Changelog

Smart Table of Contents — Formatly now automatically generates a proper table of contents with correct headings and page numbers. Open the formatted document in Word and use the Update Field command to populate the table.

Existing TOC entries are now automatically upgraded to a live Word TOC field that stays in sync with your document headings.

Smart Document Truncation — documents on free plans that exceed the page limit are now automatically trimmed to fit, so you can still get your first pages formatted instead of being blocked entirely.

Fixed an issue where truncated documents retained embedded images and media from removed pages, causing output files to remain nearly the same size as the original.

Resolved a compatibility issue where truncated documents triggered a 'Safe Mode' prompt when opened in Microsoft Word.

Truncation now strips all orphaned parts (images, charts, embedded objects) and cleans up internal document metadata for a properly compact output file.

Introduced AI Formatting Feedback — a powerful new structural detection engine that identifies common academic misplacements (e.g., section headings on title pages) and provides educational feedback.

Interactive AI Feedback: Receive actionable suggestions with official APA/MLA context to help you master academic writing standards as you format.

Integrated structural feedback directly into the document dashboard with a new 'AI Feedback' panel for resolving detections.

Expanded user preferences to allow toggling AI Formatting Feedback on a per-document or global basis (Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans).

Added full support for Annotated Bibliographies. You can now automatically format citations followed by their summaries in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and Turabian styles.

Smart summary formatting — your summary paragraphs (annotations) are now automatically recognized and styled to stay perfectly aligned with their source citations.

Fixed an issue where some reference items appeared in bold text. Citations now use the correct standard weight while keeping your book and journal titles in italics.

Improved page layouts — citations and summaries are now better spaced to ensure your bibliography looks clean and professional on every page.

Resolved a critical syntax error in the database service that was preventing document processing checks.

Updated project dependencies and synchronized lockfiles for improved build stability.

Launched the "Refer & Earn" program — share Formatly with your colleagues and earn 3 bonus document credits for every friend who upgrades to a Pro plan.

Added a dedicated Referral Dashboard to track your invitations, monitor your reward progress, and easily share your personal invitation link.

Streamlined registration flow that automatically applies referral bonuses from invitation links.

Enhanced referral verification system to ensure rewards are granted for genuine Pro-tier subscriptions, maintaining system integrity.

Added automatic page break insertion after the Table of Contents to ensure clean separation from the document body across all citation styles.

Implemented proactive CRC-32 integrity checks and enhanced error handling for corrupted document uploads to prevent processing failures.

Enhanced internal testing suite with multi-client AI selection (Gemini, NVIDIA, HuggingFace) and performance duration benchmarks for improved reliability.

Upgraded the AI formatting engine for smarter Title Pages and preliminary sections. The AI now dynamically adapts font sizes, spacing, and indents (including first-line and side indents) based on your specific document type while adhering to strict academic standards.

Fixed bibliography line spacing — lines that appeared too tightly packed are now correctly single-spaced.

Resolved an edge case where the 'tracking changes' indicator incorrectly appeared while a document was still being processed.

More robust title page and preliminary pages formatting across all supported citation styles.