So, I know I said it would be a month, but someone pointed out that I forgot about the smart quotes in full screen view. I couldn’t let that be a problem for a month, so here’s an update. If you aren’t using smart quotes or full screen mode, you don’t need to pick up this update if you don’t want to.
Category Archives: StoryBox
StoryBox 1.4.118 Released
This update includes as you type typographer’s quotes (Smart Quotes). It’s an option in the project settings. It defaults to on for new projects, but for existing ones, it remains off unless you change it.
It also fixes the two biggest problems that I was aware of with exporting ePubs for uploading to KDP (Kindle). The first is the duplicate copy of the cover (only showed up after running through KDP or Kindlegen), and the lack of a table of contents on Kindle.
In order to have a table of contents on the kindle, you have to create a blank document (can be a chapter or whatever as long as “Include in manuscript” is checked in the document properties. Then just put the 5 characters [toc] into the document. Make sure you include the square brackets. This will be converted to a hyperlinked table of contents within your book. You can put the document wherever you wish within the book (I think), though it’s probably best to put it near the front.
This will probably be the last update for at least a month, unless some really awful bug rears its head, as I will be working on a new novel, and I’ve discovered that I work best on a project when I can really focus on it and not do much else.
StoryBox 1.4.116 Released
In this build, you can now have a separate cover image and scene separator image for each story. The checkboxes for those items were removed from the image property panels, and I added selection dropdowns to the Story panel. I fixed some other bugs along the way.
This build does update the file format slightly, and will create a
StoryBox 1.4.115 Released
Ok, it turns out that a couple people had changed the type of their story from Story to something else prior to updating their version of StoryBox to 1.4.113 or 1.4.114. Unfortunately, this caused a problem with the whole multiple story mechanism as there weren’t any stories at all to count.
So, this build fixes that issue. If you have accidentally (or on purpose) changed your story to some other document type, this build will let you change it back and will create the proper items in the file. DO NOT use 1.4.113 or 1.4.114 to do this as they won’t create the story information correctly. If you have already tried to do this in those versions, you’ll have to create a new story from the menu and move all of your documents from the old story into it.
You can also send the project to me and I can fix it for you.
StoryBox 1.4.114 Released!
This build is mostly about performance improvements while writing/editing. Most will be obviously noticeable only with larger documents or slower computers.
StoryBox 1.4.113 Released!
This latest version of StoryBox has a huge number of fixes, improvements and features included. The biggest feature/change is “real” support for multiple stories in the same project. Before, you could create additional stories, but you couldn’t keep track of their word counts separately, and exporting the one you wanted was confusing. Now, you can track wordcounts separately for each story as well as continue to view the overall word count of the project. When you use the File->Export menu, you now get a list of all the stories to select from.
For a list of all of the changes, check the download page.