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yWriter Portable Changelog

What's new in yWriter Portable 7.1.5.4 Beta

Mar 26, 2024
  • fixed Ctrl+clicking not toggling selection in lists where multiple items were selected.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.5.2 (Jan 30, 2024)

  • New drag/drop highlight on lists.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.5.1 Beta (Jan 28, 2024)

  • All forms in the program should now obey the theme. Custom colours work too, in the colour picker.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.5.0 (Jan 28, 2024)

  • Colour Themes replace almost everything in the program now. Please use the _updated themes as the basis for your own.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.9 (Jan 28, 2024)

  • Dragging between lists also scrolls them correctly

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.7 (Jan 27, 2024)

  • Dragging project notes working again, same with dragging char/loc/items in the secondary list.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.6 (Jan 25, 2024)

  • Trims stray spaces off the beginning and end of scene content.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.5 (Jan 23, 2024)

  • Fixed crash when adding characters/locations/items through the scene editor

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.4 (Jan 23, 2024)

  • Search should now highlight words correctly in the scene preview window

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.3 (Jan 23, 2024)

  • Added some new customisable items to themes, fixed column widths sometimes starting out much too narrow.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.2 (Jan 22, 2024)

  • Fix for drag-dropping inside lists.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.1 (Jan 22, 2024)

  • Fix for double-clicking long scenes not opening the editor. Theme fixes.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.4.0 Beta (Jan 14, 2024)

  • Arrow keys, End and Home work correctly in the custom listviews.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.9 Beta (Sep 11, 2023)

  • New integrated epub creator which no longer uses Calibre. Still work in progress.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.8 Beta (Jun 27, 2023)

  • Export to RTF uses the 'export comments' checkbox, and export to Text has more options now.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.6 Beta (Jun 10, 2023)

  • Export to docx now uses styles for chapter headings and body text.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.4 Beta (May 27, 2023)

  • Import and export from docx.
  • New custom listview controls for scene and chapter list.
  • Bug fixes.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.3 Beta (Apr 1, 2023)

  • Pasting from Google Docs should now preserve bold, italics and underline.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.2 Beta (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Uses the new custom listview control

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.3.1 Beta (Feb 10, 2023)

  • you can now use Ctrl+Comma (,) to insert a ? and Ctrl+Period (.) for ?

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.2.3 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Replaced the custom tabbed dialog boxes in the Editor window with the default style.

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.2.1 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • Print Selected Chapters now allows you to include scene titles in the report

New in yWriter Portable 7.1.2.0 (Feb 10, 2023)

  • FIX drag/dropping sometimes ignoring user input.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.2.6 Beta (Jul 11, 2021)

  • Incorporates fixes from yWriter7.1.2.6 beta

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.2.0 Beta (Feb 25, 2021)

  • BETA new tabbed dialog control.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.9 (Jan 14, 2021)

  • FIX for blank lines at the start of scenes which have been split

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.8 Beta (Jan 14, 2021)

  • FIX for 'restore autobackup' feature.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.7 Beta (Jan 12, 2021)

  • Includes fixes from yWriter 7.1.1.7

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.4 Beta (Nov 30, 2020)

  • BETA includes fixes from yWriter 7.1.1.4

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.1 (Nov 27, 2020)

  • Includes new theme (colour scheme) editor.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.1.1 Beta (Sep 21, 2020)

  • Includes new theme (colour scheme) editor.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.0.9 Beta (Sep 14, 2020)

  • BETA Includes new theme (colour scheme) editor.

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.0.5 Beta (Sep 9, 2020)

  • Release version

New in yWriter Portable 6.6.0.4 Beta (Sep 8, 2020)

  • Incorporates all the changes and fixes from yWriter7. See list below.

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.9.2 (Sep 2, 2020)

  • Incorporates all the changes and fixes from yWriter7

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.9.1 (Aug 31, 2020)

  • Incorporates all the changes and fixes from yWriter7

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.9.0 Beta (Aug 30, 2020)

  • Incorporates all the changes and fixes from yWriter7.

