Version 2.9.9
Fixes Dual dialogue exporting to Final Draft .fdxStrikethrough exporting to Final Draft .fdxStrange line breaking in German manuscripts Improvement Better…
Version 2.9.8
Fixes Bold, italics, underline works if there’s a tab before itScroll bars better match dark themesRare indentation issues when exporting…
Version 2.9.7
Fix Character Highlighting boxes align correctly in the Editor Improvement Insert Link (⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + L) auto-selects…
Version 2.9.6
Fixes Imported FDX and PDFs display in the correct Editor fontCharacter highlighting of dual dialogueColor selector from character highlightingRandom typos…
Version 2.9.4
New Feature Context menu in Sprints list allows tweeting out or deleting old Sprints Improvements: Renamed paragraph indentation option for…
Version 2.9.3
New features Choose whether to print title page in Preview print optionsCan include %title in headers Improvements Title pages match…
Version 2.9.1
Improvements: Better error messaging on Student licensesBold and italics in scripts written in non-English languages handled more consistently Fixes: A4…
Version 2.9
New Preferences: Invisibles brightness (General)Synopses italicizing (Document)Show dark PDF pages when using dark themes (Themes) UI Changes We’ve updated the…
Version 2.8.4
Improvement Updated version of Courier Prime in the app to include Cyrillic characters Fix Some users were experiencing crashes when…
Version 2.8.3
Improvement Turning paragraph numbers on/off in the Editor should take effect immediately (instead of after the text is edited Fixes…
Version 2.8.2
UI Added chevron to template button in toolbar New Keyboard shortcuts added for Convert to Numbered List (Cmd-Shift-7) and Convert…
Version 2.8.1
Fixes Fixed a bug causing crashes with the new backup system. Sorry!
Version 2.8.0
New Preferences > Backups now stores full .highland document with optional plain text copy Two new Templates: Wiki and Speech…
Version 2.7.2
Fixes Scene numbers export to. fdx files Scene numbers import from .fdx files Dialogue blocks with multiple parentheticals parse correctly…
Version 2.7.1
Improvements Added the page count to the status bar
Version 2.7.0
Improvements Launch screen now includes new Templates and Sample Documents to get you started Toggle the sidebar open/closed using the…
Version 2.6.11
Fixes Fixes writing in Chinese, Korean, and other non-Roman character sets
Version 2.6.10
Fixes Corrects preview issue on macOS 10.15 Catalina* Character highlighting boxes in PDFs draw correctly Prevents crashes due to unexpected/incomplete…
Version 2.6.9
Fixes Fixes autocompletion of scene headers and character names Adds new template fonts Prevents printed notes from overlapping other text…
Version 2.6.8
Fixes Fixes a bug that disables the Revisions popover UI after you change templates Fixes a bug where Assets panel…
Version 2.6.7
Fixes Character Highlighting aligns correctly in preview Images display at proper size Stats goal updates correctly when switching between page…
Version 2.6.6
Bug Fixes Fixes crashes affecting some users.
Version 2.6.5
Bug Fixes Screenplay PDF line breaking should consistently match the Editor when using the Narrow column setting and fixed-width font.…
Version 2.6.4
Bug Fixes Fix Help menu Slack URL for Pro Users
Version 2.6.3
Bug Fixes Small UI Fixes
Version 2.6.2
Bug Fixes Fixes a bug causing single brackets to format strangely in the Editor Improvements Improved "Show Invisibles" when using…
Version 2.6.1
Bug Fixes Fixes a bug causing long notes to be formatted weirdly in Editor
Version 2.6.0
In addition to a bunch of bug fixes, Highland 2.6 adds four new features. What’s New Endnotes! Need to add…
Version 2.5.2
What’s New Student Edition Students in participating classrooms can now upgrade the app with a free student license. Improvements Drag…
Version 2.5.1
Improvements Dark Mode cursor in Mojave Bug Fixes Import and Export of FDX (Final Draft) Launch Screen issues Miscellaneous crashes…
Version 2.5.0
What’s New Revision Mode! [PRO] Track your changes in different colors, complete with stars in the margin. The industry standard…
Version 2.2.0
What’s New Save Gender Analysis reports as PDF [Pro] Word Analysis [Pro] Support for macOS 10.14 Mojave Dark Mode Include…
Version 2.1.1
What’s New {{CHAPTER}}, {{PANEL}}, and {{FIGURE}} directives. They work like the {{SERIES}} directive, but keep their own counters Markers are…
Version 2.1.0
This is a major update! You’ll notice quite a few changes. What’s New Redesigned Preferences window! We’ve reorganized settings across…
Version 2.0.9
What’s New Stage Play and MLA templates are now included in Basic Times New Roman added as a font option…
Version 2.0.8
What’s New Bin items can now be searched/filtered (like the Navigator) {{SERIES}} inserts auto-incrementing numbers. Ex. ‘# Chapter {{SERIES}}’ will…
Version 2.0.7
What’s New Hovering over a template will show you a preview of it, even if it’s a Pro template. Added…
Version 2.0.6
Bug Fixes and Improvements Improves support for non-Latin character sets, including Chinese, Korean and Russian. Fixes macOS built-in dictation. (Try…
Version 2.0.5
Bug Fixes and Improvements Fixes several bugs, including crashes related to page breaks and Show Invisibles.
