"ThetrueworshiperswillworshiptheFatherinspiritandtruth,fortheyarethekindof worshiperstheFatherseeks."(John4:23)
Youhavelotsofchoicesforpresentationsoftware,andwe'regladyouchose EasyWorship2009!SoftouchDevelopment,Inc.isateamofChristiandevelopers, designersandsupportstaffoutofTulsa,Oklahoma,andweworkhardtogiveourusers thebestsolutionforworshippresentationsoftware.We'recommittedtoanexcellent productandtoservingyouasourcustomer. AsyouuseEasyWorship2009,you'llnoticeitisbothpowerfulandeasytouse.That onlyhappensaswedialoguewithourcustomers,sopleaseprovidefeedbackatour supportforumonlineathttp://www.easyworship.com/support.Theforumisreadand answereddailybyourteam,andit'saplacewhereyou'lldiscoverlotsofhelpfultipsand solutionsaswellasabignetworkofusersjustlikeyou. isavailableMondaythruFriday,9AMto6PMCST. +1(918)250-1493
[email protected] easyworship.com/support Windows,WindowsMediaPlayerandPowerPointareregisteredtrademarksoftheMicrosoftCorporation©2009. SongSelectLyricServiceisregisteredtrademarkofCCLIInc©2009.QuicktimeisatrademarkofAppleCorporation© 2009.YouTubeisatrademarkofYouTube,LLC©2009.MatroxDualHead2Go&TripleHead2Goaretrademarksof MatroxGraphicsInc.Copyright2009.
What'sNewinEasyWorship2009...................................................................................1 GettingStarted................................................................................................................3 ActivatingandRegisteringEasyWorship.....................................................................3 IncorrectSerialNumber!..............................................................................................4 SystemRequirements.....................................................................................................7 SystemRequirementsforDesktop&LaptopComputers.............................................7 MoreVideoCardinfo...................................................................................................8 RecommendedVideoCaptureCards........................................................................10 FoldbackHardware....................................................................................................10 GetToKnowEasyWorship...........................................................................................11 HowitWorks.............................................................................................................11 RunningEasyWorshipForTheFirstTime.................................................................13 EasyWorshipHotkeys................................................................................................15 DragandDropFeatures............................................................................................16 Menus........................................................................................................................17 Toolbars....................................................................................................................21 MonitorSetup................................................................................................................27 DualMonitorsExplained............................................................................................27 DualMonitorSetup....................................................................................................28 DisplayFoldbackMonitorSetup................................................................................31 MatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2GoSetup:....................................................31 LaptopSetup.............................................................................................................32 IntelGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup..........................................................................33 ATIGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup...........................................................................35 DualMonitorTroubleshooting....................................................................................35 UsingCustomPosition..............................................................................................36 EasyWorshipSettings...................................................................................................37 GeneralOptions........................................................................................................37 Songs........................................................................................................................38 Scripture....................................................................................................................40 Alerts.........................................................................................................................42 CopyrightInfo............................................................................................................43 AdvancedOptions.....................................................................................................44 SettingTransitions.....................................................................................................46 DisplayingCopyrightInformation...............................................................................47 DisplayFoldback...........................................................................................................49 MonitorOptions.........................................................................................................49 SongText..................................................................................................................51 ScriptureText............................................................................................................52 PowerPointOptions...................................................................................................53 AlertsandTime.........................................................................................................54 VideoJockey.................................................................................................................56 Schedules.....................................................................................................................57 BuildingandRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule......................................................57 EditingSongsintheSchedule................................................................................... UsingtheSchedule ....................................................................................................60 SavingSchedules......................................................................................................61 TransferringSchedules..............................................................................................62 CheckscheduleforChanges.....................................................................................63