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.6.5 Beta (Aug 16, 2020)

  • Includes latest fixes from yWriter 7, including realtime spell-checking

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.5.0 Beta (Aug 16, 2020)

  • 6.5.5.0 BETA includes latest changes and fixes from yWriter 7.0.5.0

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.3.5 Beta (Jul 14, 2020)

  • BETA includes latest changes and fixes from yWriter 7.0.3.6

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.3.2 Beta (Jun 11, 2020)

  • BETA Fixed adding an image to a scene, fixed 'remove formatting across all scenes'

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.3.0 Beta (Jun 4, 2020)

  • New option under the Settings menu in the scene editor - support for right-to-left text in the editor.

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.2.9 Beta (Jun 3, 2020)

  • Added a 'paragraph spacing' option to the editor settings drop-down menu

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.2.7 Beta (Jun 2, 2020)

  • Incorporated the latest fixes from yWriter7.

New in yWriter Portable 6.5.1.0 Beta (Sep 2, 2019)

  • This is a completely new yWriter6. (It's actually yWriter7 under the hood!)

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.7 Beta (Jul 30, 2019)

  • Adding multiple chapters no longer causes an unexpecting re-ordering in the chapter list.

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.6 (Sep 18, 2018)

  • Added fields and options for epub and mobi export, plus some other usability fixes.

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.5 (Jun 21, 2018)

  • Rebuild of 6.0.2.4 for general release

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.4 Beta (Jun 8, 2018)

  • A couple of bug fixes, and improved RTF export

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.3 Beta (Jun 5, 2018)

  • You can reset your daily word count (handy when writing after midnight). Potential fix for yw6 italics.

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.2 Beta (Jun 5, 2018)

  • In-house test release

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.1 Beta (Jun 5, 2018)

  • This release gives you the option to skip unused scenes and chapters when exporting for proofing

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.2.0 Beta (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Re-implemented project locking for yw6 projects

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.1.4 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Should fix 'Close Project' bug with yw6 files

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.1.2 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • yW6 bug where creating a new yw6 project wouldn't save the current yw6 project.

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.1.0 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue where yw6 projects could save out as yw5

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.9 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Adjusted the size of several buttons to allow for longer text in translations

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.8 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Missed a 'convert from rtf' command in the last version.

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.7 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Internal changes to the project file (no effect on compatibility)

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.6 (Jul 7, 2017)

  • Fixed autobackups for yw6 scenes. Disabled 'external editing' for yw6 scenes (for now.)

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.5 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Fix for 6.0.0.4

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.4 (Jul 6, 2017)

  • Added the new yw6 file format for compatibility with Android. (Experimental!)

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.2 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Fix for yWriter 6 user registration problems

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.1 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug where you couldn't create a character under certain circumstances

New in yWriter Portable 6.0.0.0 (Feb 3, 2016)

  • First release. yWriter6 is currently identical to yWriter5, but is more suitable for Windows 8 or later.

New in yWriter Portable 5.2.1.1 (Jul 4, 2014)

  • Prevented right-click from activating drag-drop events

New in yWriter Portable 5.2.1.0 (Jun 26, 2014)

  • Editor capitalises 'i' - can be turned off in the editor menu.

New in yWriter Portable 5.2.0.9 (May 8, 2014)

  • Editor now capitalizes first letter of new sentence automatically.

New in yWriter Portable 5.2.0.5 (Feb 9, 2013)

  • New stable release incorporating beta fixes since 5.1.9.7

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.9.8 Beta (Jul 17, 2012)

  • You can sort locations and items now (right-click for menu). Adding new items/characters/locations also keeps popping the window up until you're done.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.9.5 Beta (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Export to HTML should handle empty (blank) scenes better.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.9.1 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Fixed issues on the Character, Item and Location editing forms when Windows was set to oversized fonts.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.9 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • You can drag-drop TXT and RTF files onto scene titles (main screen) to append the contents

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.8 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Chapter list is wider on first run - now shows the Description field too.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.7 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • You can now register your copy of yWriter. Don't panic ... this is OPTIONAL.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.6 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Conditional exporting, export chapters to individual RTF files, other fixes and improvements

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.5 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Added a new 'force wordcount' feature under the Tools menu. Recounts all words in project, updates chapter display.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.4 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Added a typing speed indicator (WPM). It's just for fun, so don't read too much into it.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.3 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Minor fix for location/item sorting (problem introduced in 5.1.8.0)

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.2 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Added a new option under the project menu: Apply Outline. Instructions included.

New in yWriter Portable 5.1.8.1 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Added more options to the LaTeX tab under Project Settings