• Improved: Small adjustment to the layout of the Meeting Editor.

• Sing Out Joyfully: Songs 18, 38, 57, 64, 81, 108 and 125 are now available in Gujarati.

• Internal: Updated Google Calendar Interface NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools Library NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet packages.

• Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

• Improved: Added a Show Material submenu to the Options menu in the Meeting Editor. When this setting is enabled, the What Would You Say? material can now be included on workbook schedules. Several built‑in workbook templates have been updated to support this new option. Custom templates will need to be updated accordingly.
• Improved: The name fields on the What Would You Say? window are now simple drop‑down lists rather than editable ones. This makes it easier to select who is giving the item and prevents accidental changes to the names.
• Improved: We’ve made several behind‑the‑scenes enhancements to the Meeting Editor to make it smoother and easier to maintain. These improvements help ensure a more reliable experience when preparing your schedules.
• Fixed: Addressed multiple issues affecting navigation within the Meeting Dates list in the Meeting Editor.
• Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

• Improved: The Padlock button has been enlarged, repositioned, and moved to the new button panel.
• Improved:  The Edit Special Events button has been enlarged, repositioned, converted into a Menu Button for clearer intent, and moved to the new button panel.
• Improved: Added handy shortcut buttons to the Weekend Meeting Editor for Reset Meeting Assignments and Auto‑Assign Settings.
• Improved: The Chairman Notes button has been moved to the new upper button panel.
• Improved: All new buttons now display tooltips that support dark mode.
• Improved: The Meeting Date drop-down on the Meeting Editor is now a List Control and supports dark mode.
• Improved: The Date Picker and Time Picker now support dark mode.
• Improved: The Number of Classes field is now a List Control instead of a drop‑down list.
• Translations: Updated song 152 in Punjabi.
• Fixed: Pressing ENTER in an edit control or editable combo box no longer closes the editors.
• Fixed: Selecting a Speaker on the Weekend Meeting Editor now correctly updates the drop-down list with their assigned outlines at the top.
• Fixed: Middle and closing song titles on the schedule now display correctly in the Meeting Editor.
• Fixed: Selecting a Bible Reading study number now updates the schedule correctly.

• Fixed: Correct issue with using the Weekend Meeting Editor.

• Fixed: What Would You Say? items now synchronise correctly with Google Calendar.
• User Interface: The Meeting Editor has been redesigned and now uses less screen space. A new tabbed interface separates Parts 1–2 and Part 3.
• User Interface: The Weekend Meeting Editor has received a similar redesign. It now features a tabbed interface with separate tabs for Public Talk, Watchtower Study, and Away Talks.
• User Interface: As a result of these improvements, scrollbars are no longer required in either editor.
• High-DPI: We have started improving support for high-DPI displays (text scaling). This requires providing graphics at multiple resolutions. This work is ongoing.
• Maintenance: Updated all supported NuGet packages to their latest compatible versions.

• Fixed: Corrected a second regression that prevented some GUI translations from updating properly.
• Updated: Spanish translations revised to match the updated phrasing in the November–December 2026 Meeting Workbook.

• Fixed: Public talk selection now correctly includes talks whose exclusion date begins after the relevant week. Previously, excluded talks were omitted even when the exclusion only applied from a later date.
• Fixed: Corrected a regression that caused some GUI translations to display incorrectly.

• The Meeting Editor has been updated to correctly display multiple S-89 assignment slips per page. The S-89 templates must be re-downloaded or requested again to take advantage of this improvement.
• The Report Viewer has been moved to the Tools menu.
• The Videoconferencing window has been updated to match the look and feel of the Memorial window.
• Resolved an issue in the Special Events database where multiline formatting in the Info Before and Info After fields was being lost.
• All built-in workbook templates have been updated to correctly display Videoconferencing events..
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues.

• Improved the existing MSA and PTS congregation importers for better accuracy and consistency
• Improved the recently added NWS Desktop and KHS publisher importers for greater reliability
• Added support for importing congregations from MSA (CSV)
• Added support for importing congregations from PTS (CSV)
• Added support for importing congregations from NWS Desktop (CSV)
• Added support for importing publishers from Deckhand (CSV)
• Added support for importing publishers from Hourglass (JSON)
• Added support for importing speakers from Hourglass (CSV)
• Added support for importing speakers from NWS Desktop (CSV)
• All importers are now grouped together on a dedicated Import menu in the main application window (see Importing Data)
• The importers available in the Publishers Database window can now also be accessed from its own Import menu
• Added a link to the Center Cursor on Screen utility under Tools > More Tools
• Renamed Backup Settings and Restore Settings to Backup and Restore to better reflect that these commands apply to all program data, not just settings.
• Added Start Live Chat… to the Help menu, providing real‑time assistance through a Tawk.to chat window.
• Replaced the RSS Feed icon on the Social Icons Panel with a new Start Live Chat button, providing direct access to real‑time support via Tawk.to
• Completed a major review and restructuring of the online help documentation, including improved navigation, updated menu topics, and clearer explanations throughout
• Moved the Reminders feature from the Options menu to the Database menu to better reflect that reminders are congregation data stored in the XML file.
• Fixed: Minor issues.
• Fixed: Cosmetic issues.

