October 17, 2007 – 7:55 am
An updated version of the upgrade bringing Lutheran Service Builder to version 1.07 is now available through the automatic update service or by clicking the “Latest Upgrade” link at the top of this page. This upgrade package will bring all users to Build 15 of version 1.07 of Lutheran Service Builder.
The release notes remain largely [...]
September 18, 2007 – 2:50 pm
In the days after the 1.07 release, we’ve received some sporadic reports of Lutheran Service Builder installations not functioning properly after upgrading with the new Installer. If this should happen to you, it’s important to note that it’s not difficult to fix and can usually be easily remedied with some very simple steps without the [...]
September 13, 2007 – 12:00 pm
The upgrade for Lutheran Service Builder bringing it to version 1.07 is now available through the automated update service. The update is approximately 75MB in size and may take longer than usual to download, due to a high influx of traffic to the update service. Users of Lutheran Service Builder should be prompted to download [...]
For those who will be in attendance, I will be present at the 2007 Synodical Convention in Houston as part of the Concordia Publishing House space. I’ll be there to speak with you, learn about how you’re using Builder (or any difficulties you’re experiencing), and offer tips and tutorials to assist our users in learning [...]
Users of Lutheran Service Builder will notice that the Hymn of the Day selected for Year C, Proper 10 is “Where Charity and Love Prevail,” LSB 845. At this time, we’d like to remind you of the four hymns that are exempt from the LSBHymnLicense.net agreement, as 845 is one of them and you will [...]
As previously mentioned in this space, the primary improvement planned for the 1.7 update is a marked improvement to Lutheran Service Builder’s loading time. To illustrate what we’ve working on over the past six months or so, I’ve created a small video to showcase the dramatic increase we are seeing in alpha-testing, and we hope [...]
Now that the 1.06 upgrade has been released for a solid week, and early returns on the automated update logs show that a large number of users have downloaded and installed it successfully, we in the Builder development team have turned our attention to version 1.07 and to building in additional content over the summer [...]
We’re pleased to announce that the 1.06 update has gone extremely well by all accounts, and the number of users who have updated their installations is growing every day. Since Monday morning, well over 1000 installations have initiated a download of the automatic update.
We’ve been busy here working through a few issues that still remain [...]
The update to Lutheran Service Builder to version 1.06 went live at 6:00 a.m. this morning, and your installations of Builder should prompt you to download the update the next time you start it up. The update is approximately 70MB in size and may take longer than usual to download, due to a high influx [...]
This tutorial is also available as a PDF download (835 KB, required Adobe Reader).
Introduction
Every document you produce using Lutheran Service Builder is arranged into “styles,” or like text formats that are grouped according to their function and place in an exported service. Builder uses these styles to control the font sizes, faces, and effects used [...]