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Sarah Kaye wrote:I didn't realize FAR was free! OK - I've downloaded it now. Wish me luck!

The FAR Trial is free for 30 days only.

After that you must pay for a license - starting at US$72 for a single copy.

When I'm checking out someone's software and find bugs in the UI, I tend to assume that what's hidden under the surface is flaky too. Don't you? Well said, Simon. That's always been a hallmark of H&M to me - fixing things because they need fixing rather than leaving them because they don't both...

Tim Frost wrote:I would like to add my name to the list of those for whom this is an annoyance. Over the years I have simply learned not to trust what it says anywhere in the ribbon's 'font' area after certain caret and cursor moves;

Same here.

You can make the table borders stronger with the setting in View > Program Options > Editor. 8) Hi Tim, I would never think of looking there for that. Would never occur to me. (Obviously hasn't until now when I read these forum posts) Perhaps somewhere in the Table tab in the Ribbon might be more o...

Did you go to the link next to the Download button?
http://news.helpandmanual.com/2012/06/h ... ut-search/

Good idea.

Personally I'd like to see the default text as a H&M preference or variable so that those who need to customize it can do so however they wish.

Have you updated to the latest version of the Premium Pack skins? Currently 2.02: http://helpman.it-authoring.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11894 The algorithm for smarter truncation of topic titles was tweaked in 2.01 http://helpman.it-authoring.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11806 Don't know if it fixe...

Have to agree with most of your comments - but the more time I spend with it (have had it running on main machine since the release preview) the more I get to like it I just wonder if the general populace is prepared to give it time to grow on them. Few people I know enjoy "getting to like&quo...

The main problem is that almost all the major improvements in the system itself -- and there are lots of them -- are going to get forgotten because the entire experience and impression is going to be dominated by the new "Interface formerly known as Metro" user interface and its combinati...

I assume you're adding to this earlier forum discussion back in March?
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11566

Tim Green wrote:Otherwise, remember it's summer and relax.

In the Northern hemisphere only.

Here in the Antipodes (the Land Down Under), it's mid-Winter and freezing. Roll on Spring.

Have a well-deserved break, Tim.

Yes, the next question would be does this still occur with 6.1?

What about on a Win 7 machine?

Which version of Windows?

Tim Frost wrote:and the fact that you cannot use left/right arrow or home/end to edit what you write.

Good point. That is a pain.

@Alexander: Can that be fixed?

Martin Wynne wrote:Not all H&M users are professionals. There's me for a start.

Amateurs are welcome to replace the term "professional" with "good looking", "nice" or even "pretty"