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Release Notes
v2.50September 14, 2026Toggle release details
Highlights
Explore six illustrated review perspectives with fuller reports and linked manuscript evidence.
New Standard purchases include an optional 14-day Pro trial. A clear notice helps you continue when it ends.
Improvements
Open projects from launch arguments on Linux and Windows, including while Minstrel is already running.
Search chapters and notes beside your writing, with keyboard access to Search and Chat.
Drag chapters, notes, and subheadings to rearrange your manuscript while keeping their text together.
Navigate clearer editor surfaces with consistent selection, focus, and disabled-state contrast.
Try Minstrel on Windows with the free Lite preview.
Fixes
Damaged or oversized Word and Scrivener files now show a clear error instead of freezing or closing Minstrel.
v2.49September 12, 2026Toggle release details
Highlights
Get saved title suggestions from chapter summaries and notes, and refresh them whenever you need new ideas.
Accept words for one story or all projects, and manage your proofreading dictionaries.
Improvements
Plan a romance with twenty Romancing the Beat prompts, from first meeting to happy ending.
Choose Compact or Expanded line spacing for every publishing format, with consistent space after paragraphs.
Recognize publishing controls more easily with spacing and paper-size icons and a clearer dropdown arrow.
Project statistics navigation dots have a cleaner appearance without the surrounding pill.
Paste and edit large formatted manuscripts with less delay.
Fixes
Locate a moved project from Recent, or choose a recovery copy if the original is missing.
Check your account-deletion request after signing out.
Manage your Apple or website subscription even while trial access is active.
Cloud services permission review opens reliably while another permission check is running.
Account settings no longer show an activation renewal deadline as the end of your trial.
v2.48September 10, 2026Toggle release details
Highlights
Plan your notes and prepare book details in dedicated sections, with book details saved as you type.
Improvements
Minstrel reads opening-section context faster in long manuscripts.
Book summary suggestions arrive automatically, ready to use when you choose.
Publishing sets margins automatically: 1.25 inches for A4 and Letter, and 0.75 inches for paperback sizes.
PDF and DOCX exports always enable page numbers, running heads, and chapters starting on a new page.
Publishing starts with your export goal, with clearer controls that use the full drawer width.
Fixes
Minstrel does less background work when you edit chapter titles in long manuscripts.
Large formatted manuscript pastes stay responsive while preserving formatting and a single undo step.