documentation/manual/source/print_service.rst
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Print Service

OpenLP gives you the option to print your service order. This can be useful for a variety of reasons, such as giving to your music team so they know the song order, or so pastors or speakers can know what is happening, etc.

To print your service go to File --> Print Service or press Control + P

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You should now see a preview of your service

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printbutton will print your service bringing up your system's print options. Use this when you are ready to print.

optionbutton gives you a series of ways to customize the service order before printing.

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Title

Gives you the ability to change the title of your printed document

Customer Footer Text

Add text to the footer of your printed document

Other Options

Include slide text if available

Check this to include all the text from songs or scripture

Add page break before each text item

If you have checked include slide text if available you can check this to put each text item (songs, custom slides, scripture) on a separate page.

Include service item notes

This option will include any notes you have added to the service items.

Include play length of media items

This option will print the length of any media items.

closebutton will close the print service window.

copybutton-Copy- to copy the text of the preview window to your clipboard. You can then paste the text into other documents or applications.

copybutton-Copy HTML- will copy html code to your clipboard. You can then paste this in a text editor and save as .html. This can then be used to post your service details on a website or anywhere else that an html document can be used.

zoomin zooms in on your preview

zoomout zooms out to make more of your preview visible

zoomoriginal restores the preview to its original size

Customizing with CSS

It is possible to customize the printed service using CSS. To do this go to Tools --> Open Data Folder If you have a file named servicePrint.css delete it. In the open folder create a file named service_print.css containing your customizations.

For more information please check out this example.