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). - . 
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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