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EasyWorship2009Manual ImportaScheduleSavedintoanActiveSchedule.....................................................66 NotesintheSchedule................................................................................................66 CheckScheduleforErrors.........................................................................................67 TransferringFilesviatheSchedule............................................................................68 EasyWorshipDoesn'tAutomaticallyCheckforChanges............................................69 Songs............................................................................................................................71 AddingSongs............................................................................................................71 EditingSongs............................................................................................................72 DeletingSongs..........................................................................................................75 FontSizingExplained................................................................................................76 ImportingSongsfromSongSelectLyricService........................................................77 NoSongsOrBackgroundsinMyNewInstall.............................................................78 ReportingandPrintingSongs....................................................................................78 TextOverVideo.........................................................................................................79 UsingSongs..............................................................................................................80 HowDoIUseTheFavoritesButton?.........................................................................82 UsingtheBackgroundDesignerintheSongEditor....................................................82 TextBoxResizingintheEditorWindow.....................................................................82 Scriptures......................................................................................................................85 AddingMoreBibleVersions.......................................................................................85 EnablingScriptureVersionTabs................................................................................86 TheScripturesTab....................................................................................................87 UsingScriptures........................................................................................................87 Media............................................................................................................................89 SettingtheAspectRatioforImage,Video,Feed&Background.................................89 CodecsExplained......................................................................................................90 Audio.........................................................................................................................90 DVD...........................................................................................................................91 DVDsExplained........................................................................................................91 DVDRegion............................................................................................................... 96 2 Creating&ManagingDVDClips ................................................................................9 UsingDVDClips........................................................................................................98 UsingPredefinedClips..............................................................................................98 DVDDecoderUtilities..............................................................................................100 RecommendedDVDDecoders................................................................................101 TroubleshootingDVDIssues...................................................................................102 Feeds......................................................................................................................103 Images.....................................................................................................................105 UsingImages...........................................................................................................105 Videos.....................................................................................................................106 UsingVideos...........................................................................................................106 Online.........................................................................................................................109 OnlineContent.........................................................................................................109 MediaStoreTab......................................................................................................109 SongSelectTab.......................................................................................................110 WebTab..................................................................................................................110 Backgrounds...............................................................................................................111 AddingBackgrounds................................................................................................111 BackgroundOptions................................................................................................114 ModifyingBackgrounds...........................................................................................114 UsingBackgrounds..................................................................................................115 UsingVideoJockey(VJ)Mode................................................................................116 iv
TableOfContents UsingtheBackgroundDesigner..............................................................................117 AttachABackgroundToASong..............................................................................119 PowerPoint..................................................................................................................121 UsingPowerPoint2007Files...................................................................................121 UsingPowerPointFilesWithAudio&Video............................................................122 UsingPowerPointFiles............................................................................................125 Alerts...........................................................................................................................127 HowDoIDeleteMessagesFromtheMessageAlertList?.......................................127 UsingFoldbackAlert................................................................................................127 UsingMessageAlert................................................................................................129 UsingNurseryAlert..................................................................................................130 Profiles........................................................................................................................131 CreatingProfiles......................................................................................................131 EditingProfiles.........................................................................................................134 LocatingYourProfileData.......................................................................................134 UnderstandingProfiles............................................................................................135 UsingaSharedDatabase........................................................................................136 UsingProfiles..........................................................................................................137 PresenterRemotes.....................................................................................................139 