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 Service

Creates a new service. new_service

Open Service

Load an existing service. new_service

Save Service

Saves your existing loaded service.

Save Service As

Saves your newly created service.

Recent Services

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

CCLI SongSelect

Import your songs from CCLI SongSelect. 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

Layout Presets

These three settings are optimized for setup and live display.

Show all

Displays all of the panels of OpenLP.

Setup

Displays Preview, library 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.

Library

Hide or show library.

Projector Controller

Hide or show projector.

Service

Hide or show creating_service.

Themes

Hide or show themes.

Preview

Hide or show the preview panel.

Live

Hide or show the live panel.

Lock visibility of the 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.

Songs

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.

Find Duplicate Songs

Start wizard for detecting and removing duplicate songs.

Songs List Report

This creates CSV file with song database.

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

Manage Plugins

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

Language:

You can choose another UI 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.