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Spark-Space Program Downloads
Here you can find the current and previous versions of Spark-Space. Please note
that you can only upgrade for free within the same major version, so for example from 3.0 to 3.2 but
not from 3.0 to 4.0. Please contact us or your reseller for upgrade pricing.
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Spark-Space LATEST VERSION (4.0) Download
Version 4.0.0023 (June 2010)
Release 4.0 brings a number of additional features: (note that the availability may depend on the edition you have purchased).
- User Profiles: You can now save all settings in a user profile file and restore previously saved settings. This is ideal if you are using Spark-Space in a teaching environment and want to have different settings for different students.
- Access Control: With Access Controls you can turn off features or restrict the functionality of the program. This is useful in a teaching environment where you do not want your users to have access to all of the Spark-Space functionality.
- Animated Demos: Spark-Space now contains additional and new animated demos for all languages. You can access the demos through the Help menu via the option "Animated Help...".
- Text-to-Speech in Ideamap: The text-to-speech button is now enabled and functional within an idea map, just select ideas and click the text-to-speech button to have the idea title read back.
- Translated Clipart: You can now choose the language in which the clipart files are shown (all editions except Spark Basic).
Version 4.0.0023 Enhancements
This version fixes a few minor problems and a problem with Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5.
Version 4.0.0022 Enhancements
This version fixes a problem related to the Undo functionality. It also moves the Autorotate and Autoarrange buttons to a different toolbar to improve usability.
Version 4.0.0021 Enhancements
This version fixes a problem with Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Version 4.0.0019 Enhancements
This version fixes a problem with the list mode. It also fixes a problem with the rotate and tilt mode.
Version 4.0.0018 Enhancements
This version only has minor fixes in the swedish translation and cleans up the File menu. For Windows it also fixes a problem with the installer where the SAPI4 text-to-speech program was not installed.
Version 4.0.0017 Enhancements
This version fixes a problem where the program might not show any toolbars or menubar if it had been exited while in Full-Screen mode. On Windows this version also contains an up-to-date Visual C++ runtime.
Version 4.0.0016 Enhancements
This version fixes a few minor bugs related to translations and also fixes a problem with Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Version 4.0.0015 Enhancements
- Swedish Language support. Spark-Space is now available in swedish.
- Save file as Unicode-16 Spark-Space document. You can now save
Spark-Space files in Unicode-16 format, improving cross platform support
in particular with content management systems.
- Minor fixes
Version 4.0.0014 Enhancements
- Import and Export Bookmarks. You can now import bookmark files, just
export your bookmarks from your favorite browser and import the file
into an idea map. You can then manipulate the map and save it in
bookmark file format so that you can read it back into your browser.
- Improved auto arrange. Autoarrange has been speeded up and you
can now abort it.
Version 4.0.0013 Enhancements
- Paste ideas. You can now paste any text that you may have in
the clipboard straight into a map as new ideas. Every line of text will
result in a new idea.
- Improved clipart ordering. For the business editions of Spark-Space
the top level clipart folders are now reordered to have more business
relevant clipart at the top.
Download Instructions
Please see the section for your computer's operating system below on instructions and download links:
For Windows you need to download the "setup.exe" file below to your computer's
hard disk and double-click on it to start the installation.
For MacOS X there is a Universal build which is ok for a computer with PowerPC processor or Intel Processor running MacOS/X Panther (10.3.9 minimum), Tiger or Leopard.
You need to download the correct disk image to your computer's hard disk. Double-click on it to mount
the disk image and open it. Then double-click on the "Spark-Space.mpkg" file to launch the installer.
For Linux you need to download one of the tar/gzipped files below to your computer's hard disk. When you unpack and untar the
file a folder called "Spark-Space" is created. To run Spark-Space the file "runSpark-Space.sh" located in the Spark-Space
folder needs to be executed. Note that we have only tested RedHat 9 and Fedora Core 5 distributions, but Spark-Space may run on other
Linux distributions.
Spark-Space CD ISO Image
Please follow this link to download the latest ISO image of the Spark-Space
Installation (and Demo) CD (600 MB): SparkCD ISO Image.
