Another helpful new set-related feature is the ability to create a new "Ad hoc" set and add selected font(s) to it with one keystroke. This is helpful when you're watching a slide show of possible fonts, or skimming through your font collection, and don't want to stop to create and name a set. Until you name that set, you can add additional selected fonts to it by pressing Command-+.

One of the program's most useful Version 2 features was its ability to scan proprietary documents from Adobe and Quark and create a report or a set from the fonts within them. Version 3 can now scan Illustrator CS3, CS4, and CS5 files, as well as InDesign files. It can also export its report in plain text or XML format.

Version 3 has new auto-activation plug-ins for QuarkXPress 9, InDesign CS5, Illustrator CS5, and Photoshop CS5, and the Plug-In Manager now has a "Check for Plug-In Updates" button. This allows Linotype to release updated plug-ins without requiring an update of the entire program. Previously, if fonts resided on a server, the auto-activation plug-ins couldn't activate them. In version 3 they can. Administrators can now export font sets, with improved security settings. And, FontExplorer X Pro can now identify and activate fonts used in placed graphics, which is amazing.

Version 3 can clean the font caches for all recent versions of its auto activation applications, as well as for the system. This is incredibly useful for designers who use multiple versions of a font--otherwise, applications may remember a previous version when you're actually using a newer one.