we invite you to download version 6 for a free, 30-day trial.
You can purchase an upgrade key for version 6 for only $19.95.

The current version of Darn! Passwords! is v3.1.03, release date 06/04/2004.

As always, please feel free to contact us with any questions - use either
sales at thornsoft.com or support at thornsoft.com (do not reply to this note).
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-- 
Sincerely,
Chris Thornton, President
Thornsoft Development, Inc.
P.O. Box 164, Spencerport NY, 14559  USA
http://www.thornsoft.com/index.htm?referrer=CA_AUG2004