Gospel Library for Windows 10 Version 4.0.0.0

We are excited to announce the release of Gospel Library for Windows 10, version 4.0.0.0. In this release, we’ve entirely rewritten the application and redesigned it from the ground up to build upon and improve your gospel study. We have added countless new features and improved others, all while making the app more powerful and easier to use. This update to the application is now rolling out to all Windows 10 users via the Windows Store. It can sometimes take up to a day for all regions to receive Windows Store updates. If you aren't seeing the update when visiting the Store, check back in a little while.

If you encounter issues, be sure to send feedback to us via the Send feedback link in the Settings pane at Settings > About > Send feedback.

New and Improved Features
Tags - Gospel Library for Windows now supports tags! You can add a tag by going to the Annotations ribbon, clicking the tag icon, and adding as many tags as you like! You can also add a tag to any note when editing your note, or when you first create your note.

Links - You can add a link in Gospel Library for Windows by selecting text you'd like to link, then clicking the Link button in the Annotations ribbon. Then, navigate to where you'd like to link, and select it. Choose the "Link to <PLACE>" option in the ribbon. Your link is now created!

Role-Based Content - Users of the app that need access to calling-specific content, like Handbook 1, are now able to see, open, and use relevant role-based content.

Editing Highlights and Underlines - It's now possible and easy to edit the color, style, and size of your highlights and underlines. Select text with the highlight you'd like to edit, then press the hint bubble to bring up the context menu. If only one highlight is in the selection, you will see it appear with options in the context menu. If there are more than one, a Multiple Highlights option will appear to allow you to select the marking you want to edit.

Download All and Download Section - Windows now allows you to download all of the books in your current language in Gospel Library with only a few clicks instead of a few thousand! To download a section, right click (or long press) on its cover on the home page, then click "Download Section." To use Download All, press the more button (it looks like three dots) on the right side of the Home ribbon and click "Download All".

Notebooks - Gospel Library for Windows now also allows you to create notebooks, view content in your notebooks, and add annotations to existing notebooks via the new annotations pane!

Tabs at the Top - The tabs feature has become distinctly more tab-like, allowing you to make use of browser-like tabs to quickly and easily flip between open pages of Gospel Content.

Multi-Window Support - You can now have as many Gospel Library windows open at a time as you need so that you can be more flexible in your studies.

Open Reference in New Tab or Window - In addition to the very tab-like tabs, you can now also open references to other materials in a new tab or window by right-clicking or pressing and holding on a reference, then choosing "open in new tab" or "open in new window".

Sheet Music - The sheet music feature has returned, now available in more languages than ever before.

Immersive Mode - With a double tap or double click, you can send the interface away, giving you extra reading space and allowing you to focus on what you're reading.

Breadcrumbs - The new omnibox in Gospel Library for Windows breadcrumbs your trail for you, allowing you to step back through any part of your library journey instantly. Further, you can use the arrows next to each part of the breadcrumbs to jump into a different part of the library quickly. You can also use the omnibox as a quick search to find whatever book or chapter you're looking for.

Custom Themes - We now have a host of custom themes at your disposal in the settings menu. In addition to being able to match your system accent color, you can select a color from a list of fifty colors to customize the look of the application.

No more confusing radial menu - We listened to your complaints about the radial menu, the circle many people dreaded and too few people were able to figure out. In its place are the new ribbons and a new, easy-to-use context menu to allow you to get marking faster than ever before!

New Content Source - This new version of Gospel Library for Windows consumes a new source for its content, meaning it will always have the exact same content as the iOS and Android versions of Gospel Library. This also means that limitations caused by older content, like not being able to mark bulleted or numbered lists, content in tables, and other miscellaneous content, no longer exist. You can mark it all!

Rich Note Formatting - Gospel Library for Windows now also includes a new note editor that provides the ability for you to use bold and italics formatting, as well as bulleted and numbered lists in your notes. Further, you can now include extra spaces between paragraphs to your heart's content. That same note editor offers the ability to add tags and include your notes in any notebook or notebooks of your choosing.