• Added support for importing speakers from NWS Desktop (CSV)
• Added support for importing publishers from NWS Desktop (CSV)
• Added support for importing publishers from KHS (CSV)
• Corrected minor Japanese translations

• Improved the Assignment Material window with a clearer tab‑based layout and added full support for the new What Would You Say? item introduced in the September/October 2026 Meeting Workbooks.
• Added new validation errors for the What Would You Say? item, helping monthly data volunteers ensure the theme, material, and prompts are all correctly entered.
• Introduced the new What Would You Say? assignment window, providing a dedicated interface for entering themes, material, and prompts from the Meeting Workbook.
• Estonian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-ST 2026).
• Finnish Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-ST 2026).
• German Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-X 2026).
• Greek Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-G 2026).
• Gujarati Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-GU 2025).

• Gun Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-EG 2025).
• Haitian Creole Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-CR 2024).
• Hindi Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-HI 2026).
• Hungarian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-H 2026).
• Fixed an issue with the new interactive worksheet.
• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet packages.

• Armenian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-REA 2026).
• Bulgarian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-BL 2026).
• Cebuano Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-CV 2026).
• Chinese Simplified Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-CHS 2026).
• Cibemba Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-CW 2026).
• Croatian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-C 2026).
• Czech Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-B 2026).
• Danish Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-D 2026).
• English Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-E 2026).
• Vietnamese Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-VT 2026).

• Sing Out Joyfully: Songs 14, 17, 23, 68, 89, 111, 120 and 129 are now available in Gujarati.
• Afrikaans Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-AF 2026).
• Albanian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-AL 2025).
• Amharic Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-AM 2026).
• Arabic Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-A 2026).
• Dutch Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-O 2026).
• French Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-F 2025).
• Italian Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-I 2026).
• Portuguese Brazil Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-T 2025).
• Spanish Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-S 2026).
• Tagalog Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-TG 2025).
• Turkish Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-TK 2025).
• Zulu Public Talks database has been updated (S-34-ZU 2024).

• Added Screen Capture to the Tools menu (Shift + LWin + S) to launch the Windows Snipping Tool overlay for quick screen captures.
• Renamed Worksheet‑New‑Look to Worksheet‑S‑140‑New‑Look, now using the improved XML data in the Meeting Editor.
• Enhanced the Worksheet‑S‑140‑New‑Look template with Scroll to Top, AV Team duties, and support for Weekend Meeting and Memorial worksheets.
• Added a new Display Options menu in the Meeting Editor to choose which worksheet types are shown; this currently applies only to the new Worksheet‑S‑140‑New‑Look template.
• Updated meeting songs: added song 163 in many languages and refreshed song 152 in Saramaccan.
• Updated Public Talk titles: English 47, 103, 112, 131, 132, 166
• Improved the Submit Talk Updates feature: talk data is now sorted by talk number and the CategoryId field is correctly included.
• Applied minor cosmetic refinements to the Storage Manager within the new worksheet.
• Fixed an issue where the Notes caption was always visible on the new worksheet.
• Fixed duplicate popup messages after updating meeting attendance via Weekly Overview.
• Fixed an issue in Advanced Filters where date comparisons incorrectly included the time component, causing some date‑based filters (such as Last Given or Outline Date) to return unexpected results.

• Fixed a bug in the Meeting Editor where the tab control (used to change the view mode) became disabled whenever there was a special event, such as the Memorial.
• Implemented the new Interactive Worksheet template, now using Bootstrap 5 and Font Awesome 7. This update also adds support for custom notes in several areas of the worksheet.
• Introduced a This Week button in the Meeting Editor, making it easy to jump straight back to the current week whenever it’s available.
• You can now keep Meeting Attendance up to date directly from the Weekly Overview panel on the main window.
• Did you know you can adjust the zoom level of the News Feed panel on the main window? Your chosen zoom level is now remembered.

• Fixed an issue where Auto Assign could crash if an assignment had no eligible names (reported on GitHub).
• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet packages.

• Fixed an issue with Copy Special Event for dark mode users (Google Groups Discussion).
• Fixed an issue where the checkbox focus rectangle rendered incorrectly in dark mode. The bug only affected right‑aligned checkboxes.

• Added a Google Groups icon to the Social Icons panel, linking to the new support community at https://groups.google.com/g/meeting-schedule-assistant-support.
• Added new Additional Filters to the Public Talk Manager, providing quick toggle‑based options such as Has Media, Booked, Never Given, and Unassigned.
• Introduced Advanced Filters in the Public Talk Manager, enabling precise filtering by type (Date, Number, Text), operator (Equals, Contains, etc.), and value.
• Internal: Updated internal libraries (Scintilla version 5.6.0).
• Internal: Updated internal libraries (Lexilla version 5.4.7).

