What’s new in Nebula Writer.

The latest version is 0.9.7. Nebula Writer checks for updates when it starts and offers to install them.

0.9.7

Released October 12, 2026. Includes 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.5 and 0.9.6.

Added Find in Project. Press Cmd+Shift+F (Ctrl+Shift+F on Windows and Linux) to search the text of the documents in your project, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel files.
Added PDF export for PowerPoint and Excel files, with a preview before you save or print.
Added recovery for unsaved presentation and spreadsheet changes. After a restart, you can recover or discard them.
Improved how imported Word, PowerPoint and Excel files look, including equations, slide charts, table borders and sheet layout.
Improved the editor toolbars. Word, slide, spreadsheet and LaTeX tools stay on one row, and extra actions move into a More menu when space is short.
Changed startup to reopen your last project and the files you had open.
Changed an open Word, PowerPoint or Excel file to reload when it changes outside Nebula Writer, unless you have unsaved edits.
Fixed agent edits being lost when you switched documents while the agent was working.

Released September 28, 2026.

Added a result card for each agent request. It shows the reply, the files that changed and anything left to review.
Added Keep, Discard, Undo and Redo buttons to the agent's file actions in the chat.
Added an Activity view to the agent panel. See what the agent did in this chat or across the project, and revert a file it created, edited or deleted.
Added visual checks. When the agent changes how a document looks, it views the changed pages, slides or cells, and says which parts it did not check.
Added Show. Ask the agent to take you to a file, page, slide, paragraph or cell. Links to your files in its replies open in Nebula Writer.
Improved version history with a clearer restore timeline. A file keeps its history when you move or rename it.
Added the Word editor from Mac and Windows to Linux.
Removed the model and reasoning pickers. Nebula Writer now picks these for you.

Released August 27, 2026.

Fixed Nebula Writer getting stuck on a loading screen at startup. If your last project can't open, you now see the welcome screen.
Changed startup to open a Nebula Writer folder in your Documents, so you can chat and create files right away.
Added recovery for Word files that can't be read. Nebula Writer restores the last good backup when one exists.
Added image reading for the agent. It can now look at PNG, JPEG, GIF and WebP files in your project.
Improved the agent's Word table editing. It can now add and remove rows and columns.
Fixed a case where a large edit in a Word document might not be saved.

Released August 14, 2026.

Fixed automatic updates on Windows.
Fixed numbering in Word documents when you press Enter inside a numbered list.
Fixed long list numbers overlapping the text in Word documents.
Fixed a case where saving a Word document right after many quick edits could leave out the last ones.

Released August 6, 2026.

Added chart support to spreadsheets. Charts in Excel files now show in the sheet, and you can change their type, title, legend, axes and series from the toolbar.
Improved file attachments. The agent now reads the text of attached files such as CSV, code and notes, including files you attach on the home screen.
Fixed a bug that stopped Free plan users from sending messages to the agent.

Released August 1, 2026. Includes 0.8.12 and 0.8.13.

Added presentation mode. Play a deck full screen, and press Escape to go back to editing.
Added a guided tour for new users. Replay it any time from Help > Guided Tour.
Fixed Open Folder on first launch, which could look like it did nothing.
Fixed text after a table in Word documents being cut off or hidden.
Fixed copying text from the agent panel with the keyboard shortcut.
Fixed the agent panel going blank when you reached your plan's usage limit.
Fixed deleting text in the title of a Word document the agent created.
Fixed the agent stalling when you started, switched or deleted a chat while it was working.

Released July 21, 2026.

Added PythonTeX support. LaTeX projects that run Python code now build in one click, once you mark the project as trusted.
Added a review view for agent edits in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Markdown and LaTeX files. Changes show in each file's own format, and unfinished reviews are still there after a restart.
Improved the Word, PowerPoint and Excel files the agent makes, with cleaner default styles. When it edits an existing file, it follows the style already there.
Improved how the agent knows what you mean. It uses your open file, your selection, your attachments and any file you name, and it can tell a question from an edit request.
Improved how the agent finds papers and adds them to your BibTeX file.
Added support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean input in the Word, Markdown and LaTeX editors.
Improved scrolling in Word documents with large tables.
Fixed a crash that could happen when you started a request from the home screen.

Released July 14, 2026. Includes 0.8.0 to 0.8.9.

Improved the Word editor on Mac. Typing, copy and paste, and keyboard shortcuts now work as they do on Windows.
Improved the LaTeX editor with a resizable source and preview split, separate zoom for the source and better autocomplete.
Changed the LaTeX preview to keep the last good PDF when a build fails.
Improved how imported presentations look, including charts, SmartArt, tables and effects. Text set to shrink to fit no longer gets cut off.
Improved spreadsheet saving, so a failed save can't replace a good workbook with a broken one. Older .xls files now open read-only.
Added Open in Finder (Open in Folder on Windows and Linux) to the right-click menu in the file list.
Changed the home screen chat box to start a new chat each time you send a message.
Fixed the agent not being able to read files attached to a message.