InterWrite Release Notes

Release 3.00.0010 October 2006

Contents

  1. General Information
  2. Installation Information
  3. Release Notes

General Information

Description

The InterWrite Suite of products and services was designed to make collaboration in the workplace and school efficient and simple. The InterWrite software included with the InterWrite products accomplishes this with the following tools:

Supported Operating Systems

 

Supported Devices

 

The following devices are supported by the InterWrite Device Manager, which is installed as part of InterWrite.

 

Operating Notes

  • Handwriting Recognition (Inkwell) is supported only in OS X 10.4 or greater. The user should not attempt to install this component of the InterWrite application, when prompted, on a 10.3 or 10.2 system.
  • The "Ink" System Preferences panel is activated only when a GTCO CalComp USB SchoolBoard, MeetingBoard, SchoolPad, MeetingPad, iPanel, or one of the Ezurio Bluetooth devices, is plugged in. Even when a Mac has a Bluetooth device built in, GTCO CalComp's Ezurio module must be plugged in before the "Ink" System Preference panel will display. Once the "Ink" preferences have been established, the Ezurio module can be unplugged, and handwriting recognition will work properly. The user must plug the device in after logging in for the "Ink" preference panel to display. If the device, or module, is already plugged in when they log in, they must unplug it and plug it back in.
  • When operating in Whiteboard Mode, the cursor pointer on the computer screen remains where the system mouse last pointed. The electronic InterWrite Pen draws correctly on the Whiteboard, but the pen pointer does not follow it on the computer screen.

 

Known Issues - InterWrite

  • If you double-click on a GWB file to start InterWrite and then select either the New or Open option from the File menu, this sequence of actions could cause a crash. Be sure to save your file first. This happens only on OS X 10.3.

 

Known Issues - Device Manager

  • When the upper button on the side of the Pen( sometimes referred to as the right button) is used to perform a Ctrl-Click, depress and hold down the button for a beat or two before releasing it. If you press this button two or more times in rapid succession, the system may enter a state where it appears that no button presses were processed, either from the Pen, or from the mouse. The cursor will move, but no button presses/clicks are processed. To get out of this state, hold the Pen close to Whiteboard or Pad and press the upper button on the Pen an additional one or two times. The system will return to normal.
  • Occasionally, Bluetooth Whiteboards may spontaneously disconnect. Usually this happens after a long period of inactivity. On the other hand, a Whiteboard disconnect can also occur when there is an extensive use of other Bluetooth devices.
  • If a Bluetooth device is turned on while Device Manager is attempting to connect to it, Device Manager may report that the device successfully connected, the device may beep to signal connection, and the user may even be able to manually beep the device, but mouse position input from the device may not be processed. In this case, the device should be manually disconnected and connected again.
  • On the “Select Bluetooth Service” dialog, a list of previously connected devices is maintained. If one of these devices fails to connect when it is selected, change the “Device Category” pop-up from the default setting of “All Categories” to “Discovered Devices.” Then, click on the Search button to scan for all currently available devices.
  • If a Bluetooth USB adapter is disconnected from the computer while a Bluetooth device is connected, Bluetooth communications can be permanently disabled, and the computer has to be rebooted. Simply plugging the adapter back in does not fix the problem.
  • Programmable buttons can be programmed to perform InterWrite functions or launch applications. They cannot be programmed to launch files in the application associated with the file.
  • In the “Select Bluetooth Service” dialog, there is no way of distinguishing between different devices of the same type. All Whiteboards will display the same device name, as will all Pads of the same type. It is recommended that the “Local Name” option under the “Device Properties” button be used to give each device a unique name. Note: unique names will appear for the MeetingPad 400 and SchoolPad 400.
  • The Caps Lock and Shift Lock keys on the onscreen keyboard do not work.

  

Installation Information

Installing the InterWrite software from the InterWrite CD

  1. Insert the InterWrite CD. Double click on the CD icon that appears on your desktop. Double click on the Install InterWrite icon to launch the installation.
  2. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation of the InterWrite software.

 

Release Notes

This section lists corrections and enhancements made to the recent versions of the InterWrite software.

Release 3.00.0010 October 2006

  • Enhancements
    • Added support for multi-color pen (gradient-style)
    • Added support for PRS sessions
    • Localized GUI into the following languages: Spanish (Mexican), Spanish (European), Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European), French, Italian, German
    • Merged code base to support both Linux and Mac
    • Added support for configuring toolbar
    • Added new pictures to Gallery
     
  • Corrections
    • User was able to traverse past the User Pictures directory
    • View menu would not display properly
    • Cannot delete the last page in page sorter
    • In whiteboard mode, save and save as were not working correctly
    • In whiteboard mode, open recent menu doesn't display after clear all or save were selected
    • New menu does not work in whiteboard mode
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Release 2.31.0003 July 2006

  • Enhancements
    • Support for the new SchoolBoard Features Menu menu strips has been added.
    • Added support for Intel Mac

Release 2.30.0017 April 2006

  • Enhancements
    • Added support for OS X 10.4.
    • Added support for the BTCOM2 Module.
    • Added Master Device support.
    • Redesigned the Spotlight and Curtain tools. They are now Mac native applications.
    • The InterWrite Toolbar is now always on top and floats. The old floating Toolbar has been removed.
    • The Toolbar can now be dragged and repositioned. It will automatically dock to the sides of the screen.
    • Screen Capture performance has been improved.
    • InterWrite no longer creates a Blank Page on startup.
    • Full-Screen mode is now the default. New pages - Captures, Blank, Grid, and Image - now take up the entire screen.
    • Preferences no has an "allow window sizing" option that lets users toggle between Full-Screen and Window-Sizing mode.
    • Popup Preferences menus have been added to the Toolbar for the Eraser and Type Text tools.
    • When in Full-Screen mode, the Preferences menu is accessible via the new "InterWrite" icon at top of the Toolbar.
    • New backgrounds and gallery images - flags, food, geometry, etc. - have been added.
    • PRS can now be launched from the InterWrite Toolbar.
  • Corrections
    • Fixed issues with non-admin users accessing the Gallery.
    • The Debug log is now saved to InterWrite.log (in the User's/Documents directory).
    • Fixed issues with saving GWB files on the European versions of Mac OS X.
    • Hyperlink information now defaults back to empty strings.
    • Removed some preferences that were no longer needed.

Release 2.21.0005 February 18, 2005

Release 2.20.0018 October 1, 2004

Release 2.10.0011 February 6, 2004

Release 2.02.0006 November 14, 2003

Release 2.01.0004 October 9, 2003

Release 2.00.0023 September 18, 2003

 

Release 1.00.0058 May 2, 2003