RecommendedPresenterRemotes.........................................................................139 UsingaNon-ProgrammableWirelessPresenter......................................................140 TipsAndTricks...........................................................................................................141 TheLatestTipsandTricks.......................................................................................141 "SendTo"ShortcutforCopyingMedia.....................................................................141 AddingNotesInASong...........................................................................................141 AddingaBlankSlideToaSong...............................................................................141 ChangingEasyWorshipHotkeys..............................................................................142 CreatingCongregationalPrompts............................................................................144 OrganizingImagesandVideos................................................................................145 PlayingFlashContent..............................................................................................146 PlayingQuicktimeFilesInEasyWorship..................................................................146 RunningEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode........................................................147 UsingCustomPosition............................................................................................147 FAQ............................................................................................................................149 HowDoIAddVideosTotheBackgroundPalette?..................................................149 HowDoIEditScriptures?........................................................................................149 HowDoIUsetheSchedule?...................................................................................149 HowDoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork?......................................................149 WhatHotKeysAreAvailableInEasyWorship?........................................................150 SongsIncludedWithEasyWorship..........................................................................150 WhereIstheManualThatComesWithEasyWorship?............................................150 Maintenance...............................................................................................................150 AddingandRemovingDemoData...........................................................................150 DatabasesandProfileBackup.................................................................................152 TransferringtheEasyWorshipDatabaseToAnotherComputer...............................153 UsingCommandLineSwitches...............................................................................153 UsingtheRebuildDatabaseUtility...........................................................................154 Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................154 ActiveMovieWindowAppearsOverMyDVDEditor.................................................154 AudioPausesDuringTransition...............................................................................154 BorlandDatabaseEngineError$2108....................................................................155 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EasyWorship2009Manual DVDPlaysonBothScreens....................................................................................155 ExclamationPointsOnMyThumbnails....................................................................158 'Index:TitleAuthor'Error........................................................................................159 InternetConnectivity................................................................................................159 NoSound................................................................................................................160 'PathNotFound'C:\...\Temp...Error........................................................................160 PowerPointTroubleshooting....................................................................................161 PSAPI.DLLError......................................................................................................161 MyScheduleWon'tSave.........................................................................................162 SongEditorLoadsSlowly........................................................................................162 TextOverVideoTroubleshooting............................................................................163 TransitionsFlicker...................................................................................................163 TroubleshootingImages..........................................................................................164 UnabletoCreateBackSurfaceErrorMessage........................................................164 DVDProblems.........................................................................................................166
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SendLyricsandScripturecontenttostagemonitors(automaticallysyncedwith audienceoutput) SendAlertsandcustommessagestostagemonitors(onlyseenonstage) ClockDisplayshowsthecurrenttime LyricDisplay,optionalverse/chorustags,showsfirstlineofnextslide,automatic wordwrap,andmore PowerPointDisplayshowscurrentandnextPowerPointslides Fullcontrolofformatandstyle,including:text/fontstyles,custombackground (notjustblack),scrollingorstaticalerts,andmore(requiresadditionalhardware)
Livebackgroundswitching(withtransitions) SwitchbetweenVideos,Images,FeedsandSlideBackgrounds
AddaudiofilesdirectlytotheSchedule AddaudiofilesasbackgroundstoSongsorScripture Backgroundaudiocanbecontrolled(play/pause,volume,mute) Backgroundaudiosyncswithbackgroundvideos(controlsaresynced)
EasilyenterURLstodisplaywebpages Integratednavigationcontrols(home,back,next,refresh,stop) FullsupportforYouTubevideos,andmore FullsupportforFlash-basedcontent
EasilybrowsethousandsofpopularMiniMovies,Motions,CountdownsandStills PreviewmediadirectlyinEasyWorship IntegratedDownloads,automaticallyputsyournewmediawhereitshouldbe(no needtomanuallyfindandinstalldownloadedmedia)
Updatedbuttonsandiconsthroughout Redesignedmediaplayerandinterfacecontrolsforvideo,DVDandfeeds Redesignedresourceareaanddisplayoptions(preferences)area ThemeawaresothelookautomaticallycustomizesforXP,VistaorWindows7 Redesignedcontrolheader(topbar)andpanedividerstooptimizeworkspace RedesignedtoworkwithvaryingscreenDPIs(largefonts)
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Getting Started WhenEasyWorshipispurchased,youwillreceiveanemailwithregistrationinformation initoryoumayreceiveaCDwithaproductkeyattached.Followtheinstructionsbelow toregisterEasyWorship. IfyoupurchasedEasyWorshipanddidnotreceiveproductkeywiththeCD, ,orchecktheenvelopeyoureceivedthediskinfora .Entertheregistrationinformationyoureceivedusingthestepsunder RegisteringEasyWorship.
IfyoureceivethiscardwithyourEasyWorshipCD,therearetwowaystoregister EasyWorshipusingaproductkey,byphoneoronlineactivation. 1. Call(918)250-14939AM-6PM(CST)toactivatebyphone. VisitEasyWorship.com/activatetoactivateonline. 2. Afteractivatingviaphoneoronline,checkyouremailforaregistrationemail. 3. EntertheregistrationinformationyoureceivedintoEasyWorshipusingthesteps underRegisteringEasyWorship. 1. OpenEasyWorship. 2. Inthe dialogbox,click . 3. Inthe dialogbox,typetheregistrationinformationintheappropriate boxes.
