WordSmith 9.0

  • This version runs on Windows 10 and later.
  • This is a 64bit version. 64bit software makes all the computer's memory available. Most computers have 16GB or more. (32bit software can only use 2GB at one time.)

download current version here

previous builds

latest developments

9.0.0.149 (25 Sept 2025)

  • Minor Text Converter fix re XML simplification.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.148 (17 Sept 2025)

  • Improved lemma handling.for KWs.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.147 (1 Sept 2025)

  • Lemma handling.fix.
  • Character Profiler fixes.
  • Sorting tweaks.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.146 (26 Aug 2025)

  • Improved lemma handling.
  • minor tweaks.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.145 (27 July 2025)

  • Improved tag file form.
  • redesigned KW links and clusters
  • fixed rightmost column glitch and minor tweaks.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.144 (09 July 2025)

  • Fix for unsigned UTF8 getting interpreted as ANSI.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.143 (06 July 2025)

  • Fix for Layout save function dialogue.
  • Character Profiler column resizing caused resort : fixed.
  • Improvements in layout generally & Help for it.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.142 (25 June 2025)

  • Improvements to Minimal Pairs utilty.
  • Fix for invalid BOM-marked UTF8 texts.
  • Text Converter warning for mixed format texts selected.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.141 (23 June 2025)

  • Fix: crash causing Concord or WordList to fail on anomalously-formatted texts.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.140 (15 June 2025)

  • Fix: date issue in Text Converter.
  • Minor tweaks.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.139 (17 Apr 2025)

  • Fix: Filename heading hint crash, MWU processing in Concord.
  • Improved: setting file-dates (File Utilities).
  • Improved: timeline and plot resizing.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.138 (31 Mar 2025)

  • New: easier move concordance left or right.
  • Fix: Concord collocate relationships, Concord save to Excel in separate columns, Concord occasional crash.
  • Improved: multi-word-unit handling in Text Converter
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.137 (25 Feb 2025)

  • Fix for plotting issue.
  • Fix: move concordance left or right,
  • "tagstring only tags" reinstated.
  • Tag colouring tweaks, Tag display format fix.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.136 (11 Feb 2025)

  • Fix for folder search.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.135 (5 Feb 2025)

  • Word count filter process perfected.
  • Concord plots uniform plot feature restored.
  • Timeline sorts implemented.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.134 (20 Jan 2025)

  • Timelines redone.
  • KWs sort on BIC scores fix.
  • Fix for Concord plots with multiple search-words
  • New: Concord Swap left and right sorts
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.132 (3 Oct)

  • Font size fix
  • File Utilities: improvements to filename characters procedure.
  • File Viewer improvements.
  • Help system improvements on mark-up.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.131 (23 Sept)

  • Popup menu for Corpus Checker Report function improvements.
  • WordList tag display fixes.
  • Help system improvements on mark-up (more needed)
  • Font size fix.
  • Text Converter feedback improvements.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.130 (18 Sept)

  • New: save key word list as a word list.
  • Hints & menu improved.
  • Detailed Consistency format mprovements. Detailed Consistency can also read KW lists.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.129 (17 Aug)

  • KWs added to the list in source text view.
  • Improved context and exclusion seaches in Concord.
  • Minimal pairs -- lots of improvements
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.128 (18 July)

  • fixed grid selection issue.
  • improved handling of larger fonts.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.127 (13 July)

  • improved Concord duplicates check.
  • improved Language chooser.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

9.0.0.126 (3 July)

  • added Help to counting file data.
  • fixed system beeps on pressing <Enter>.
  • Find Files function for text files now available in main menu.
  • fixed choosing files by file extension issue.
  • Help system updates, see What's New
(omitted Jan - June 2024)

 

9.0.0.100 (12 Jan 2024)

  • Launch of WordSmith 9.
  • Help system updates, see What's New

 

 

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