Payment of the annual licence fee of $195 entitles all computers associated with a site to use LabOra and all the copyrighted texts and resources for 2012. Most of the licence fee is paid to the copyright holders of the software, texts and resources. In October each year you are invited to renew this license for the following year.

In the 2012 update the new texts have replaced the ones used since 1969.

In the 2012 update the Service Music Hymnal has been updated to include six Masses using the new texts. This update will overwrite the existing Service Music Hymnal.

If you have edited the Service Music Hymnal and wish to retain your changes you will need to backup the program file: Duplo Data As / LabOra Worship / UserData / Song Books / Service Music.mdb.

Once the 2012 update has been installed you will need to restore it to overwrite the 2012 update: Agrando as / LabOra Worship / Userdata / Song Books / Service Music.mdb.

Your changes will then be preserved but you will need to add the six new Masses manually.

For 30 short videos showing how LabOra is useful for a range of activities :
http://www.litcom.net.au/LME/index.html

For a step by step introduction to using LabOra:
http://www.litcom.net.au/publications/downloads/LabOraWorkbook052009.pdf

For an interactive pdf file on how to prepare a School Mass with LabOra:
http://www.litcom.net.au/publications/downloads/LabOraWorkbook052009.pdf

For a detailed description of what is in LabOra:
http://www.litcom.net.au/publications/downloads/LabOra2009.pdf

For help installing LabOra:
http://www.litcom.net.au/publications/downloads/InstallingLabOra2009.pdf

Serial numbers have the pattern AUS02 NNNNNL NNNNLN (where N = 0-9 and L = A-Z).

Check where ‘L’ should be in the above pattern and then check that you are not entering the number 1 instead of capital I or Zero instead of capital O.

*Windows XP or Vista is recommended
*Preferably 512+MB RAM
*Windows 2000 or later for Click and Print feature
*Free space on the hard drive of at least 1GB
*LabOra will work successfully on a MAC running "Boot Camp" or "Parallels". Windows Vista or XP will need to be installed together with Word 2000 or later.

When it is necessary to uninstall LabOra a clean uninstall should be done.

1. Go to Start < Control Panel < Add/Remove programs.
2. Delete the folder C:/ Program Files / Duplo Data.
If any user data needs to be kept it should be backed up - see "Backing up Files".

Assuming that you have installed the program and data under C:\Program Files, all user information is contained in three folders:

C:\Program Files\Duplo Data As\LabOra Worship\Document
C:\Program Files\Duplo Data As\LabOra Worship\System
C:\Program Files\Duplo Data As\LabOra Worship\UserData

[The drive letter (C:\) may be different if you installed the data files on a different drive initially]

User information includes liturgy programs you have prepared, Click and Print documents, additions to LabOra Explorer, addition of words to hymn titles. It is important to back up these files regularly.

Error messages happen when a user, a piece of software or a piece of hardware doesn't do what the computer is expecting it to. Most error messages can be recovered from easily by:

1. Closing the message and continuing
2. Closing and reopening the window that caused the error message
3. Closing and reopening the program that caused the error
4. As a last resort it is sometimes necessary to reboot the computer. This will often get rid of the error.

If the error persists and prevents normal operation of LabOra, send an email to Labora.help@litcom.net.au. Please include your phone number so that we can contact you directly. This will normally be done the same day.

Be assured that we will do everything we can to fix the error or to help you find a workaround.

There are two icons on the LabOra toolbar (toward the centre): View folders; View preview.

‘View folders’ hides or reveals the ‘Folder Item’ folders. ‘View preview’ hides or reveals the preview window (bottom right hand under ‘Items’)

There is an ‘always on top’ icon (second from right) that will prevent the Resource Browser from disappearing.

NB Make sure you toggle this off when you are finished or the Resource Browser will hide all other programs.

The School Prayer outline uses the Contemporary English Version scripture readings as in the Children's Lectionary. This Lectionary does not present a different reading for every weekday but rather a series of topics relevant to the season. The 'Topics' drop-down menu lists these seasonal choices depending on the date of the liturgy being created. Choose one of the topics and these readings will be used for the planned liturgy.

To see the complete list of these topics go to the Resource Browser / Lectionaries / CEV / Weekdays in Advent, Lent, Easter or Ordinary Time.

The 'Open in MS Word' icon opens MS Word and pastes the chosen text there. Use this icon if you want just one text.

The 'Copy to Word' icon copies the text to the clipboard. It can then be pasted where required. Use this icon if you want to copy a text into an existing Word document or other program.

Open the Resource Browser / Hymnals / The Hymnals you want, and click on the season or topic to display the list of hymns for that season or topic. Right click in the right frame, Choose select all, right click again and choose copy list item(s). This copies the list to the clipboard. Paste the list where needed.

This same procedure also works for others lists, e.g. readings.

Resource Browser / Sacramentary / Saints. Saints can be listed chronologically or alphabetically.

Click the 'Open in MS Word' icon to open the list as a Word table.