GreenLight for Hachette Prerelease

New in 2026.1.2

1. Deploying Hachette 2026 settings on launch
2. Connecting to 2026.1 checklists
3. Create cover improved to match Biblio wording and more standard sizes
4. Fix for barcode with Orbit flapped covers
5. Added method to support Imprints by Division
6. Added Help menu > Open Application Support folder
7. PDF Exports using updated Hachette 2026 settings

New in 2026.1.1

1. Initial launch runs more smoothly for users with synced home folders
2. Teacup barcode support extended to up to six nested groups and graphic frames that have been 'paste into' other frames
3. Initial imprint support for Little Brown Orbit Books

New in 2026.1.0

1. Hachette divisions being applied to Hachette users on launch
2. Hachette Biblio data connected and pulled in to GreenLight when available
3. On create cover an entered ISBN is checked against division and user alerted if ISBN does not match
4. Hachette presets and settings are deployed to new users

New in 2026.0.3

1. Removed developer messages when exporting proof PDFs

New in 2026.0.0

1. New Reading Order Tools panel with five new tools
   
   • List reading order objects
   • Make panel from selected rows
   • Create page panel mask
   • Preview panels
   • Delete panels and panel masks
2. ShowCase improvements for covers with SPOT UV but no foils
3. Tested with macOS 26 Tahoe
4. Tested with InDesign 2026 (Beta)

New in 2025.1.18

1. New Create command > Create Endpapers
   
   • Single or double spread
   • Fed with Supplier Data
   • Adapts for CPI sizing and bleed requirements
   • GreenLight checklist and exporting
2. Spine logo auto resizing disabled (added in 2025.1.15)

New in 2025.1.15

1. Create and Amend Cover dialogs have a checkbox for designer to tick to used to confirm Spine Widths
2. Spine Width value has the word CONFIRMED or UNCONFIRMED added in GreenLight Cover Info panel
3. Where appropriate, spine logos auto resize to 1mm inset from spine width
4. New check Spine Width Confirmed available which flags when spine width is not confirmed
5. RRP is shown in first dialog for Create Cover
6. RRP can now also be amended in Amend Cover dialog and changes are applied to artwork
7. Improvements when uploading MasterPlan packages for interiors directly from GreenLight
8. Foil special finishes with foil references in layer and swatch names e.g. FOIL G11 now supported in ShowCase
9. Fixed stalling on Upload all spreads command for internals

New in 2025.1.12

1. New tool Accessibility tools > Reading Order > Set markers visibility to quickly select and set the visibility of all reading order markers in the document
2. Support for SIDDs with no associated MasterPlans, suitable for duplicated SIDDS for Co-Ed image descriptions

New in 2025.1.10

1. Prepare Images for description now supports single selected image description frames or offers to prepare single spreads
2. New Metadata Matcher tool added to Eprdctn Tools and Accessibility Tools to easily view, edit, apply, extract and copy Accessibility metadata
3. Updates to Create Interiors command to add resizing, margins and baseline grid
4. Update to Amend Interiors command to allow amendments including resizing, margins and baseline grids

New in 2025.1.6

1. Reworked Eprdctn panel reintroduced to Tools panel
2. New tools in Eprdctn panel full info coming soon…

New in 2025.1.5

1. ShowCase from cover foils now upload successfully when books have Spot UV
2. ShowCase now opens in MasterPlan Job Admin after upload and with the menu command View > View on MasterPlan
3. Extended the time that the ShowCase first upload message is able to be shown
4. ShowCase now respects the users preferred browser when opening URLs
5. ShowCase covers are correctly shown as JPEGs on Client Page
6. Removed the debug message being shown on PDF Export
7. Covers with no colour profile assigned no longer stall the GreenLight checking process
8. Document Colour Profile is set now added to all checklists except Simon & Schuster Internal Pages (Mono) checklist for 2025.1 users‍
9. Design System Tools panel layout updated and new Tool added Lookup selected font

New in 2025.1.3

1. Fresh Page Tools renamed Design System Tools (beta)‍
2. Suggest a suitable file name tool added to Create menu‍
3. Removed the command Remove Alt text codes as they are no longer being added by the image description preparation process
4. Additional Co-Edition Panel tool added Text layer [Black] strokes to overprint
5. New Upload menu connects GreenLight to MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
   • Upload current spread
   • Upload a range of spreads
   • Upload all spreads
   • Set featured spreads
   • Upload flat cover
   • Upload ShowCase cover
   • Upload MasterPlan package
   • Upload MasterPlan folder
6. Upload ShowCase cover uploads GreenLight created cover files to MasterPlan WORK for a 3D simulation with interaction, lighting and special finishes
7. New View menu interacts with MasterPlan with the following menu commands:
   • View on MasterPlan
   • Copy Client URL
   • Copy Job URL
   • Copy Spread URL
8. Any layers with names starting with the word GUIDE are hidden when Exporting Print PDFs
9. Added a tip to advise amending the Pass Number when a filename already exists for cover export
10. Any layers with names starting with the word GUIDE are hidden when Exporting Print PDFs

