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User:Arpeggio.ms,!Speed

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• turn off the built-in bar counter from File, Page Setup
• add this object at the start of your file
• add new instances of this object whenever you want to reset the bar count

• object plugin api updates
• built-in Change Object Type.lua user tool
• new background processing for Manage Objects tool and startup upgrade check

• this area allows multiple object plugins per topic
• this area allows .test object plugins

• TabStaff.nw
  
  TabStaff is used to add a guitar tab staff under an existing staff. You can add this object into the current staff, or create a new staff that has no staff lines. This object draws the TAB identifier, the guitar strings, and the bar lines that comprise the guitar tablature.
  
  
• TabFret.nw
  
  TabFret is used to add a guitar fret numbers to a TabStaff. You should add the TabStaff object prior to using this object.
  
  

• fix for Manage Objects, Delete action
• object plugin api updates
• fix for Audit Stem with RestChords

• a rest chord's direction can now be changed via Stem Up/Down
• Object Plugins can be removed via the Manage Objects area
• Insert, Objects allows direct navigation into the Manage Objects area
• the Viewer includes an automatic upgrade check option; an alert will appear when an upgrade is available
• the Viewer shows the current Object Plugin folder in Options
• the Viewer gets the same Play Stop mechanism (it watches for rapidly repeating stop attempts before prompting to reset)
• the Viewer no longer includes the browser plugin; we will release one last browser plugin separately via the forum for those that still need it; we recommend that its use be discontinued as soon as possible

• press the Select link on a NWC text clip
• press Ctrl+C to copy the clip
• open NWC2, then press Ctrl+Shift+V (or Edit, Paste as New File)

• a Marker can now be used to target triplet positions
• a pair of Markers on first and last note can be used to force a triplet bracket on beamed, triplet notes
• a Marker can be used to color its target
• a Marker can be used to hide its target
• F6 (Tools, Play, Stop) now watches for rapidly repeating stop attempts before prompting to reset
• the Viewer now shows alert balloons similar to NWC
• F1 access to context help has been restored to the main menus

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• the Marker object can now be used to target note articulation and/or slur positions
• small tweaks to the positioning of slurs and hairpins
• Tools, User Objects no longer requires an open file

• Our tablet post on Facebook: Casual Composer 

• new Edit Properties mechanism for user objects
• drag and drop support for Lua plugin files (will add/update the plugin source)
• additional methods have been added to the plugin api (reference)
• an assortment of *.ms plugins have been bundled in the installer
• a new selector provides easy access to common guitar chords (courtesy of GuitarChord.ms)

-- $NWCUT$CONFIG: FileText $

nwcut.writeline("File name:"..(nwcut.getprop('FileName') or ''))

• user object context menu for changing individual object properties
  
• View source command to the insert selectors' right click menu
  
• custom user object anchor size
  
• Tools, User Objects now provides feedback when no updates are available/needed
  
• significant additions to the plugin api
  

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|User|ChordPlay.nw|Pos:8|Name:Dm7|Span:1|Strum:Up
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• dynamically loaded fonts (all of the typical fonts available to the Viewer are now also available in NWC without installing them to the system Fonts folder)
• selectors have been split into built-in and user defined groups
• a matching Viewer with the same user plugin management used within NWC

• upgrade all of your text to utf-8, which means that it is no longer interpreted by the ANSI text rules in effect on each user's system
• the file content will be stored as nwctxt, which is potentially much easier to recover after something like a file corruption

• more slur endpoint optimizations (default stem side placement is now half way up/down the stem)
• when opening older files, Symbol encoded text is now converted to Unicode using extended ASCII code points
• file templates no longer have their existing notes removed by File, New
• starting with this release, user object plugins cannot be automatically upgraded if there is a NWC upgrade available

• more slur endpoint optimizations
• Lower level user plugin enhancements
• A preliminary matching viewer program is also available