diff --git a/.bzrignore b/.bzrignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..378eac2 --- /dev/null +++ b/.bzrignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +build diff --git a/manual/source/creating_service.rst b/manual/source/creating_service.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c76f57a --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/source/creating_service.rst @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +Creating a service +================== + +Now that you have OpenLP set up the way you want, it is time to put it to use. + +Everything you need to display will be in the left panel called *Media Manager* +under their respective categories. Using the media manager you will load new +Media, Songs, Images, Bibles, or create a Custom slide as discussed earlier under +`Adding Media Content `_. + +On the right side of your screen at the top is Service Manager. Anything you +want to display should be in the Service Manager and preferably in the order you +want to display it. To add your media you can click on the item, hold and drag +your selection from the Media Manager over to the Service Manager or, after +clicking the media or verse you want to use, click the + sign above. This will +add your media to the service side at the bottom. Once it is in the Service +Manager you can click on your item and drag and drop it in the order you want or, +click the item and use the arrows below to move it up or down in the order you +want. + +Displaying an Item +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When you have all of your items needed for the service in your Service Manager +there are a few ways to get them to display on the screen. You can double-click +the item, click it once with the mouse and push the Enter key on your keyboard +or, click it once with the mouse and click on the projector at the bottom of the +Service Manager. Any of these methods will display your item on the screen. When +your item is displayed, it will appear in the Live windows just to the left of +the Service Manager. + +Moving through a Service +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Once you have your first item displayed live you can move through the service in +a couple of ways. You can double-click on each item you need displayed or, click +it once and press enter. If your songs, verses, etc. are in the order you will +be displaying them, you can use the Right Arrow key on your keyboard to move +down through your service. Pressing the Left Arrow key will move up through the +service. Every time you press the Left or Right Arrow key the next item will be +displayed. + +Moving through a Song or Bible verses +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When you display a song or Bible verse with multiple verses you will need to +move through them. When a song or verse is being displayed you will see the +lyrics at the top in the Live window and how it actually appears on your display +in the bottom Live window. To change slides you can use your mouse to click on +each slide in the top Live window, use the left and right arrows under the top +Live window or, use the Down Arrow to move down through the song or verses. +Using the Up Arrow will move you from bottom to top. Page Up and Page Down will +do the same thing. + +Adding a group of Images +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +At some point you may have a group of images to display together. It may be +pictures from a youth group adventure, bulletin announcements, or some other +reason. Once you add your images to the Media Manager hold the Ctrl key on your +keyboard and click each image you want to add as group. As you click the images +they will remain highlighted. When you are done with your selections you can +either click the + sign above the images or, click on one of the highlighted +images, hold the mouse button and drag them over to the Service Manager side and +place them where you need them. If you do not like the order the images are in, +right click Images and left click Reorder Item. From this box you will be able +to rearrange the order of your images by clicking on one and using the up and +down arrows to move it to where you want it. If there is an image you do not +want in your order, click on it and then click the :guilabel:`Delete` button. +When you are done arranging your images click :guilabel:`Save`. If you need to +add another image from the Media Manager to your group of images, left click the +image you want to add and hold the mouse button and drag it over your group of +Images and release the mouse button. You will be given two options, +:guilabel:`Add New Item` and :guilabel:`Add to Selected Item`. If you click +:guilabel:`Add New Item` your image will be separate from your group of images +as another item. If you click :guilabel:`Add to Selected Item` your image will +be added to your group of images. + +Using the Continuous Loop Timer +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Once you have a group of images you can easily cycle through them by using the +Live Controller Bar timer in between the Live panes. Adjust the time delay for +the seconds in between each image by adjusting the second timer. Just to the +left of the second timer is the button to start the images looping. Click it +once to start the continuous loop and once to stop it. You can also use the +keyboard shortcut "L" to start and stop the continuous loop. The timer will also +cycle through Bible verses or song lyrics. + +Using the "Blank to" Control +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +On the live controller bar in between the live windows are three options to +Blank your screen. Clicking on the down arrow next to the blank button will show +you your three options. + +`Blank Screen` Choosing this option will blank your projector to black like it +was shut off. The shortcut for this option is "." (period on your keyboard +without quotations). + +`Blank to Theme` Choosing this option will show your blank theme only without +lyrics or verses. If you are blanking a song with an assigned theme it will blank +to that theme. If no theme is assigned or you are blanking a presentation or +image, it will blank to the global theme. The shortcut for this option is "T" +(without quotations). + +`Blank to Desktop` Choosing this option will show your desktop wallpaper or a +program that you have open on the extended monitor or projector. You can +seemlessly switch between one program and OpenLP by Blank to Desktop. The +shortcut for this option is "D" (without quotations). + +Saving your service +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Now that you created your service, tested it and are ready for your worship +service, you will want to save your service file. OpenLP will remind you to do +this when you close the program or you can click the save button at the top of +your service file. Choose the location you want to save your file and click +:guilabel:`Ok`.