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PaperRoute Tracker v0.6.0 — Workspace

Released September 27, 2026. PaperRoute v0.6.0 is the current Stable release. It brings PaperRoute into one window with pages, gives each manuscript a single page with one save step, and applies a calmer card-based design throughout. Nothing about your library changes: v0.6 uses the same Schema 6 library as v0.5.

What's new

  • One window. A left rail opens the Board, Library, Journals, Reminders, and Import & Export pages, with Settings and Help below. Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+5 open the pages, Alt+Left and Alt+Right go back and forward, and F1 opens the User Guide. The rail can collapse to icons for more room.
  • A page for each manuscript. Overview, Authors, Versions, Submissions, and Readiness & Packets are tabs on one page, with one Save (Ctrl+S) and Discard bar. Leaving, switching manuscripts, or closing PaperRoute with unsaved changes asks first.
  • Submissions in place. Each journal submission is listed beside the selected one, and its editorial history, reviewer responses, and correspondence are edited on the same page.
  • A clearer board. Shelves are tabs with counts. Cards fill the window's width, open on a click, and show the stage, what needs attention, and the route so far. Needs Attention items filter the board.
  • Faster start. Add Manuscript can read a Word or LaTeX title page and set a first deadline. An empty library opens on a welcome that explains each way in, and empty lists say what belongs there.
  • Library and Import & Export pages. A sortable, filterable table of every manuscript, reusable authors and affiliations, and every way of bringing work in or taking it out on one page.
  • Fixes. Names containing "&" keep it in every dialog, and so does the update prompt's Download & Restart. The response export preview no longer opens with the draft selected, and its Markdown reads as plain text. Muted text meets 4.5:1 contrast in Light and Dark.

Upgrading

There is no data migration: v0.5 and v0.6 open the same library, and backups made by either version restore in both. Commands from the old Data menu now live on pages and under Settings; the User Guide's "Finding your way around" table lists each new location. The raw text of an exported Markdown response draft differs from v0.5 because it escapes less; the rendered result is the same.

Verification

Release certification is recorded in #74. Every automated test passed with none skipped. Published assets were verified after a fresh download. An installed v0.5.0 was upgraded through the live Preview updater, and every library file stayed byte-identical. Clean installation and 150% scaling were checked on the Stable candidate. The live Stable updater check from v0.5.0 follows publication.

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