New in 2025.1.2

1. Amendment for GreenLight PRO users to link to a different client number for MasterPlan
2. Additional Co-Edition Panel tool added Text layer [Black] strokes to overprint

New in 2025.1.1

1. Reading order tools updated in sync with CircularFLO 2025.1.1‍
2. Removed the command Remove Alt text codes as they are no longer being added read aloud preparation process
3. Fresh Page Tools renamed Design System Tools (beta)

New in 2025.1.0

1. Reading order tools updated in sync with CircularFLO 2025.1.0
2. New Create menu for:
   • Create Cover
   • Amend Cover
   • Create Document
   • Amend Document
   • Add Special Finishes
3. Typography Tools renamed Type Tools‍
4. More mainstream Fresh Page Tools moved to the Type Tools panel
5. New Tool Break link to [Basic Paragraph] added to Type Tool panel

New in 2025.0.9

1. Reinstated Book Name and Project ID (book code) in the Book Info dialog appearing for all documents
2. New commands Create Document and Amend Document added, aimed at quickly setting up internal pages
3. New Create menu added to split from the creation and amend commands from Run menu
4. Tools menu moved to right in menu bar after the Create and Run menus

New in 2025.0.8

1. Improvements when pulling metadata from older Greenlit internal files
2. Reinstated the Book Name and Project ID (book code) to the Book Info dialog
3. Better support for updating older Greenlit cover files
4. Fix to continue to make translation file sets on documents with locked layers
5. Text is not overset check now gives more info when locating overset text on hidden text frames

New in 2025.0.7

1. Add Special Finishes offered as an extra option when creating new covers. If checked, user then chooses which special finsihes to add from a list
2. New command Run menu > Add Special Finishes to introduce spot colours and layers at any part of the process
3. Create / Alter Cover command split into Create Cover and Amend Cover to allow new covers to be created when existing ones are open

New in 2025.0.2

1. Amendments to Create Cover dialog
   ‍
   • Page count removed from create cover dialog
   • RRP price added to create dialog
   • Page count and spine width removed from the suggested filename when prompting to save a newly generated cover
2. New check ISBN artwork matches stated ISBN
3. New check Filename matches stated ISBN‍
4. New check RRP on page matches stated RRP‍

New in 2025.0.1

1. Amendments to image descriptions tools and reading order tools
2. Auto define reading order tool now ignores empty frames, unsassigned frames and text on a path
3. Toggle printing of image descriptions commandnow includes reading order‍
4. Add / update image descriptions tool now respects when images that are already marked as decorative in InDesign‍‍
5. Add / update image descriptions tool is better at marking anchored objects

New in 2024.0.16

1. Brand new users are registered correctly after sign up
2. Trim objects extend to bleed check now unlocks and unhides objects when necessary in order to reveal them
3. Improvement to SIDD connections for larger MasterPlan clients using the Prepare images for description tool

New in 2024.0.12

1. Progress bar re-instated after a breaking change in 2024.0.6
2. All PDF exports rebuilt

New in 2024.0.8

1. Better support for amending covers first made from GreenLight pre 2023.1

New in 2024.0.6

1. Moved to use new checklists database which is integrated with the Circular Software site
2. Linking to dynamic Hachette Welbeck checklists page
3. Quarto checklist names now all start with the word Hachette Welbeck
   ‍e.g. Hachette Welbeck Internal Pages (Final)‍
4. Improvement to Fonts are all active check that now allows external editing of an online 'known problem fonts' list by Circular Software. This means that new problem fonts can be identified more quickly and without the need to rebuild GreenLight.
5. Altered message for progress bar to advise that"Clicking 'Stop' button frees up the Mac but continues processing in background."
6. On launch call to typesetter specs and Make / Alter Cover command updated for 2024 method
7. All users now directed to their User Page when updates are available. Links to the prerelease section moved to the top of the User Page for prerelease users.

New in 2024.0.0

1. Tested and updated for InDesign 2024 and macOS 14 Sonoma
2. Help menu linking to Circular Software site for file creation policy, knowledge base, client page, user page, contact links
3. Internal user data now linking to newly updated Circular Software Airtable on launch