Release notes

version 7.12.1
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Contents

1 Release notes for version 7.12.1 1

1.1 System requirements
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1.2 New features and enhancements
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1.2.1 Calendar
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Roll Over 2
1.2.2 Navigator
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1.2.3 Quick
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Charts 4
1.2.4 Free
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Format columns in graphing 5
1.2.5 Default
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Formula Override Audit 6

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1 Release notes for version 7.12.1
This document details the new features, enhancements, important notes and bug fixes in XERAS 7.12.1 and
is intended to be a useful resource. We welcome your feedback. Please email DocFeedback@runge.com.au
if you have any comments or suggestions.

1.1 System requirements

The table below describes the system requirements for XERAS 7.12.1:

Component Minimum Recommended

Operating Windows XP* Windows XP*

system
Windows XP Professional (32-bit only)
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Business (32-bit only)
Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit only)
Windows 7**
Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-
bit)
Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit and 64-
bit)
Windows XP Professional (32-bit only)
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Business (32-bit only)
Windows Vista Enterprise (32-bit only)
Windows 7**
Windows 7 Enterprise (32-bit and 64-
bit)
Windows 7 Ultimate (32-bit and 64-
bit)

Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and

64-bit) 64-bit)

Processor Equivalent to an Intel Pentium IV 3GHz or Equivalent to an Intel Core i7.

AMD Athlon XP 3000+.

Memory 1 GB 8 GB

Screen 1280 x 1024, True Colour (32-bit) 1600 x 1200, True Colour (32-bit)
resolution

XERAS 7.12.1 will run on the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows 7 operating system.
* Installation on XP 64-bit is not supported.
** XERAS 7.12.1 does not install on Windows 7 Home Premium.

1.2 New features and enhancements

This section describes the new features and enhancements in XERAS 7.12.1:
Calendar Roll Over

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 Navigator

Quick Charts
Free Format columns in graphing
Default Formula Override Audit.

1.2.1 Calendar Roll Over

A Calendar Roll Over function has been added to let you roll the calendar forward by one year and
automatically moves all local values to the corresponding cell/s in the updated calendar.

See Calendar Roll Over in the help for more information.

1.2.2 Navigator

A number of improvements have been made to the Navigator.

Additional workflow type options

A number of additional workflow type options have been added to the Navigator:

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 XERAS 7.12.1 Options XERAS 7.12 Options Change

Open Spreadsheet Single Spreadsheet Option name change only

Open List View of ListView of Spreadsheet based Option name change only
Spreadsheets on Template

Create Spreadsheet N/A New option introduced in

XERAS 7.12.1.

Open Single Structure N/A New option introduced in

XERAS 7.12.1.

Open Two Structures N/A New option introduced in

XERAS 7.12.1.

Open Table N/A New option introduced in

XERAS 7.12.1.

Calculate N/A New option introduced in

XERAS 7.12.1.

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 Information Title/Information Option name change only

See Creating a workflow in the help for more information.

Reset All button renamed to Reset Workflow

The Reset All button on the Navigator toolbar has been renamed to Reset Workflow:

Shortcut keys
You can now press Insert or Delete when adding or deleting steps in a workflow.

New step inserted after selected step

When adding a new workflow step, XERAS inserts the new step directly after the step that was selected.

1.2.3 Quick Charts

Two right-click options have been added to the Quick Charts window:
Display Base Data Column - includes and displays values from the Base Data column.
Display Free Format Column - includes values from any additional columns that you added in the source
spreadsheet.

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 See Quick Chart in the help for more information.

1.2.4 Free Format columns in graphing

An additional Free Format check box has been added to the Graph window to let you include or exclude any
additional columns that you added in the source spreadsheet:

See Formatting a graph in the help for more information.

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1.2.5 Default Formula Override Audit

The Tools > Default Formula Override Audit function has been divided into two options:

Default Formula Audit - Current View - locates instances where template default formulas have been
overwritten by a cell formula or value in the currently displayed spreadsheet or structure.
Default Formula Audit - Whole Model - locates instances where template default formulas have been
overwritten by a cell formula or value in all spreadsheets in the current model.

See Default Formula Audit - Current View/Whole Model in the help for more information.

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