| Here is a version history of the changes made to the program
over the years, since 2003
Note: the version integer corresponds to the calendar year, the decimal is the minor update that year.
(For example, release 6.1 is the first update for 2006)
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Version 8.0 - 2008 Edition (released Oct. 2007)
- Autofill Function much improved
- Live Chat 'Save Session' button to output chat dialog to text file
- Student Picker shows recent talks in a comma-separated list
- Worksheet displays additional study points being worked on concurrently
- Swap / Substitute Assignments screen no longer shows cancelled weeks
- Improved handling of brothers with concurrent study points
- Improved 'Who's Away?' tracking
- Adjustable coordinates positioning for ‘Note to Student’
remarks
- Setting for Sisters popup warning prompt
- Provision for #4 assignment to servants (applies to specially flagged talks beginning in Oct.13/2008)
- Automatic undo of 'Mark as Printed' when schedule modified
- New column listing number of times a Setting used by sister on 'Student Picker screen
- Notation on worksheet indicating number of times a setting has been used by sister
- Ctrl-B and Ctrl-F shortcut keys for Back/Forward navigation
- Bug fix - Audience for Aux. Class fixed when school cancelled
- Bug fix - 'Note to student' on assignment slip fixed on talk4 for sisters
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Version 7.2 - 2007 Edition (released May. 2007)
- Adjustment to how meetings are opened as per the May 2007 KM instructions. To that end:
- i) There will no longer be an option to assign a chairman to open the school. The TMSO must open the meeting. (You will still be able to assign a brother for prayer)
- ii) There will no longer be support for Service Meeting song numbers. The KM specified that the Service Meeting brother will announce the
song
- Tracking of results for assistants
- Configurable Calendar start date - The ability to choose which weeks will appear on the treeview under
Calendar. This will be a rolling window and will display an integral number of weeks prior to now. Configure it in Preferences >>
General
For example, if you choose '8' then the calendar will begin from 8 weeks
ago
- The ability to add remarks on the assignment slips (Thanks to Ted Hunter for this idea)
- Worksheet now displays of the number of times a study point has been worked on (Thanks to Patrick Bohman)
- Multi-language support for different page symbols ('#', 'pg.', etc). This was previously hard-coded to '#'
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Version 7.1 - 2007 Edition (released Oct. 2007)
- Minor bug fixes
- New 'Journal' feature under Tools menu. Keep a diary of notes, sortable by date
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Version 7.0 - 2007 Edition (released Oct. 2006)
- Batch Print multiple copies of the schedule, with recipient's names appearing in the title bar
- New student 'History Builder'. When adding a new student you can quickly select which studies/settings have already been worked
on
- New applet under Tools menu: 'Study Conflict Manager'
- New UseFor flag to open the Service Meeting
- Option to print Assistant's phone number on assignment slip
- Ability to suppress the printing of the Study Point on the assignment slips. (Frankly, I don't know why this feature was requested, but a few users requested it.)
- Tracking of talk timing. Activate this feature in the Congregation screen. Then when you record the results of the meeting you can enter how much time the student
took
- Assignment Slip added for Oral Review reader
- Export to Outlook feature added
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Version 6.1 - 2006 Edition (released Jul. 2005)
- Flexibility added in choosing path to data. This facilitates using more than one datafile
(for example if there is a second language group)
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Version 6.0 - 2006 Edition (released Oct. 2005)
- Support for individualized phone numbers and email addresses
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Version 5.3 - 2005 Edition (released Jul. 2005)
- Live Updates improved. FTP protocol now used instead of HTTP.
Resolves conflicts with some IE users
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Version 5.2 - 2005 Edition (released Jul. 2005)
- Counsel Form and Setting Form emulation, with preview/print. Similar to pages 79-81 in the book
- Tip of the Day
- Support for Instruction Talk speaker Study Points
- Automatic Service Meeting song fetching
(This was deprecated recently as per the new KM instructions regarding how the meeting is to be opened.)
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Version 5.1 - 2005 Edition (released Dec. 2004)
- Much improved calendar grid allowing the Name column to "freeze" when scrolling sideways so you can see who the person
is
- A few bug fixes, mostly minor
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Version 5.0 - 2005 Edition (released Nov. 2004)
- Service Meeting information added to bottom of worksheet
- Multi-language support for customized study points
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Version 4.2 - 2004 Edition (released Jul. 2004)
- Support for Oral Review reader
- Bug fixes for the worksheet
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Version 4.1 - 2004 Edition (released Nov. 2003)
- Printing of Talk Ending Times on the worksheet, to help prevent running
overtime
- For example, SQ 7:41, Talk#1 7:50 Highlights 8:01, etc...
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Version 4.0 - 2004 Edition (released Oct. 2003)
- New 'Fancy' worksheets
- Comments added to worksheet
- Some bug fixes relating to international date formats
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Version 3.x - 2003 (released during early 2003)
- Numerous incremental updates were released early in 2003, mostly bug
fixes
- As can be expected with any new software platform, there were many bugs and stability issues to deal
with
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Version 3.0 - 2003 Beta (released Nov. 2002)
- This was the initial launch of the new "TMS Explorer" program. It was written from the ground up for the new 2003 School format. It replaced the old MS Access based "TMS Manager"
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