What’s New in 2.1

Post to Blog

One of the most exciting things about 2.1 is the new Post to Blog feature. You can now post to your WordPress, TypePad or Movable Type blog. Just go into your ScreenSteps preferences, create a new web account, choose the account type and you will be all ready to post lessons instantly to your blog. You can even choose which category you would like your post to appear in, or publish the lesson as a draft. If you like to create tutorials for people we think that you will find this to be a great way to get your lessons out.

IMPORTANT: If you were using the 2.1 beta you will want to update your blog templates to the new defaults. You can see how to do that here: Updating Templates

Improved PDF

We have also dramatically improved the PDF quality. In previous versions of ScreenSteps some images could appear a little blurry. In 2.1 this has really been improved. Look at these two PDF files. See the examples below.

Old PDF Output

Notice the blurriness in the header image and the screen capture.

2.1 PDF Output

Here you can see how much clearer the PDF export is.

Improved PDF Manuals

For users of ScreenSteps 2 Pro we have also really improved PDF manuals. In ScreenSteps 2.0 you could export a PDF manual but the cover page and table of contents looked a little shabby.

In 2.1 you can now add an image and footer to your title page and the table of contents now has better formatting and page numbers.

Title Page

Here you can see the new options for the title page. You can now add a footer and image.

Improved Table of Contents

This is the new PDF table of contents. The formatting has been cleaned up and page numbers are now included.

Conclusion

There are also a lot of bug fixes and small improvements. We hope you like all of the additions.

You can download the latest version by selecting “Check For Updates” from the Help menu in ScreenSteps or by going to our Downloads page.