TOPIC: Re: Master Wish List - Add Wish Here & Create a New Thread For Discussion!

David, if you paste any text from Word it will copy Word formatting which will screw things up. Copy the text to notepad first, then copy it to the document. If an existing document has been used already, delete it and create a new one.

One wish only... A template that the check marks (in the rating boxes) and remarks can be save to.
Having the boxes already checked and certain remarks already in place when starting a new inspection report would save so much time. It would cut report time in half. I have used inspection software that has that capability and that is the biggest time saver. I am happy with HIP, however this would be a HUGH up grade in software efficiency. Please consider this. Thank you.

I don't know if I have requested this before, but I would love to see a few more annotation choices:

Dashed lines - Soooo useful, especially when designating where something is supposed to be.

A change or a selection of arrow styles - this one is a little frivolous I admit, but the current arrowhead is a bit clunky looking.

The ability to force a vertical or horizontal line/arrow by holding down a key (shift of ctrl) - again, so useful. when I'm putting three or more arrows on something it looks cleaner if they all look identical and they point identical directions.

Text outlines - One of the frustrations about inserting text on a photo in any program is that the photo, as a background, can vary greatly in color. To address this you can use a very pronounced color like red or yellow which will rarely be present in your photo but personally I think looks a bit over the top and adds emphasis where it may not be needed. Being able to outline text would let you use a black or white font all the time with the opposite outline and your text is readable regardless what the photo color is and is not unnecessarily pronounced.

Lastly, I've noticed the contrast feature in the photo edit doesn't really change anything but the light colors in your photos. It doesn't really darken or deepen the dark portions. This would be another useful improvement because it helps contrast cracks, deteriorated shingles, etc., and it helps add real contrast back to the photo after you brighten it which, while necessary at times, does tend to wash out the dark portions of a photo.

I would like to see all the documents in a list at once and a check box that allows me to choose which ones to include in the report. The version I'm using now has a list box which is time consuming to review every document to see if I'm not putting a particular document in a particular report.

New comments should be move to the top of the list. Right now when I improve a comment it goes to the end of the list and I have to move it up to the top position past other comments or scroll through to the end of the list to select it. Changing this would save a lot of time.

Client info page should have a reminder to make sure you didn't forget to enter something important.