v0.5.0, A New Way to Work: the Ribbon Everywhere, Submission-Quality Manuscripts, and More Ways to See Your Words

Our biggest update to how you use Scriblit. The Ribbon, the tabbed controls from the desktop editor, now works the same way on every screen, so every option and setting is easier to find, clearly grouped, and consistent whether you're on a laptop, a tablet, or a phone. Prefer something lighter? A new Compact mode keeps the essentials one tap away. On top of that: purpose-built surfaces for designing a submission-ready title page, query letter, and back matter; more ways to present your text on screen; contact details that travel with your document; a floating Notes and Query Letter experience; and a new Command Finder plus a save-status dot to help you find and trust everything else.

A new way to use Scriblit: the Ribbon on every screen

The Ribbon is now the default everywhere. The same tabbed controls you know from the desktop editor (File, Write, View, and Submission) now reflow to fit your phone and tablet instead of switching you to a different, cut-down layout. Every option lives in a clear, consistent place, so there's one way to work no matter the device.

• Everything grouped and labeled: related controls sit together under named tabs, making the full set of options easier to discover and use.
• The same controls, everywhere: what you learn on your computer is exactly what you'll find on your phone.
• Your manuscript reflows to the screen: on a phone, text now fits the screen width cleanly.
• Collapse the Ribbon when you don't need it: click a tab a second time (or use its toggle) to hide the command groups and keep just the tab headers, giving your manuscript more room. Your choice is remembered per device.
• Word count moved next to your title: it now sits beside the document name at every screen width instead of scrolling by with the tabs.

See The Ribbon & Compact.

Or go light: Compact mode

Prefer fewer controls in view? Compact trades the full Ribbon for a slim icon bar you can turn on or off, with the title and workspace menus a tap away. Switch anytime in Preferences → Editor. See The Ribbon & Compact.

Export submission-quality manuscripts

Everything you do to prepare a manuscript for an agent or editor now has a dedicated surface, and each one is built for the job, with a live preview so you can see exactly what you're shaping.

• Design your title page: decide whether it stands on its own page, sits atop page one, or both; place your contact and info blocks in any corner; set body alignment; and watch a live preview update as you go. See the Title Page and Front Matter, Author Info & Backmatter guides.
• Write and send your query letter: compose your query in its own space, then send it straight to Google Drive, save it as a Google Doc, or hand it to your device's native Share sheet, as PDF, Word, or plain text. Sending your query letter alongside your manuscript now goes through the same Export dialog, too. See the Query Letter guide.
• Shape your back matter: arrange the material that closes your book in a dedicated editor. See Front Matter, Author Info & Backmatter.
• One clear Export dialog: choose your format and destination, then open Change what's included to control what rides along: title page, contact block, running header, author notes, and your query letter. A plain-language summary shows exactly what the file will contain before it leaves.
• Readiness hints, right where you need them: reminders about a missing title or contact block no longer interrupt your writing; they now appear in the Export dialog itself, scoped to what you're actually sending.

More ways to see your words

The editor gained new ways to present your text on screen, so writing feels the way you want it to, none of which changes how your exported manuscript looks.

• Display font: pick the typeface your manuscript uses on screen, with a live sample, set per document or as your default.
• Display font color: write in Black, Blue, Sepia, or a Custom color of your choosing.
• Paper shade and text size: adjust the page shade and manuscript text size from the View tab to suit the light you're working in.

See The Editor and Preferences.

Author Info that travels with your document

Your Author and Editor/Agent contact details now have a dedicated home, saved right inside your .spb file. Fill them once and they feed your title page, your query letter, and your manuscript's running header; switch which set an export uses without retyping anything.

Floating Notes and Query Letter

Your Notes and Query Letter windows now float above the manuscript: drag them anywhere, resize them, pin them so you can keep writing behind them, or pop them out into their own window on a second monitor. On a phone they dock neatly to the bottom of the screen, and a new Sections sheet gathers Query Letter, Notes, Backmatter, Title Page, and Author Info in one place so nothing gets lost on a small screen. The Notes button also gained a quick toggle for the margin markers in the gutter. See Author Notes.

Find anything, fast

A new Command Finder searches every setting and action in Scriblit: type what you're after and jump straight to it, with the control itself flashing so you know where to look next time. See The Editor.

Know your save status at a glance

A small status dot beside your document title replaces the old save banners; it never shifts your layout, and a click opens a plain-language summary with a fix, like reconnecting Google Drive, if something needs your attention.

Also new

• Custom fonts in PDF exports: the typeface you write in now renders in your exported PDF, with hardened fallback handling if a font can't be embedded.
• Front-matter polish: cleaner handling of your title, byline, pitch, and the illustration notes that open a book, including explicit controls to mark or unmark bracketed text as an illustration note, honored consistently across every export format.
• A refreshed guided tour: Layout Mode and Critique now get their own first-run walkthroughs, and full documentation for the new editor.
• See your version at a glance: an About entry on your account menu shows the app version you're running.