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NewsGuy
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05/19/2008 5:33 PM  
The 5/15/2008 beta test release of the April 2008 Edition of SSP is now available to current subscribers.
  • PowerDVD 8 compatibility (on Vista systems, non-encrypted DVDs only).
  • WinDVD 9 compatibility (non-encrypted DVDs only).
  • Defects fixed. 
You can download the beta test installation from within SSP using the menu command Update > Check for Beta Version Updates  or by going to http://www.songshowplus.com then to the Download page.

Read What's New for a more complete list of new features and enhancements. Subscribers can also visit the Beta Test Support forum to post feedback and questions regarding the beta version.

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05/23/2008 7:53 AM  
In slide show builder - what happened to be able to add scripture into a text box. It seems to be gone. I have used that feature for years when building slides for sermon onscreen sermon notes. All I had to do was click the "T" in the toolbar at the left, click "scripture" and a box would come up that let me choose book, chapter and verse, "insert" and pop, it was in the text box. That seems to be gone and I am very unhappy about that since I have used it a lot for years.
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05/23/2008 8:47 AM  
They have a new "Insert Scripture Slide" feature.

But I didn't think the text box scripture insert was going way.
...Joel

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05/23/2008 8:54 AM  
I see that when you add a text field - Scripture Text on a slide, it inserts a text box with the words "Scripture Text". Same with Scripture Reference.
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05/23/2008 9:10 AM  
That's what I'm talking about. I really need that feature back. I just wondered if they moved it and I haven't found it yet, or they left it out or what. If they left it out, it needs to be put back in. I can't be the only person that used that. Now I have to go to another scripture program, find the scripture, and copy and paste it into the text box. Much aggravation doing my typical sermon notes for the screen which involves 12-17 slides.
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05/23/2008 9:44 AM  
Can you use "Slide -> New -> Scripture Slide" for now?
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05/23/2008 12:37 PM  
No - that does not do what I need to do. I build a series of slides, each slide has text boxes within it into which I have bulleted important points, scripture verses, etc. fly in. SSP support tells me that what I have been using has been taken out of the slide show builder. I am very disappointed to hear that as it causes me quite a bit of extra work. I hope they will put it back in there as surely I'm not the only person that uses that.

Another issue in the latest beta version in Slide Show Builder is the little box at the bottom left that listes the items that are in the slide. I had been able to click and drag those if I needed to change the order in which they would fly into the slide. Now it will only let me move an item to front or back, no dragging anymore, so if I need to move an item just one item back, it is complicated to do it.
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05/23/2008 1:26 PM  
The ordering bug and a work around has been discussed in another thread. I can't remember what they came up with, but the bug is on the list.

Could you, as a work around for the scripture, insert a Scripture slide with the scripture you want and then copy that text object back onto the slide you were working on? Still a few extra steps, but you don't have to switch between programs that way.

Just a thought.
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05/23/2008 2:07 PM  
Do You mean that you can't Just highlight the Scripture on the screen and "Paste" it into the test box anymore. If that's the case it's no good. I always Put my Reference(underlined and centered) Just above my Text. Also does this mean that I can't just highlight just half of the scripture for pasting Just like the Pastor is going to read.

I don't have good feelings about this.
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Christopher E. Garrett
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05/23/2008 2:17 PM  
That seems to be exactly what it means. I often would highlight just the portion of a verse or verses, click insert, and there it was in my text box. That is gone and it is something I used a number of times every week.
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05/23/2008 8:30 PM  

Click the upside-down triangle next to the new slide ICON and choose Scripture slide.

like this

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   /      )  /      )    /      )
_(___/_(___(__/___/_
        /              /
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05/23/2008 8:39 PM  

I too used the scripture text box the way Chris and Pandjhill did. I knkow this new process will be a bit more cumbersome, but I can live with it. In the released version, I still hade to cut what I wanted, delete the unnecessary box, and then past into the box I was already using, so it's not much more difficult.

----___---___-----___---
   /      )  /      )    /      )
_(___/_(___(__/___/_
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05/25/2008 12:11 AM  
Well, the point of the new features isn't to make things more cumbersome. Frankly, I thought the previous way of adding scripture text to slides was too cumbersome, I didn't even use it myself because of that. But I can see that if you are mixing in scripture text with other text that the previous mechanism was better suited for that process. I'll look into reimplementing that (or a similar) mechanism.
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05/25/2008 1:01 PM  
I appreciate your response and I look forward to possibly getting that feature back into it.
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05/27/2008 8:27 AM  
Thanks Dreece.
Do you think this will be "reimplemented" in the April version; or should I just stay away from the update this time around?
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Christopher E. Garrett
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Sorry. No way to do that with SSP. Might make a good wish for the wishlist.

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Dear All,
I was wondering how I am suposed to import 400+ Songs into SSP. They are all in XML Format
[ppl version="3.0"]
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[general]
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[category]Kinder[/category]
[language/]
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[line]I bi vo inne, usse, obe, une[/line]
[line]glücklich alliziit.[/line]
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[order]
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[/order]

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07/02/2009 2:48 PM
RE: May 2009 Edition Released by osborn4 in Latest News

If your projector has a freeze function and the content of the main screen isn't going to change, then you could freeze the main projector and show whatever you want on the secondary display.

But you'd have to remember to change what you are displaying back before you unfroze the main projector.

07/02/2009 2:05 PM
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If they make the second screen editable that would be hugh!

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07/01/2009 6:51 PM
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I saw it. But I had to click in and enter my church's software ID to get in to the plug ins page.

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Posted By cegarrett on 07/01/2009 8:09 AM
Am I correct in my thinking that the New Public Bibles are already included in the install; and the $25 fee is per machine/per translation only for the bibles listed above?
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07/01/2009 8:09 AM
RE: New Plug-ins Now Available by cegarrett in Latest News

Am I correct in my thinking that the New Public Bibles are already included in the install; and the $25 fee is per machine/per translation only for the bibles listed above?

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Pricing information is available at sspstore.com.

Note: For those of you who may have acquired a license for a Bible plug-in during the test phase: You will need to be issued a new license file. Please contact technical support for assistance with this.

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You can download the new edition from within SongShow Plus using the menu command Update > Check for Updates or by going to http://www.songshowplus.com then to the Download page.

Click here for a list of What's New in the May 2009 Edition.

06/30/2009 2:43 PM
RE: Title Slides for Songs by osborn4 in Feature Reviews

Yes. I do basically the same thing (only I call the song part Opening) and it works fine.

But it will be nice to not have to do this anymore.

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