Journal Entries - You can now create a new journal entry from the Journals Entries section of the Annotations pane and write your spiritual impressions as they come to you, no matter what you're studying.

Printing - Basic printing is now available in the application. You can print the content of a chapter or article by pressing the more (...) menu on the right side of the Home ribbon and clicking "Print". At this time, notes, highlights, and other annotations are not printed by the application.

Highlight Color Sets - You can now chose from one of six different sets of highlight colors so that your highlights and underlines appear in a way that is most helpful for you—whether brighter or softer.

New, Detailed Help and Tips - A brand new help guide has been written for Gospel Library for Windows 10 that offers help on each of the features of the application and offers tips on how to best take advantage of the tools Gospel Library for Windows 10 offers.

References Pane - An old friend made new again, the references pane and a new lower snap mode for references allow users to skim through a chapter's references with ease. The new references pane also keeps scrolled in sync with you as you read.

Interface Languages - We've made great progress with translating the app's interface into five key languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German. We've also had a pair of volunteer contributors help us make Gospel Library for Windows 10 the first version of Gospel Library to support Hungarian. We'll continue to add more languages as contributions allow. If you'd like to help translate the app into your native language, please contact support through the Send feedback option in Settings > About > Send feedback.

While we hope you enjoy this release we want to make you aware that we are still working on more improvements. As before, the application is developed and maintained by volunteers. This release represents thousands of volunteer hours. If you would like to participate in furthering the development of Gospel Library for Windows 10, you can join us at the Gospel Library Windows project at tech.lds.org/projects.

Great news!

hi this is paul faucheux when ever I launch the app while using jaws for windows or any screen reading software after the first successful attempt at launching the app I find that the app crashes while any screen reading software is running this is really true with jaws for windows. after the first launch of the app the app crashes when closed and then launched. also the buttons are not read by jaws in other words the state of toggle buttons are not shown as being on or off to the screen reader

I installed the App from Windows Store. After installation I tried to launch it, but it would not work. It brings the screen with Moroni and freezes up.

PoghosyanV wrote:I installed the App from Windows Store. After installation I tried to launch it, but it would not work. It brings the screen with Moroni and freezes up.

Are you running the app on a phone? If so, see this thread: https://tech.lds.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=29093
The current version of the app is optimized for tablets and desktop computers. Phones aren't fully supported yet but will be soon.

Am unsuccessful running the new Gospel Library for Windows 10 on my PC. When I try to go into any of my bookmarks, I get an error window chock full of SQL Lite errors. Puts me in a stand-still

I am having the same experience as others have mentioned. Two years ago I downloaded the mobile app from the Windows store for my Surface tablet and it has worked fine until 2 days ago. Now the app builds to the page with the Angel Moroni and then it freezes. Please help me with this issue.

Thank you.
Lisa

jimnilson and varner4,

If you haven't already, visit the Settings app in Windows and ensure that your devices are up to date, running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update or newer. (Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates). You'll want to ensure that your devices are running build 14393.x or 15063.x (check at Settings > System > About).

If you are running the most recent version of Windows 10, try resetting the app back to initial installation status:

1. Open the settings app.
2. Search for Apps and features and tap or click it.
3. Find Gospel Library in the list of installed apps and features.
4. Click on Gospel Library.
5. When the options expand, select "Advanced options". (If you don't have this option, you need to go back to updating Windows, as you are NOT running either the Anniversary Update or the Creators Update.)
6. Tap or click Reset.
7. Wait a moment, then relaunch the app.
8. At this point, you should be able to go through the initial startup process.

So, which app should I be using-the Gospel Library App or the Gospel Library Beta App? I've been using the beta app. Thanks!

mlz01 wrote:So, which app should I be using-the Gospel Library App or the Gospel Library Beta App? I've been using the beta app. Thanks!

