Since Universalis contains text in two languages (plus Greek), it seems worth setting out our house style in detail.
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-ise and -ize
Posted by universalis on 8 August 2011
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New American Bible
Posted by universalis on 24 July 2009
After many months of negotiation and thorough proof-reading, we are now able to provide the New American Bible texts for the readings at Mass, with the permission of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.
For copyright reasons the NAB texts are not viewable on the Universalis web site. They are included in all the Universalis downloads and in the Universalis application for the iPhone.
Liturgy of the Hours: the Scripture readings continue to use the Jerusalem Bible only.
Readings at Mass: If you are using one of the USA local liturgical calendars, you have a choice between the Jerusalem Bible and the New American Bible. In most versions, this choice appears on the Calendars page that lets you select the local calendar. In the iPhone application, there is a separate Settings page that lets you choose your translation.
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St Mary Magdalen and different readings
Posted by universalis on 22 July 2009
Two people have asked why their missals show Song of Songs 3:1-4 and 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 as First Readings for today, while Universalis shows Exodus 16:1-5,9-15.
The answer is that the fact that the missals and Lectionary print those readings doesn’t mean that they should actually ever be used.
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Daytime hours now available
Posted by universalis on 6 July 2009
The daytime hours are Terce (mid-morning), Sext (midday), and None (afternoon). Collectively they are known as the Little Hours, because they are short prayer breaks for the working day.
These hours are now available on the Universalis web site. If you are using the downloaded Universalis programs, you can get a free update here.
If you are using the Universalis application on the iPhone or iPod Touch, the latest version of the software (1.30) contains a slightly simplified version of these hours. The next version is on the way and should be with you in a couple of weeks: you will be notified automatically when it is ready, and given an opportunity to download it free of charge.
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Daytime hours coming soon
Posted by universalis on 10 June 2009
The “Little Hours” will appear in Universalis soon: Terce for mid-morning, Sext at midday, and None in the middle of the afternoon.
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Narrower banners for webmasters
Posted by universalis on 31 May 2009
Someone asked us if we could make the Universalis banner narrower so that she could fit it at the side of her blog. Something like this:
So now, as you see, we have. You can choose your own banner width, within reason (because the banners don’t get any deeper as they get narrower). Instructions are here.
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Pasting into Word
Posted by universalis on 6 February 2009
If you copy and paste the contents of a Universalis page (for example, Vespers) from Microsoft Internet Explorer to Microsoft Word, then you will find that the leftmost half an inch of each psalm is missing. This is a Microsoft bug. If you use a different web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, you will not have the problem.
Here are two ways of working round this problem.
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New layout
Posted by universalis on 5 February 2009
We’ve changed the layout of the daily Liturgy pages to make them clearer. We have tested the changes on several browsers, and they should work correctly on AvantGo as well.
If you have any problems displaying the new layout, please let us know by following the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of every Universalis page.
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Antiphons added!
Posted by universalis on 26 January 2009
I’ve now added the antiphons to the Divine Office. There are over 2,000 of them. You’ll find them attached to the psalms in Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, and the Office of Readings; also to the Benedictus in Morning Prayer and the Magnificat in Evening Prayer. This makes Universalis more complete.
If you’re looking at the web site, you can see the antiphons now. The downloadable Universalis will be updated soon – when that’s been done, an announcement will be sent to the mailing list and I’ll post a blog entry here as well.
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Universalis has been updated
Posted by universalis on 2 November 2008
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Electric Prayer 