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Beta Version

Download and run yWriter6Beta.exe (7.9mb) to update your copy of yWriter6 to the latest beta version. (Please make sure yWriter6 isn't running while you're trying to update it!)

The update is also available in zip format: yWriter6Beta.zip (2.2mb)

yWriter6 Beta 6.6.2.6 released 11/Jul/2021

Beta versions are provided to test new features and bug fixes, and should not be used on important data
(Don't want a beta version? The latest release is here)

• It doesn't matter whether you run the same installer more than once.
• Installing or upgrading yWriter6 will not delete or overwrite your data OR your settings.
• There is no need to uninstall yWriter6 before running this updater.
• See below for the list of changes

Change Log:

6.6.2.6 Incorporates fixes from yWriter7.1.2.6 beta 6.6.2.0 BETA new tabbed dialog control. 6.6.1.9 FIX for blank lines at the start of scenes which have been split 6.6.1.8 FIX for 'restore autobackup' feature. 6.6.1.7 RELEASE includes fixes from yWriter 7.1.1.7 6.6.1.4 BETA includes fixes from yWriter 7.1.1.4 6.6.1.1 Includes new theme (colour scheme) editor. 6.6.0.5 Release version. 6.6.0.4 Incorporates all the changes and fixes from yWriter7. See list below. 6.5.9.0 BETA dictionary now loads files with unix and windows line endings. Linespacing is back in the editor window. 6.5.8.9 BETA No longer saves RTF filenames to yw6 and yw7 format projects. Fixed remembering text-to-speech settings. 6.5.8.8 BETA second fix for the custom dictionary. 6.5.8.7 BETA bug fix for the custom dictionary. 6.5.8.6 See changes below. 6.5.8.6 BETA - new dictionary chooser. You can also navigate through spelling mistakes in a scene. 6.5.8.5 BETA - You can now drag characters/locations/items onto scenes and chapters. 6.5.7.9-6.5.8.4 debug versions 6.5.7.8 BETA - Now includes copy and paste (between projects) almost everywhere locations/characters/items/notes appear. 6.5.7.7 BETA - Improved display of the Storyboard, which now better reflects changes in the rest of the project. 6.5.7.6 BETA - tidied up the right-click menus for scenes and chapters. 6.5.7.5 BETA - fix for some reports not exporting. 6.5.7.4 BETA - Storyboard bugfix. Fixed a few controls hiding text. Additions to the Notes/Todo features. 6.5.7.3 BETA - Storyboard mouse clicks now restricted to the actual cards. Chapters can also be declared 'Todo' or 'Notes'. 6.5.7.2 BETA - you can now declare scenes as 'Todo' or 'Notes'. Right-click the entry in the scene list to set. 6.5.7.1 BETA - use on a backup of your project. Bug fixes, plus a new Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V cut and paste for chapters and scenes. 6.5.7.0 Character/Item/Location list allows tabbing through the toolbar. Fixed character name not updating on the main screen. 6.5.6.9 Fixed not being able to create a Latex export profile. 6.5.6.8 Fixed for inserting and appending scenes not showing in the right place, adding char/loc/item from main screen. 6.5.6.7 Full screen editor with margins mode now makes the margins a more eye-friendly colour. 6.5.6.6 On startup, copies the dictionary files to the user's yWriter appdata folder if they don't already exist there. 6.5.6.5 The return of the User Interface Font Size menu. 6.5.6.4 Fix for adding char/loc/item from the scene window when the custom dictionary does not exist. 6.5.6.3 This version shows a progress indicator when downloading a new version of yWriter. 6.5.6.2 quick fix for chapter drag/drop 6.5.6.1 RELEASE version. See recent change list for new features and bug fixes. 6.5.6.0 BETA rewrote search/replace which now uses the new undo/redo system. Updated 'List all spelling mistakes' so that double-clicking a word in the list then finds it in your project. 6.5.5.9 BETA another collection of small bug fixes for recent betas. 6.5.5.8 BETA removed the option to set the UI font and size. This was interfering with user interface scaling. 6.5.5.7 BETA yet another change to high-dpi/font scaling detection. This one should work. 6.5.5.6 BETA now marks known char/items/locations as you type, if the option is set. Also includes UK and US spelling dictionaries. 6.5.5.5 BETA rewrote the Import Work in Progress feature. 6.5.5.4 BETA fixed various bugs related to char/item/location titles not updating when changed. 6.5.5.4 BETA fixed import work in progress showing raw RTF code (from 6.5.5.2 only) 6.5.5.2 BETA High-DPI aware enabled. Should scale on higher resolution monitors. 6.5.5.1 BETA Fixed the extra space after a non-breaking space. Fixed dragging scene cards around in the storyboard window. 6.5.5.0 BETA Minor bugfixes, and now you can mark 'start of backmatter' in the chapter list. The trash folder also has its own icon. 6.5.4.9 BETA ALL imported RTF files go through the standard RichTextBox first. This should avoid most/all RTF issues in future. 6.5.4.8 BETA Rewrote the Latex exporter routines. Now you can set up profiles. 6.5.4.7 BETA Chinese, Japanese and Korean character sets should work. Plus bugfixes for recent beta versions. 6.5.4.6 BETA some deleted scenes were just hidden by mistake. This version will restore them to the Trash, where you can delete them properly. 