Typefi Orion release notes

Typefi Orion is a seamless replacement for Inera eXtyles®, built to enhance editorial workflows for scholarly and technical publishing. With external support for Inera eXtyles® ending in August 2026, Typefi Orion provides a future-focused solution engineered for superior performance, ease of customisation, and backward compatibility.

We release updates regularly, and it's our goal to make sure that our software works well—constantly—that Typefi continues to deliver, every day. If you have any feedback or run into any issues, please contact us. We're happy to help.

System requirements: Typefi Orion system requirements

Typefi Orion for Word 1.4

Released 4 June 2026

Introducing SmartReferences 2.0

🎉 SmartReferences now runs as a server-side job, powered by the SmartRefs plug-in 2.0 in Typefi Server 8.23 or later. Clicking SmartReferences in the Orion ribbon opens a new task pane that lets you submit and monitor reference processing jobs while you continue editing. The processing runs on Typefi Server, so you can close and reopen the document at any time, and Orion picks up automatically where you left off.

For more information about the SmartReferences task pane, see SmartReferences.

SmartReferences is managed by your administrator in Typefi Orion Compass 1.3 or later. For setup instructions, see Set up SmartReferences in Typefi Orion Compass.

Improvements

• Cleanup now removes a wider range of empty paragraphs, including those containing only spaces, tabs, or whitespace characters. Paragraphs containing only hidden text are not affected. For details, see Cleanup.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where running an Advanced Workflow that does not create an output folder showed a generic error even when the job completed successfully.
• Fixed an issue where paragraph styles could not be applied to cells in single-column tables using the Paragraph Styles panel.
• Fixed a known issue where a style template (.dotx) could open automatically when launching Word after using Orion, prompting you to save it.

Typefi Orion for Word 1.3

Released 7 May 2026

Introducing BITS support

🎉 You can now export your Word documents to BITS (Book Interchange Tag Suite) XML directly from the Orion ribbon. See Export to BITS for details. When you attach a BITS publication, the Publication dialog now shows Document Type selection instead of Article Type to reflect BITS terminology.

Improvements

• If you only have one publication, you are now taken directly to the article or document type selection when attaching—skipping the publication selection step.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where clicking Update on a publication that had been removed from Orion Compass showed an incorrect or confusing error. You now see a clear message: "The publication '{name}' is no longer available on {server}. Please attach a new publication before proceeding."
• Fixed a known issue where running Smart References with a Typefi Desktop environment displayed an empty error message in the Server Connections dialog. You now see a clear warning to enter your username and password before proceeding.

Typefi Orion for Word 1.2

Released 24 April 2026

Introducing Insert Tags

🎉 Insert Tags is here—a key eXtyles feature, brought to Orion. You can now apply structured tags without touching a line of markup. Tags appear as clean, Word-native markers that keep your document readable.

The tags are managed by your administrator in Typefi Orion Compass v1.1 or later. See Manage Insert Tags for details.

Improvements

• Pressing Tab at the last tab group in the Paragraph Styles panel now returns to the first group.
• The Document Metadata dialog now has a cleaner, more consistent display.
• Export to XML now supports workflows with non-XML outputs (for example, DOCX).

Fixes

• Cleanup
  • Fixed an issue where multiple spaces generated by Convert soft returns to spaces were not removed when Remove multiple spaces was also selected. Note: Running these options in separate Cleanup sessions may still leave multiple spaces unremoved. See how white space cleanup functions interact for details.
  • Fixed an issue where one or more images were not exported when selecting Export and Remove Graphics.
• Fixed an issue where publication names appeared duplicated in the dropdown after attaching and immediately detaching a publication.
• In Paragraph Styles: Using Shift+click to apply a style to all table cells no longer causes the cursor to skip the next paragraph after the table.
• Fixed a known issue where clicking Publication prompted you to sign in again, even if your credentials were previously saved in the Typefi Orion Options menu. The Test button in the Server Connections dialog (Orion → Options) now displays a warning when you enter an incorrect username or password.

Typefi Orion 1.1

Released 17 March 2026

Improvements

• A warning now appears when running SmartReferences without an Edifix style defined in Orion Compass: Define the editorial style under SmartReferences in Orion Compass to proceed. For more information, see Set up your reference style.
• After running Export to XML (Orion → Export), the exported file opens in your defined XML application. If no application is defined, Windows prompts you to select one.
• The installer now supports extraction and silent enterprise deployment via Microsoft Intune.

Fixes

• Cleanup
  • Selecting Add top and bottom borders no longer removes the existing borders between cells.
  • Blank paragraphs next to page or column breaks are now correctly removed when selecting Remove blank paragraphs and either Remove page breaks or Remove column breaks.
• SmartReferences
  • References without authors no longer have their content removed.
  • Running SmartReferences with no paragraphs selected now processes and formats references as expected.
  • All metadata fields now display correctly in the Document Metadata dialog.
  • The ISSN is no longer added to the processed reference text.
  • Fixed known issues that caused the SmartReferences error dialog to appear, requiring manual correction:
    • Processed references were missing the correct start tag (for example, <jrn>).
    • Processed references with the <other> start tag contained the incorrect </unknown> end tag.
    • Reference numbers were removed unexpectedly.
    • Character styles were not applied to long reference titles.
• Paragraph Styles
  • Fixed a known issue where consecutive attempts to attach documents to a publication disabled the Paragraph Styles panel.
  • Newly added styles no longer appear disabled in the Paragraph Styles panel.

Typefi Orion 1.0

Released 30 January 2026

SmartReplace with change tracking

SmartReplace automates text substitutions and edits to bring your content into compliance with publication standards. All changes are tracked in Word's native change tracking, with rule attribution, so you can see exactly what changed and why. If you're migrating from eXtyles, you can import your existing Auto-Redact dictionaries.

Learn more in the SmartReplace reference guide.

SmartReferences management with Edifix®

• Granular reference tagging with Crossref™ and PubMed® linking
• Automated citation cleanup and style conversion
• Reference renumbering and duplicate detection
• All changes are viewable in Word's native change tracking

Learn more in SmartReferences.

JATS XML conversion and export

Orion exports valid JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite) XML according to DTD version 1.2 and compliant with PubMed® Central requirements by default. The export can be configured to match your current XML specifications.

Learn more about exporting to JATS.

Advanced Workflows

Advanced workflows are designed to help you edit, validate, and process citations and references in your document. The following advanced workflows are available in Orion v1.0:

• Author-Date Reference Sorting
• Convert and Clean Citation Style
• Citation Matching
• Check Numbered Citation Order
• Bibliographic Citation Renumbering
• Export Preflight

See Advanced workflows for more details.

Typefi Orion Compass

Typefi Orion Compass is a self-service admin portal where you can manage configurations and settings for your Orion installation. See an overview of Orion Compass for more details.

Typefi Orion v0.9 beta

Released 27 October 2025

• Typefi Orion v0.9 is a private beta release.