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Spark-Space Version 3.2 Downloads
Version 3.2.0004 (Feb 2007)
Release 3.2 brings a number of additional fetures: (note that the availability may depend on the edition you have purchased).
- Word Importer: You can now import Microsoft Word DOC documents (Only on Windows, Word must be installed).
- RTF Importer: You can now import RTF documents.
- HTML Importer: You can now import HTML documents (the documents must be well formed).
- Embedded background images: Background images are now automatically embedded and made part of the document.
- Improved Autoarrange: The autoarrange functionality has been improved greatly and has also been speeded up.
- My Spark-Space Icons: A folder containing your icons is now created inside your "My Documents" folder and you can draw icons using the Painter tool and save them in this folder. From the Clipart Viewer this folder is accessible through the Favourites.
- Numerous bug fixes and enhancements: The list of additional bug fixes and
enhancements is too long to be listed here.
Download Instructions
Please see the section for your computer's operating system below on instructions and download links.
Windows 98,ME,NT,2000,XP
For Windows you need to download the "setup.exe" file below to your computer's
hard disk and double-click on it to start the installation.
Windows Spark-Space Installer (110 MB) contains Spark-Space with all resources..
Apple MacOS X (minimum v10.1)
For MacOS X there are two different disk image files, one for a computer with PowerPC processor (Spark-Space_ppc.dmg), and another one for a computer running MacOS/X Tiger with PowerPC or Intel processor (Universal) (Spark-Space_universal.dmg).
You need to download the correct disk image to your computer's hard disk. Double-click on it to mount
the disk image and open it. Then double-click on the "Spark-Space.mpkg" file to launch the installer.
MacOSX Spark-Space installer disk image (110 MB) contains Spark-Space for Apple MacOSX 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4 (Tiger) for a computer with PowerPC processor
MacOSX Spark-Space installer disk image (125 MB) contains Spark-Space for Apple MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger) for a computer with PowerPC or Intel processor (Universal build)
Linux/86 (RedHat 9 or Suse 9)
For Linux you need to download the tar/gzipped file below to your computer's hard disk. When you unpack and untar the
file a folder called "Spark-Space" is created. To run Spark-Space the file "runSpark-Space.sh" located in the Spark-Space
folder needs to be executed. Note that we have only tested RedHat 9 and Suse 9, but Spark-Space may run on other
Linux distributions.
Linux/86 Spark-Space Tar Gzipped (60 MB) contains Spark-Space for Linux (Intel) with all resources.
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Spark-Space Version 2.4 Downloads
Version 2.4.0012 (December 2004)
Additional Features:
- Tilt/Rotate button: When this button is depressed the idea map can be tilted and rotated
by click-and-drag.
- Drag and drop files into the idea text: Files can be dragged and dropped into the idea
text and a hyperlink is created for this file. If the file is an image file the image will
be displayed.
- Linux version: Spark-Space is now available for Apple MacOSX™ and Microsoft Windows™ and Linux ™.
Download Instructions
Please see the section for your computer's operating system below on instructions and download links.
Windows 98,ME,NT,2000,XP
For Windows there are three different installation files, please select the one suitable for you. Download the file to
your computer's hard disk and double-click on it to start the installation.
Apple MacOS X (Jaguar or Panther)
For MacOS X you need to download the disk image below to your computer's hard disk. Double-click on it to mount
the disk image and open it. Then double-click on the "Spark-Space.mpkg" file to launch the installer.
MacOSX Spark-Space installer disk image (65 MB) contains Spark-Space for Apple MacOSX with all resources.
Linux/86 (RedHat 9 or Suse 9)
For Linux you need to download the tar/gzipped file below to your computer's hard disk. When you unpack and untar the
file a folder called "Spark-Space" is created. To run Spark-Space the file "runSpark-Space.sh" located in the Spark-Space
folder needs to be executed. Note that we have only tested RedHat 9 and Suse 9, but Spark-Space may run on other
Linux distributions.
Linux/86 Spark-Space Tar Gzipped (32 MB) contains Spark-Space for Linux (Intel) with all resources.
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