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Documentation changes for Studio made in 2026

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This article lists the changes that have been made in 2026 to the documentation for Studio. For other years, see the articles in this section.

October

Date Article Change
11 November Release Notes for Studio 11.231 New.
11 November Working with overset text in the Print editor of Studio Added information about the Overset indicator toolbar.
11 November Logging Studio activity Added section 'Filtering on log type'.
11 November Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Updated step 11 in section 'Placing articles' with information about the improvements for the 'Fit Article with AI (Responsive - quickest)' option.
11 November Upgrading an existing installation of Studio Updated section 6 'Reviewing optional steps (after upgrading)' with steps for Studio 11.231.
11 November Compatibility of Studio Added compatibility for the AILA Studio Server plug-in 2.8.
11 November Configuring Studio Updated section 'Enabling upcoming features' with a feature that was added in Studio 11.231.
29 October Release Notes for Studio 11.230 New.
29 October Compatibility of Studio
  • Added compatibility for the AILA Studio Server plug-in 2.7.
  • Updated the compatibility of the ALA Studio Server plug-in version 2.6.
29 October Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature
  • Updated section 'Requirements' with support for breakout stories.
  • Added sub section 'Using breakout stories' to section 'Before you start'.
  • Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' by marking the 'Words' column as superfluous.
  • Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' by renaming the 'Characters' column to 'Body length'.
  • Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' by adding information about the 'Breakout length' column.
29 October Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 'Requirements' with support for breakout stories.
  • Updated section 10 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' with a reference to the breakout component being used for calculating the total number of words and characters.
  • Updated section 16 'Tagging Article Shapes' with information about Article Shapes for articles containing a breakout story.
29 October Configuring Studio Updated section 'Enabling upcoming features' with a feature that was added in Studio 11.230.
29 October Upgrading an existing installation of Studio Updated section 6 'Reviewing optional steps (after upgrading)' with steps for Studio 11.230.
14 October Release Notes for Studio 11.229 New.
14 October Configuring Studio Added information about the option General > Enabling upcoming features.
14 October Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' with information about the improved previews in Studio 11.229 and higher.
13 October Compatibility of Studio Added section 'AI Layout Automation'.
13 October Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 'Requirements' with a link to the Compatibility of Studio for the AILA Studio Server plug-in.
13 October Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Updated section 'Requirements' with a link to the Compatibility of Studio for the AILA Studio Server plug-in.

September

Date Article Change
30 September Release Notes for Studio 11.228 New.
30 September Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Updated section 'Requirements' by adding InDesign 2026 and InDesign Server 2026.
30 September Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 'Requirements' by adding InDesign 2026 and InDesign Server 2026.
30 September Compatibility of Studio Updated section 'Adobe' with support for the AI Layout Automation.
30 September Creating a new article in Studio Updated section 'Quick steps' with information about creating a new article based on a template.
30 September Setting up article templates for Studio Added section 'Editing article templates'.
30 September Working with Digital articles in Studio Added section 'Quick process' to section 'Creating a new article'.
30 September Working with Print articles in Studio Added section 'Quick process' to section 'Creating a new article'.
30 September Working with Dossiers in Studio Added section 'Quick process' to section 'Creating a Dossier based on a template'.
30 September Working with layouts in Studio Added section 'Quick process' to section 'Creating a new layout'.
30 September Keyboard shortcuts for Studio on macOS
  • Updated the keyboard shortcuts for working with templates.
  • Added section 'Opening or instantiating templates' to section 'By feature'.
30 September Keyboard shortcuts for Studio on Windows
  • Updated the keyboard shortcuts for working with templates.
  • Added section 'Opening or instantiating templates' to section 'By feature'.
22 September Compatibility of Studio Updated the compatibility for Studio Server.
21 September Compatibility of Studio Added compatibility information for macOS 27 (Golden Gate).
16 September Release Notes for Studio 11.227 New.
16 September Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature
  • Updated section 'Requirements' with information about Edition support.
  • Updated section 'Before you start' with information about opening layouts with Editions assigned.
16 September Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 'Requirements' with information about Edition support.
16 September Setting up blueprints for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 4 '(Optional) Configuring rules for automatically adding dividers in partitioned blueprints' by renaming 'Any (when no selection is made)' to 'Article (in this context, refers to a Filler') for the placement options.
3 September Release Notes for Studio 11.226 New.
3 September Searching for files in Studio Updated section 'Filtering the results' with information about Workflow Statuses that are shared by objects.
3 September Managing prompts for the AI Assistant in Studio Updated the not in section 'Creating a custom prompt' about the limitation of the total number of characters for all custom prompts combined.
1 September Release Notes for Studio 11.225 Updated the Release Notes for 11.225 with information about support for automatically adding dividers between neighboring placements in a blueprint partition.
1 September Creating base layouts and base articles for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Renamed the article from 'Creating base layouts for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio'.
  • Updated the introduction with references to base articles.
  • Re-written section 'Structure base layouts'.
  • Added section 'Base article templates'.
  • Added section 'Base articles with a divider for partitioned blueprints'.
1 September Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Moved section 'Configuring Genres' after section 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand'.
  • Updated section 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' by adding a reference to Dividers.
  • Updated section 13 'Creating base layouts and base articles' by adding a reference to articles.
1 September Setting up blueprints for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 3 'Setting up the blueprint definition' by better explaining the combinations of placements in partitions.
  • Added section 4 '(Optional) Configuring rules for automatically adding dividers in partitioned blueprints'.
1 September Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept
  • Added section 'Blueprint partitions'.
  • Added section 'Dividers'.