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Alloftheregistrationinformationmustbeenteredexactlyasitappearsin theregistrationletter.
4. Click 5. Click
.(TheRegistrationfieldswillgreyout) or tocompletetheregistration.
- 1. Clickonthe menu,click . 2. Inthe dialogbox,typeyourregistrationinformationintheappropriate boxes. Alloftheregistrationinformationmustbeenteredexactlyasitappears. 3. Click .(TheRegistrationfieldswillgreyout) 4. Click tocompletetheregistration.
Ifyouhaveanyproblems IncorrectSerialNumber!.Youmayalsocallusat ,ore-mailusat
[email protected].
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GettingStarted 1. EasyWorshiphasalreadybeenregistered. IfEasyWorshipisupgradedfromanolderversionthatwasalready registered,thereisnoneedtoenteryourserialnumber.Thiserrorwill appearifthesameregistrationcodeisenteredagain. TodetermineifEasyWorshipisalreadyregistered,Clickonthe menuthen .Ifthechurchnameandserialnumberare intheregistrationareaatthebottom,thesoftwareisalreadyregistered.
2. YourEasyWorshipregistrationinformationhasnotbeenenteredexactlyasitis onyourregistrationletter. Verifythattheregistrationinformationhasbeenenteredexactlyasitisonthe registrationletter.TheChurchname,PhoneNumber,Serialnumberareallcase andspacesensitive. Theserialnumberhastobeenteredwiththedashesincluded. Thephonenumbershouldbeenteredexactlyasitisintheletteroremailthatyou receivedwhenthesoftwarewaspurchased.
Ifyoucontinuetoreceivethiserrormessagecallusat
[email protected].
,oremailusat
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System Requirements SystemRequirementsonEasyWorship.comforthelatestinformation. EasyWorshipiscompatiblewithWindows98,SE,ME,2000,XPandVista,andwillrun onmostcomputersthatmeettherequirementsforthoseoperatingsystems.Andsince EasyWorshipisadualoutputsystem,you’llneedadualoutputcardfordisplayingthe controlscreenseparatelyfromthelivepresentationoutput. Youdon’tneedafastcomputertotakeadvantageofthebasicfeaturesEasyWorship
hastooffer.However,ifyouwanttodisplaytextovermovingbackgroundswithvideo transitionsorifyou’relookingtodisplayHDcontent,paycloseattentiontothese
requirements. Keepingitsimple?Here’swhatyouneedtodisplaysongsandScripturesoverstill
backgroundsandtorunPowerPointslideshows 500MHzPentiumIIProcessororbetter 128MBRAM 100MBfreediskspace Twovideocardsoradualheadvideocard CD-ROMDrive
Here’swhatyouneedtoplayDVDsanddisplaytextovervideowithsmoothtransitions.
1.7GHzPentium4Processororbetter 512MBRAMormore 7200RPMharddrive 500MBfreediskspace NVIDIAG-Force5200videocardorbetter(DualoutputAGPorPCIExpress videographicscardwith128MBofdedicatedvideoRAM) AvailableDVDdriveandrecommendedcodecs
2.8GhzInteldualcoreorquadcoreprocessor 1GBRAMormoreforXP/2GBRAMormoreforVista SATA7200RPMHardDrivewith8MBcache 500MBoffreediskspace NVIDIAG-Force8600videocardorbetter(wesuggestNVIDIAchipsetsorPCI EXPRESS[x16]ifsupportedbymotherboard).
VideocardsshouldbepurchasedwitheitheranAGPorPCIExpressinterface.Standard PCIvideocardswillwork,butyouwillbeunabletodoqualityvideotransitionsandhigh definitionvideo.