• Updated: Public Talk Manager now uses a menu button and supports bulk submission of updated talk information.
• Internal: Updated Google Calendar Interface NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools Library NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet packages.

• Sing Out Joyfully: Songs 1 and 79 are now available in Gujarati.
• Public Talks: Update Arabic outlines: 47, 63, 112 and 131.

• New Attendance Trends Report: Added a new interactive "Trends Chart" report. This report uses a dynamic line graph to visualize attendance patterns over time, featuring interactive tooltips that display specific figures when hovering over data points.
• Data Accuracy Optimization: Updated attendance reports and average calculations to automatically exclude meetings with zero attendance. This ensures that averages remain accurate and that trend charts are not skewed by missing data or cancelled meetings due to special events like the Memorial.

• Meeting Attendance: Added a new window featuring calendar-based date selection, automatic totals/averages, and integration with the Database Report Viewer.
• Database Report Viewer: Updated to support Meeting Attendance data, including a new dedicated tab, setup window, and two built-in reports (Averages by Month and Averages by Period).
• Sing Out Joyfully: Added Song 162 in Haitian Creole.. (Based on GitHub discussion)

• UI: Resolved an issue in dark mode where the focus rectangle was misaligned with the text labels.

• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet package to the latest version.

• Better dark mode handling when showing assignment conflicts in the Assignments Editor, improving clarity and readability.

• Sing Out Joyfully: Song 162 now available in Cinyanja. (Based on GitHub discussion)
• It is now possible to navigate between history weeks on the main application window.
• Internal: Updated internal libraries (Scintilla version 5.5.8).
• Internal: Updated internal libraries (Lexilla version 5.4.6).
• Internal: Updated Google Calendar Interface NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools NuGet Packages.

• Fixed: Resolved an issue where dark mode users were getting a dark background on printed output. This was caused by enabling WebView2’s “default background colour” feature to prevent the initial flash before the viewer initialized, which inadvertently made the dark background part of the printed content. The change has now been reverted — although the viewer may momentarily flash again, printed pages will display correctly.

• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet package.

• Sing Out Joyfully: Songs 51, 72, 85 and 88 are now available in Gujarati.
• You can now export data to the iCalendar (ICS) file format directly from both the Meeting Editor and Assignment Editor, making it easier to share schedules with external calendar applications.
• The Calendar Options window has been improved. A new Common Settings page has been added and is shared by all calendar features (such as Outlook, Google, and iCalendar).

• Resolved a bug that occurred during startup when reading the special event database. The "All Day" setting was not being processed correctly, which led the Meeting Editor to incorrectly indicate that special events had been updated.

• New Feature – Reset Meeting Assignments: A new option, Reset Meeting Assignments, has been added to the Edit menu in the Meeting Editor. This allows you to clear selected meeting assignments for one or more weeks — ideal for removing outdated or incorrect entries before rescheduling. For step-by-step guidance, refer to the  Reset Meeting Assignments instructions.
• New Feature – Check for Latest Schedule Info: You can now access the Check for Latest Schedule Information feature directly from the Help menu inside the Meeting Editor. This makes it easier to verify whether newer Meeting Workbook data is available to request — without switching back to the main window.
• Hebrew Support for S-89 (11/23 Edition): The S-89 template (November 2023 edition) is now available in Hebrew. To access it, please request the new template through the usual process.
• New Feature – Social Icons Panel: The Social Icons panel now includes a direct link to the Support Forum, making it easier to follow updates, share feedback, and connect with the community.
• Minor improvements for dark mode theme.

• Added a News and Articles feed to the main application window. This feature requires an active internet connection and displays the latest updates about Meeting Schedule Assistant, including version announcements and workbook availability. Key articles may be pinned for quick access.
• The main application window now features two grippers, giving you greater control over how the window is arranged. You can adjust the layout more flexibly to suit your preferences.
• Sing Out Joyfully: Song 162 now available in Saramaccan. (Based on GitHub discussion)
• Internal: Updated internal libraries. (Guideline Support Library version 4.2.0)
• Internal: Updated library. (Boost version 1.89.0)

• Added a new option to import publishers directly from a Deckhand CSV file. (Based on GitHub discussion)
• Sing Out Joyfully: Song 162 now available in many languages. (Based on GitHub discussion)
• Implemented partial Hebrew translation. Grateful thanks to our brother who reached out to provide and maintain this new translation.
• Fixed an issue with the Report Viewer where the view was not being updated whenever you changed the report mode or updated the report settings.
• Internal: Updated Google Calendar Interface NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated MSA Tools Library NuGet Packages.
• Internal: Updated WebView2 NuGet package.

Meeting Schedule Assistant 25.0