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v2025-06-20

Fixed

Bug fixes

v2025-06-19

New

Added a color switcher for the small timeline view

Improved

Improved wording on the backup tab column heading

Fixed

Minor bug fixes

v2025-06-03

Improved

Generate more plotline colors when adding new plotlines
Search and Replace now has added icons to jump to locations

Fixed

Minor bug fixes

v2025-05-09

Improved

Drag and dropping on the outline view

Fixed

Fixed Scrivener importer
Copy and paste into dark mode

v2025-04-30

Fixed

Fixed Word importing/exporting with bullets and numbered lists
Navigation Tabs will accommodate full names in all languages
Fixed an issue where Pro would not delete custom templates
Fixed other minor bugs

v2025-04-18

New

Pin option on the full text details section

Fixed

Where other programs would lock the Plottr file, Plottr will get that lock back
Plottr will now resume from offline mode

v2025-04-08

New

Display a list of recently selected colors for the color pickers

v2025-04-05

Improved

Size of the icon on macOS, reduced size

Fixed

Export Scrivener will now do accented characters
Custom templates on Pro can now be deleted
Outline Full Text able to edit without jumping to beginning
Fixed minor issue with bugs and improvements

v2025-03-18

Fixed

Fixed a minor issue with uploading files during Pro onboarding
Fixed a minor issue with a failed update on Windows computers

v2025-03-13

New

Account tab in Plottr updated for managing your Plottr Licenses
Categorized picker lists
Extra scene metadata on the Full-Text view on the Outline tab
Add Swedish as a language option
Offline Mode Beta V2
About entry in the Menu on Macs

Improved

Logging into Pro uses boxes that scroll for uploads
The font size picker was disabled when turning off the headline styles for a length of text
Importing Word documents formatting updated styles
Don’t display the templates tab when there are no longer templates that could be added to a character/card etc.
Improved the performance of timelines with thousands of scene cards

Fixed

Plottr incorrectly determined that it needed to reconnect to the internet to check a license
Whitespace and newlines were introduced spuriously when copy-pasting from MSWord and Libre Office into Plottr.
Scene cards dialogue titles wouldn’t change if the dialogue was closed quickly enough.
Plottr failed to update in Intel-based Macs automatically
The style of display for the timeline spuriously showed “stacked” when there were no hierarchy tiers
The remove image icon not displaying on books on the project tab
Plottr didn’t re-attempt to fetch templates under certain circumstances
Files on Windows could not be saved it they had colons in the project title
Select lists (e.g. Places on the card dialog) jumped after each selection
Prevented Plottr from starting if the default folder was set to a drive that no longer exists
Remove the “manually sorted” indicator from the Outline Plan View when the card order is manually restored to the timeline’s ordering

v2024-10-11

Fixed

Title input for scene cards on the Fulltext view.
Order of manually sorted scene cards on the Fulltext view, legacy view, and on exported Scrivener and Word documents.

v2024-10-09

New

Outline re-imagined (update to how the Outline tab looks)

Fixed

Some users had problems where templates were not downloading when you updated or installed Plottr.
Stacked view + missing header cards, broke the timeline.

v2024-9-10

Fixed

Plottr into Plottr import sometimes created multiple custom attributes.

v2024-8-01

New

Plottr into Plottr (merge function)

Improved

When downloading projects from the web, ensure titles are free of extra characters.