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Laptopcomputersshouldmeetthesamerequirementsofadesktopcomputer.Verify withyourlaptopmanufacturerthatthevideocardcansupportWindowsextended desktopandnotjustclonewhatisonyourlaptopdisplay.Mostlatemodellaptopswith NVIDIA,ATIorIntelgraphicscardswillhavethisability.Ifyouonlyhaveonemonitor connectiononyourlaptop,yourlaptopdisplaywillbeyourprimaryoutput(operator screen)andyourprojectorwillbeyoursecondaryoutput(livescreen). DualMonitorsExplainedandLaptopSetupformoreinfoonsettingupalaptopfor Dualvideooutput. ComputerRequirementsUnsupportedformoreinformationaboutunsupported hardware.
isfaster,andslightlymoreexpensivethan . Therearedifferentlevelsof ,referredtoasx1(by1),x4(by4),x8(by 8)andx16(by16). slotsareusually , slotsareusually andifyouhave anoldersystem, slotsareusually incolor.Notethatsome motherboardsmayvaryincolor. isthefastesttechnology. o Choose over forspeedifyouhavetheoption. o Choose or over ifyouhavetheoption. o Standard istheslowestoption.Itwillwork,butyouwillnothavethe bestperformance. Seepicturebelowtodeterminewhichslot(s)youhaveavailableonyour motherboardkeepinginmindthatyourexistingvideocardisnormallyremoved sothatslotmaybeavailable,too,andyoumayhavemorethanoneofeach.To dothisyouwillhavetopopthecoveroffofyourPCtogetalookatyour motherboard. Werecommendusinga videocardwithtwovideo outputsoverusingtwovideocardswithsingleoutputs.Thismakessetupmuch easier.
Theslotsthatyouhaveavailablewilldeterminewhichvideocard(s)youcanuse.
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Allgraphicscardsmustsupport inordertouseallofthefunctionsof EasyWorship. Downloadthelatestversionsofdriversforanynewhardwaredevicefromthe manufacturer'swebsiteafteryouinstallit. Manynewcomputerswillcomewithalesspowerfulgraphicscardalready installed.Insomecases,thesecardsdonothandleourmultimediarequirements well.Manytimestheyonlyhavetheabilitytodisplayoutputononemonitor. Werecommend graphicscards.Theyhaveproventobetheleast problematicforEasyWorshipcustomersandtheyprovidethebestperformance forwhatwedo. Manyofthe and cardswork.However,whentryingtousethe DVDeditor,someofthemhavecausedanActiveMoviewindowtoappear.This renderstheDVDeditorunusable. ActiveMovieWindowOverDVDEditorfor moreinfo. Whenshoppingforagraphicscard, Cardswithamodel numberendingin or . Cardswith inthenamearescaleddownversionsofahigherendgraphics card,andmaynotperformwell. isanewfeatureonnVidiavideocards,thatallowsthevideocardto sharethesystemmemory.Thesetypesofcardsdon'tperformaswell.Manyof thesecardsdonotallowEasyWorshipenoughmemorytoenableDirectX support. ATIhasafeatureliketheTurboCachefeatureonthenVidiacards.Itiscalled .Youmayseethesameresultswiththesecards.
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SystemRequirementsonEasyWorship.comforthelatestinformation.
KWORLDX-PertDVDMakerPCICardVS-L883D(Vista64/32compatible) ViewCastOsprey100foundatviewcast.com(VistaCompatibleusingXPDrivers) ADSTechInstantVideoPCI(PTV-390)(VistaCompatible) AverMediaDVDEZMakerPCI ViewCastOsprey230foundatviewcast.com(VistaCompatibleusingXPDrivers) KWORLDPlusTVPVRTV-PE360-A(Vista64/32compatible) KWorldDVDMakerUSB2.0(Vista64/32compatible)
SystemRequirementsonEasyWorship.comforthelatestinformation. Youmayneedtosetyourcapturecardtousea320x240or640x480captureresolution forbestperformance. WorkingwithFeeds TheMatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2GoboxisrecommendedfortheFoldback feature. FoldbackMonitorSetupforhelpsettingupEasyWorshiptoworkwiththis device. Aninexpensivepcigraphicscardmayalsobeusedforfoldback,butthe DualHead2Go andTripleHead2Goarethebestsolution. UsingFoldbackwithaSecondary GraphicsCard.
