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Release Notes for Our Products

This page contains information about the current release of each StyleEase product, including the version number, release date, and release notes for each.

The detailed release notes are separated into Windows and MacOS versions.

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Product Latest Version Release Date
APA Style (PC)
3.96
04/05/2013
Chicago/Turabian Style
5.18
03/15/2013
MLA Style (PC)
3.96
04/05/2013
APA Style (MacOS/Word 2011)
2.65
03/06/2012
MLA Style (MacOS/Word 2011)
1.65
03/06/2012
Chicago/Turabian Style (MacOS/Word 2011)
1.65
10/04/2011

 

Current Release Notes (Windows versions)

All PC Versions

Updated 04/05/2013

All installers updated to correctly detect Word 2013. APA and MLA installers updated to correctly handle purchasing of update subscriptions.

Chicago (PC) version

Updated 03/04/2013

Fixed a problem with the StyleEase ribbon tab that was created when the signature was updated

 

Previous Release Notes (Windows versions):

All PC Versions

Updated 03/06/2012

Updated the digital certificate with our new expiration date (The security firm that issues our "trust" certificate, Thawte, requires updating the certificate every two years).

APA Mac and MLA Mac versions

Updated 03/06/2012

Fixed a major problem with WorldCat access.

APA Versions
MLA Versions

Updated 02/25/2012

Added WorldCat search and download capability to APA and MLA products, along with access via our web interface, at:

https://www.styleease.com/Worldcat/OnlineSearch.html.

APA Versions

Released 12/11/2011

Fixed a problem with new papers not getting "Running head: " in front of the running head on the title page.

PC Versions

Released 11/29/2011

Added WorldCat search and download capability to APA and MLA products, along with access via our web interface, at:

https://www.styleease.com/Worldcat/OnlineSearch.html.

PC Versions

Released 11/22/2011

Updated APA, Chicago, and MLA products to fix a bug with entering citations from the StyleEase database, which was introduced inadvertently in the previous release.

PC Versions

Released 8/22/2011

New version of StyleEase for Chicago/Turabian Style for 16th Edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (and the 7th Edition of the Turabian Manual). New version includes a database, greatly improved interface, many user interface conveniences.

PC Versions

Released 4/11/2011

Improved detection and notification of available product updates, and added the ability to handle update subscriptions.

Fixed a problem with APA running heads not showing on title pages when the paper didn't include any front matter sections.

PC Versions

Released 02/28/2011

Fixed a problem with APA web page references that contained no author, editor, or date: citations now correctly include the no date (n.d.) indicator.

Modified how StyleEase interacts with the server during startup to dramatically speed up startup time for creating or opening StyleEase documents.

PC Versions

Released 01/12/2011

Added the Deactivate ribbon tab/menu command to allow easy transferring of a StyleEase license from one computer to another.

PC Versions

Released 01/31/2011

Added internal logging capability that does not affect customers, but will allow easier debugging on customer computers in the future.

Modified manual activation handling.

Neither of these changes affects users.

PC Versions

Released 08/2010

Changes in the StyleEase registration model to facilitate site licensing for our corporate, government, and educational institution customers.

 


 

Current Release Notes (MacOS versions)

APA Versions
Updated 12/12/2011

Fixed a problem with new papers not getting "Running head: " in front of the running head on the title page.

 

Previous Release Notes (MacOS versions):

MacOS Versions
Updated 12/05/2011

Added WorldCat search and download capability to APA and MLA products, along with access via our web interface, at:

https://www.styleease.com/Worldcat/OnlineSearch.html.

Also changed the fonts and colors used in most of the forms and screens, for better integration into the MacOS environment.

Fixed a problem with online reference entry in the APA product, along with several minor bug fixes in all versions.

Released 09/01/2011

Updated 10/04/2011

New version of StyleEase for Chicago/Turabian Style for MacOS/Word 2011.

Chicago version updated on 10/04/2011 to fix two problems:

  • Heading styles were not correctly named, which caused problems with page layout in theses and dissertations
  • A problem that caused Word to shut down after dding new sections that required repagination was fixed.

Released 08/06/2011

Fixed a problem with the Help system not displaying properly. No code changes.

Released 4/11/2011

Improved detection and notification of available product updates, and added the ability to handle update subscriptions.

Fixed a problem with APA running heads not showing on title pages when the paper didn't include any front matter sections.

Modified registration communications with the StyleEase server to work with more language systems.

Released 02/13/2011

Added internal logging capability that does not affect customers, but will allow easier debugging on customer computers in the future.

Modified manual activation handling.

Neither of these changes affects users.

Also modified the code used to interface between the user's computer and the StyleEase server. Instead of using the built-in Unix netcat (nc) command (which proved buggy on some Macs), we are using a custom-built perl script to handle sending and receiving script call results.

Released 01/12/2011

New versions of our APA Style and MLA Style products for Word 2011 on MacOS, which work almost identically to their PC counterparts, and work on any Macintosh computer with a working version of Word 2011.

Note that these products do not work with Word 2004 or Word 2008 on MacOS.

Released 01/31/2011

Added internal logging capability that does not affect customers, but will allow easier debugging on customer computers in the future.

Modified manual activation handling.

Neither of these changes affects users.

Also modified the code used to interface between the user's computer and the StyleEase server. Instead of using the built-in Unix netcat (nc) command (which proved buggy on some Macs), we are using a custom-built perl script to handle sending and receiving script call results.