Fixed

Exporting to Word can include images again
Creating a new file without the default folder selected.
Backups not working on Pro or Plottr desktop.
The version number will be displayed on the install ribbon.

v2024-6-13

Fixed

If you had the default folder turned off, you were not able to make a new project

v2024-6-4

Fixed

Indent bullet in the editor
Drag and drop cards
Download projects from the web version

v2024-5-30

Fixed

Templates not updating to Plottr

v2024-5-29

New

Import (docx) from Word
Five templates
- Starter Templates:
  - Story Genius (based on the book Story Genius by Lisa Cron)
  - Heroine’s Journey (based on the book The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carriger)
  - Bromancing the Beat (based on Romancing the Beat)
- Project Templates:
  - Idea Folder
  - Story Genius Plot Guide
- Scene Card Templates:
  - Story Genius
  - Plot Problem Evaluation
- Character Template:
  - Story Genius

Improved

Word export
Undo and redo

Fixed

Custom attributes not showing up in the Saved Template list

v2024-5-2

New

Fixed

Minor bug updates

v2024-3-13

New

Added word count
Added fonts everywhere

Improved

Long titles are now displayed with a smaller font on books in the project tab
Font style improved in dark mode
Tag names are no longer cut in the middle of a word

Fixed

Copy and paste has been fixed
Bug fix with character notes not displaying for some users
Fixed where if you delete a saved template it deletes the template in your project
Other minor bug fixes

v2024-2-1

Fixed

Pasting formatted text into Plottr
Some characters were not displaying correctly
Deleting character attributes
Searching for scene cards and beats while in a series book

v2024-1-30

New

Added the search and replace feature
Added the drag and drop for Notes, Characters, Places

Improved

Pasting text into editor will remove fonts

Fixed

Plottr’s wake up from sleep has been fixed
Can now rename an open project on Pro

Templates Release 2024-1-17

New

Hero’s Journey Short Story (Plot Template)
Character in a Situation Short Story (Plot Template)
Larry Brooks Short Story (Plot Template)

v2023-12-20

New

Added the capability to delete a Pro backup

Improved

Updates to how Scrivener files are imported into Plottr
Data loading improvements on the Timeline tab

Fixed

Scrivener export with Attributes are not listed, they are now listed on the character file
Shortcut keys were not working, they are now fixed

v2023-08-21 (released in Nov. ’23)

Improved

Handle an infinite number of scene cards, characters, places, and notes in Pro
Performance and data loading improvements

v2023-07-21

New

Default Folder feature
A startup wizard that appears on the first time you open Plottr let’s you choose basic settings

Improved

Fixed

Closing a file when there are still changes that need to be saved now notifies you and let’s you save those changes and then closes automatically
Pinned plotline UI when a collaborating on a file
Styling on stacked cards in medium timeline
Default font styling for titles and subtitles in the rich content editor

v2023-05-31

New

Pin plotlines
OpenDyslexic Font

Improved

View the Image Gallery from the File menu
Duplicate files from the dashboard and the File menu
Reorder template tabs in scene cards and characters
Duplicate books easily from the Project tab

v2023-04-20

Fixed

Clean up per-book character attributes when books are deleted

v2023-04-14

Fixed

Creating projects from templates with Act Structure per book
Allow creating templates from timelines without any scene cards

v2023-03-31

New

Act Structure 1.0
- Three views (or modes), for visualizing the Timeline: Default, Stacked, and Tabbed
- Restructure entire plot hierarchy with “Restructure Timeline” button
- Save and apply Timeline templates with structure enabled
- Available in all projects by default – there is no longer a beta setting to enable it

Improved

The scrolling panel on the Timeline toolbar has been redesigned

v2023-03-13

Fixed

A problem where files that lacked critical data for Plottr to function were prevented from being saved. Plottr now recovers that data automatically.

v2023-03-03

New

Nine templates, including a new Poetry category within Starter Templates
- Starter Templates
  - Haiku
  - Limerick
  - Sonnet (Shakesperian)
- Scene Card Templates
  - Sarra Cannon Scene Roadmap
  - Susanne Lakin Scene
  - Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Character Templates
  - Five Stages of Grief
  - Four Temperaments
  - Freudian Personality Theory
Create a desktop shortcut to your project easily from the Dashboard and the File menu
Translations for Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), and Hindi

