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Logbook Pro July 2011 Newsletter:
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Announcing Logbook Pro for Android |
NC Software is proud to announce the immediate
availability of Logbook Pro for Android. Logbook
Pro for Android is a FREE app available now on the
Android Market. If you have a device (phone or
tablet) with Android OS 2.2 or later, go to the
Android Market and get your free app now.
Logbook Pro for Android is hands down the best pilot
logbook software for Google's Android powered
devices. Logbook Pro brings you the most popular,
reliable, trusted, and proven electronic flight
logbook software for pilots used in the aviation
community for over a decade. Logbook Pro enables you
to track your Certificates, Ratings, Medicals,
Flight Reviews, Historical data, and Flights (actual
or sim) and view detailed and extensive reports.
Import airline schedules and integrate your device's
calendar for reminder notifications and scheduling
deconfliction.
Features:
* Efficient user interface and pleasant
user-experience
* High contrast color scheme making data easy to
read and less fatiguing
* Track Certificates, Ratings, History Items
(Medicals, Flight Reviews, etc.)
* Track actual and sim flights
* See when expiring events (History Items) expire
instantly on your device
* Calculate duration from OUT-IN or TAKEOFF-LAND
times with the tap of a button
* View powerful and comprehensive reports generated
by Logbook Pro PC edition right on your device
* Show currency status with colored marker flags
indicating current or expired
* View your details summary bar report
* Analyze complete logbook statistics with both
totals and percentages
* View FAR 121 limitations with colored markers
(requires Logbook Pro Professional Edition or
higher)
* View FAR 135 limitations with colored markers
(requires Logbook Pro Professional Edition or
higher)
* Auto-enter the duration value in other time fields
with a single tap
* Customizable cascading time entries for Out,
Takeoff, Landing, and In making flight entry quick
and easy
* New flight entries can default with prior flight
entry data for rapid flight log entry
* Customize the layout to declutter display showing
only fields you need
* Advanced synchronization with your My Sync portal
at
nc-software.com/sync
* Fully automated synchronization both on the PC
side and device side keeps your device and PC
updated effortlessly
* Device uses colors to identify current and
overdue, synchronized or not. No need to purge, the
device manages your data smartly
* Instant filter in each data area to show: All
Data, Not Yet Synchronized, Synchronized
* Free form route entry allows a single entry for
the entire day; no hassle with picking or searching
for airports
* AutoFill makes populating common time fields a
breeze
* Track multiple approaches of each type for each
flight
* Log "By Leg" or "By Day" allowing you to collate
your entire day into a single flight log entry
* Import Airline Schedules from your personal cloud
storage at
http://nc-software.com/schedule
* Integrate with your device calendar
* Password protect your app from unwanted access
* High speed, efficient database design for reliable
and responsive operations
* Quick increment buttons to easily add/subtract
values for fields such as landings, approaches, etc.
* Extremely customizable with a plethora of options
to make the app into what you need
Resources:
✦ Documentation:
http://nc-software.com/docs/android
✦ Cloud Sync documentation:
http://nc-software.com/docs/sync
Notes & Requirements:
✦ This app is not a stand-alone logbook, it is
designed to work in tandem with Logbook Pro PC
edition
✦ This app is not APDL, it is our general aviation
product "Logbook Pro" with features to help airline
pilots such as FAR 121 reports and schedule
importing
✦ Logbook Pro PC edition version 1.11.2 or later
required (activation is not required)
✦ Synchronization with Logbook Pro PC edition
enabled through our cloud synchronization system.
Each device gets a free 30 day subscription, use of
the cloud synchronization system after 30 days
requires a subscription. For more details see
http://nc-software.com/cloudsync
✦ Schedule Importing requires a separate
subscription. Visit
http://nc-software.com/si to subscribe
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Oshkosh Sale - now thru Sunday (7/31) midnight EST |
If you follow us on
Facebook or
Twitter you know we throw "social networking"
sales from time to time. To honor EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh we posted a sale on
Facebook a few days ago. Visit our
Facebook page to find the details and if you
hurry you can take advantage of this special offer
before it runs out on Sunday, 7/31 midnight eastern
(GMT-4). Be sure to LIKE us on Facebook or
follow us on Twitter so you're informed of our
special sales for those that follow us.
