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.. _themes:
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Themes
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The `Theme Manager` is where you can set backgrounds, fonts, and colors to the
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style you desire. From the theme manager you can create a new theme, Edit a
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theme, Delete a theme, Import a theme, and Export a theme.
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.. image:: /pics/thememanager1.png
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Creating New Themes
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Click the :guilabel:`Create Theme Icon` to Create a new theme
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.. image:: /pics/createthemeicon.png
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This will bring up the `Theme Wizard`
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.. image:: /pics/themewizardwelcome.png
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Click :guilabel:`Next`. You have 3 choices in the drop down menu for Background
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type: Solid Color, Gradient, or Image.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard1.png
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Solid color: select solid color and click on the black button next to Color.
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You will have the option of choosing among the colors you see or entering your
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own.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard2.png
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Gradient: choose the two colors, First and Second, you want to fade together
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and the Gradient drop down will let you determine the directions of the fade.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard3.png
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Image: Click on the folder to find and select your image. OpenLP accepts a
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variety of image types.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard4.png
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**Note:** If possible, try to use the same size image as your projector is
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displaying.
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When finished with your selection for background, click the :guilabel:`Next`
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button.
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This is the area where you will select and define your font characteristics for
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the Display text.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard5.png
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**Font:** Choose the font you would like to use from the drop down.
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**Color:** Choose the color of your font.
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**Size:** The size of your font determines how many lines are shown per slide.
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As you change the font size, the lines per slide will change.
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**Line Spacing:** This setting determines how much space you want between
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lines. This setting will also change the lines per slide.
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**Outline:** If you desire an outline around your font, select the Outline box,
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choose your color and size of the outline.
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**Shadow:** If you desire a shadow around your font, select the Shadow box and
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choose your color and size of the shadow.
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**Bold Display:** select the box for Bold font
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**Italic Display:** select the box for Italic font
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When you are finished selecting your font details click the :guilabel:`Next`
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button.
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**Footer Area Font Details**
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This page determines the Font, Font Color, and size of the font for the footer.
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The footer is where the Title of the song, Author or Authors, Copyright and
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CCLI License are displayed.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard6.png
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When you are finished setting your footer font details, click :guilabel:`Next`.
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**Text Formatting Details**
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This page determines the alignment of the text on your slide and the transition
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from one slide to the next.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard7.png
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**Horizontal Align** the text to the Left, Right or Center of the screen.
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**Vertical Align** the text to the Top, Middle or bottom of the screen.
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**Transitions**
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When this box is selected, switching slides will fade out from one and fade in
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to the next. When the box is not selected, slide changing will be instant.
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When you are finished setting your Text Formatting Details, click :guilabel:`Next`.
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**Output Area Locations**
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This page gives you the ability to position your Main area or Footer area to a
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specific area of the screen using the x and y positions. ie: if you do not want
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your footer on the bottom left, you can make the adjustment here.
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You can resize the Width and the Height of the Main Area and the Footer Area.
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ie: If you have a temporary or permanent obstacle in one part of the viewing
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area, you can resize the Main or Footer area and use x and y positions to
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display in a different position on the screen.
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard8.png
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You can also change the Width and the Height of the Main Area of the Footer Area.
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When you are finished setting your Output Area Locations, click :guilabel:`Next`.
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Save and Preview
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.. image:: /pics/themewizard9.png
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**Theme Name:** Enter your theme name here.
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**Preview**
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The Preview shows the choices you made when setting up the previous pages plus,
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shows all the edit effects possible so you can see what the impact is on all
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possible font colors and characteristics.
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If you are satisfied with your selections, click :guilabel:`Finish`. If you
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want to make a change, use the :guilabel:`Back` button.
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Editing Themes
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Now that you created your theme, and you show it on the projector and there is
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something you don't like, you can easily Edit your theme either by clicking the
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Theme Edit Button:
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.. image:: /pics/themeeditbutton.png
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Or by right-clicking your theme and selecting the appropriate action.
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Deleting Themes
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The Delete Button:
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.. image:: /pics/songs17.png
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will delete a selected theme or by right-clicking your theme and selecting
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the appropriate action.
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**Note:** deleting the currently selected global theme or the
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default theme is not possible.
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Exporting Themes
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If you would like to transfer a theme from one computer to another, click on
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the theme you want to Export, click the last button in the Theme Manager:
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.. image:: /pics/themeimportexport.png
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choose the folder you want to save your theme and click the OK button.
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Importing Themes
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The fourth button in the Theme Manager:
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.. image:: /pics/themeimportexport.png
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will allow you to Import an Exported theme. Click the Import button, select the
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folder and the theme file, and click OK. Your imported theme will be in the
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Theme Manager. Import Theme will also handle version 1 Exports. You will need to
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check your imported theme since many of the values will have been defaulted.
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Rename Theme
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If you created a theme and want to change the name of it, right-click your
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theme and click Rename theme and enter the new name.
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Copy Theme
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Now that you created a theme with all the attributes you like, you can
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right-click the theme, click on Copy theme, choose your new name and click OK.
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You now have a duplicate of your first theme that you can edit the way you want.
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Set as Global default
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If you right-click your theme, you have the option to set the theme as Global
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default. This option is covered in greater detail under “Configure OpenLP.
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