Purple Pen is course setting software for orienteering. Purple Pen makes it easy to design orienteering courses and their associated control descriptions. Design your courses visually — …

Purple Pen now correctly displays and print almost all features just like OCAD, so the Print Courses command now is recommended for use. For those few features it doesn't support, PP …

Purple Pen directly loads and displays an OCAD map for your event. OCAD versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are supported. For those using OpenOrienteering Mapper, Purple Pen fully …

Purple Pen Change Summary Changes in 3.5.3 New/Changed Features. The Customize Appearance dialog has a new option for blending purple with underlying colors: "Layer". This …

To translate the symbolic descriptions, you use some hidden commands in Purple Pen. Once you have installed your new version of Purple Pen, run it and open the sample event. …

Although Purple Pen is a Windows-only program, you can use the free Virtual Box program to run a virtual machine on your Mac or Linux computer. Within that virtual machine, you can run a …

Purple Pen Will Not Start. Sometimes existing problems on your Windows installation prevent Purple Pen from starting. The following steps usually can resolve these problems. Turn your …

The prices of code signing certificates have increased dramatically, and it is no longer cost-effective to purchase one for Purple Pen. Because of this, a Windows feature called …

Neither the name of Peter Golde, nor "Purple Pen", nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written …

Tools. This page collects some other useful computer tools related to maps and orienteering. Ocad2Png. Ocad2Png is a Windows command line tool that creates a PNG bitmap file from an …