3.0.0

Released 25 September 2026. These release notes begin with 3.0.

Before you upgrade

A PDF goes live only after a proof has produced it. If PDF was off when you last proofed, generate a new proof, then publish.
A Word template needs a proof before it can be published. See Proof, publish and versions.
Republishing a Word template does not change a PDF that is already live. Start a New Draft to pick up improvements.
A combined PDF bundle cannot include a designed template whose PDF output is off. Turn PDF on for it, or remove it.
Combined bundles and batches keep each member’s own look. Page numbers restart for each member, and very large ones may be refused.
Word files now use the branding frozen at publish, matching the PDF, until you republish.
Repeat filters now read related records, so some documents may print different rows. See Designed templates.
Preview on the record page now follows the template’s audience and record settings.
Pictures a PDF cannot show, such as EMF logos, are refused for PDF, with the fix named.
A Word draft saved before this release must be saved again from Word to show pictures in its proof.
Template Authors can now turn e-signature on. Review who holds the Sliick Docs Template Author permission set.
E-signature signer email and name must come from fields that can hold them. Otherwise publish is refused with the field to pick instead.
Upgrade before or with Winter ‘27, which affected downloads until this release.

Word templates open on the same editor as designed ones, with one Save. See Word-file templates.
A published template now says Published, and Word proofs appear in the proofs drawer.
New Draft now works for Word templates.
The preview uses the document’s own page size and scales with the window.
Generate preview (.docx) is gone. Generate proof makes every format the template ships.
A proof tries the PDF even for Word-only templates, and records why if it cannot.

Each member keeps its own page size, margins, header, footer, watermark and numbering. See Multi-template bundles.
The Word version has one section per member, each with its own header, footer and theme.
Combined batches work the same way, so every record keeps its cover-page setting.
Non-admins can generate a combined Word bundle again.

Repeat filters can compare fields through a parent, the main record, an outer repeat or a lookup ID. See Repeats and conditional content.
Show/hide conditions on a lookup ID now work, and Approvals repeats apply their filter.
The same related list at two levels now prints at both. Republish to pick it up.
A show/hide condition on a related list outside a repeat is refused at save, with the fixes named.
A header or footer merge-field problem now says which slot it is in.
The editor keeps what you typed, including during saves and publishes.
Moving and duplicating blocks inside columns and else branches now works.
Field finding is quicker, and the + buttons can reach parent fields again.

Template Authors can turn e-signature on. Others see the switch greyed out with a note.
The signing-fields designer asks before discarding unsaved work.
A signing field whose block was deleted is named when you open the designer.
Deleting a block that signing fields sit on asks first.
Recipient pickers offer only fields that fit.
A signing field in an else branch is no longer reported missing.
Placed fields show their type by the palette’s name.

A refused generation on the record page now shows a red error.
A record-page bundle closed half-way is marked Failed after 24 hours.
An unsaved Word generation now offers a download.
The Settings connect card now notes who must be pre-authorised when the integration app is restricted.

Page numbers restart for each member of a combined bundle and each record of a combined batch.
Premium bundles render natively, even with the premium renderer on.
A designed template published before this release with PDF off can still serve an unproofed PDF if PDF is switched on, until its next publish.
Settings screens are not yet translated.