We released version 2.5 of Home Inspector Pro for Windows today, and it has lots of exciting new features! The 2.5 version for Mac should be out by Monday (or sooner). To download the latest version visit http://www.HomeInspectorPro.com and log in on the left hand side if are already a user, or click on Download Trial if you'd like to try the program out.

Check out our video interview with NACHI Founder Nick Gromicko and myself on NACHI.TV!! Visit http://www.NACHI.TV and view Episode 8.

There are now 12 animated tutorials on the website. A few of them will be updated in the next few days to reflect the new updates.

Here's a list of the new features added for 2.5 and the last few versions in case you haven't updated in awhile. If you have any questions please let us know via email, phone, or live chat.

If you are already running Home Inspector Pro version 2.0-2.4.9 select the Update version. If you are installing Home Inspector Pro on a new machines or need to do a complete reinstall use the full version. IMPORTANT: IF YOU UNINSTALL THE PROGRAM IT WILL DELETE ALL YOUR TEMPLATES AND FILES!! MAKE SURE TO BACKUP FIRST! You can just install the update (or even full version) over the existing and you won't lose your work.

If you have any questions or problems with this version please email support@homeinspectorpro.com or use the Live Help feature. To install simply download the version you need and run the installer.

What was added in 2.5

• Pictures can now be added anywhere in the report, not just at the end! Use the drop down boxes above each picture to control where they will appear in the report. You can check a box next to the picture if you want the picture to still appear at the end. This creates a much better looking report and is extremely fast.
  
• There is a caption field under each picture. You can type in a caption or you can check the box to use the drop down box (section names) as the caption like before.
• The border, header and font colors chosen from Report Settings->Formatting now just apply to the cover page, summary page, end of the report photos and earthquake page (if you use it).
• You can go to Report Settings -> Section Colors and Print Order to select the colors for individual sections, you can set them all the same, or all different.
• Reordering and excluding sections on the report was relocated to Report Settings-> Section Colors and Print Order.
• Border thickness can now be adjusted from 0 to 20 pixes allowing a greater control of appearance. Set it at Report Settings -> Section Colors.
• Programs starts up 50-60% faster.
• Reports are created 50-60% faster.
• Several other smaller features.
  

What was added in 2.4.5-2.4.7

• Load time of the program and ram usage was decreased by optimizing the Edit Table panels.
• Weather & Time fields added to the Client Info. Both fields are optional.
• Changes made to the Photo Panels to allow for much larger images to be loaded
• Report Settings->Options was added with lots of new features. These will probably be reorganized at a later date but we wanted to get the functionality in place.
• Ability to print pages continuously rather than giving each section its own page.
• Ability to print the item description (Comments, Materials, etc) even if no items have been selected.
• Ability to not print an item if no comments have been made.
• Ability to use roman numerals rather than numbers to label areas on the report.
• Ability to use letters rather than numbers to label each item on the report.
• Ability to print the summary at the end of the report instead of after the cover page.
• Ability to change the title of the summary page.
• The documents section no longer prints the file name at the top of the page. We decided it made more sense to allow the user to enter the document name at the top of the document for more flexability.
• By using Report Settings -> Ratings if you do not use all the ratings the extra boxes will not print on the report or show up in the program.
• Items such as Cabinets, Walls, tabs can now be renamed (the items within them still cannot, will be added in the future).
• Bug fixes were made to ensure that new areas could be added in the Edit Template section and renamed without problems.
• Several other bug fixes were made.

For those of you who are a bit behind, What was added in 2.4.0

• Documents - You now have the ability to add an unlimited number of documents into your report. These documents and be added after any section or after the cover page. You can reach this area by clicking on the Documents button. All documents are stored in the Data\Documents folder and can be moved from computer to computer. Although you can use the document in multiple templates, the location of where the documents will print is template specific. This means you must click Save Template to save this info.
• Separators - In order to allow more narrative reports and flexability a separator option has been added to each table. To view this setting click on the Edit Tables button. Next to each table you have the option of the items you choose for each section to be comma separated (the default), period separated, or separated by a new line. This greatly approves the attractiveness of the report when you use longer descriptions of problems.
• Logo - You can now add your company logo to the cover page. This is under Edit->Report Settings->Company Logo.