Storyist 1.4 now available for download

[Steve]

I'm delighted to announce that Storyist 1.4 is now available for download.

 

Storyist 1.4 incorporates many user-requested features, including a new formatting inspector window, the ability to read and write additional formats, enhancements to import and export functions, and new text tools.

 

Highlights of the release include:

 

• The Inspector: A new floating Inspector window offers quick access to text, style, and document formatting properties. (for Thoyd)
  
• New File Formats: Storyist now provides converters for the Microsoft Word .docx (for Thoth) and Open Office .odt file formats (Leopard only, for nadinbrezezinski) and the Final Draft .fcf format, in addition to the previously supported RTF, HTML, DOC, and Text Only formats.
  
• Text Processing Tools: New text processing tools help automate tedious search and replace operations like converting to and from smart quotes, changing italics to underlining and back, and reformatting text. (for Marguerite)
  
• Automator Support: The import and export assistants as well as the new text processing tools are now integrated with Apple’s Automator technology. Writers can use the Storyist text tools in Automator workflows, and use Automator to create workflows for use in Storyist.
  
• Enhanced RTF Converter: The RTF converter now imports and exports headers, footers, margins, date fields, keep with next, and widow and orphan control settings, and offers improved Unicode support for compatibility with other programs.
  
• Word Processing Enhancements: The word processor now supports widow and orphan control (for Thoth and Marguerite) and can import style sheets from other documents.
  
• Developer API: Based on Apple’s Automator Action API, the new plug-in API allows developers to extend the Tools menu and provide additional format converters and workflow components. (for Isaac)
  

 

Other enhancements include:

• The ability to add images to notebook entries. (for Barnbarroch)
  
• The ability to color code of index cards (numerous requests).
  
• Wider margins in Normal view mode. (for bodsham)
  
• Numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements.
  

 

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and suggestions.

 

-Steve