At present, either you'd like to, as they're mostly identical right now. However, if you'd rather have a more solid, stable experience, you'll want to stick to the non-beta app in the future. If you'd like to see new features as they are added and maybe have to deal with some new bugs as we test to prepare the app's upcoming features to everyone, the beta is what you'll want.

Apparently Gospel Library updated and now with my Surface Pro (1) I am not able to use it. Same issue as many others, just locks on a picture of Moroni when starting the app. I does not work on my windows build. I tried to upgrade my windows build version but limited memory precludes this so I am out of the loop with the gospel library. Wish you still had an older version up for download.

PoghosyanV wrote:I installed the App from Windows Store. After installation I tried to launch it, but it would not work. It brings the screen with Moroni and freezes up.

I have the exact same problem. I updated my windows 10 and my surface tells me I am up to date 1511..
I have reinstalled the app a number of times with no success getting beyond the Moroni screen.
When I go to the apps, there are two options move or uninstall...
what is it that I am doing wrong? or what setting am I missing?

Apparently Gospel Library updated and now with my Surface Pro (1) I am not able to use it. Same issue as many others, just locks on a picture of Moroni when starting the app. I does not work on my windows build. I tried to upgrade my windows build version but limited memory precludes this so I am out of the loop with the gospel library. Wish you still had an older version up for download.

Have you tried downloading the update from Microsoft's website at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10 instead of from Windows Update? It doesn't require nearly as much space and makes it much easier to update on devices without a lot of space. I was able to update my HP Stream 7 (a device with only 32GB storage, 1GB memory (RAM)) using this particular method.

I have the exact same problem. I updated my windows 10 and my surface tells me I am up to date 1511..
I have reinstalled the app a number of times with no success getting beyond the Moroni screen.
When I go to the apps, there are two options move or uninstall...
what is it that I am doing wrong? or what setting am I missing?

Windows 10 version 1511 is not up-to-date, but coming up on two years behind (it came out in November of 2015). The current version of Windows 10 is 1703, with 1709 just around the corner. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1 ... on_history

You'll need to update to at least the Anniversary update until we're able to identify what is causing the app to fail for pre-Anniversary Update users and issue a fix. Frankly, it's a good idea to update anyway. The updater at the link below should help you move your device to the Windows 10 Creators Update (1703):

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwar ... /windows10

With the latest update of Gospel Library I can now see Handbook 1 in the library but when i try to download it, I get an error.

There was a problem downloading "Handbook 1: Stake Presidents and Bishops".
Inner Message: EOCDNotFound. For more information, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=623485
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0x9cac14
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x353fa2
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x353a0e
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x38387a
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xa6f4b4
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x353fa2
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x353a0e
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x38387a
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xa1ff15
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x3c2c09
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x35369a

I tried to send feedback from the app but it just takes me to the default search screen in my browser. And FYI I am 1st Counsellor in the Bishopric and should have access.

This error occurs when the download has been damaged in some way. Try downloading the book again, on a different WiFi connection if possible.

I tried to send feedback from the app but it just takes me to the default search screen in my browser.

This means that, for whatever reason, your computer has your browser set as your default email client. Likely, it's Chrome, as it's the only browser I've seen do this (incredibly dumb) move. (To be clear, it was Chrome that changed your default mail client at some point, not you.) You can change the default email client to something else (like Outlook Mail) in the settings app. The link below should be helpful:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing ... indows-10/

I am having language problems with one video (that I know of - I have tried some others and they worked correctly). When I played the video about Sister Madsen in the "Love those you teach" lesson, (Teaching in the Savior's Way) it changed languages on me - very embarrassing since it happened in Teacher Council meeting. It worked fine the night before. In class, I opened Gospel Library, then clicked on "Lessons", then on "Teaching in the Savior's Way" and finally the lesson on "Love Those You Teach". I scrolled down to the video, clicked the Play button, then full screen and flipped the screen around facing the class. I'm not sure what language it was, but it wasn't English.

The button at the top of the window says English. I went into settings and set the App Language to English (United States). I checked Windows settings and it was set to English (United States). If I click on the link to play it from LDS.org, it plays in English.

