New in Axure RP 5.6 for Mac
This release brings Axure RP 5.6 to the Mac. It has all* of the features in Axure RP 5.6 for Windows including HTML prototypes, Word specifications and Shared Projects. It also includes a number of UI enhancements.
UI enhancements:
• Widget Properties pane containing a new formatting tab
• Redesigned interactions case editor dialog
• New formatting toolbar with location and size
*Features not in the Mac version:
• Word 2000 generator (newer Word 2007 [.docx] generator is available)
• CHM generation for prototypes
• Spell Checker (native Mac spell checking while editing text is available)
System requirements:
• Mac computer with Intel processor
• Mac OS X 10.5+
• 1GB Memory
• 200 MB disk space
• For specifications, Microsoft Office Word 2004 (with
compatibility pack) or Word 2008
• For prototypes,
Firefox
New in Axure RP Pro 5.6
This update has some new features that make a variety of things in Axure RP easier to do like image slicing, importing from file to file, and duplicating masters as well a number of bug fixes.
Enhancements include:
• Image slicing (right click image, Edit Image->Slice Image)
• Option to import styles and variables used in a custom widget when that widget is added to a page
• Import manager supports importing multiple types (pages, masters, styles) at one time
• Removed the variable limit (however we still recommend using 25 or less if viewing prototypes in IE)
• Undo check out for shared projects
• Converting widgets to a dynamic panel or master (right click widgets, Convert)
• Duplicate masters
• Duplicating a page or master opens the copy for editing
• Shortcut to toggle grid visiblity (Ctrl+Alt+D)
• FIPS compliance (mostly for government computers)
New in Axure RP Pro 5.5
This release adds the ability to create custom widget libraries for the Widgets pane, new interaction capabilities for high fidelity prototyping, easier Dynamic Panel management, and enhancements to widgets and diagram editing.
Widget Enhancements:
• Create Custom Widget Libraries for the widgets pane to share and reuse
• Dropdown menu in widgets pane to manage widget libraries
• Search tool to find widgets
• Tree widget
• Preserve corners for images
• Mouse down, selected, and disabled styles for Images, Button Shapes, and Menu Items
• Text on Images
• Adjust rounded corners on Button Shapes
Design Environment Enhancements
• Location and Size Pane: Set the location and size from single widget or a group of selected widgets without opening a separate dialog
• Dynamic Panel Manager: Tools for managing the dynamic panels on a page
• Choose from two selection modes: Select Intersected Mode (default) and Select Contained Mode (like Visio)
• Deep selection in Groups: Select individual widgets within a group to edit or annotate
• Ability to Flatten a master: Replace an instance of a master with the widgets within the master
Interaction Enhancements
• Advanced Editor for Interactions
• Set Focus on Widget
• Bring Panel(s) to Front
• Set Widget(s) to Selected State
• Expand Tree Node(s)
• Collapse Tree Node(s)
• Condition Builder: Added the ability to check the visibility of a dynamic panel and the current state of a dynamic panel
New in Axure RP Pro 5.1
This update enables remote collaboration on shared projects and includes a number of enhancements and fixes. For more information on shared projects, visit shared projects.
Enhancements include:
• Shared projects can be stored on an SVN server
• Interactions pane improvements for handling many cases
• Cancel options on interactions dialogs
• Ability to have “placeholder” cases with no actions
• Word 2007 specification generation fixes
• Menu widget fix that affected prototype generation
• Context menus on table cells
New in Axure RP Pro 5.0
Axure RP Pro 5.0 adds numerous new features and enhancements focused on designer collaboration, interactions, and more customizable, faster-to-generate specifications.
New Features include:
Shared Projects
• Create shared projects on a network drive without installing a server
• Manage page and master edits through a simple check in / check out system
• Maintain and browse a history of revisions
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More info
Interactions Enhancements
• OnFocus and OnLostFocus events (
More)
• Enable and Disable Widgets action
• Scroll to Image Map Region action to simulate anchor links (
More)
• Move Dynamic Panels action (
More)
• Wait action to pause before performing other actions
• Up to 25 variables to store values across pages
Specification Enhancements
• Faster specification generation to Microsoft Word 2007 format (compatible with Word 2000+ with Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack)
• One column and two column options for layout
• Easier customization of Word templates
• Many new options to configure specification content
More Enhancements
• Improved Tabbed Interface
• Option to detach panes (like Sitemap and Widgets) from the main window
• Better preservation of the environment when closing and reopening a file
• Gradient and Alpha Color tools
• Print settings are preserved between prints