Version 2.0 Release
Public launch
Version 2.0b37 (Zorak)
What’s New Improved PDF parser Fixes crashes in macOS 10.12 Sierra Fixes problems with selected text word counts Allow wrapping…
Version 2.0b36 (Buttercup)
What’s New Fountain’s boneyard markup is now supported in Markdown documents. You can send support emails directly from Highland, rather…
Version 2.0b35 (Boo Boo)
What’s New Fountain & Markdown file handling. Sometimes you’re working with Fountain or Markdown files, and you don’t really want…
Version 2.0b34 (Yogi)
What’s New One last file format change. We recently introduced the .highland bundle file format, but many users were finding…
Version 2.0b33 (Barney Rubble)
What’s New Sidebar Changes! You’ll notice a new folder icon in the sidebar, which replaces Links (for Markdown documents) and…
Version 2.0b32 (Gaia)
What’s New New file format! We’ve added a new package format for Highland 2. Instead of ending with a .fountain…
Version 2.0b31 (Jonny Quest)
What’s New Flexible Title Pages. Fountain’s default title pages work well for most screenplays, but there are times when you…
Version 2.0b30 (Space Ghost)
What’s New Getting Started. We want to make it as easy as we can for new users to started with…
Version 2.0b29 (Great Fondue)
What’s New Bug fixes
Version 2.0b28 (Taffy Dare)
What’s New Saving the cursor position is now a setting. We’ve added a checkbox to the Preferences that lets you…
Version 2.0b27 (Zandor)
What’s New Rearranged Launch Screen. We tweaked the UI on the launch screen, and added a button to let you…
Version 2.0b26 (The Great Gazoo)
What’s New MAX PERFORMANCE!!! We’ve cleaned up a lot of things behind the scenes to make the Editor faster and…
Version 2.0b25 (Elroy)
What’s New Minor bug fixes
Version 2.0b24 (Velma)
Bug Fixes and Improvements Fixed an issue where the Character list wasn’t being populated when the document in first opened…
Version 2.0b23 (Atom Ant)
What’s New Saved cursor position. When you reopen a file, Highland start up exactly with your cursor where you left…
Version 2.0b22 (Precious Pupp)
What’s New Automatic scene numbering. Under the Format menu you’ll now find Add Scene Numbers and Remove Scene Numbers. Scenes…
Version 2.0b21 (Captain Planet)
What’s New Welcome Screen. Highland now opens with a proper launch screen with quick access to your most recent documents…
Version 2.0b20 (Tinker)
What’s New This version fixes PDF previewing in macOS 10.12 Sierra. NERD ALERT: We’ve migrated the code base to the…
Version 2.0b19 (Birdman)
What’s New Markdown and Fountain cheat sheets. Finally. You’ll find them under Help. In Markdown and Plain Text templates, you…
Version 2.0b18 (Muttley)
What’s New Font options for Manuscripts. Manuscripts are often written in either Courier or Times New Roman, depending on the…
Version 2.0b17 (Quickdraw McGraw)
What’s New Graphic Novel and Multi-Cam templates Our Multi-Cam template is based on scripts from CBS three-camera shows like How…
Version 2.0b16 (Johnny Bravo)
What’s New Table of Contents! Highland can now generate a table of contents for Markdown files, on the fly, using…
Version 2.0b15 (Blue Falcon)
What’s New Bug fixes. Lots of bug fixes including crash fixes, spacing of dialogue in files exported to Final Draft,…
Version 2.0b14 (Smurfette)
What’s New Text Highlighting. In addition to bold, italics, and underlining, you can now highlight. You’ll find Highlight under the…
Version 2.0b13 (Pebbles)
What’s New Navigator update. We’ve tweaked the navigator to give you more information about your document. Included files are now…
Version 2.0b12 (Bamm-Bamm)
What’s New Sprint. Sprints are timed writing sessions. They’re great for helping you focus on getting your work done. Just…
Version 2.0b11 (Astro)
What’s New Templates. From the very first beta, the template chooser has shown only grayed-out, unavailable options. Until now! For…
Version 2.0b10 (Brak)
What’s New Images. In keeping with the Markdown spec, you can now add images to documents. For example: ![pug](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sad-pug.jpg/1280px-Sad-pug.jpg) Headers…
Version 2.0b9 (Squiggly Diddly)
What’s New Bin update. In addition to some UI tweaks, we’ve also added the ability to create empty Bin items…
Version 2.0b8 (Grape Ape)
What’s New Fixed memory leaks. We’ve plugged many holes. Export sidebar content. At the bottom of every sidebar panel, you’ll…
Version 2.0b7 (Shaggy)
Copy and paste fix. There was a bug causing the app to crash if you copy and pasted over a…
Version 2.0b6 (Daphne)
Accents now work! Génial! Great news for all our international users, we’ve got accents working in Highland again. Auto-completion improvements.…
Version 2.0b5 (Captain Caveman)
What’s New Themes Refreshed. The sidebar now matches the Editor theme. We’ve also added a new Dark Mode theme, for…
Version 2.0b4 (Dinomutt)
New template/format popover. We’ve come up with a streamlined interface to choose what type of document you’re writing. We’ve also…
Version 2.0b3 (Speed Buggy)
What’s New Auto-hiding toolbar. Turn on Auto-Hide Toolbar from the View menu to have the toolbar automatically disappear while you…
Version 2.0b2 (Huckleberry Hound)
Live margins should respond consistently. Fixed a typo in the Fountain Cheat Sheet. Changed the title of the Preferences window.…