PowerChurch Software Newsletter - Fall 2010

Welcome to the second issue of the PowerChurch Software Newsletter

We have gotten a lot of great feedback from the first issue of this new format of the newsletter; notice we made the green font darker? That's not all, though, we have another surprise for you... the upcoming release of PowerChurch Plus Version 11.1. It will be a free update for Version 11 users and for those who have not yet purchased the update, a few new features to help entice you to do so!

There were some new features planned that we couldn't finish in time for the initial release of Version 11 and didn't want you to have to wait for Version 12 to take advantage of:

• Print 941 forms
• Export all PowerChurch Plus data to an Access database for external reporting
• Integration with Constant Contact

There isn't a specific release date yet, but we are expecting this update to go out in a Maintenance Release in the next couple of weeks.

Locate and Lookup Lists

This article has been moved to Using Locate and Lookup Lists in PowerChurch Plus

Contribution Designations

This article has been moved to Version 11 - Contribution Designations

Easing E-mail Communications With Constant Contact

E-mail setup has become one of the most common questions we receive in Technical Support. Over the years, more and more of our customers have been migrating their e-mail communications to Constant Contact. Integration with their services was one of the things that has been frequently requested in the last couple of years. We will be adding this integration later this year in the Version 11.1 update.

These days, e-mail providers must take very strict precautions to keep their servers safe and services available to everyone. The e-mail setup process in PowerChurch Plus is very simple, but there are many outside factors that can cause the e-mail functionality to fail. Mail servers can be very, very picky!

Constant Contact empowers associations and nonprofits by helping them connect with their members easily and affordably. More than 350,000 organizations worldwide use Constant Contact. They create professional looking email communications to inform their audience and get feedback that ultimately result in closer relationships.

Constant Contact supports customers every step of the way with award-winning, unlimited, free customer service. Plus, Constant Contact provides high email deliverability rates due to its strong ISP partnerships, no-tolerance spam policy, and participation in anti-spam industry groups.

Forum Q & A

The Support Forum on our web site is a very active online community of our users and Tech Support staff members. There you can browse through thousands of questions and answers, or post your own. Below are some recent examples:

Q. Is there a way to change the smtp port to 465 in the e-mail settings for Google?
A. You should be able to access the Google SMTP server by using the following entry in the SMTP server line: smtp.gmail.com:465

Q. How can I delete a user in PowerChurch? I can't seem to find the users list for maintaining.
A. Login as System Admin and then go to File > Passwords > User Profiles. You can then delete users as needed.

Q. I would like for PowerChurch Online to see and use my resident Adobe PDF printer and allow me to print to PDF.
A. Everything you print through PowerChurch Online creates a PDF on your local machine. You have the ability of generating a "print preview" instead of sending it directly to the printer. This allows you to change the PDF settings or save the document before printing. There are instructions in the following article for accessing the advanced options mode, where you can enable the "print preview" in the IDS Client: PowerChurch Online - Printing Problems