Frequently Asked Questions LabOra Worship Planner
What are the system requirements for Liturgy Planner?
Is Liturgy Planner web-based?
Can Liturgy Planner be installed to a network?
Can I install Liturgy Planner to more than one computer?
I entered my registration number but the program still says it’s running in Demo mode. What’s wrong?
I just got an error message. What should I do?
How can I print my complete liturgy plan?
How can I receive technical support for Liturgy Planner?
Why won’t WORDsearch™ open?
I have a new computer. How can I move my Liturgy Planner information to the new computer?
Why do I need to pay both a purchase price and a subscription fee?
How many people can use my version of Liturgy Planner?
What features and resources are included on Liturgy Planner?
What kind of liturgy templates does Liturgy Planner offer?
Can I schedule my ministers?
Does Liturgy Planner provide homilies for specific liturgies?
How much control do I have over worship aid documents?
Is Liturgy Planner’s use limited to liturgy planning?
What are the system requirements for Liturgy Planner?
- CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft® Windows® 98 or higher, with the minimum system requirements for that particular operating system
- 250 MB free disk space
- 64 MB RAM
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Is Liturgy Planner web-based?
No, Liturgy Planner is installed from a CD. Update CDs are automatically sent to subscribers. After installing or updating, you do not need the CD in the drive to run the program. Installing the resources directly on your hard drive allows you faster access; you will not be dependent on someone else’s server or be limited by the speed of your modem connection. Occasionally small updates are posted on the web; these updates can be downloaded using the TrueUpdate feature in Liturgy Planner. (Check for updates in Liturgy Planner by clicking on Help/TrueUpdate.)
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Can Liturgy Planner be installed to a network?
Yes, and it can be set up for an unlimited number of users. First install the program to the server, and then install on each client workstation that will access the program. The Liturgy Planner subscription fee of $8.25 per user, per month is billed annually; all billing must be to the same address.
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Can I install Liturgy Planner to more than one computer?
Yes, for a subscription fee of $8.25 per user, per month, you can install Liturgy Planner to numerous computers in your parish or office. You only need to purchase one CD. All billing must be to the same address.
In addition, if Liturgy Planner is permanently installed on the hard disk or other storage device of a computer and one person uses that computer more than 80% of the time it is in use, then that person may also install Liturgy Planner to a home or laptop computer under one subscription fee.
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I entered my registration number but the program still says it’s running in Demo mode. What’s wrong?
You may have entered the letter “I” or letter “O” where the number one (1) or number zero (0) should have been used (or vice versa). Enter your license number again, and be sure to follow this sequence (L = a letter and # = a number): LLL## #####L ####L#
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I just got an error message. What should I do?
First, close Liturgy Planner, shut down your computer, restart, and open Liturgy Planner again. If you receive an identical error message when following the same steps you followed the first time, e-mail Catholic Community™ Software tech support support@mylabora.com. Please include information about which operating system you are using (i.e., Windows 98, 2000, etc.), the text of the error messages, and what you were doing that lead to the error message.
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How can I print my complete liturgy plan?
To convert a planned liturgy into a printable document, create a worship aid. Select the liturgy from the calendar, liturgy list, or open the detail plan. Then click the Open Worship Aid button on the Liturgy Planner toolbar. Different worship aid templates are provided, or you can customize your own worship aid template.
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How can I receive technical support for Liturgy Planner?
Technical support for licensed users is available 24 X 7 email > support@mylabora.com.
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Why won’t WORDsearch™ open?
Bible Explorer from the makers of WORDsearch™ must be installed separately from Liturgy Planner. To download Bible Explorer/WORDsearch™ from the web go to http://www.bible-explorer.com/fbe_scripts/download.cgi?file=BE4setup.EXE ,or email Support@WORDsearchBible.com. A coupon number is provided with an unlock code for access to the New American Bible.
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I have a new computer. How can I move my Liturgy Planner information to the new computer?
- On the original computer, open Liturgy Planner and choose File, Export Liturgies/Documents.
- On the Transfer OUT tab select the information to be moved.
- On the Transfer To tab choose to save the information to disk or email the information to a new computer. Click Browse to select the path where the information will be stored.
- Click OK when finished. The file TRANSFER.ZIP is now stored in the path chosen in step 3.
- Install Liturgy Planner to the new computer.
- Open Liturgy Planner on the new computer.
- Choose File, Import Liturgies/Documents.
