This latest build contains some bug fixes, and the ability to set the default properties for your document types yourself. Don’t want it preserving the format by default in a scene, you can change that. Prefer the default status to be “First Draft”. You can change that. Open the preferences, click the Format tab, and click the button near the bottom.

http://www.storyboxsoftware.com/download.htm

This version contains some of the changes to the Outline Builder that I mentioned in my blog entry regarding the topic. A delete button, default double click insert options. The context menu is still on the list of things to add.

I also added the daily word count to the status bar in full screen mode. Since I’ve been using it every day to actually produce writing, this became a big issue for me as I move through two or three or more scenes in one session. I’ve given myself a target word count to hit, but when I was in full screen mode, I couldn’t see it without switching back to the normal mode.

You can see the other changes that were made on the download page: http://www.storyboxsoftware.com/download.htm

Having used the Outline Builder for a week or so now (writing again, Yay!), I’ve decided it needs some changes. First, it needs a delete button. Don’t know how I missed that one. I’m thinking also the option to hide completed items. A context menu would be helpful, too, as well as the ability to set a default target for double clicking an entry. This last would mean that you could have a double click send the entry to whichever of the four options (new chapter, new scene, synopsis or body) you liked.

Is there anything about the Outline Builder that you feel is missing, or that you would like to work differently? No guarantees, of course, that I’ll be able to accommodate everyone’s wishes, but I don’t want to miss something obvious again, like the ability to delete an entry.