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ThepresentationflowsfromtheleftSchedulecolumnthroughthecenterpreviewcolumntothelive columnattheright.Clickingthe buttonsendsthecurrentitemthecenterpreviewcolumnto therightlivecolumnandtothescreen.Thenextiteminthescheduleisautomaticallyselectedand showninthecenterpreviewcolumn.Whenyouarefinisheddisplayingthecurrentiteminthelive columnpress againtodisplaythenextitemintheschedule. TheScheduleareacontainsselecteditemsforapresentation.Draganddroptheitemsyouwantto useinyourpresentationintotheschedulearea.YoumayalsoaddPowerPointslideshowstoyour schedulebyclickingthe ontherightsideoftheschedulewindow.Usethearrowkeysontheright sidetoolbartomoveitemsaroundintheschedule.Youcanalsodragitemsaroundintheschedule. Schedulescanbesavedforfutureuse. TheResourceprovidesaccesstosongs,scriptures,media,andonlinecontent. displaysthesongdatabase. displaystheScripturedatabasewithversionoptiontabsatthebottom.
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EasyWorship2009Manual displaystheVideo,Images,Feeds,DVDandAudiotabs.Youcandouble-clickonan itemtoprojectitimmediately;oryoucanplacesongs,scriptures,andmediaintotheScheduleto createanorderedservice. EasyWorshiphastheabilitytointeractwiththeweb.ClicktheOnlinetabtounlock thewebfeaturesinEasyWorship. Thedownloadeditemsareawillbeblankuntilmediaorbibleshave beendownloadedfromtheMediastoretab. TheMediaStoretaballowsyoutopurchaseanddownloadmediaandbibles foruseinEasyWorship.ThemediaorbiblesaredownloadeddirectlyintoEasyWorship. TheSongSelecttaballowsyoutoimportsongsdirectlyintothesongs databasefromSongSelect.(CCLISongSelectsubscriptionrequired) Thisfeatureallowswebpagestobeaddedtotheschedule.YouTubevideoscanbe streamedinfullscreenmodedirectlyfromtheweb.Thisfeaturealsoallowsforplaybackof SWFfiles. PlayingFlashContent
Inthemiddlesection,thePreviewareashowstheitemthatiscurrentlyselectedeitherintheresource areorintheschedule.TomovethecontentstotheLiveOutputareaanddisplayittothecongregation, inthePreviewarea,double-clickonthehighlighteditemorclickthe button. TheLiveOutputareaintherightsectiondisplayswhatiscurrentlybeingprojectedonthescreen.You cannavigatethecontentsandchooseversestokeepupwiththeleaderusingthemouseorarrowkeys. VideoJockeyorVJmodeisenabledbyclickingthedropdownbuttonatthe toprightoftheLivearea.Thisisafeaturethatallowsyoutoquicklychangebackgroundsonthe fly,byjustclickingonthevideo,image,feedorbackgroundyouwishtouse.
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WhenlaunchingEasyWorshipforthefirsttime,apromptwillappeartoinstallthedemodatathatcomes withEasyWorship. ThedemodataisnotrequiredforEasyWorshiptooperate.Thedemodatamaybeinstalledor uninstalled. AddingandRemovingDemoSongs.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoinstallthemupon runningEasyWorshipforthefirsttime.
1. WhenopeningEasyWorshipthefirst timetheAdd/RemoveDemoData windowwillappear. 2. Select Toinstall the100+classicandcontemporary songsfrom GreatWorshipSongs.com. 3. Click
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6. Click tochangetheprevious selectionsorclick toproceed withinstallationoftheEasyWorship demodata. Awindowwillnowappearwitha summaryofthechoicesselected.
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FirstSlide -LastSlide NextSlide -PreviousSlide NextScheduleItem -PreviousScheduleItem GoLive Cleartextscreen Blackscreen -FoldBackAlert Logo -NurseryAlert -MessageAlert -Switchesbetween liveoutputandcontrolscreeninsingle monitormode
-toselectthefirstVerse -toselectVerse# -toselectthefirstChorus -toselectChorus# 0
-toselectthefirstChorus toselectthefirstPre-Chorus toselectPre-Chorus#
toselectthefirstTag
-toselectTag# -toselectthefirstBridge -toselectBridge# toselectthefirstIntro -toselectIntro# toselectthefirstEnd toselectEnd# -toselecttheslide correspondingtothenumbertyped. Switchtothe toseethe slidenumbers
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-IntheEditor-Allowsyoutoputextraspacingbetweenlinesoftextwithoutmakingthe nextlineselectanewslide. -Selectsallofthetextinthetexteditor. -Copiestheselectedtexttothewindowsclipboard. -Cutstheselectedtexttothewindowsclipboard. -Pastesthetextinthewindowsclipboardintothetexteditor. -Undo-Reversesthelastactiontaken. -Redo-ReversesandUndo.
