SAI and SAIL Compatibility for Mac Update

A new update to the SAI and SAI Lite has been released to fix a compatibility error introduced in a recent update to Microsoft Word for Mac (version 16.9). The compatibility error appears during installation or startup and may contain the text “Error 4231 (This command is not available.)”

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SAI Updates

Default Style Galleries

The SAI now comes with a selection of preset style galleries to help you compose Word documents.

Load Default Gallery: Allows you to load one of the preset style galleries created by Scribe.

New Options for Creating or Managing Style Galleries

• Add styles to a gallery by typing or copying style names in a comma-separated list above the style selection boxes and clicking Add Styles.
• To import styles from a preset gallery, choose the gallery in the dropdown

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Digital Hub Updates

The Sample Generator

Select a limited number of paragraph styles from your sam files in a project and create sample outputs. This can be used to help create print or electronic design samples or to isolate particular elements for testing or transmittal. For complete documentation of this new feature, click here. A suggested procedure can be accessed here.

New Project Creation Process

Creating a new project now takes place in the metadata tab of the project page. Users are

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• New ePub validation tool
• Hub provides ePub and KindleGen file checks on output

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Digital Hub Updates

ePub Rezipper

Our online tool will rezip an ePub that you created through the Digital Hub and modified locally.

Improved Accessibility and E-book Features

Short Descriptions for Images

The Hub now provides an interface to include short descriptions for images that will be applied as alt text in HTML/ePub outputs.

• Alt text added in the Hub is limited to 150 characters and cannot contain HTML/XML control characters (<>, &, ”, ’).
• This alt text will only be applied to

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• New creator roles are available.
• The Scribe downloads have been updated.

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• Users can specify short descriptions for images.

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• Improved cover image handling.
• Enhanced HTML tagging for e-book and HTML output.
• The file statistics panel allows the elements list to be sorted.

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