I have tried deleting "Teaching in the Savior's Way" and reloading it.

I have an Acer Aspire R7 laptop (Aspire R7-572), running Windows 10 Home. Version 10.0.14393 Build 14393. The Gospel Library version is 4.0.6.0..

Replied via email, but I'll echo my response here:

The video itself has a few segments, beginning partway through, that are not in English, including some that appear to be in an Asian language, and a segment in Spanish. These are all subtitled, with those speaking speaking in their native tongue. The video is presented using these same segments at LDS.org.

You may be looking at another video. There are two that are tagged "Love Those You Teach". The one I'm having trouble with is the one showing Sister Ann Madsen talking about standing at the door after class and telling each student that she loved them. A few seconds into the video, a red screen comes up that says "Teaching, No Greater Call".

It was indeed a different video with the same name. Thank you for the additional information. I was able to go back in and research the issue. Apparently, there's a problem with the content being provided to the Gospel Library applications, as both the Android and iOS versions also play the video in another language. Interestingly, LDS.org places this video on its own page, though in Gospel Library it appears at the bottom of the page with the rest of the content. As we volunteers on the Windows team don't develop the application (a dedicated internal team at the Church does), we won't be able to fix this issue.

ToManyLetters wrote:As we volunteers on the Windows team don't develop the application (a dedicated internal team at the Church does), we won't be able to fix this issue.

Did you mean to say "content"?

how do you download media like videos. i dont see that option anymore. im running version 4.0.7.0 and windows 10 pro.

russellhltn wrote:

ToManyLetters wrote:As we volunteers on the Windows team don't develop the application (a dedicated internal team at the Church does), we won't be able to fix this issue.

Did you mean to say "content"?

I did indeed. What a typo. That's what I get for trying to respond right while racing out the door to Church.

LanceLenhart wrote:how do you download media like videos. i dont see that option anymore. im running version 4.0.7.0 and windows 10 pro.

Version 2 never had the feature in an capacity. Videos that are not embedded into the content (like a video of a general conference talk) can be downloaded via the download arrow in the Media ribbon (at the top of the screen).

are they never going to have that option for downloading media like in the lessons? that needs to be added. that is a great feature in the phone app and the website.

Does this have the narrator on it? I cant find it.

LanceLenhart wrote:are they never going to have that option for downloading media like in the lessons? that needs to be added. that is a great feature in the phone app and the website.

Unlike GL for iOS and Android, the Windows version is a 100% volunteer effort. It's behind, but they intend not just to get on par, but to pass the other versions. But it will take time.

moakesharon1 wrote:Does this have the narrator on it? I cant find it.

It does, though the media ribbon won't appear if you're running a severely out of date version of Windows 10. The media ribbon appears between the Annotate and View ribbons at the top of the screen.

In a Windows installation (Surface Pro 2017, installed the 'standard version, not the beta), how do you 'escape' from immersive mode? I double click to ENTER immersive mode, but don't know how to EXIT out of it without exiting the entire application. I've tried double-clicking again, escape, clicking on the title bar, several gestures, etc. Can't find anything that's intuitive to me. Any help?

Thanks
-Scott

Double clicking does indeed get you back out of immersive mode. Just make sure that when you're double clicking, you're doing it in the content (what you're reading) rather than the outer UI portion of the app.

ToManyLetters wrote:jimnilson and varner4,

If you haven't already, visit the Settings app in Windows and ensure that your devices are up to date, running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update or newer. (Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Check for updates). You'll want to ensure that your devices are running build 14393.x or 15063.x (check at Settings > System > About).

If you are running the most recent version of Windows 10, try resetting the app back to initial installation status:

1. Open the settings app.
2. Search for Apps and features and tap or click it.
3. Find Gospel Library in the list of installed apps and features.
4. Click on Gospel Library.
5. When the options expand, select "Advanced options". (If you don't have this option, you need to go back to updating Windows, as you are NOT running either the Anniversary Update or the Creators Update.)
6. Tap or click Reset.
7. Wait a moment, then relaunch the app.
8. At this point, you should be able to go through the initial startup process.

