Quoll Writer!

# Upgrading from version 2.5.3 Unfortunately due to a snafu in testing version 2.5.3 a rather annoying bug slipped by me. The upshot being that to upgrade from version 2.5.3 you'll have to download http://quollwriter.com/download/windows
and install the latest version separately, the upgrade from within Quoll Writer itself won't work. You can get around the problem by upgrading from the **My Projects** window instead of from a project. My apologies for this inconvenience, I've now found the problem and fixed it for future versions. # Want to donate or be a patron?

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