Hi, guys!
We finally got our hands on releasing an update to the desktop version! And today we're happy to publish Story Architect 0.7.4, which in addition to innovations like exporting specific drafts and a quiet offline mode, will give you the opportunity to feel like Santa Claus!
Exporting a specific draft
Starting today, the ability to export specific drafts of scripts (novels, comics, plays and audio dramas) is now official :)
While before it was more of a bug than a feature (you could export a draft if it was open on the screen and export it at that moment), now, if there are several drafts in a document, you will be able to specify which draft you want to export.
Import from PDF
Yes, scripts can now be imported from PDF documents as well.
There are a few nuances that will be useful to know:
- only text documents can be imported, i.e. documents in which you can select text with the mouse when viewing. PDF documents with scanned images cannot be imported;
- at the moment you can import only text, without editorial notes (this will be improved in a future version);
- password-protected documents and documents with watermarks over text cannot be imported yet either (but we plan to add this in later versions).
Apart from that, it should work the same way as importing from any other documents.
Updated personal account
In the new version you will find a significantly redesigned personal account.
We tried to make it as simple and understandable as possible. We have removed some of the duplicated buttons. We made the display of the current subscription more user-friendly. We added the ability to compare subscriptions right in the application. And also improved the display of information about current sessions.
Subscription as a gift
So, who wanted to try themselves as Santa Claus? You are welcome!
Recently, we have received many questions about how you can gift a STARC subscription to a colleague or a friend. And now you can really do it yourself!
In your personal account, in the subscription purchase dialog, you can buy a subscription as a gift. After that, you will need to specify the e-mail of the recipient of the gift and congratulations message, and we take care of the rest of the work.
The gift will come to your e-mail in the form of a promo code, which you can use in the application by activating it during the year.
Other improvements
We also worked on improving the stability of the application, fixing various issues and making it a little more convenient.
That's why the new version also includes the following improvements:
- a quiet mode for the server connection indicator is added - now, if the application cannot connect to the server for more than a minute, the distracting, constantly spinning indicator will turn into a less annoying icon of no connection;
- a new imported document is now highlighted in the navigation tree so that it is immediately clear where it was imported to;
- behavior of the toolbar of paid modules after activation of the sub-toolbar is improved;
- an application work with large text documents (scripts, novels, etc.) is optimized;
- a problem with deleting characters and locations when renaming them is fixed in some cases;
- an application crash when moving locations in the project navigator is fixed;
- a problem with displaying hotkeys in the quick formatting panel is fixed;
- a problem with displaying tooltips in context menu items is fixed;
- a problem with incorrect size of the color selection drop-down window when setting up a custom theme is fixed;
- a problem with exporting documents without editorial notes, when there are still color highlights in the text, is fixed;
- an issue with launching the Windows application installer is fixed in some cases.
One more thing you should pay attention to - we have slightly changed the logic of saving font sizes in the front page to ensure compatibility with the mobile version, so if you used non-standard sizes for fonts on the front page, please check how they look now. They will probably need some tweaking.
That's it! Have a productive day, friends!
See you soon!