August

Date Article Change
31 August Viewing Studio usage data on WoodWing Cloud New.
19 August Release Notes for Studio 11.225 New.
19 August Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in Studio
  • Updated the article with references to the Copyfit prompt.
  • Updated the article with references to 'suggestions'.
  • Added section 'Processing suggestions'.
19 August Setting up the AI Assistant in Studio Updated section 'The AI Assistant is used by the Print editor and the Digital editor' with information about situations when prompts cannot be shared with the Print editor.
19 August Managing prompts for the AI Assistant in Studio
  • Updated section 'Writing prompts' with a reference to showing responses as individual suggestions.
  • Updated section 'Writing prompts' with available keywords to use.
19 August Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' by removing references to the Excel spreadsheet that was used for configuring the system.
  • Updated section 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' by adding a reference to the Dividers page.
  • Renamed section 15 'Setting up a process for tagging Article Shapes based on Workflow Status' to 'Setting up a process for automatically extracting Article Shape information'.
  • Updated section 15 'Setting up a process for automatically extracting Article Shape information' with information about using an Issue as a filter.
  • Updated section 17 'Extracting the Article Shape information > In batch for a group of layouts' by adding information the filter set on the Regenerate Shapes page.
18 August Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in Studio New.
18 August Setting up the AI Assistant in Studio New.
18 August Managing prompts for the AI Assistant in Studio New.
18 August Setting up the AI Assistant of the Print editor in Studio Moved the content of this article to a combined article for the Print editor and Digital editor.
18 August Setting up the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio Moved the content of this article to a combined article for the Digital editor and Print editor.
18 August Managing prompts for the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio Moved the content of this article to a combined article for the Digital editor and Print editor.
18 August Managing prompts for the AI Assistant of the Print editor in Studio Moved the content of this article to a combined article for the Print editor and Digital editor.
18 August Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Digital editor of Studio
  • Moved most of the article to a combined article for the Digital editor and the Print editor.
  • Added section 'Using the AI Assistant'.
18 August Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Print editor of Studio
  • Moved most of the article to a combined article for the Digital editor and the Print editor.
  • Added section 'Using the AI Assistant'.
12 August Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' with information about how units are used on the Page layout page.
11 August Exporting and importing AI Layout Automation settings for a Brand in Studio New.
6 August Release Notes for Studio 11.224 New.
6 August Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Marked step 4 'Adding the Blueprint Manager plug-in to Studio' as outdated.
  • Updated section 6 'Configuring metadata fields in Studio Server' with information that the properties also need to be added to the relevant property dialogs.
  • Updated section 10 'Configuring Genres' with information that the properties also need to be added to the relevant property dialogs.
  • Updated section 10 'Configuring Genres' with information about Layout Genres.
  • Updated step 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' with information about configuring blueprints by using the Management Console.
  • Added section 14 'Configuring support for Digital articles'.
6 August Setting up blueprints for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) New.
6 August Upgrading the AILA Studio Server Plug-in Added section 'Upgrading to version 2.2.x or higher'
6 August Setting up blueprints for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Marked the article as 'outdated' and added information about this to the introduction.

