What's new in 2.0

With the release of Ulysses 2.0, we bring you the largest leap forward on the development of our flagship product so far. Building upon the long-standing fundaments of Ulysses 1.6, we gave the user interface a complete overhaul, added dozens of new features in all areas of Ulysses and carefully reworked existing key components. Below you can find a detailed listing of what's new in Ulysses 2.0.

A completely new look for Ulysses 2.0

With our new milestone release, we wanted to make your writing experience even better. The user interface of Ulysses 1.6 has been tried and tested for years and we know: it just works™! So we kept every component at its place and reworked it. Except one thing: the preferences. Navigation has been greatly simplified, making it easier for you to customize the look'n'feel of Ulysses or to create Styles & Markers.

Creating projects on the fast track

You can now create templates for your Ulysses projects. If you want to have default settings in your projects or want some Styles & Markers created by default, project templates are the way to go. You can even set standard Collections, Filters or Groups for each project.

Making distraction-free writing even better

This has been one of the most requested features of Ulysses: Notes and Excerpts in Console Mode. Everyone who has used this zen-like, distraction-free environment knows what "focus on the text" really means. With the addition of Notes and Excerpts in this mode, this experience is smoother than ever.

Navigating text at the speed of light

With the introduction of Bookmarks and "Style-Jumpers", you can go from one text spot to the other even faster. Bookmarks allow you to pinpoint lines of your texts so you can jump easily between text passages and find certain spots in the blink of an eye. Style-Jumpers let you jump quickly between sections of your documents without having to scroll or search for a certain comment or header. Read on for more in our Hidden Gem #10 Web Resource .

Throwing out the trash

Not every document is written at once. Some of them just get thrown away. This is what the Document Trash is for: whenever you remove a document, it is moved to the trash. From there you can restore it or delete irreversibly. You can find all the dazzling details in Hidden Gem #9 Web Resource . Additionally, we added an "Unfiled" view that includes all documents not contained in a Collection.

Keeping you up-to-date with Ulysses' features

Since the release of Ulysses 1.6, we have started two series that help you getting started in Ulysses: Screencasts and the Hidden Gems of Ulysses. The Screencasts Web Resource cover a wide range of topics from a general introduction to advanced features. The Hidden Gems of Ulysses introduce you to some features which you might not have discovered yet, but will make you writing process even more seamless.

And that's just the start…

These were only the most important changes and improvements, below you can find a complete feature and bugfix listing.

What else is new?
- 1. GENERAL
    1. Brand-new interface in all areas
    2. Added Project Templates (not available in Ulysses Core)
  2. BROWSER
    1. Added Document Trash as a view to keep removed, but not irreversibly deleted documents
    2. Added Unfiled Filter to show documents that are not contained in a Collection
    3. Browser search terms are highlighted in Browser and Previews
    4. Browser Filter supports search for exact phrases or words
    5. Words in search field can be grouped using "" to form a exact phrase
    6. Search for words can match either all or any given word
    7. Filtering for Status and Label now support "above" and "below"
    8. New option to show document count of views
    9. New option hide view when it's empty
  3. EDITOR
    1. Added Bookmarks and Style-Jumpers to navigate faster in documents and pinpoint text passages (not available in Ulysses Core)
    2. Added Selection Highlight
    3. Find and Replace now works the whole document including Notes
    4. Added shortcuts Cmd-+ and Cmd-- to increase/decrease font size
    5. Added ability to turn off anti-aliasing
  4. CONSOLE MODE
    1. New panel to view and edit Notes and Excerpts
    2. Added shortcuts Cmd-+ and Cmd-- to increase/decrease font size
    3. Added ability to turn off anti-aliasing
    4. Large document title no longer cut off when switching between documents
  5. EXPORT
    1. Added support for superscript, subscript and strikethrough to RTF, PDF and Word export
    2. Added more quotation marks, e.g. the Polish notation
    3. Added an option to PDF export to number footnotes continuously
    4. Added possibility to use numbered lists instead of unordered lists
    5. In the PDF/RTF/DOC exporter, paragraph and character styles can now be renamed
    6. Fixed some issues with formatting footnotes in the PDF export
    7. In the LaTeX exporter, umlauts in filenames are now converted into ASCII characters
  6. SEARCH & REPLACE
    1. Added Style search for "None" and "Any"
    2. Added option to save open documents before replacing so that all replaces can be done
    3. Search occurrences in open documents can be double-clicked to be shown
    4. Now searches in open documents wherever possible
    5. Added deletion of text and Styles when replacing text or Styles
    6. Common punctuation (such as .:,;!) is omitted from found items, reducing number of similar matches
    7. Occurrences are now disabled if document was deleted
    8. Ticks in cannot get lost any more
  7. PREFERENCES
    1. Preferences are completely reworked, making it easier to adjust and customize your projects
    2. Preferences are now split into "Preferences" and "Fonts & Colors"
    3. Creating and adjusting Styles & Markers is now much more intuitive
    4. Greatly simplified theme selection and customization
    5. Ability to import Preferences and Fonts & Colors from other projects
    6. Preferences are now edited directly and take effect immediately
    7. Documents are now saved permanently
    8. Levels of backup are now selectable in the Preferences
  8. PRINTING
    1. Printing now also prints the document name
    2. Printing now also accounts line height settings
  9. DOCUMENTATION
    1. Added Screencasts and Hidden Gems of Ulysses as online resources
    2. Updates in all areas of the documentation
    3. Added new start page and new "Getting Started" section
  10. MINOR CHANGES
    1. New streamlined offline registration process with new serial number system
    2. New startup panel
    3. Added shortcut for the visibility of each interface section
    4. Backups of projects only done when different from last project
    5. Moved Backup location to AppSupport/Ulysses/Backups/
    6. Timestamps won't be updated on locked documents anymore
    7. New Update Framework (Sparkle)