documentation/manual/source/menu_items.rst

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

New:

Creates a new service. new_service

Open:

Load an existing service. new_service

Save:

Saves your existing loaded service.

Save As:

Saves your newly created service.

Recent Files:

Displays your last files opened configurable here. 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. Learn more about backing_up.

Theme:

Import a theme that has been previously exported. import_themes

Song:

Import your songs previously exported. import_songs

Bible:

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

Export:

Provides the items you can export.

Settings:

Export your configurable settings to a file to import to another computer. Learn more about backing_up.

Theme:

Export your theme. export_themes

Song:

Export your songs. export_songs

Print Service:

Gives you the ability to print your service. print_service

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, media-manager and creating_service.

Live:

Displays the live panel and creating_service

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

Media Manager:

Hide or show media-manager.

Service Manager:

Hide or show creating_service.

Theme Manager:

Hide or show 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

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.

Re-run First Time Wizard:

This will bring up the dialog box to run the first time wizard again. wizard

Update Theme Images:

Changing screen resolution can have an affect on theme images. Use this to correct the images.

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. 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.

Alert: Configure an alert. alerts

Settings

Plugin List:

Provides the configurable settings to control your plugin's. plugin_list

Language:

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

Configure Formatting Tags:

Provides the configurable settings for formatting tags. formatting-tags

Configure Shortcuts:

Provides the configurable settings for shortcuts. shortcuts

Configure OpenLP:

Provides the configurable settings for OpenLP. 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.