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The latest version (723) now has the ability to store Notes against a service item.

Right click one the item title and select "Notes" .

Over the last few weeks the alerts framework has been extended, adding new requested features.

These features include.

• The ability to change the alert Font size.  The Background will resize to fit.
• The ability to place the alerts at the Top or Bottom of the screen
• The ability to store all alerts issued.
• The ability to add / amend / delete from the alerts history.
• The ability to select and resubmit an existing alert.  This does not re-save it unless the text has been changed.

In version 2 of there is a pluging called "SongUsage" which records all Live songs and when they were used.  This is to help with the production of yearly usage returns.

The Plugin geneates a CSV file which can be procesed using OpenOffice.

This can replace the existing utility which extracts the data from the service files.

In the last few weeks a number of requested features have been added to the 2.x code base.

Work on the 2.0 version is moving forward at great speed with new developers helping out.

In the last few weeks code has been added to run Impress presentations on Linux. Work is underway to get this to also work on Windows. Powerpoint and PowerPoint Viewer will come later.

In the latest merge a new Audit plugin has arrived to audit songs used during a service. This will record what was actually used during a service. More work is needed on this component but the foundations are complete.

Without the aid of a sceen shot revision 500 has been committed to the repository.

We are making progress with Songs , Bibles and Custom plugins working resonably.

The ServiceManager and ThemeManagers allow services to be saved and loaded and themes imported from version1.

We are still a few months away from an alpha release but we are making good progress.

Let's start with a screen shot

The Service Manager is nearing completion and it is now possible to save are restore orders of services.

The screen shot also shows that individual verses are visible within songs.  These can be selected as the starting place for the times when the worship leader decides to start in a different place to normal.

The new Theme Manager is now taking shape and I have been able to generate some sample layouts.

There are a number of changes being introduced in the new versions.  The most significant is that themes will need to be exported from version 1 and imported into version 2 due to internal changes in the storage mechanism.  The import will correct the structure and add defaults where appropriate.

Other changes include:

The developement of the Bible plugin is nearing completion and we have mananaged to add some new features, as well as port the current functionality.

Bible Imports
Two new import methods have been added.