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IMPROVEMENT: Ability to Copy/Paste Fields - If users hold the Ctrl (or Cmd) key while clicking the Copy icon above a field in the Online Designer, it will copy the field attributes to the user’s clipboard (in JSON format), and the field can be “pasted” into the same project, another project, or even a project on another REDCap instance so long as it is on 17.2.0 or higher. Multiple fields can be selected together for copying/pasting via the Quick-Modify Fields feature in the Online Designer. The Copy/Paste Field functionality makes a field into a portable item, thus making it much more convenient to copy/move individual fields without having to copy entire projects (via Project XML or data dictionary) or instruments (via Instrument Zip file).

IMPROVEMENT: The instructions at the top of a Multi-Language Management setup page’s JSON export now gives LLM-friendly instructions. Thus, translation workflows could be as easy as: 1) export JSON (with prompts and defaults), 2) feed to LLM, 3) re-import, 4) done.

IMPROVEMENT: New “Enhanced Signature” Field Type - Users may now utilize a more accessible signature field for capturing both a “scribble” signature or a hand-typed signature. After clicking the “Add signature” link on a form or survey, the user/participant will be presented with the option to select “Type signature” (default) or “Draw signature”. They can type their signature in a text box, which will be converted to a font style of their choice and stored as an image, similar to how a scribble signature is saved as an image. To set a field in the data dictionary as an Enhanced Signature field, the field type should be “file” with the field validation type as “enhanced_signature”. Note: Any fields that are currently an existing Signature field can be easily converted to an Enhanced Signature with no issues or data loss.

IMPROVEMENT: When using Multi-Language Management in a MyCap-enabled project, three new languages (Zulu: zu-ZA, Afrikaans: af-ZA, Czech: cs-CZ) were added to the list of "Language supported by the MyCap app". These new languages can be utilized in the MyCap app.