Improved

Filters 2.0: Filter menus now only show options you have used
Bullet Points 2.0: Indented bullet points with multiple levels (up to five)

v2023-01-25

Fixed

A small issue in the characters-per-book feature that affected users who opened projects on different versions of Plottr between devices

v2022-12-21

New

Characters per book feature

Improved

The Files section of the Dashboard now features buttons to open, rename, and delete a project without opening the three dot menu
The Characters tab remembers what character you were working on when you leave the tab and return
The rich text editor toolbar now sticks to the top of the screen so you don’t have to scroll to find it in Notes, Characters, and Places
When creating a new book in a project, a dialog box now opens to save info about the book (and optionally open the book’s Timeline)
Easily duplicate a project from the project tab
Many UI tweaks to improve ease-of-use

Fixed

Various situations where exporting to MS Word would produce an error
Many performance improvements all across the system and platform
Downloading a copy of a project via Plottr Pro now downloads the images properly

v2022-08-30

Fixed

A situation where starting up Plottr without an internet connection would causing freezing issues

v2022-08-25

Fixed

Renaming a file outside of Plottr and then trying to open it when you have “Always Open Dashboard First” setting off

v2022-08-18

Fixed

Editing and deleting custom templates

v2022-08-17

New

15 Character Templates:
- Bernard Pivot Questionnaire
- Big Five Personality Traits
- Character Arc
- Clifton Strengths Profile
- D&D Character Sheet (Dungeons & Dragons)
- D&D Monster Sheet (Dungeons & Dragons)
- D&D NPC Sheet (Dungeons & Dragons)
- DISC Personality Profile
- James Lipton Questionnaire
- Marcel Proust Questionnaire
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Numerology
- Online Dating Profile
- Rorschach Inkblot Test
- Syd Field Character Qualities
Default Font and Font Size setting for the text editor (via Dashboard > Settings)
Spell Check setting (via Dashboard > Settings)

Improved

Export buttons on every tab
Filter menus now show all elements you can filter by without scrolling the window
See when an update is available from any project window, not just the Dashboard
Search documentation more easily from the Help tab in the Dashboard
Many performance improvements

Fixed

Autofocus text inputs more consistently
Styling of duplicate buttons
Exporting to MS Word is more stable
Opening backups is handled better
Many stability fixes

v2022-07-21

New

Plot Template: Story Engines Blueprint by Joseph Nassise
Character Template: Magic Blueprint (based on the book Magic System Blueprint by C.R. Rowenson)
Scene Card Templates:
- Three Story Scene (based on the the book Three Story Method by J. Thorn)
- W Scene
- Goal, Motivation, Conflict

Improved

Scene card and character templates now include help text (where appropriate)

Fixed

Displaying scene template attribute descriptions
Scrolling scene stacks when the plotline is collapsed
Improved handling of user folders in the backup folder
Other small improvements

v2022-06-29

New

Search in the timeline
Duplicate notes/characters/places/tags

Improved

Scrivener import handles more situations more gracefully
Opening non-Pro projects while logged into Pro now prompts you to upload the project instead of failing to open it
Rendering speed improvements to the Timeline and Outline

Fixed

Performance improvements that should solve the freezing issue some users have been having
Rich content editor scrolling issues while highlighting text
Font size within the rich content editor reflects the selected font properly
Deleting the first letter in a custom attribute title works
Choosing a color while creating a tag now sticks
Opening a file from File Explorer (windows) now updates the last-opened date properly
The visible line of a plotline always reaches the end properly and doesn’t go past it
Removing images doesn’t put the underlying data in a weird state
Typing below images in rich content editors now works
Lots of other small fixes

v2022-06-02

Improved

Better error handling with files that have trouble opening

v2022-05-25

Fixed

An issue that wouldn’t open Plottr if Windows narration was on and images were displaying

v2022-05-24

Fixed

An issue that wouldn’t let you type in character/scene paragraph type template fields and custom attributes

v2022-05-18

New

Search within Outline, Notes, Characters, and Places
Categories for Places
Duplicate Plotlines
Transfer Plotlines to the Series View or to other Books within a Project
Streamer-Friendly Mode to hide your sensitive info when you’re streaming

