Release notes

4.0.1 - 2024-10-22

Fixed

  • Change element title (chapter, scene, character, location, object) when text includes images.

  • Move scene to another chapter when text includes images.

4.0.0 - 2024-09-06

Added

  • Image management within the text (Supporters only).

  • Comments (Supporters only).

  • Footnotes (Supporters only).

  • Link management (Supporters only).

  • High-contrast dark theme (Supporters only).

  • "Replace all" across the project (Supporters only).

  • Ability to transform a main character into a secondary character and vice versa (Supporters only).

  • Free notes section for the main character (Supporters only).

  • Main character: manage images, events, and groups even in subsections.

  • Table of contents in exports.

  • Page numbers in exports.

  • Images in exports.

  • Export a single part (Supporters only).

  • Option to export unanswered questions and unfilled sections.

  • Option to export scene names.

  • Ability to choose font size during export.

  • Additional text highlight colors.

  • Clear text formatting command.

  • Paste without formatting command.

  • Small text option.

  • Superscript and subscript text options.

  • Special characters insertion via buttons.

  • More commands added to the context menu.

  • Save the last selected export directory.

  • Navigate between scenes or sections using arrow keys.

  • Navigate between scenes in editing mode.

  • Edit titles with a double-click.

  • Add/modify profile pictures in edit mode with a double-click.

  • Manage group membership of an item with a double-click on the label image.

  • Rename a part with a double-click.

  • Upon exiting a text editor, automatically save without asking for confirmation if autosave is enabled.

  • Automatically navigate to the detail page or back when creating an item, based on a configuration parameter.

  • Enter writing mode by default when opening an item (configurable).

  • Display the number of groups in project statistics.

  • Download logs directly from the application.

  • Set the documents directory as the suggested location for selecting project and backup directories.

  • Open the backup directory when selecting a file to import.

  • Support for Mac silicon (ARM64).

Changed

  • Set Garamond as the default font (Supporters only).

Fixed

  • Capture and disable CTRL+R and CMD+R, as they were breaking the application.

3.0.3 - 2023-09-09

Fixed

  • Error in the export if a narrative line associated with a group is deleted.

  • "Create chapter" button visibility when parts are created without creating any chapters.

  • Text formatting commands are ignored when the cursor is in the first position of a line or after a period (#350).

3.0.2 - 2023-06-05

Fixed

  • The first question is empty when opening the question editor.

3.0.1 - 2023-06-02

Fixed

  • "Create chapter" button visibility.

3.0.0 - 2023-05-31

Added

  • Management of groups of characters, locations, objects, and narrative strands (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Read novel mode (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Read chapter mode (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Custom character interview questions (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Unlimited mind maps (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Mind map: added new shapes for elements; possibility to choose the color of the elements (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Mind map: introduced double direction arrows and dotted arrows; possibility to choose the color of the arrows (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Automatic capitalization at the end of sentences.

  • Creation of a character/place/object/narrative strand starting from the scene's tags.

  • Insert questions about the state of health of the main characters and their relationship with their children.

  • Double-click on the text to edit it.

  • Project explorer: made the titles selectable and copyable.

  • Project explorer: added reason and chapter notes.

  • Ukrainian translation.

Changed

  • Changed word count and made it consistent with Word (for new projects only).

  • In Windows changed the shortcut for the full-screen mode from CTRL+D to F11.

  • Removed the 5-second wait in the Supporters Edition trial popup.

2.4.0 - 2022-06-12

Added

  • Outline view.

  • Setting the font size of the User Interface: 100%, 115%, 130%.

  • Additional fonts: Baskerville, Garamond, Georgia, Palatino (Supporters Edition Only).

  • Setting the space between the lines.

  • Setting the space between the paragraphs.

  • Setting the scenes' separator on export: blank line, ***, ...

  • Setting the title format on export: number and title, only number, only title, "chapter" and number

  • Windows Installer.

  • Supporters edition features available for 30-days trial on Community Edition.

Changed

  • Architecture, Characters, Locations, Objects, Notes, Chapters, Scenes card layout.

