11.1C Release
If you're part of the Preferred Client Program, you can download the latest desktop version in the Client Portal.
PDS DioOffice 11.1C, released for desktop and OnDemand 2-29-24, offers the following enhancements.
New and Improved Features
- We added the name from the record you chose to send a quick email or text message to at the top of the window. That way, you can confirm that you're sending to the correct person!
- Now, when you send an email from PDS, you can set replies to go to multiple email addresses. For example, Father Joe wants to send an email to parishioners, and he wants any replies to go to his email as well as his admin assistant. To do that, he would enter both email addresses (separated by a comma) in the Reply Email Address field. You can enter as many email addresses as needed.
Improved Sacramental Registers and Certificates
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Based on diocesan feedback, we made improvements related to the Sacramental Registers.
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Special Notation for previous marriages: On the Marriage tab and the Prev Marriages tab of the Baptism Register Entry, you can enter any special notations, such as an exception for a previous marriage.
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Marriage Permission: On the Marriage Register Entry and the Marriage tab of the Baptism Register Entry, you can enter any marriage permissions.
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Confirmation Name: On the Confirm tab of the Baptism Register Entry, you can enter a confirmation name.
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Christian Witness: On the Sponsors tab of the Baptism Register Entry, there's a new checkbox to indicate whether the second sponsor is a Christian witness.
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Conditional Baptism: On the Baptism Register Entry, there's a new checkbox to indicate whether this is a conditional baptism. If so, "Conditional Baptism" prints at the top on the back of the certificate.
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Reason: You can now select a Reason from the drop-down list, or you can enter a reason if the value you want is not in the list. (Note that entering a reason does not add it to the existing list.)
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Profession of Faith Certificate: There's a new certificate for Profession of Faith Full Page & Back.
- More information about certain quick postings is now tracked in the User Log.
- For Pledge Card Entry, it records when the user first accesses the process, when they click Cancel without selecting an existing batch, when they click Finish, and when they click Finish Later.
- For Payment/Donation Entry, it records when the user clicks the Post button, and it records the batch number if the user selects to continue with an existing batch.
This information is mostly tracked for reference and may be helpful for troubleshooting.
- The USPS updated postal rates, effective January 21, 2024. These changes were made in your PDS program and released on Monday, January 22. Next time you run EZ-Mail, you'll receive a message that allows you to download the new postal forms. For details on the changes, see 2024 Postage Price Changes (USPS website).
Corrections
We fixed issues that were reported internally to our team.