Orion SmartReplace plug-in (v4) release notes

The Orion SmartReplace plug-in enables batch automation of common, time-consuming edits and complex text substitutions directly in your working Word document. This tool helps bring your content into compliance with your organisation's publication styles and standards, so you can focus on more substantive copyediting tasks. For more information about the Orion SmartReplace plug-in, please get in touch.

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The latest version of the Orion SmartReplace plug-in is 4.0.40, released on 2 June 2026.

We release updates regularly. If you have feedback or run into any issues, contact us—we're happy to help.

4.0.40 — 2 June 2026
Requires Typefi Server 8.19 or later
Requires Typefi Orion for Word 1.0 or later

• IST file reading is now case-insensitive, so casing mismatches between the IST and dictionary filenames are ignored.
• Fixed an issue where whole-word matching produced incorrect results for literal rules (equivalent to eXtyles wildcard flag=F).
• When using Convert AutoRedact dictionaries, eXtyles character codes such as é and é are now converted to literal characters (for example, é). If you write or maintain your own rules, the conversion makes those rules easier to read, and ensures tracked changes work correctly. Note: Less-than < and greater-than > are kept in their coded form; tabs are converted to <t/>.

3.0.32 — 29 April 2026
Requires Typefi Server 8.19 or later
Requires Typefi Orion for Word 1.0 or later

• Rules applied at the start or end of a paragraph now run correctly when the paragraph begins or ends with a formatted element.
• Dictionary import now automatically disables tracked changes on rules that contain incomplete or conditional tags, preventing invalid output.
• Fixed several issues where certain dictionary rules failed to run or produced incorrect results.
• Fixed an issue where tracked changes were placed in the wrong position after SmartReplace applied certain rules to a paragraph.

2.0.25 — 17 March 2026
Requires Typefi Server 8.19 or later
Requires Typefi Orion for Word 1.0 or later

• The Apply SmartReplace workflow action now detects when both added and deleted text in a dictionary rule are identical, and skips marking it as a tracked change—preventing unnecessary tracked changes from appearing in your document and in the output .cxml file.
• Enhanced the logic to prevent invalid output by automatically disabling tracked changes when a rule adds or deletes an invalid XML snippet (for example, a missing end </u> tag).

1.0.015 — 30 January 2026
Requires Typefi Server 8.19 or later
Requires Typefi Orion for Word 1.0 or later

First customer release

This plug-in introduces two workflow actions: Convert AutoRedact dictionaries and Apply SmartReplace.

• Convert AutoRedact dictionaries will import your eXtyles AutoRedact dictionaries (.xsb and .sub files) and convert them to .xml files.
• The Apply SmartReplace workflow action uses pattern-matching rules (regular expressions) to automatically identify, format, and transform text within your document. Every modification is captured as a tracked change with a unique rule ID, allowing you to identify precisely which rule made each change.