  • Architecture, Chapters section layout.

Fixed

  • Ubuntu 22.04, Fedora 36 compatibility.

2.3.1 - 2021-06-02

Changed

  • Reduced the size of the Italian dictionary.

2.3.0 - 2021-05-24

Added

  • Profile image management for characters, places, objects (Supporters Edition only).

  • Management of events related to settings, characters, places and objects that integrate the timeline (Supporters Edition only).

  • Management of prologue, epilogue and parts of the project (Supporters Edition only).

  • Unlimited notes (Supporters Edition only).

  • Export selection: whole novel, single chapter, single character, etc. (Supporters Edition only).

  • Objects' analysis (Supporters Edition only).

  • Direct navigation between one scene and the next and between the various sections of the character's interview (Supporters Edition only).

  • Day of week in Timeline (Supporters Edition only).

  • Timeline export (Supporters Edition only).

  • Automatic backup.

  • Add words to the dictionary also for Windows and Linux.

  • Slovenian translation.

Changed

  • In the English translation, replaced "he/she" with "they/them".

  • Mac shortcut for full-text editor: from CMD+D to CMD+L.

  • In find/replace text box when the ENTER button is pressed, the first occurrence of the search term will be highlighted (#262).

  • Increased the scenes' area in the detail of the chapter (#243).

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Fixed

  • Missing search section labels translated.

  • Turkish translation.

  • Drag & Drop Chapters and Scenes don't work in some weird project state (#267).

  • Formatting issues when exporting to DOCX (arbitrary double spacing) (#269).

2.2.0 - 2020-05-08

Added

  • Writing goals (Supporters Edition only).

  • Export to EPUB (Supporters Edition only).

  • Relations' diagram (Supporters Edition only).

  • Export to TXT.

  • Shortcut to text-align in editor.

    • CTRL+SHIFT+L / CMD+SHIFT+L: align left

    • CTRL+SHIFT+C / CMD+SHIFT+C: align center

    • CTRL+SHIFT+R / CMD+SHIFT+R: align right

    • CTRL+SHIFT+J / CMD+SHIFT+J: justify

  • Dutch translation.

Fixed

  • Update Hurfbuzz library

2.1.0 - 2019-04-30

Added

  • Distraction free mode (Supporters Edition only).

  • Search text in project (Supporters Edition only).

  • Find/replace text in editor (Supporters Edition only).

  • Novel sequel creation (Supporters Edition only).

Changed

  • Improved UX:

    • Menu items always visible and clickable.

    • Project explorer items clickable.

    • Breadcrumb items always clickable.

    • Card navigation using TAB key.

    • Card selection using ENTER key.

  • Added new shortcuts:

    • ESC: back.

    • CTRL+E / CMD+E: switch to edit mode.

    • CTRL+N / CMD+N: create strand/main character/location/object/chapter/scene.

    • CTRL+SHIFT+N / CMD+SHIFT+N: create secondary character.

    • CTRL+J / CMD+J: open image section.

    • CTRL+G / CMD+G: open/close project explorer

    • CTRL+T / CMD+T: open scene tags section.

  • Minimum resolution to 1024x768.

  • Extended chapter title to 100 characters.

Fixed

  • Export objects in PDF/DOCX export.

  • English translation.

  • Russian translation.

  • Turkish translation.

2.0.3 - 2018-06-11

Fixed

  • Managed invalid XML characters in export to docx.

  • Chapter reason and notes: last save datetime update.

  • Chapter detail footer: removed unused edit button; words and characters always visible.

  • Chapter task status calculation when reason is todo and there are no scenes.

  • Managed line breaks when paste from plain/text.

2.0.2 - 2018-05-05

Fixed

  • Scene time bug: fixed Analysis and Timeline.

  • Scene time when open tags before saving scene.

  • Scene tags switch from alternative calendar to gregorian calendar without setting values.

2.0.1 - 2018-04-21

Fixed

  • Turkish translation.

  • Portuguese locale management.

2.0.0 - 2018-04-19

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