Will this delete all my notes and annotations?

With this latest update I can no longer access data in any book. It lets me open the book but when I select a chapter it takes me back out of the book.
I can't update to the latest version of windows 10 because of limited disk space. Is there anything I can do?

I just noticed a grammatical error in a note I had taken, so I opened to edit and change, but now it was updated to show the date of the edit, not the day that I originally made the note. Is there a way to find any version history to tell when I originally made the note?

21bmedic wrote:I just noticed a grammatical error in a note I had taken, so I opened to edit and change, but now it was updated to show the date of the edit, not the day that I originally made the note. Is there a way to find any version history to tell when I originally made the note?

The date created is stored with each Gospel Library annotation, but isn't currently visible to the user. So, even though it's not displayed, it's still there, and could be made visible in a future app update if it becomes a priority (if it's any consolation).

Throws error on loading. And this time it does not give option to send a report, but just to copy this:

The link is broken or the content may be unavailable.
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xf79e1c
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xf8f669
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xfc1bb5
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x54529b
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xfc14be
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x54529b
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xfbc210
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x54529b
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0x140828c
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5ce0
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c68
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4d5c27
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x54529b
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0x140f876
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x65496e
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4f5158
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4f54bc
at SharedLibrary!<BaseAddress>+0x4a0ad0
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xf2fb48
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0xf2fa84
at Microsoft.HockeyApp.Extensibility.Windows.UnhandledExceptionTelemetryModule.CoreApplication_UnhandledErrorDetected(Object sender, ApplicationModel.Core.UnhandledErrorDetectedEventArgs e)
at System.EventHandler<System.Threading.Tasks.UnobservedTaskExceptionEventArgs>.Invoke(Object sender, Threading.Tasks.UnobservedTaskExceptionEventArgs e)
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0x102b566
at GospelLibrary.UI!<BaseAddress>+0x102bd1f

I don't remember what I had opened before that could cause this on loading. I first thought it's because I had no internet connection.

App has worked fine for quite some time, then last week I cannot open it. I have unistalled repeatedly, done reset, tried this on normal and beta. I cannot open it, it crashes a few seconds after trying to sign in. I'm on Windows 10.0.14393 Build 14393.

@shawnsalisbury please check out beta 4.2.3 or prod 4.2.4 and let us know if you still have the issue.

4.2.4 fixed it, great thanks!!

Hi! So I just recently installed this app on my Windows 10 PC and it was working just fine for a while but then suddenly out of nowhere it doesn't open the app; specifically it stays stuck on the load screen and it usually finishes loading everything (the green checkmarks are in place) but it doesn't go beyond that. I have tried both resetting and uninstalling/reinstalling the app several times, which works on the first startup, but then the next time I launch the app, it doesn't open completely and gets stuck on the loading screen. Is there any way to fix this so I don't have to keep resetting it? This issue first started happening when upon launching it said there was a catalog update, yet after saying it had successfully loaded the catalog update, it stayed stuck on that screen and it's been having problems ever since. Thanks so much!

So I had a problem this morning trying to book mark a lesson I wanted to book mark Aaronic Priesthood/priesthood and priesthood keys/what does it mean to sustain church leaders? and instead it book marks "why do we have adversity? I reset the application and it didn't correct the problem. What do I do?

@ smallen5 I just tried to bookmark the content you wanted however for me it worked just fine.

I am on the latest version of the app. Have you tried deleting the bookmark and trying again? What device were you using and what app version?
are you able to reproduce the issue again?
Thanks!

I would like to download the scriptures that I have tagged for a specific subject- i.e. for the topic of "guilt" I would like to download to a Word document all the scriptures and references I have tagged under "guilt". I don't see how to easily do that. I could go to each scripture reference and copy and paste into a document, but that seems like too much work. Please enlighten me.