Improved

Better indication that you’re on Pro and that your files are being saved to the cloud in the Dashboard (Pro)
Transfer individual scene cards to the Series view
Scrivener import now includes the project name

Fixed

Broken support link in the Help tab of the Dashboard
Various issues when using Plottr offline

v2022-04-06

New

Import projects from Scrivener – see documentation here
Duplicate scene cards
Transfer scene cards to other books in a project
Prompt to enter a project name when creating a new project
Translations for Italian, Portuguese, and Greek

Improved

Import Snowflake files (Pro)
Performance improvements
More elements translated in certain languages
Act Structure help window updated
Notification when Scrivener export fails
Smaller installer size

Fixed

One-way syncing issues that were solved by turning on the Offline Mode beta (Pro)
Erroneous notice that you’re not receiving updates (Pro)
Fix setting images, titles and descriptions of entities when also saving other attributes
Fix a bug where starting onboarding, cancelling and then starting again caused the app to become stuck
Update templates dynamically on the template picker
Fix the length of lines for long timelines
Vertical Timeline rendering of lines and cards with Act Structure enabled

v2022-03-10

Fixed

Opening a project with the 3 dots button (Pro)

v2022-03-04

Fixed

Dashboard hiding projects
Image caching issue (Pro)
Scene card editing in the Outline (Pro)

v2022-02-25

Fixed

“Take Control” buttons not working in certain situations (Pro)
Delete a custom template

v2022-02-23

New

Beta feature: Offline Mode (Pro)

Improved

The project dashboard has been streamlined and redesigned (with more to come)
You can now add plotline starter templates and custom templates to the Timeline in Flip mode
The “Settings” button on the Timeline is now called “Structure”

Fixed

“Save As” now works on web app (Pro)
Local backup file names (Pro)
Account screen fixes (Pro)
Missing file icon (Pro)
Editing custom template info (Pro)
Opening local files as the most recent project (Pro)
Remembering dark mode settings in web app (Pro)
Ordering cards in a scene stack
Recent projects display the correct “last opened” dates
Sort backups by newest first
Auto-save glitches, including when saving to an external drive
Opening a downloaded Pro file when not using Pro
Renaming attributes name no longer clears the value
In Medium view on the Timeline, buttons appear to create a new plotline and beat
Allow slashes in attribute names
In scene card dialog, fixes the beats dropdown with Act Structure on
Folder search for backups and file count
Image caching for better performance in rich content editor
Reload the app when adding or removing a license
More parts are translated properly
Many other stability improvements

v2022-02-08

New

Four new starter templates to plan your books and writing projects:
- Three Act Structure
- Story Spine
- 24 Chapter Novel Outline by Derek Murphy
- Sleuth’s Journey by Troy Lambert

Improved

Better German translation

Fixed

File saving stability fixes for external drives

v2022-01-25

Fixed

More robust file error checking and handling when saving files

v2022-01-19

Improved

When using Plottr Pro, the top of the window displays “Plottr Pro” next to your file name

Fixed

Auto-save error messages
Exporting numbered-lists with badly formatted children

v2022-01-12

New

Translated into German, Russian, and Farsi

Improved

Auto-saving when storing local files in Dropbox and iCloud
Local backups of cloud projects are named by the project name instead of the project ID
Plottr Pro onboarding flow

Fixed

Series view not displaying (Web App)
Logging out from Plottr Pro
Expired trial flow
Word export bugs
Scrivener export bugs
Bug in the Rich Content Editor, caused by slashes in Attribute names, when viewing conte

v2021-12-17

Fixed

Cleanup in preparation for the release of Plottr Pro

v2021-12-03

Fixed

The setting to open the dashboard at start

v2021-12-02

Fixed

Starting the app in Pro
Word exporting issues

v2021-11-24

Improved

Project sorting in the projects dashboard

Fixed

Windows updating bug

v2021-11-22

Fixed

Character template text error

v2021-11-20

Fixed

Word export stability issues

v2021-11-19

Fixed

Series view not appearing
Character template attributes not displaying
Logging out of Plottr Pro

v2021-11-17

New

Configure if you want to see the project dashboard or the most recent project on open
Access recent projects easily from the File menu
Create new projects easily from the File menu
Drag and drop whole collapsed scene stacks on the Timeline

