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Download yWriter5 5.6.2.7 as a self-installing EXE file (recommended)

yWriter5 exe installer (9.3mb)

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Download yWriter5 5.6.2.7 in a zip file

yWriter5 zip file (3.9mb)

Requires the Windows .Net 3.5 SP1 framework (Runtime) or newer.
The yWriter5 installer will tell you if you need this file.

yWriter5 5.6.2.7 released 13/Jul/2023

• It doesn't matter whether you run the same installer more than once.
• Installing or upgrading yWriter5 will not delete or overwrite your data OR your settings.
• There is no need to uninstall yWriter5 before running this updater.
• See below for the list of changes

Change Log:

5.6.2.7 RELEASE includes all recent updates to yWriter 7, including export to DOCX 5.6.2.6 Beta release includes all fixes from yWriter 7.1.2.6 5.6.1.9 RELEASE includes all fixes from yWriter 7.1.1.9 5.6.1.1 BETA Includes the new themes (colour scheme) editor. 5.6.0.5 BETA Includes latest fixes from yWriter7, including realtime spell-checking 5.5.5.0 BETA This version of yWriter5 is identical to yWriter7.0.5.5, only this one (yWriter5) works on Windows XP. 5.2.1.2 Added a search to the character/locations/items list box 5.2.1.1 Prevented right-click from activating drag-drop events 5.2.1.0 Now also capitalises 'i' - can be turned off in the editor menu. 5.2.0.9 Editor now capitalises first letter of new sentence automatically. As requested by my writing buddy. 5.2.0.7 Now exports ascii characters 160-255 as html code, which should fix stray '?' appearing in exported ebooks. 5.2.0.6 When opening a yw5 file, warns the user if the codepage (character encoding) in the file doesn't match the current windows one 5.2.0.5 New stable release incorporating beta fixes since 5.1.9.7 5.2.0.3 WINE - Fixed the menubar missing from the editor window, tidied up some forms 5.2.0.2 MONO - Reworked the New Project Wizard - should be more compatible with Mono now. 5.2.0.1 WINE - Another wine fix for the margins in the text editor 5.2.0.0 WINE - Began adding tweaks to improve yWriter under Wine. This version fixes text in the editor window being wider than the margins. 5.1.9.8 You can sort locations and items now (right-click for menu). Adding new items/characters/locations also keeps popping the window up until you're done. 5.1.9.7 EXPORTING - Added a new 'Export to ebook (chapters)' routine, which creates one ebook file per chapter using the chapter title for the filename. Ideal for putting multiple short stories and novellas into one yWriter project and exporting them all individually. 5.1.9.6 EXPORTING - Improved exporting to html and RTF 5.1.9.5 EXPORTING - Export to HTML should handle empty (blank) scenes better. 5.1.9.1 Fixed issues on the Character, Item and Location editing forms when Windows was set to oversized fonts. 5.1.8.9 You can drag-drop TXT and RTF files onto scene titles (main screen) to append the contents 5.1.8.8 Chapter list is wider on first run - now shows the Description field too. 5.1.8.7 You can now register your copy of yWriter. Don't panic ... this is OPTIONAL. 5.1.8.6 EXPORTING - Conditional exporting, export chapters to individual RTF files, other fixes and improvements 5.1.8.5 Added a new 'force wordcount' feature under the Tools menu. Recounts all words in project, updates chapter display. 5.1.8.4 Added a typing speed indicator (WPM). It's just for fun, so don't read too much into it. 5.1.8.3 Minor fix for location/item sorting (problem introduced in 5.1.8.0) 5.1.8.2 Added a new option under the project menu: Apply Outline. Instructions included. 5.1.8.1 Added more options to the LaTeX tab under Project Settings 5.1.8.0 You can now sort the character list (major characters will always be listed before minor ones.) 5.1.7.9 New option under the scene menu: Copy first line of content to scene title (All Scenes, Selected Scenes, Selected Chapters) 5.1.7.8 Added copy/paste of chapters and scenes between different projects 5.1.7.7 Exporting of extended characters to LaTeX now works. (Not Unicode yet, sorry) 5.1.7.6 You can now add and edit locations and items within the scene editor. 5.1.7.5 Fixed export of dialog text with single quotes 5.1.7.4 New LaTeX exporter. Use "<TEX " and " /TEX>" to mark inline sections which will be exported as-is 5.1.7.3 (Use <TEX> at the start of a scene to export as-is) 5.1.7.2 More LaTeX improvements 5.1.7.1 Big improvements to LaTeX export. 5.1.7.0 Added preliminary LaTeX export. 5.1.6.9 Use <HTML> at the start of a scene to export the rest as-is 5.1.6.9 More support for Russian (and other) language encodings in HTML exports 5.1.6.8 Improved error-recovery after failure to save a project 5.1.6.6 Support for extended ascii character sets in report titles/description fields/etc 5.1.6.5 Extended ascii characters now work properly in Ebook exports (and hopefully all html reports) 5.1.6.4 Added a 'seach for duplicate words' feature to Custom Search. (E.g. the the) 5.1.6.3 You can now use /EBOOK "Some path\YW5 Project File.yw5" on the command line and yWriter will load the project, generate an ebook file in the Export folder, then shut down. 5.1.6.2 Includes a new Ebook export - generates an html file which is ideal for conversion using Calibre. 5.1.6.2 You can put @ in front of chapter titles to suppress them in html output

Installing on Windows:
Please note: for three years I signed my installers with SSL certificates, but this year the price is suddenly triple what it used to be. So, no more installer signing, because there is no way I'm paying $600 to code-sign free software.

1) Download the installation file. Locate the file and run your normal anti-virus scan on it. Once you're happy it's free of viruses, run the installation file. You should see something like this:

Click Yes to proceed or No to cancel.

Instead of the above, Windows may throw up a warning similar to the one below:

At this point you either trust me (and my company, Spacejock Software) and click 'Yes', or you click 'No' and delete the installer. That's up to you - just bear in mind I set up this website over twenty years ago, and if I was offering dodgy software someone would have closed it down by now, wouldn't they? I'm also an author with almost thirty novels in print, and my reputation matters to me!

2) Follow the prompts to set it up. (The defaults are fine)
3) Locate the Spacejock Software entry in your start menu. Click yWriter5 icon to run the program.



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