6.5.4.5 BETA Fixes for international character sets. Users of double-byte sets (e.g. Chinese) should use plain text editor mode. 6.5.4.4 BETA first release with new Undo/Redo system. Added a plain text editor mode (project settings - RTF tab) 6.5.4.3 BETA switched certain typesetting characters in the YW7 project file from ANSI to Unicode 6.5.4.2 BETA minor bugfix for 6.5.4.1 (scene detail wasn't updating when a chapter was clicked.) 6.5.4.1 BETA Major changes to RTF handling. Highlighting colours extended. Realtime spell checking. 6.5.3.9 BETA Implemented 'backup to ftp' and 'backup to email'. Added an RTF character set selector to the project settings form. 6.5.3.8 BETA see 6.5.3.7 6.5.3.7 BETA More updates to the RTF unicode handling on non-ascii systems. 6.5.3.6 BETA When creating a new scene, the RTF is set to the current system character set and codepage. 6.5.3.5 BETA Moved the description field to the content tab in the scene editor. Can be hidden by dragging the splitter bar. 6.5.3.4 Added 'remove blank lines from all scene content' option. Use with care! 6.5.3.3 Includes help files, Croatian language file, bug fix for registration system 6.5.3.2 Fixed adding an image to a scene, fixed 'remove formatting from all scenes' 6.5.3.0 New option under the Settings menu in the scene editor - support for right-to-left text in the editor. 6.5.2.9 Added a 'paragraph spacing' option to the editor settings drop-down menu. Scene tags show in scene list 6.5.2.8 Wrote a character set translator from RTF to Unicode - hopefully the end of non-ascii character problems. 6.5.2.7 Export scene list now works, and so does Export selected chapter to RTF. Goal/Conflict/Outcome also save properly. 6.5.2.6 Removed the leading blank line when importing proofed chapters. Repaired Unicode character handling. 6.5.2.5 The lack of a Custom dictionary would prevent spell check from highlighting errors. Now fixed. 6.5.2.4 Added more code to handle italics/bold/formatting when a scene has been 'improved' by an external editor. 6.5.2.3 Recompiled with updated RTF converter libraries. 6.5.2.2 Fix an occasional 'indexing error' bug (This was caused by files in the trash folder) 6.5.2.1 Fix for 'smart' left and right quotes disappearing. 6.5.1.8 Double-clicking in the description field (main screen) saves the description before opening the relevant scene 6.5.1.7 Fix for loading dictionaries, which was failing on some systems 6.5.1.6 Added support for yet another style of RTF unicode formatting. 6.5.1.5 Added a 'Trash' chapter. When you delete scenes, they'll be moved here instead of vanishing. 6.5.1.5 Added back the languages, and I think I've fixed load/save of non-ascii text in the scene editor. 6.5.1.4 Added a new system-wide setting for an include folder (Tools - yWriter Settings). 6.5.1.3 Enabled the one-day writing report, and the daily word count report. Bug fix for newly-added chapter sorting. 6.5.1.2 Improved the way spelling dictionaries are loaded. ALL 'txt' files in the dict folder are now read in. 6.5.1.1 You can avoid loading sets of dictionary files by adding the word 'ignore' to the relevant sub-folder. 6.5.1.0 Beta release. This is a competely new yWriter6. (It's actually yWriter7 under the hood!) 6.0.2.7 Adding multiple chapters no longer causes an unexpecting re-ordering in the chapter list. 6.0.2.6 Added fields and options for epub and mobi export, plus some other usability fixes. 6.0.2.5 Rebuild of 6.0.2.4 for general release 6.0.2.4 A couple of bug fixes, and improved RTF export 6.0.2.3 You can reset your daily word count (handy when writing after midnight). Potential fix for yw6 italics. 6.0.2.2 In-house test release 6.0.2.1 This release gives you the option to skip unused scenes and chapters when exporting for proofing 6.0.2.0 Re-implemented project locking for yw6 projects 6.0.1.9 Experimental support for generating epub and mobi files from ywriter projects. (Calibre required.) 6.0.1.7 Improved saving speed for yw6 projects 6.0.1.6 Fixes for yw6 missing italics bug, added a new inline comments feature, fix for splitting scenes. 6.0.1.5 Less frequent auto-saving, fix for RTF codes appearing in empty scenes. 6.0.1.4 Should fix 'Close Project' bug with yw6 files 6.0.1.3 Not after the luck I've had this year 6.0.1.2 yW6 bug where creating a new yw6 project wouldn't save the current yw6 project. 6.0.1.1 Rebuild of 6.0.1.0 - no changes. 6.0.1.0 Fixed an issue where yw6 projects could save out as yw5 6.0.0.9 Adjusted the size of several buttons to allow for longer text in translations. 6.0.0.8 Missed a 'convert from rtf' command in the last version. 6.0.0.7 Internal changes to the project file (no effect on compatibility) 6.0.0.6 Fixed autobackups for yw6 scenes. Disabled 'external editing' for yw6 scenes (for now.) 6.0.0.5 Fix for 6.0.0.4 6.0.0.4 Added the new yw6 file format for compatibility with Android. (Experimental!) 6.0.0.2 Fix for yWriter 6 user registration problems 6.0.0.1 Fixed a bug where you couldn't create a character under certain circumstances 6.0.0.0 First release. yWriter6 is currently identical to yWriter5, but is more suitable for Windows 8 or later.