Improved

In the Outline, you can now drag and drop scene cards into blank chapters
When editing a scene card in the Outline, clicking away or hitting “esc” on your keyboard will save and close that scene card
Filter by “uncategorized” category in Characters and Notes
When all chapters are deleted, it’s now easier to add more

Fixed

Bugs introduced in 11-09 have been fixed: exporting errors, typing lag, missing character data.
Bold italics within a list item no longer causes that list item to not export to Word
Dark mode chapter title editing has the right text color
No matter how many scene cards you have in a collapsed scene stack, you can scroll through them all
In the Outline, filtered plotlines export properly
Fixed an error appearing on the Outline when there were no Plotlines

v2021-11-09

Improved

The Dashboard has been merged into the main interface of Plottr, making its resources accessible from every window

v2021-08-31

Fixed

New templates not loading for some users in v2021-8-27
Correcting words with the spell checker in rich content areas

v2021-08-27

New

10 new timeline starter templates:
- Cozy Mystery Beat Sheet (via Sara Rosett)
- Children’s Book Plot
- Horror Beat Sheet (via T.L. Bodine)
- Lester Dent Master Plot Formula
- Fichtean Curve
- Foolproof Pulp Formula
- Freytag’s Pyramid
- In Media Res
- Propp Folktale Structure
- Villain’s Journey

Improved

A tiny dark mode coloring improvement

v2021-08-19

Improved

Better stability in the rich content editor for image links

Fixed

Opening files on devices with missing scene card or character templates doesn’t create an error
Fix exporting to Scrivener in rare cases
Fix file repairing when files get jumbled

v2021-08-16

Improved

When editing a Timeline heading, the value is auto-selected for easier editing
Dark mode styling

Fixed

Clicking on links in the “What’s New” panel opens a browser window properly

v2021-08-11

New

Use multiple templates per character/scene card
Start a book (within a project) with a template
Rename all the chapter headings easily
Backup settings

Improved

A consistent template format with lots more detail
More Spanish translations
Find advanced export in the File menu

Fixed

Small timeline chapter headings
Get a manual link to download an update when update fails
Make the outline filter consistent with the export properly
Visual line lengths
Stacked scene cards with Act Structure on
Removing books works properly

v2021-07-29

Fixed

Fix lists in rich content in some cases
Fix broken files created from bad templates

v2021-07-20

Fixed

Small timeline beat titles that are not auto-numbered
Manual download link when the auto-update fails

v2021-07-15

Fixed

Timeline card stacking in vertical mode
Act Structure beta templates
Insert buttons between beats
Line lengths

v2021-07-14

New

Outline Updates:
- Add and remove links to characters, places, and tags
- Filter by multiple plotlines at once
- Export only the filtered plotlines by default
- Drag scenes into chapters via the sidebar panel

Export individual plotlines via Advanced Export
Categories for Tags
Filter templates by genre / type
Font size chooser in rich content editor

Improved

Card descriptions are auto-saved as you type
Better responsiveness in the Outline on small screens
Better responsiveness in the Dashboard so you can always see your files no matter how small the screen is
Medium-sized timeline makes it easier to add a card without a template
Export character categories into Word
Performance improvements

