UnicodeConverter Change Summary
.NET version

    15 November 2014 - UnicodeConverter.NET v2.1

• Upgraded to .NET 4.0
• Refactored and added documentation
• Added progressbar
• Added support for docx/xlsx formats
• Added support for PowerPoint presentations
• Added unit tests
• Improved keyboard accessibility

    8 August 2009 - UnicodeConverter.NET v2.0

• Upgraded to .NET 2.0
• Refactored using generics and BackgroundWorker
• Revamped localization code
• Fixed a bug with releasing Excel COM object
• Added Setup project

    14 November 2005 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.3

• Refactored using Design Patterns to improve code reusability, program extensibility and maintainability
• Changed the letter case of methods to following the naming convention as described in .NET Framework Naming Guidelines

    5 May 2005 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.2

• Added conversion support for Unicode Composite (NFD) and NCR (windows-1252, iso-8859-1)
• Added file Drag-and-Drop support
• Localized user interface
• Use late binding to avoid compatibility issues associated with early binding during compile time and run time between different Office versions. This gained flexibility and maintainability may slightly impact performance of Word and Excel file conversion

    21 August 2004 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.1.3

• Added support for conversion of Excel workbooks
• Improved VIQR conversion
• Improved, faster Word conversion

    12 March 2003 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.1.2

• Added support for conversion of Rich Text Format files

    10 December 2002 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.1.1

• Source encoding, working directory, file filter are remembered
• Added support for 'D-' and 'd-' in VIQR encoding
• Fixed treatment of VPS Hoa font names
• Added support for converting Word document's Title property

    25 September 2002 - UnicodeConverter.NET v1.1

• Added support for conversion of Word documents
• Ported J++ to C#