Version History

Find below the Version History of iA Writer for Windows.

New in 2.0.9172.15906 (2025.2.10)

• Fixed: Incorrect display of the Taskbar icon
• Fixed: Blank PDF export when using the Fountain template
• Fixed: Incorrect AutoMarkdown behavior for highlights in the editor
• Updated installer to to ensure required system components are present

New in 2.0.9151.26886 (2025.1.20)

New

• Redesigned UI to match Windows 11 aesthetics.
• Modular internal architecture for enhanced performance.
• New typographic engine.
• Updated PDF export engine with support for preserving external links.
• Full-width Preview mode.
• Support for line comments.
• Rendering single CSV files as tables.
• Option to directly install spellcheck dictionaries from .zip or .oxt files, with privilege elevation when required.
• Added the Preview button.
• Strikethrough command in the Format menu.
• New option to disable automatic table reformatting.
• CSV delimiter automatic detection
• Settings tab labels localization
• Support for ordered task items

Improved

• Expanded character support in Snippet replaceable sections.
• Improved blockquotes indentation with line wrapping.
• Redesigned the Settings interface.
• Library layout with enhanced ellipsis for long filenames
• System shortcuts support in fullscreen mode (Win+D, Alt+Tab)
• Localizations across multiple languages
• Word export dialog user experience
• Default filename creation for new files

Changed

• The Title Bar now transitions in and out with a fade effect.
• Moved the Stats menu to the bottom.
• Requires Windows 10 or above

Fixed

• Snippets with multiple dates now render correctly.
• Fixed issues with multi-line Snippets.
• Resolved errors when handling metadata containing colons (:).
• Addressed inability to load referenced assets when files are opened externally.
• Corrected the color of non-visible characters in dark mode.

New in 1.4.8748.18429 (2023.12.14)

Added

• Icon in Library to show files containing Authorship Annotations
• Support for hiding Authorship Annotations in Preview
• Support for iA Writer’s new Fountain Template

Under the hood

• Improved: Rendering of non-Markdown files in Preview

New in 1.4.8566.25825 (2023.06.15)

Added

• Option to keep the menu bar always visible
• Natural sort when sorting file names in Library
• Unique TOC styling

Under the hood

• Improved: Loading time of NLP system
• Improved: Tokenization for spell checking
• Improved: Settings management
• Improved: Loading of library
• Improved: Compatibility of Content Blocks syntax with iA Writer 6 for Mac
• Improved: Management of images with upper case extensions
• Improved: Support for inline Math and Math blocks
• Improved: Word Exporter
• Improved: Html comments removal when exporting to Word
• Improved: Layout of Library
• Improved: Hashtags appearance in dark mode
• Improved: Single quotes for spell checking
• Fixed: Math equations when exporting to Word
• Fixed: Bug when moving current line at the end of the document
• Fixed: Bug in copy as Html
• Fixed: Crash when restoring caret position if document was modified externally
• Updated: Help

New in 1.4

Added

• Style Check for English, French and German

Under the hood

• Improved startup time
• Improved menus and window borders

New in 1.3

Added

• Syntax Control
• Individual Scroll
• Snippets
• Smart Tables
• Backups and Autosave

Under the hood

• Updated WebKit by upgrading Chromium to version 79
• Adopted the new Paddle SDK for Windows
• Improved AutoMarkdown in the Editor
• File List scrolling optimization
• KaTeX update to support copy-tex and mchem modules
• XSS filtering
• and much more

New in 1.2

Integrated Preview

• Preview now lives side-by-side with the Editor
• Rendering is now performed with WebKit, to get the same quality as on Mac/iOS

New PDF export

• Headers, footers are now available
• Based of the regular iA templates
• Ability to modify their properties
• Multiple page size support

PDF Preview

• A new toggle in the Preview shows a fully rendered PDF with page breaks, headers, footer and title page

New typography options

• Mono and Quattro in addition of Duo
• Tables are always in Mono in the editor

Preferences

• Brand new Preferences panel for customizations like quote types and other advanced options

New Library interactions

• Button to toggle visibility
• Swipe gesture support
• Drag and drop of files in the File List

Touch support

• For scrolling and selection
• In Library, Editor and Preview

Other improvements

• KaTeX support for Math in Preview, PDF and Word export
• Images in Library can show a tooltip preview and be dragged and dropped into the Editor like other Content Blocks
• Rename in place in the Library
• Focus mode improvements

• Added Chinese full stop to Focus Mode
• Fixed discoloration of current line in Night Mode with Focus Mode

• Add manual Page breaks with +++ syntax
• Option to hide hashtags from preview
• Added a count of hits in Find
• Proper indent of wrapped list items and block quotes
• Emphasis and Strong Emphasis enhancements
• Added Open Url context menu item on links
• Last used file type is now recalled in Open dialog
• Added a setting to turn off synchronous scroll with preview
• Fixed selection including a colon registering as zero words in Word Count
• Aligned Reading Time Calculation with Mac/iOS
• Full content block specification support
• Auto Markdown for code and code blocks
• Deleted files and folders are now moved to trash
• Fixed false positives in spell-checker

New in 1.1

Integrated Library

• Add any folder from your PC to the Library
• Files you use frequently can be Favorited so they are always at hand
• Right click on files or folders to Favorite, rename, show in Explorer, delete or change the sort order of the Library file list
• Show or hide the Library from the View menu using Ctrl+E

Document Outlines

• When you select a file in the Library, its headings are shown as an outline
• Click any heading in the outline to jump to that section of the document in the Editor

MS Word Export

• Now you can export your Markdown documents in .docx format
• Images, tables, footnotes and other esoteric formatting is all supported

Typographic Improvements

• Refined typeface adjusts to different screen resolutions

Other Improvements

• Improved scrolling
• Find/Replace no longer requires the use of a mouse; tab through to each button you need
• Word Goal default is no longer reset on relaunch
• Scrollbar is now hidden in Typewriter Mode
• Fixed text margin calculation issue
• First underscore in filenames now appear in title bar
• Added keyboard shortcut for Save As
• Added accessiblity mode available through user_settings.json in AppData/Roaming/iA Writer
• Added option to force software rendering in user_settings.json (useful with some graphics cards)

New in 1.0

• Save dialog now recalls last used extension
• Added KS Premium Backer list to About
• Improved menu layouts
• Removed Start Menu Folder from Install
• Fixed a bug where Ctrl+L kept list marker highlighted
• Fixed toggle of Focus Mode using keyboard shortcut
• Fixed incorrect insets when going full screen
• Fixed crashes
• Fixed various smaller bugs

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