July

Date Article Change
28 July Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Updated section 'Supported languages in InDesign'.
28 July Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 'Languages'.
27 July All articles about using the AI Layout Automation Moved to their own section (this does not affect the URL of the articles).
27 July All articles about configuring the AI Layout Automation Moved to their own section (this does not affect the URL of the articles).
22 July Release Notes for Studio 11.223 New.
21 July Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 16 'Extracting the Article Shape information' with information about setting up folders.
  • Updated section 17 'Uploading the Article Shape information to the Layout Automation service' with support for uploading based on folders.
8 July Release Notes for Studio 11.222 New.
8 July Setting up the AI Assistant of the Print editor in Studio New.
8 July Managing prompts for the AI Assistant of the Print editor in Studio New.
8 July Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Print editor of Studio New.
8 July Setting up the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio Added section 'The AI Assistant is shared with the Print editor'.
8 July Managing prompts for the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio Added section 'Custom prompts are shared with the Print editor'.
8 July User behavior tracking in Studio Added the AI Assistant of the Print editor to section 'Examples of information that is tracked'.
6 July Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept Added section 'Fenders'.
6 July Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature Added section 'Labeling decorative images'.
6 July Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio
  • Updated section 'InDesign logging' with information about how logging works depending on the version of the AILA Studio Server plug-in used.
  • Updated the introduction of section 'Setup' with information about migrating and updating steps.
  • Updated step 11 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' with steps for configuring the settings in the Management Console.
  • Updated section 16 '16.Extracting the Article Shape information' by changing the SVG format from 'snapshot' to 'wireframe' and adding a reference to a thumbnail in JPEG format.
  • Re-written step 17 'Uploading the Article Shape information to the Layout Automation service' with the new process.
6 July Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio New.
6 July Managing Placement Presets to control how the AI Layout Automation algorithm in Studio fills pages New, replaces Managing Placement Presets to control how the AI Layout Automation algorithm in Studio fills pages (outdated).
6 July Creating base layouts and base articles for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 'Base layouts' with information about fenders.
6 July Migrating the AI Layout Automation configuration in Studio New.

June

Date Article Change
29 June Migrating the AI Layout Automation configuration in Studio New.
29 June Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio New.
29 June Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Marked the article as 'outdated' and added information about this to the introduction.
29 June Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Marked the article as 'outdated' and added information about this to the introduction.
29 June Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept Added the concepts related to setting up the system to have all concepts in one place.
25 June Release Notes for Studio 11.221 New.
10 June Release Notes for Studio 11.220 New.

May

Date Article Change
28 May Release Notes for Studio 11.219 New.
28 May Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Updated step 5 in section 'Placing articles' with notes about the functionality of Studio 11.219.
28 May Managing Placement Presets to control how the AI Layout Automation algorithm in Studio fills pages (outdated) Updated the notes for Step 3 in section 'Configuration steps' with information about how the default preset is determined.
13 May Release Notes for Studio 11.218 New.
13 May Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Digital editor of Studio
  • Updated the article with information about replacing text.
  • Added section 'Selecting, copying, and replacing text'.
13 May Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Added section 'Requirements'.
13 May Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Updated section 'Requirements' by adding 'Adobe InDesign Server 2024 or higher'.
4 May Searching for files in Studio Updated section 'Filtering the results' with information about the 'No files could be found' message when searching for a Previous, Next, or Current Issue.

April

Date Article Change
30 April Release Notes for Studio 11.217 New.
30 April Managing prompts for the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio New.
30 April Setting up the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio
  • Updated section 'Requirements' with Studio 11.217.
  • Added section 'Managing prompts'.
30 April Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Digital editor of Studio
  • Updated section 'How it works' to describe the process in more detail.
  • Changed references of 'actions' to 'prompts'.
  • Updated section 'Prompts' with information about custom prompts.
15 April Release Notes for Studio 11.216 New.
15 April Managing Placement Presets to control how the AI Layout Automation algorithm in Studio fills pages (outdated) New.
15 April Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept Added section 'Placement Presets'.
15 April Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Updated section 8 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' with information about Placement Presets.
15 April Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated)
  • Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' with information about using Placement Presets.
  • Updated section 'Placing articles' with information about using Placement Presets.
1 April Release Notes for Studio 11.215 New.
1 April Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' with information about specials.
1 April Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept Added section 'Specials'.
1 April Setting up blueprints for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Added section 'Specials'.
1 April Creating base layouts and base articles for the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio Updated section 'Base layouts' with information about specials.

