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+Here Ive tried to collect all the bugfixes and stable new features added
+since 1.1.1
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+* Keyword, Title and Author searches sped up.
+* Bugfix for borrower insert script.
+* Bugfix for writing off fines.
+* Budget breakdown in acquisitions is created on the fly (as opposed to written to an include)
+* Lots of tidy ups in the search module
+* Fixed display of reserves, on members and detail screens
+* Bugfix for manual invoices
+* Bugfix for catalogue maintenance
+* Tidied up decimal places for item costs
+* Bugfix to update group script
+* New Feature - Can restrict a keyword search to a dewey number
+* New Feature - Modify a borrower who is a guarantor causes relevant changes to be made to all their guarntees
+* Bug fix for combined author and title search (wasnt picking up series title)
+* Bugfix for reserve handling and charges
+* New Feature - Class search
+* New Feature - Dewey search
+* New Feature - Deleting borrowers checks their accounts for reserves, issues and fines
+* New Feature - translation script translator/
+* New Feature - Reading record, can be sorted by title or author, or date
+* New Feature - Simple acquisitions module