documentation/manual/source/menu_items.rst

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Menu Items
==========

The following are the menu items that are listed across the top of OpenLP.
There is a brief description or link for their intended purpose.

File
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|buttons_new| **New:** Creates a new service. :ref:`new_service`

|buttons_open| **Open:** Load an existing service. :ref:`new_service`

|buttons_save| **Save:** Saves your existing loaded service.

**Save As:** Saves your newly created service.

**Recent Files:** Displays your last files opened configurable here. :ref:`configure_ui`

  **Clear List:** Clears your recent files list.

**Import:** This provides the items you can import.

  **Settings:** Import your configurable settings from another computer.

  **Theme:** Import a theme that has been previously exported. :ref:`import_themes`

  **Song:** Import your songs previously exported. :ref:`import_songs`

  **Bible:** Import Bibles from another program, the internet or a previously 
  exported Bible from OpenLP. :ref:`import_bibles`

**Export:** Provides the items you can export.

  **Settings:** Export your configurable settings to a file to import to another
  computer.

  **Theme:** Export your theme. :ref:`export_themes`

  **Song:** Export your songs. :ref:`export_songs`

**Print Service:** Gives you the ability to print your service. :ref:`print_service`

|buttons_exit| **Exit:** Closes OpenLP. If there is an open service that has not 
  been saved you will be prompted to do so.

View
----

**Mode:** These three settings are optimized for setup and live display.

  **Default:** Displays all of the panels of OpenLP. 

  **Setup:** Displays Preview, :ref:`media-manager` and :ref:`creating_service`.

  **Live:** Displays the live panel and :ref:`creating_service`

Clicking on any of the next items will hide or show its respective panel.

|button_mediamanager| **Media Manager:** Hide or show :ref:`media-manager`.

|button_servicemanager| **Service Manager:** Hide or show :ref:`creating_service`.

|theme_new| **Theme Manager:** Hide or show :ref:`themes`.

**Preview Panel:** Hide or show the preview panel.

**Live Panel:** Hide or show the live panel.

**Lock Panels:** Using this lock will keep all your panel settings the way they 
  are when clicked, whether hidden or showing. Click this again to unlock the 
  panels.

Tools
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|buttons_open| **Open Data Folder:** You can access your OpenLP data here. 
  Your Bibles, songs, themes and other items are stored here. 
  
**Note:** It is possible to delete a Bible, theme or another resource you need. 
If anything is deleted in this folder it is not recoverable through OpenLP.

|button_rerun| **Re-run First Time Wizard:** This will bring up the dialog box 
  to run the first time wizard again. :ref:`wizard`

**Update Theme Images:** Changing screen resolution can have an affect on theme
  images. Use this to correct the images. 

|plugin_songs| **Re-index Songs:** This rebuilds the internal song indexes to 
  make them work following code corrections. You would generally use this after 
  a software upgrade.

**Song Usage Tracking:** Configure your song usage tracking. :ref:`song_usage`

  **Toggle Tracking:** Provides the means to turn song usage tracking on or off. 
  There will be a visible check mark if song usage tracking is on.

  **Extract Tracking Data:** Brings up a dialog box to extract song usage data.

  **Delete Tracking Data:** Brings up a dialog box to delete song usage data.

|plugin_alerts| **Alert:** Configure an alert. :ref:`alerts`

Settings
--------

|plugin_list| **Plugin List:** Provides the configurable settings to control 
  your plugin's. :ref:`plugin_list` 

**Language:** You can choose another language here or leave it on Autodetect.

|button_tag| **Configure Formatting Tags:** Provides the configurable settings 
  for formatting tags. :ref:`formatting-tags`

|button_settings| **Configure Shortcuts:** Provides the configurable settings 
  for shortcuts. :ref:`shortcuts`

|button_configure| **Configure OpenLP:** Provides the configurable   settings 
  for OpenLP. :ref:`configure`

Help
----

**Online Help:** This is a direct link to OpenLP's operating manual.

**Web Site:** This is a direct link to OpenLP's web site.

**About:** Provides information, credits and license for OpenLP.


.. These are all the image templates that are used in this page.

.. |BUTTONS_NEW| image:: pics/buttons_new.png

.. |BUTTONS_OPEN| image:: pics/buttons_open.png

.. |BUTTONS_SAVE| image:: pics/service_save.png

.. |BUTTONS_EXIT| image:: pics/buttons_exit.png

.. |THEME_NEW| image:: pics/theme_new.png

.. |BUTTON_RERUN| image:: pics/button_rerun.png

.. |PLUGIN_ALERTS| image:: pics/plugin_alerts.png

.. |PLUGIN_SONGS| image:: pics/plugin_songs.png

.. |PLUGIN_LIST| image:: pics/plugin_list.png

.. |BUTTON_CONFIGURE| image:: pics/button_configure.png

.. |BUTTON_SETTINGS| image:: pics/configure_shortcuts_config.png

.. |BUTTON_TAG| image:: pics/button_tag.png

.. |BUTTON_MEDIAMANAGER| image:: pics/button_mediamanager.png

.. |BUTTON_SERVICEMANAGER| image:: pics/button_servicemanager.png