Silhouette 4 (MacOSX) - Version History
Important Notice to MacOS Users of SilhouetteCE and Silhouette 4: The buttons for Get Template, Opening Comments, Goals/Support Plan, and Rename/Delete have been moved to the menu bar (at the top of your monitor) in version 1.8.x of SilhouetteCE and version 4.8.x of Silhouette 4.
| Version 4.8.5 May 30, 2010 |
1. re-enabled the Edit Menu on the
opening and closing comments screen 2. added Select Source button to Batch Import screen |
| Version 4.8.4 May, 2010 |
1. fixed problems that occurred when
moving between student reports and some student names had
spaces in them. 2. re-enabled the non-custom report format to permit alternate report formats |
| Version 4.8.3 March 14, 2010 |
1. Changed Delta heading to WH on Grades
form 2. Added: RTF formatting to opening and closing comments 3. Added: use of quotation marks is now permitted 4. Added: Stride Ave School to licenced Burnaby schools 5. Changed: wording and font on Burnaby Logo 6. Fixed: problem when adding a new student from a schoolwide data file (Vancouver) |
| Version 4.8.2 February, 2010 |
(unreleased version) |
| Version 4.8.1 February 10, 2010 |
1. Changed: on report printout bullets will always appear as real bullets( • vs · ). |
| Version 4.8.0 February 9, 2010 |
1. Added: on the Student window,
there is now a dropdown containing all the students' names
and two arrow buttons. You may use these to navigate to
other student files in the same class folder without backing
up to the main Student Reports window. 2. Fixed: In a Comment Base topic, when inserting Special Text Inserts, the text is no longer always inserted at the beginning of the text but at the insertion point. 3. Added: improved error checking when creating new term folder 4. Fixed: bug that caused special text inserts to always appear at the start of the line 5. Fixed: switching students in the grades form now goes alphabetically 6. Fixed: using the tab key in the grades form now works properly 7. Fixed: problem with default font in printing reports 8. Fixed: problem with BCeSIS attendance when there was a half day absence in September 9. Removed: Warning message when grade entered is not valid. Field is cleared instead. |
| Version 4.7.1 November 5, 2009 |
1. Added: most windows can now be resized
2. Added: option to resize desktop display (see Screen menu on title screen). 3. Added: support for eSIS master dat files 4. Added: support for eSIS attendance files 5. Added: autoupdate check on startup 6. Change: removed overview button for Delta schools 7. Added: drop down to select comments by number 8. Added: option to get comments from a comment base for opening and closing comments |
| Version 4.6.7 June 8, 2009 |
1. Fixed: bug which resulted in new student files being unreadable on Windows computers. |
| Version 4.6.6 February 27, 2009 |
1. Fixed: bug which resulted in new student files
being unreadable on Windows computers. |
| Version 4.6.5 February 20, 2009 |
1. Added: For Delta schools, term 1performance comments
are copied over to new term. |
| Version 4.6.4 February 1, 2009 |
1. internal changes |
| Version 4.6.3 January, 2009 |
1. Added: Copy Template routine. 2. Added: Chaffey-Burke School, Burnaby |
| Version 4.6.2 November 10, 2009 |
1. Fixed: crash after emailing |
| Version 4.6.1 November 5, 2009 |
1. Fixed: update routine, which was not
working in v6.4.0 2. Added: Clinton School, Burnaby |
| Version 4.6.0 October 5, 2008 |
1. Personal Planning changed to Health
and Career Ed. 2. Incorporated the Performance Comments changes into the Delta Primary reports |
| Version 4.5.12 June 9, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Problem that occurred on Vancouver Term3 intermediate reports when all 10 subject spaces were used. |
| Version 4.5.11 June 1, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Term 3 PSR comments for
Cornerstone Christian Academy reports 2. Added: Armstrong Elementary School, Burnaby |
| Version 4.5.10 May 19, 2008 |
1. Fixed: new term>>template option
so that student names do not show up in new folder 2. Fixed: errors that occurred when no schoolwide data file was present 3. Fixed: printing class checklist if there was a template in class - one student could be skipped 4. Added: checklists - term letter grades and ID numbers 5. Fixed: overwrite options on get emailed class and cbase 6. Added: improved error checking throughout 7. Fixed: problem with students created from templates recognizing special text inserts 8. Fixed: lockup bug when batch printing 9. Fixed: CCA version - term headings on grades grid, grade assignment prints in term 3 only |
| Version 4.5.09 February 14, 2008 |
1. Fixed: problem opening new class
folder (lock up) 2. Fixed: Get Emailed Comment Base no longer loses the first letter of the comment base name |
| Version 4.5.8 January 27, 2008 |
1. Fixed: Term two problems
involving the 'previous term' comments tab. Term one
comments were not showing properly, if at all. Sometimes a
lock up ocurred when entering a student's term two report. 2. Fixed: bug that occurred when a paragraph style comment began with a blank line. |
| Version 4.5.7 December 1, 2007 |
1. Fixed: problem with crashing on
exiting Overview 2. Fixed: Overview heading problems - wasn't keeping proper fonts or blank lines |
| Version 4.5.6 November 29, 2007 |
1. Fixed: Bug when closing comments
don't appear in edit window 2. New: Individual Report print settings saved (font, size, remove blanks) |
| Version 4.5.5 November 17, 2007 |
1. Fixed: CCA attendance printout for
months not attended (--) 2. Fixed: page 2 header on CCA reports, and subsequent printing problems 3. Fixed: bug when importing attendance file 4. Fixed: bug in topic intro and closing comments - not being saved if no other comments present |
| Version 4.5.4 November 13, 2007 |
1. Added: Ability for VSB teachers
to change Personal Planning to Health and Careers Education 2. Link to Duet Software Video Online Tutorials Page |
| Version 4.5.3 November 10, 2007 |
1. Fixed: email bug - edited portion of
message would not be sent 2. Added: select division option when adding new students from Schoolwide Data File |
| Version 4.5.2 October 28, 2007 |
1. Fixed: potential bugs in send email
and RTF import 2. Added: Port setting to send email form 3. CCA version: added date checks for attendance and master.csv files |
| Version 4.5.1 October 13, 2007 |
1. Fixed: problems reading Cornerstone Christian Academy schoolwide data file |
| Version 4.5.0 October, 2007 |
1. New: Use Schoolwide data files
to create class folders - ClassList Printer no longer
necessary 2. New: Automatic class folder backups 3. New: Improved on-line update system 4. Fixed: many format improvements and minor bug fixes |