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Airline Schedule Importer 8.4 Released |
NC Software is proud to announce a significant update to the airline schedule importer -
version 8.4. Version 8.4 adds a new timezone feature for pilot's with trip data in a fixed timezone other than the prior two options of LOCAL and UTC. As pictured below a third option "Custom" is now available where you can specify the timezone of the trip data. The airline schedule importer converts data used for integrations such as Logbook Pro for iPhone, iPad, and Android to UTC which can then be used for calendar integrations and custom time zone options. As described on the schedule importer portal, if LOCAL is specified, each destination OUT and IN time will be converted to the respective timezone based on the airport identifier associated. UTC data will have no conversion applied, and CUSTOM will convert from the user specified timezone to UTC.
If you have any questions or problems using the
schedule importer,
click here and submit a support ticket. We
will gladly and promptly assist you with using this
invaluable tool for airline pilots. |
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Using the new date/time pickers in Logbook Pro 1.11.7 |
In
Logbook Pro 1.11.7 we changed the date and time
controls in the block time (takeoff/landing or
out/in) input system due to issues with some
international Windows configurations. We
received several inquiries regarding the use of the
date/time input system as it is different from the
prior system as far as keyboard integration.
The new system is just as easy to use, you just need
to learn the new keyboard integration.
For the date element, you can click the drop down
button to display a calendar to select a date.
As with most calendar drop downs and controls you
can quickly change the month and year by clicking
the caption in the header of the calendar.
Another selector will appear allowing you to quickly
change month and year values. However, you can
quickly just type in the date without having to
press TAB to move between sections. When you
enter the date separator / the cursor will advance
to the next section. For example as shown
above, if you simply type 7/24/2011 you can enter
the date just as shown, i.e. 7 then / then 24 then /
then 2011. It's that easy!
As to the time element, you can click in a time
section of hours or minutes and use the up/down
arrows. However, just like the date editor you
can simply type 10 and then : and then 33 and the :
will advance you to the next section.
Both date and time have both + / - keys as well as
up and down arrow keys setup to also allow you to
rapidly change values up or down by using either of
these keyboard options.
If you didn't realize you can enter Out, Takeoff,
Landing, and In times, the columns are hidden by
default. When in the spreadsheet log area
simply right-click in the data area and choose
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Latest Knowledgebase Articles |
If you have questions on how to do something or
something doesn't seem to be working just right, be
sure to check out our
support page which will guide you to valuable
resources such as the
Knowledgebase. The
Help Desk
home page has a nice listing of both most viewed
KB articles as well as recently added KB articles.
Browse these as well to show you what's new or most
active by other users.
Here are a few of the most popular and recent
articles:
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End of Life - Logbook Pro Palm and Pocket PC Companions |
| With the release of Logbook Pro for
iPhone,
iPad, and
Android we will be discontinuing sales and
support for "Logbook Pro PDA Companion" for Palm OS
and Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) effective December
31, 2011. This does NOT affect APDL for Palm
and Pocket PC. We will continue those products
until APDL for iPhone and Android are released at a
later date. |
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Hiding columns you don't need in the spreadsheet log
data entry area |
From time to time we see users "hiding" columns by
sizing them to minimum width in the spreadsheet
log data area. This is NOT the way to hide
columns in Logbook Pro. As shown above, there
is a system to allow you to actually hide columns or
even rename the column headings (captions) as
desired. To access this system you can
right-click in the spreadsheet log display area and
choose "Configure Display..." from the popup menu or
go to Options/Flight Log and click the Display
Config button. To learn more
click here.
If you want to reset your layout and start over with
a fresh layout (your data will not be affected)
click here
for a KB article on how to reset your data area
layout. |
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Product |
Version |
| Logbook Pro PC
Edition |
1.11.7 |
| Logbook Pro Universal
App for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad |
2.3.4 |
| Logbook Pro for
Android |
1.0.1 |
| Logbook Pro Palm
Companion |
1.10.5 |
| Logbook Pro Pocket
PC Companion |
1.10.16 |
| Airline Pilot's
Daily Aviation Logbook - Palm OS |
6.0.4 |
| Airline Pilot's
Daily Aviation Logbook - Pocket PC |
6.1.4 |
| FlightCentral Route
Browser |
2.2 |
| Airline Schedule
Importer |
8.4 |
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