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Paratext 9.1 Beta is Now Available

We are pleased to announce that Paratext 9.1 is now available as a beta version. Many teams will be required to use project plans soon, so Paratext 9.1 has significantly improved the tools used to manage tasks and assignments for working with a project plan. 

Training Videos

We have produced a set of videos that will let you see these features in action – or show you how to use these new features if you are ready to try them:

Paratext 9.1 Training Videos

What changed since Paratext 9.0?

Here are the main changes:

  • Translation Priorities is a new feature that allows teams to define the portions of Scripture they want to finish first.  For instance, a team might want to finish Matthew first, then the rest of the Gospels, then the Letters of Paul.
  • My Tasks now makes it easier for each member of a translation team to see their most important tasks.  It shows what to do next, drawing from the progress plan and associated translation priorities. 
  • Rich Text in Progress Plans allows progress plans to contain detailed instructions, with hypertext links to external sources if needed. Progress plan creators can leverage this to provide extensive guidance to translation team members.
  • Assignments & Progress has added features to help project administrators work more efficiently – bulk assignments, showing why tasks are blocked, and integrated support for translation priorities. It has also improved support for postponing tasks and checks.
  • Progress Plan Administration has added progress plan versioning so that an organization’s progress plans can be improved over time without disrupting translation efforts. It makes it easier to update to the latest version of your organization’s plan. It also allows you to postpone an update if you need to stay on an older version.
  • Performance improvements (including 64-bit architecture)

We believe that Paratext 9.1 will help translation teams work toward their  translation goals, focusing on what they need to do today. It will also simplify project administration, making it easier to produce a plan and to adapt when progress plans change.  …  read more

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What’s New in Paratext 9

Menu system

  • The menu system in Paratext has changed from having menus visible all the time (above the toolbar) to having menus that are accessible by clicking on a menu icon: .
  • The series of menu items to open various items has been reduced to a single “Open” command on the main menu.
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    What’s new in Paratext 8.0

    You can save progress settings as a base project plan and use those settings in other projects. You can copy expected rate of progress from one task to another. You can specify stages, tasks, and checks for a project; add tasks to your project paln from a base project plan, assign tasks and checks to users on the project; and view or mark project progress.

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