Fixed

Bulleted lists un-formatting
Long tags and book titles no longer overflow to content
Word exporting issues
Removed the constant dashed chapter heading
Darkmode improvements
Maximizing windows in Mac
Helpful message when you’ve used all your device activations
Removing tags properly throughout the project
Prevent two dashboard windows being opened at once
Prevent the same project from being opened in two windows at once
Remove the blank color in the color filter of the timeline
Importing an image from URL
Default colors for Act Structure
Improved file migration process
Auto-focus card description
Editing scene attribute names
Help menu shortcut to create an error report
Properly centered add scene buttons
Filter the small timeline properly

v2021-06-04

Fixed

Restore scrollbars on scene card dialog and custom attributes

v2021-06-03

Fixed

The rich content editor automatically scrolls down when the cursor goes past the end of the text area
Scene cards in the vertical layout are displayed so that they aren’t rendered as part of a scene stack

v2021-05-19

New

Notes can now have categories, be sorted chronologically and alphabetically, and filtered by associated books, characters, places, and categories

Improved

Revamped Notes UI
The timeline now scrolls to the position of a newly added beat when using the act structure, highlighting the beat for ease of navigation
Auto-numbering of heading cards is now sequential rather than restarting with each child of a beat
Improved timeline drag-and-drop of heading cards
Dragging a card from the right side of the outline tab into the outline minimap on the left now moves the card to that beat
Improved dark mode styling

Fixed

Block quotes are now exported as paragraphs when exporting to Word
Cards now render in the order they appear on the timeline when a beat on the timeline is collapsed

v2021-05-03

Improved

On the timeline in medium zoom, users can now insert lower-level beats when using act structure

Fixed

Fixed scrolling when inserting beats into timeline
Timeline styling & tour fixes
Rich Content Editors no longer scrolling after every key stroke

v2021-04-28

Fixed

Free trial start

v2021-04-26

New

Act Structure beta
Tour of Act Structure features

Improved

Advanced exporting respects outline filter

Fixed

Fix filtering in a few places
Fixed clicking on a link in rich text
Fixed empty outline view
Advanced exporting style improvements
Fixed toolbar padding
Improved responsiveness in dashboard Files tab

v2021-03-25

New

Advanced exporting options

Improved

Better dashboard color styling
Moved expand/collapse all plotlines button to be on each plotline
Reduced installer and app size
Improved auto-update errors

Fixed

Darkmode styling in some spots
Template usage in some cases
Manual sorting in the outline between chapters
Chapters out of order bug when deleting

v2021-03-09

Fixed

Exporting button issue

v2021-03-08

New

Scene Card colors

Improved

Use templates in the series timeline view

Fixed

Fix empty timeline when creating a new book
Improved toolbar spacing
Snowflake pro import fix
Fix plotline line updating its size when adding a new chapter

v2021-02-24

Improved

Enable saving templates from any book in a project

Fixed

Custom templates ordering issue

v2021-02-23

Fixed

Character notes editing issue

v2021-02-22

Fixed

Outline card editing issue
Display project templates properly
Add back “renaming” ability in the dashboard
Fix template picker dark mode

v2021-02-19

Introducing Scene Card Templates, Zoom 2.0, and Fixes Galore! | Release Notes 2.19.21

New

Templates for scene cards (with starter templates and custom templates)
Better zooming experience

Improved

Responsive Navigation
Edit/Delete templates from the dashboard
Dark mode setting in the dashboard
Click anywhere in a rich text editor to focus keyboard input
Scene card popover now appears on the correct side no matter where you scroll on the timeline
Display template versions in the About section

Fixed

Notification bell is in a better spot in the dashboard (and clickable)
Notification bell is the right color in dark mode
Arrow keys don’t scroll the timeline while in custom attribute dialog
Fix import from URL in the scene card dialog
Deleting a book works properly
Fix free trial auto updating
Fix saving meta data in custom templates
Fix exported scene cards sometimes getting out of order

v2021-01-29

New

Custom scene card attributes
Filter scene cards by custom attributes

Improved

Export to Scrivener now includes Characters, Places, & Notes
Rename files from the dashboard
Preferences/Options tab changed to Settings
Notification bell on the dashboard