March

Date Article Change
19 March Release Notes for Studio 11.214 New.
19 March Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated) Updated section 4 'Registering Studio Server in the Layout Automation service' by updating information about contacting the Layout Automation team.
12 March Release Notes for Studio 11.134 – 11.183 New. Split from the main Release Notes.
4 March Release Notes for Studio 11.213 New.
4 March Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Digital editor of Studio Added information about adding a custom prompt.
4 March Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated)
  • Updated section 'Configuring metadata fields in Studio Server' with information about the PLA_SPREAD_AS_SINGLE_PAGES metadata field.
  • Updated section 8 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' and section 9 'Uploading the workflow to the Layout Automation service' by making it clearer that separate spreadsheets can be set up for specific Brands.
  • Updated section 8 'Configuring a workflow for each Brand' by adding a tip about converting units into points.
  • Updated section 11 'Tagging article shapes' with information that articles that are tagged should always contain text.
4 March Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Added section 'Spreads versus single pages'.

February

Date Article Change
18 February Release Notes for Studio 11.212 New.
18 February Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Updated section 'The Layout Automation dialog' with information about the Pin icon that is shown for articles that are already placed.
12 February Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature - the concept Added section 'The PLA InDesign layer'.
9 February Setting up and configuring the AI Layout Automation feature in Studio (outdated)
  • Updated step 6 'Adding the Article Shapes Extractor script to InDesign' by adding the download link for the AilaInDesignPlugin.
  • Updated step 11 'Tagging article shapes' by changing the script folder name 'ArticleShapeExtractor' to 'AilaInDesignPlugin'.
  • Changed the download link for the Article Shape Uploader in step 12 'Uploading the article shape information to the Layout Automation service'.
5 February Working with Dossiers in Studio
  • Updated section 'Opening all Dossiers to which a file belongs' with information about preventing the web browser from blocking opening new tabs.
  • Added section 'Opening Dossiers in a new tab'.
5 February Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using Studio Added section 'How to recognize files that are locked'.
5 February Unlocking locked files in Studio Updated section 'How to recognize files that are locked' by adding the icons.
4 February Release Notes for Studio 11.211 New.
4 February Optimizing an article by using the AI Assistant in the Digital editor of Studio Re-written the article to reflect the new working of the AI Assistant.
4 February Setting up the AI Assistant of the Digital editor in Studio New.
4 February User behavior tracking in Studio Updated section 'Examples of information that is tracked' with the AI Assistant of the Digital editor.
4 February Upgrading an existing installation of Studio Updated section 6 'Reviewing optional steps (after upgrading)' with steps for Studio 11.211.
3 February Placing articles on a layout in Studio Updated section 'Troubleshooting' with information about the message 'Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'Params')'.
3 February Placing, cropping or removing images in the Print editor of Studio Updated section 'Before you start' with information about the 'Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'Params')' notification.

January

Date Article Change
28 January Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using Studio Made it clearer that layouts opened in InDesign and articles opened in InCopy are not displayed on the Checked-out files page.
27 January Managing the styles of the Styles panel in the Print editor of Studio Re-written section 'Managing styles'.
27 January The JSON Digital article format specification in Studio Updated section 'Style component properties' by adding information about how image fitting options are stored.
26 January Working with layouts in Studio Added section 'Greek text in layout previews'.
26 January Using the Desktop app of Studio Added section 'Accessing the Desktop app icon on macOS'.
21 January Release Notes for Studio 11.210 New.
21 January Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Updated 'Images' and 'Quotes' in section 'The Layout Automation dialog'.
21 January Compatibility of Studio Added support for Adobe 2026.
7 January Release Notes for Studio 11.209 New.
7 January Automatically placing articles in Studio using the AI Layout Automation feature (outdated) Added information about filtering the list of articles in the Layout Automation dialog.

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