Update to Papyrus 12.05a
Hello Papyrus Authors,
Here comes a 2026 spring update for Papyrus 12! The new version bundles some neat optimizations with a whole bunch of fixes and improvements.
Your Papyrus 12 will automatically offer you the update the next time you launch it. If you’d like to download the update manually, you’ll find the new version under Downloads in your account area.
Improvements:
Performance
- Greatly improved project loading times in Papyrus’s start view.
- The Windows installer now runs in 64-bit and speeds up the installation process.
- macOS: Improved PDF creation with emojis, which had led to large files. Now a repeatedly used emoji is converted to a bitmap only once, saving space.
Writing Flow
- The personal dictionary now takes priority over autocorrect, so your own words are no longer corrected by mistake.
- In typewriter mode, words near the center line can now be selected more reliably with a double-click.
- In Distraction Free Mode, the master pages view can no longer be activated by accident.
- Undo/Redo now works more reliably when editing global notes.
Fonts, Images & PDF
- Custom fonts are now queried from the system more reliably, so font mix-ups happen less often. OpenType fonts are now also supported in PDF output.
- Custom cover images for projects that share names will now all be offered for selection.
- Images in the Thinkboard now apply correct transparency to rounded shapes, especially important in Dark Mode, where white edges could appear.
- Improved duplicate prevention when identical images are copied into image folders.
Quality of Life
- Backup creation has been optimized. Instead of appending “Op” strings to the name, more readable numbers are now used. The .pap file type is now preserved.
- Tutorials now snooze for 24 hours when you close them without finishing them, so they won’t pop up again and again.
- The start view and the Book Designer now reopen on the same monitor where they were opened within the same session.
- The dialog for choosing the main document for a project can now be closed without taking action when no action is needed.
- The display of a comment’s creation date is now updated to the modification date when changes are made in the comment box.
Bug Fixes
- Fix for entering a custom backup path in the backup settings, which was sometimes ignored.
- Fix for a bug that suppressed misspelling highlights under certain circumstances.
- Documents with the research function turned off, but with research entries, no longer trigger a “No research” alert when interacting in the navigator.
- Fix for faulty PDF export with images in the RGB color profile.
- Fix for a crash when trying to edit the Story Sheet of a deleted chapter or scene in the Organizer.
- Fix for an incorrect tab switch to the character database when a project conversion from the Organizer is canceled.
- Fix for unwanted changes to the image path for project covers when they were not found in the project folder.
- Fix for font spacing issues with exotic fonts in PDF output.
- The form view and the manual now have a background next to the document again, instead of black.
- Fix for incorrect counting of scene content when an image is anchored right at the start of a scene.
- Fix for a crash during DOCX export when the original file had an unexpected file type (e.g. opened inside a zip without unpacking).
- Fix for switching to Dark Mode from Distraction Free Mode, which sometimes only partially changed colors.
- Fix for incorrect path assignment, which could sometimes lead to empty book covers.
- Fix for a crash during project import when administrator rights were missing.
- Fix for slow scrolling of books in the start view.
Enjoy the new version! 