Fixed

Drag & drop books in the project works correctly now
Rich content editing issues with lists and other small issues
Canceling the scene card dialog cancels changes correctly

v2021-01-13

New

Dashboard dark mode

Improvements

Dashboard files tab is more responsive
Improved scrolling for scene card descriptions

Fixed

Fix the project tab scrolling down to the bottom
Word exporting fixes
Rich content editor heals bad formatting
Error logging in one spot
Updating the file structure for recent projects
Fix unresponsive dashboard for some
Updated help menu links
Fix log not defined errors
Fix error that only allowed one recent project for some
Other very small fixes

v2020-12-31

Fixed

Small dashboard bug fixes

v2020-12-21

Fixed

Character attributes save-as-template issue
Timeline frozen column and row issue

v2020-12-17

New

Plottr In-App Dashboard

Fixed

Lots of small issues
Image selecting issue

v2020-12-1

Fixed

Show descriptions when a link is the only thing
Give book cover images a max height so they don’t cover the buttons
Trial mode not starting for some users
Give users the ability to reset their license in case of an upgrade

v2020-11-25

New

Custom character categories
Switch Languages easily
The Timeline remembers where you were scrolled

Fixed

Added back the “Insert a link” button in the rich text editor

v2020-11-11

New

Reorder custom attributes

Improvements

Linux beta

Fixes

Paste in the rich text editor uses new lines properly
Paste and Match Style works in rich text editor
Dark mode switching works better
Scene reordering fixed
Unicode character exporting to Scrivener
Title and Subtitle buttons in rich text editor
Undo from menu when in rich text editor
Reordering plotlines in series view is consistent

v2020-11-03

New

Linux test version

Improved

When using Save As, don’t close the original file

Fixed

Numbered and bulleted lists in the rich text editor
Blank cards on hover in the vertical timeline
Long titles for chapters, plotlines, and scene cards
Asking to verify license multiple times on Mac
Backups failing silently in some situations
Failing to report errors in some situations

v2020-10-23

New

Import from Snowflake Pro
Project Templates
Snowflake Method templates (Plotline template and Character template)

Fixed

Saving templates with scene stacks
Template Picker styling
Template Picker closing after choosing character template
Tag List scrollbar

v2020-09-25

New

Font Chooser in the text editor

Improvements

No longer add ‘copy’ when you Save As

Fixed

Pasting lists into the text editor
Null tag bug
Not showing descriptions in some cases

v2020-09-14

Fixed

Deleting custom attributes

v2020-09-11

New

Strikethrough text
Colored text

Improvements

Redesigned Image Gallery
Use Image Gallery in paragraph text

Fixed

Tint button when creating a new tag

v2020-08-31

New

Clear the timeline

Fixed

Pasting images from html

v2020-08-20

New

Export the Series View

Improvements

Style tweaks on the toolbar on smaller screens

Fixed

Handle errors more gracefully

v2020-08-14

New

Scrivener Export!

Improvements

Renaming custom attributes doesn’t make it appear to lose your data
Warning when deleting custom attributes
Restrict certain custom attribute values

Fixed

Using template when adding plotline bugs
Exporting bugs
Darkmode – custom attributes dialog bug
Places image sizing bug

v2020-07-30

New

In-App Notification Center for better communication

Improvements

Free Trial now auto-updates
Alphabetized lists of Characters/Places/Tags when attaching

Fixed

Word export problems
Project tab scrolling
Default file names for exports and Save As
Screenshot PNG file type
Darkmode styling of the delete confirmation window

v2020-07-21

New

Prologue support
Multiple scenes per chapter (part 1)

Improvements

Drag & Drop Outline
Error handling
Outline render performance
Timeline filter persists

Fixed

Scene card displaying bug
File > Export bug

v2020-07-03

Improvements

Undo / Redo
Click on a book cover to go to its timeline
Sort characters & places alphabetically in filter lists

v2020-06-25

New

Spell check suggestions
Spanish Translation

Improvements

Right-click for copy/paste
Better daily backup
Instrumented statistics
Better deleting dialog

