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If your current Handy client license has a purchase date more than 1 year
prior to the release date of the current version, there would be an upgrade fee
required to use the new version. You can check your purchase date within
Handy under "Help / About...". The release date for the current
version is shown on the Handy Client download page.
To upgrade your Handy Client license visit the
purchase upgrade page. To download an older version of the client,
find it in the listings below.
September 3, 2008: Version 3.9
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Updated Print Preview for Vista SP1 compatibility |
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Improved Page Setup dialogs |
May 11, 2008: Version 3.8 [Download
version 3.8]
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Updated Print Preview for Vista SP1 compatibility |
January 29, 2008: Version 3.7 [Download
version 3.7]
(effective license release date remains at November 30, 2007)
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Bug fix: Permission problems under Vista when publishing an address book |
January 1, 2008: Version 3.6 [Download
version 3.6]
(effective license release date remains at November 30, 2007)
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Bug fix: Booklet printing could cause program to hang under certain
conditions |
November 30, 2007: Version 3.5 [Download
version 3.5]
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Added "File / Options... / List Display..." dialog to customize
colors and fonts for the address list view. Separate settings are
available for even/odd rows. |
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Added address list view 'Templates' to memorize and recall list view field
preferences. Useful when you want to have different views easily
available. |
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Can now customize which fields are available in the address search dialog |
July 20, 2007: Version 3.4 [Download
version 3.4]
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Add "File / Properties..." menu command |
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Increased maximum notes for each contact to 1MB |
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Added keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + S) for selecting which address/email/phone
field is being edited in the Address Editor dialog |
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Windows Vista update |
July 10, 2007: Version 3.3 [Download
version 3.3]
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Added printing options to insert a page break between alphabet groups for
the List, Details, and Booklet printing styles. |
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Search results list improved so that multiple selections can be made using
Ctrl and Shift keys. Enables selecting multiple search results in the
main list view. |
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Added keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + S) for selecting which address/email/phone
field is being edited in the Address Editor dialog |
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Changed default location for new user's address book from installation
folder to "My Documents \ Handy Address Book" |
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Bug fix: "Browse..." buttons were not working under Windows 98 |
April 9, 2007: Version 3.2 [Download
version 3.2]
(For licensing purposes the release date of 3.2
remains the same as version 3.1 (April 7, 2007) since this release is strictly a
maintenance release.)
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Bug fix: Program could crash when a contact had a category assignment
manually entered that had categories longer than 15 characters |
April 7, 2007: Version 3.1 [Download
version 3.1]
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Updated for Windows Vista. Fixed several compatibility/display problems under Vista. |
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Added support for Vista's "Default Programs" feature. Use
Default Programs to assign Handy to be the default program for
vCards (*.vcf) and Handy Address Book files (*.abk). |
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Handy is now supported on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003,
and Vista. |
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Improved note printing by adding optional word wrap. When "File /
Options... / Options / Word Wrap Notes" option is on, notes longer than one
line will be word wrapped when printing Booklet and Details styles. |
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Bug fix: Program could crash when importing certain files |
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Bug fix: When a contact was assigned to a single category, the category
assignment could not be removed using the "Categories..." dialog |
December 8, 2006: Version 3.0 [Download
version 3.0]
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New "Booklet" printing style |
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Printing option to print all, only even, or only odd pages.
Helpful for doing 2 sided printing. |
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Printing option to print multiple copies at once |
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Ability to define your own custom labels for printing |
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Option to choose which fields are printed with the envelope
printing style |
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Store multiple return addresses for the envelope printing style |
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Export field order and selection status are now memorized and
initialized as defaults for subsequent exports |
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Minor bug fixes and online help updates |
July 20, 2006: Version 2.2 [Download
version 2.2]
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Word Wrap option for the Notes
field in the address editor and in the details view |
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Alphabet filter option to filter
on Name, Company, or either one |
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New installation program |
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Improved import wizard by displaying a progress bar during
import |
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Minor bug fixes and online help updates |
September 24, 2005: Version 2.1 [Download
version 2.1]
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Removed option to overwrite an address book that couldn't be opened because it was created with a
future version of Handy. (Attempting to help prevent accidental data loss.) |
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Improved appearance of installation program |
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Bug fix: When using shared address books the "File / New..." command was not initiating a
logon, so if you weren't already logged on the shared option was always disabled. |
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Bug fix: Program could crash under some circumstances when publishing to the web |
July 31, 2005: Version 2.0 [Download
version 2.0]
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First release of Handy Client for the Handy Server |
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