Release of Atlantis 1.6.5.8 (beta)

Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.8 is now available for betatesting.

This version of Atlantis has a number of important adjustments and improvements.

You can find details on this new version of Atlantis on the Betatesting page.

Release of Atlantis 1.6.5.6

Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.6 has been released.

This version of Atlantis Word Processor is a micro-update with critical bug fixes to the "Open DOCX" module of Atlantis. Click here for details.

There are multiple ways to upgrade your copy of Atlantis Word Processor to the latest version.

If you do not have Atlantis Word Processor on your computer yet, you can install this new version of Atlantis by running the latest setup file of Atlantis. Click here to download it.

Terminating support for the U3 platform

As previously announced, the U3 technology is no longer supported in Atlantis. Starting from the release of Atlantis 1.6.5.5, there will be no more updates to the U3-smart version of Atlantis Word Processor. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Note that even so, you'll still be able to install the standard version of Atlantis Word Processor on any memory flash drive, and use it from there.

Release of Atlantis 1.6.5.5

Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.5 has been released.

This version of Atlantis Word Processor is a maintenance release with bug fixes and minor improvements. Click here for details.

There are multiple ways to upgrade your copy of Atlantis Word Processor to the latest version.

If you do not have Atlantis Word Processor on your computer yet, you can install this new version of Atlantis by running the latest setup file of Atlantis. Click here to download it.

Micro-updates

We are announcing a change to the way fixes and other minor changes to Atlantis Word Processor get delivered to our users. Previously all the fixes and minor changes had to wait for the next beta version of Atlantis, and then after a period of betatesting, were released as a part of a new public version of Atlantis. As a result, you sometimes had to wait for weeks, maybe months to see a problem fixed.

From now on, there will be no more waiting. A minor update will be released publicly as soon as a problem is encountered and fixed, or a new minor feature is implemented in Atlantis. In this way, fixes will be available within days, sometimes even within hours of being reported, simply by updating your copy of Atlantis in any available way.

Note that the "bigger" changes and features introduced in Atlantis will still be released as beta versions for testing before proper official release.

Celebrating 10 years of Atlantis Word Processor!

Ten years ago, February 25 2001, Atlantis Word Processor 1.0 was released.

We want to thank everyone who has helped us along the way – our users and our betatesters, those who are with us since the beginning and those who only recently joined the Atlantis community. We want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Without you we would not be where we are now.

We are celebrating the 10th anniversary with a discount on the Atlantis registration fee.
If you have not registered your copy of Atlantis yet, you can now do this with a $10 discount. The reduced price will be available until the end of February 2011.
So hurry up to register your copy of Atlantis Word Processor.

Release of Atlantis 1.6.5.4

Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.4 is available as a public release.

This version of Atlantis introduces a new Navigation tool. It also includes a number of important fixes and improvements. Click here for details.

There are multiple ways to upgrade your copy of Atlantis Word Processor to the latest version.

If you do not have Atlantis Word Processor on your computer yet, you can install this new version of Atlantis by running the latest setup file of Atlantis. Click here to download it.

Adding phrases to the spellchecker dictionary

Most spellcheckers do a reasonably good job of detecting individual misspellings. But when it comes to checking full phrases, spellcheckers do not perform so well, including those found in top-end word processors.

Let's take a real life example.

Let's suppose that you regularly use popular Latin proverbs like "corruptio optimi pessima" (this is a Latin phrase meaning "the corruption of the best is the worst"). If you type this phrase in Atlantis, the spellchecker will red-underline all three words separately:


This is because none of them is present in the Atlantis spellchecker dictionary.

Now if you regularly insert this proverb in your texts, you won't like to see it systematically flagged as a misspelling. You have two ways to go about this.

The first solution will work with any spellchecker (including that of Atlantis). You simply add all the individual words from the phrase to the spellchecker dictionary ("corruptio", "optimi", and "pessima" in our example). In Atlantis, this is done by right-clicking the red-underlined words one after the other, and choosing "Add to Dictionary" from the context menu:


When all three words have been added, Atlantis will not report "corruptio optimi pessima" as a misspelling.

But there are drawbacks to this method. All the words that you add to the dictionary ("corruptio", "optimi", and "pessima" in our example) are treated by the Atlantis spellchecker as proper single words. They are not reported as misspelt if you use them separately. This can have undesirable consequences: if you mistype "corruption" as "corruptio", it might very well be a typo, but the Atlantis spellchecker will not notice because both "corruption" and "corruptio" are now in the spellchecker dictionary. And there is even worse. Atlantis might very well suggest any of these Latin words as possible replacements for misspellings that you make. These suggestions will probably be inappropriate most of the time.

So Atlantis offers you a much better solution with none of the above drawbacks. Instead of adding each word making up a phrase, —one after the other—, you can add the entire phrase to the Atlantis spellchecker dictionary at one go: simply right-click the first of the red-underlined words, and choose "Edit Dictionary..." from the context menu:


Then type or paste the phrase in the "Words" edit box:


Click "Add". "OK" out of the dialog.

From then on, Atlantis will not report the phrase "corruptio optimi pessima" as a misspelling. However, if you type any of these components separately (either "corruptio", or "optimi", or "pessima"), each will be reported as a possible misspelling (they will be red-underlined).

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Release of Atlantis 1.6.5.4 (beta)

Atlantis Word Processor 1.6.5.4 is now available for betatesting.

Atlantis 1.6.5.4 is a maintenance release with a number of important fixes and improvements. It also includes a new Navigation tool.

You can find details on this new version of Atlantis on the Betatesting page.