Grunt for Mac available for everyone. While still in Beta, this version brings massive improvements across the board both in features and stability
Big performance improvements. Grunt is more than 2x faster on almost everything related to manipulating, editing, or moving objects
Improved start-up time. Enjoy much faster start-up times when loading PowerPoint with Grunt
Significantly reduced memory (RAM) usage, especially for text heavy objects
Smaller file sizes. Grunt object outputs are around 30% smaller, and even more for text heavy objects, flags and images
Fixes
Resolved some nasty Spell Check bugs associated with text rotation and Add to Dictionary
Brought back support for dragging multiple rules in the rule stack
Fixed some DPI issues associated with external monitors
Fixed an issue where the Agenda object could display the wrong chapter order temporarily while editing the presentation
Fixed an issue where duplicated Grunt objects became unintentionally linked and changes to one would carry through to the other
Fixed an issue where the vertical value category axis would break if it did not start at 0
Fixed the behavior of the CTRL+D hotkey in Visual Grid to ensure it triggers a standard duplication of rows/columns instead of creating linked duplicates
Fixed an issue where removing a duplicated slide with a Grunt object required an extra undo step. Now, it can be undone with a single step
Fixed a misalignment issue with the scatterplot Grunt axis handlebars
Improved the adjustment mechanism for discrete date axes in charts, ensuring more intuitive and precise control over the axis range
Resolved issues with Excel integration, including connection errors, unexpected Excel termination, and problems with workbook fetching when checking for updates. This ensures smoother Excel operations and update checks
Improved clipboard support on Mac: special characters like Å, Ä, and Ö in Excel file names now work seamlessly when creating charts
Fixed several focus issues that appeared when plugging external monitors in and out