- On the Transfer IN tab click Browse and select the path where information was saved in Step 3 above. Find the TRANSFER.ZIP file.
- Click OK. Information will be imported to the new Liturgy Planner.
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Why do I need to pay both a purchase price and a subscription fee?
The resources included in Liturgy Planner are licensed to the user, not sold. The value of the resources included in Liturgy Planner in print form would total over $700—and that doesn’t take into consideration the value of features such as Liturgy Planner’s ability to automatically insert appropriate Lectionary readings, Sacramentary prayers, and music resources into your liturgy plan and worship aid. In addition to keeping the initial purchase price reasonable, the ongoing subscription fee entitles you to upgrades and technical support.
The subscription fee also gives you the license to reprint the graphics and music included in Liturgy Planner without further license, as long as these resources are not used for commercial purposes or distributed electronically to non-LabOra subscribers.
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How many people can use my version of Liturgy Planner?
A Liturgy Planner site subscription allows an unlimited number of users to install from the same CD. The Liturgy Planner subscription fee of $8.25 per user, per month is billed annually; under a site subscription all billing must be to the same address.
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What features and resources are included on Liturgy Planner?
- Fully formatted Weekday and Sunday Lectionary readings
- Sacramentary prayers and Lectionary readings for the Order of Mass and rites such as Baptism, Rite of Acceptance, Marriage, Funeral Vigil and Mass, as well as prayers for some Masses for various needs and occasions
- Homily Help for Sundays and Feast Days of the Liturgical Year
- Prayers of the Faithful for Sundays and Feast Days
- Over 1,000 clip art images
- Indices from 17 well-known Catholic hymnals, with a collection of 1,000 song lyrics and graphics
- Ability to create your own hymn collections and import song lyrics or graphics that you are licensed to use.
- Ability to print liturgy plans and create worship aids, funeral or wedding programs, and lector's guides
- Search through resources by text string or Bible reference
- Spanish Sunday Lectionary and Misal Romano
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What kind of liturgy templates does Liturgy Planner offer?
Liturgy Planner provides liturgy outlines (templates) with all proper texts for the following:
- The Order of Mass (Sundays and Weekdays)
- The Order of Mass for Ash Wednesday
- The Order of Mass for Sundays of Lent
- The Order of Mass for Palm Sunday
- The Order of Mass for Holy Thursday
- Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
- Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil
- The Order of Mass – Feb. 2, Presentation
- The Order of Mass – Feb. 3, St. Blase
- Liturgy of the Word [with Communion]
- Funeral: Vigil for the Deceased
- Funeral: Vigil for the Deceased at Church
- Funeral Mass
- Funeral Liturgy outside Mass
- Funeral: Rite of Committal
- Rite of Marriage within Mass
- Rite of Acceptance/RCIA
- Rite of Sending within Mass
- Rite of Sending outside Mass
- Rite of Baptism of Children within Mass
- Rite of Baptism of Children outside Mass
- The Order of Mass for Blessed Virgin Mary
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Can I schedule my ministers?
Liturgy Planner offers a database feature to assist in organizing your minister and staff information (address, phone, ministry position, etc.). You can manually assign ministers for each service and then print or email the schedule to your ministers.
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Does Liturgy Planner provide homilies for specific liturgies?
“Homily Help” from the Liturgical Press publication Living Liturgy™ is provided for Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year. Not only can this information help a minister in writing a homily, it provides excellent information on the readings that can be used for Lectionary catechesis (i.e., RCIA sessions), Bible study based on Sunday readings, catechetical study, or personal reflection.
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How much control do I have over worship aid document?
You can customize your own worship aid templates, allowing you to choose the content that will be exported into the worship aid (for example, reading citations but not reading text). You also choose which word processing program will be the destination for the information—WordPerfect, Word, Publisher 2002.
After the text is exported into the word processing document you can adapt, change, delete, edit, or add text, music, or graphics as you see fit. You are only limited by the provisions given in the reprint licenses you hold and the features of your word processor.
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Is Liturgy Planner’s use limited to liturgy planning?
Not at all. Bible Explorer from the makers of WORDsearch™ provides searchable text of the entire New American Bible. You can also access the NAB commentary and view, copy, and paste maps relevant to particular Bible citations. Use the clip art graphics in your school newsletters or programs. All Liturgy Planner resources are searchable, a feature that is extremely useful for catechists, those in RCIA ministry, and people leading Bible studies. Liturgy Planner will be an invaluable resource to your entire parish staff.
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