Release Notes 6.5

The Sigma Personal feature set and available templates and reports have been adapted and updated, to fit the Sigma Personal user’s needs and to make the application more user friendly.

The ribbons [Data], [View] and [Tools] have been removed from Sigma Personal, as well as the Insight view.

Empty groups have been removed from the ribbon [Reports].

The following features have been added to the ribbon [Home]: Export to Excel, Constants, Windows (group).

The following features have been removed from the ribbon [Home]: Run Script, Protect, Tree annotation, Validation.

Price lists and Quick libraries have been added to the [Libraries] ribbon.

Sigma Personal users now have access to Company info and Files in [Settings] (Files).

It is no longer possible to choose .sit (template), when saving a Sigma document.

The download page is cleaned up to provide better overview, and the download now starts immediately. The installer size is minimized to provide guided user interface much faster.

When a user downloads Sigma 6.5, the user will be presented with a dialog showing a video and a downloading progress bar. The main purpose of the video is to guide and prepare the user. The progress bar ensures that the user is aware of an ongoing process.

When Sigma 6.5 has been downloaded, the installer starts. The EULA has been updated, as well as the layout and text in the installer wizard and the profiles available.

When Sigma starts, the user will start in Files ->New. The user quickly gets an overview of available templates. When the user creates a new document by selecting a template, Sigma presents a dialog which tells the user of the [Getting started guide] and where to find it.

New ribbon [Help] is now available in Sigma. The ribbon ensures easy access to Sigma Help and Training, the Sigma Getting Started guide and to Support. The user also able to search for specific guides by using the search field in the [Help] ribbon. The menu [Help] in Files, have been removed.

Further, a link to [Getting started guide] has been added to the [Home] ribbon in Sigma.

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It is now possible to switch columns on/off, including custom fields, by using Sigma App Script.

Further, users using Sigma App Script, can now access and manipulate childs in the grid view.

It is now possible to for Sigma Estimates to register trial users in a better way, enabling better communication and follow-up during their trial period.

Users are no longer prompted to send error reports to Sigma Estimates. The user will always be presented with a message, if Sigma needs to restart and an error report is saved locally on the user’s computer.

Updates to US terminology: “Tender” has been changed to “Bid” and “Supplements and Deductions” to “Adds and Cuts”.

Previous Sigma version had a menu [Help] in Files, which also contained subscription information. [Help] has now been replaced with [Subscription], which also contains subscription information.

The user will now see an improved and more understandable error message when trying to delete a running app in Sigma, to help the user understand the process.