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Glossary
The developers of OpenLP have strived to make it a straightforward and easy to use application. However, it is good to be familiar with a few terms that will be used throughout this documentation, and when seeking support.
First Time Wizard
The wizard gives you
the ability to perform a basic setup of OpenLP. It runs automatically
before OpenLP starts for the first time. The wizard can be run again <wizard-run-again> if needed.
Formatting Tags
formatting-tags give
you the ability to add additional text formatting to text in songs and
custom slides.
Main Window
The Main Window is what you will see when you first open OpenLP. It contains all the tools and plugins that make OpenLP function.
Media Manager
The Media Manager contains a number of tabs which the plugins supply
to OpenLP. Each tab in the Media Manager is called a g-media-item. You can send
songs, Bibles, etc from the g-media-item to the g-preview-slide-controller or g-live-slide-controller.
Media Item
A media item is a tab in the g-media-manager. The media item contains any items
from the various plugins which can be displayed on the display
screen.
Platform
When the word "platform" is used, it is usually referring to your operating system, Windows, Linux, (Mac) OS X or FreeBSD/PC-BSD.
Preview Pane
The preview pane is a section to preview your media items before you go live with them.
Service File
A service file is the file that is created when you save your service
in OpenLP. The service file consist of g-service-item
Service Items
Service items are the g-media-item that are in the g-service-manager.
Service Manager
The service manager contains the media items in your service file. This is the area where your media items go live. You can also save, open, and edit services files from here.
Slide Controller
The Slide Controller controls which slide from a g-service-item is currently
being displayed, and moving between the various slides.
Preview Slide Controller
The preview g-slide-controller shows you a simple preview of your
item. It does not send any output to the display screen.
Live Slide Controller
The live g-slide-controller controls the live output to the
display screen.
Theme Manager
The theme manager is where themes are created and edited. Themes are the text styles and backgrounds that you use to personalize your services.