Fixed

Windows unresponsive bug
White text on a white tag
Adding a series plotline in vertical timeline view
Plotline titles limited to 50 characters to fix vertical timeline view
Deleting first book
Auto beat numbering

v2020-06-17

Improvements

Better error reporting
The trial asks you to create a file

Fixed

export bug
darkmode in a few places

v2020-06-15

New

Character Categories

Improvements

Paste from Word correctly (and other places)
Add Book and Tags to your Characters and Places
Notifications when there’s an update available
Ability to unlink links

Fixed

Clicking on URLs now opens the link in a new window in your browser
Template import bug

v2020-06-05

New

Custom Templates!

Improvements

For books with images, don’t show the title
Template wording tweaks
Template Picker’s dark mode styling
OS notifications for things instead of popup boxes
Activate License link in free trial

Fixed

Template importing as a new plotline

v2020-05-27

Improvements

Tags now display Save button when editing
Removed confusing “Attached To” message in Characters and Places
Changed heading under Project tab to “Series”
Better new window sizing
Character / Places / Notes scrolling performance, plus add new button at top of screen
Export from the Outline tab

Fixes

More obvious .docx file type on export
Book Switcher bug
Blank note display
Dark mode styling
Image bug ? “imageExtensions is not defined”
Null line handling
Reload on unresponsive

v2020-05-19

New

“New from Template” option in the dialog to open a file or create a new file

Improvements

More info in error reports
Better Rich Content Editor performance

Bug Fixes

Blank card color changing when changing a plotline’s color
Scene card editing occasional bug
Ask to Open or Create dialog bug when files have moved

v2020-05-10

New

Drag an image file from your computer onto any description field (as many as you like)

Improvements

Series tab changed to Project tab
Better error reporting

Bug Fixes

Plotline title wrapping
ScrollLeft bug
Add separation character between characters/places/notes in export
Better fix for numbered lists export

v2020-05-06

Improvements

Add a link to the Facebook support group in the Help menu

Bug Fixes

Small bug fixes from error reports
Line reordering bug
Exporting numbered-lists
Template as a new plotline weird scene card behavior

v2020-05-05

Improvements

View Device ID from Menu (Plottr menu)
Use file name as series name and book 1 name when creating a new file
Check for updates earlier in the startup process
Error reporting around template loading

Bug Fixes

Handle slow internet connections when loading templates
Migration to fix up bad file states from older files

v2020-05-04

Improvements

Add link to documentation from the Help menu

Bug Fixes

Migration bug from old files
Guided Tour grammar error
Another template loading bug
Character template export error

v2020-05-03

Bug Fixes

Template loading bug

v2020-05-02

Bug Fixes

New file error

2.0 – 2020-05-01

New

Series bible
Advanced templates
Images for characters, places, notes
Daily file backups

Improvements

Timeline / Scene Cards
- Chapter auto-numbering
- WYSIWYG text editor (replacing Markdown)
- “Scenes” are now labeled “chapters”
- Tour
Notes
- Editing notes works like characters and places? ? ?click to edit, save to close it
Outline
- Characters and places display on scene cards in outline view
Places
- Paragraph type custom attributes
Menu
- Help menu opens in a real browser so those pages are easier to use
- “Save as?” opens the file immediately
- View license key from menu
- Export tab
- Recent documents tab
Styling Updates
- Timeline
- Characters and places
- Notes
- Dark mode
General
- Better error handling (no more flashing)
- Persistent window screen size after file is closed and reopened

Bug Fixes

Dark mode error with new files
Windows bug verifying license
Mac bug on first-time launch
Number of note attachments
Outline filtering
Autofocusing with multiple paragraph custom attributes in characters
Fix exporting descriptions (not just a big format-less paragraph)

1.0 – 2017-10-01

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