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DragandDropreferstoclickingonanitemandholdingdowntheleftmousebutton.Asyouholddown thebuttononanitem,youcanmoveittothedesiredlocationandreleaseordroptheitem.Following aretheareasinwhichyoucanusetheDragandDropFeature: 1. ClickontheSongs,ScripturesorMediaTabsandselecttheitemyouwishtodragintothe schedule. 2. Dragtheitemandreleaseitintotheschedulearea. 3. Toremoveanitemfromtheschedulearea,clickthe buttonontheschedulepaneorright 4. clickontheitemandclickRemovefromSchedule. Youcanalsodragbackgroundsontoasongintheschedulearea. song
AssignBackgroundto
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodraganddropsavedschedules,videos,andimagesintoEasyWorship.You candropthemintothefollowingareas:Schedule,Videosresourcearea,Imagesresourcearea, Backgrounds/Optionspalette. 1. ResizetheworkingscreenofEasyWorshipintoasmallerworkingwindow. 2. DraganysavedschedulefilefromanywhereinWindowsintoyourscheduleareain EasyWorship 1. ResizetheworkingscreenofEasyWorshipintoasmallerworkingwindow. 2. DraganddropanyvideofilefromanywhereinWindowsintotheMedia\Videos,ImagesorAudio resourceareaofEasyWorship. EasyWorshipwillnotcopythevideoorimagefileto /Resources/Videos,Imagesor Audiofolder.Thisfeatureonlyaddsashortcuttothefolder.IfyouwishtoaddavideototheVideosor Imagesfolder,copythefileto: LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowtofindyourresourcesfolder. WorkingwithVideos,WorkingwithImages&WorkingwithAudioFiles
1. theworkingscreenofEasyWorshipintoasmallerworkingwindow. 2. Clickonthe abovethe . 3. Clickon . 4. The windowwillnowappear. 5. anyvideofilefromanywhereinWindowsintotheMedia\Imagesresourcearea ofEasyWorship.YouwillnowhavethatbackgroundtoModifyoruse"asis"intheBackgrounds palette.Click .FormoreinformationonModifyingBackgrounds Modifying
Backgrounds.
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GetToKnowEasyWorship Deleting,movingorrenamingthefileassociatedwithathumbnailinEasyWorship,willcausean ExclamationPointtoappear. ExclamationPointsOnMyThumbnails
Allowsyoutocreateanewschedulefile.Muchlike creatinganewWorddocumentorPowerPointpresentation. TheScheduleinEasyWorshipcontainsallthesongsincludingtheir lyricsandbackgrounds,PowerPointfiles,Images,Videosandfeeds foraservice. Allowsyoutoopenapreviouslysavedschedule file.Thisallowsyoutobrowseyourharddrivetoaschedulefileyou havesaved,muchlikeopeningaPowerPointpresentationfile. Allowsyoutomergetwoschedulestogether.For example,ifthePastorwantstocreateaschedulewithallthe scriptureshewantstouseandaPowerPointslideshowforhis sermonnotes,youcanimportthatintothescheduleyoucreatedforthesongservice. Whenworkingonascheduleyoualwayswanttosavewhatyouareworkingon. Usethisfunctiontosaveyourschedulefile. Thisfunctionallowsyoutosaveyourscheduleinadifferentlocationorasa differentname. Allowsyoutoclosethecurrentscheduleyouareworkingonwithoutclosingthe EasyWorshipprogram. Containsmultipleprinting features. Youcan printthesonglyricsforyourcurrent schedule.Youcanquicklyaccessthis featurebyclickingtheprinticononthetoolbar. Printsalistofthesongsusedintheschedulewithoutthesong text. Printsalistofthesongsyouhaveaddedtothedatabase,printed anddisplayedforreportingtoCCLI. :Printsalistofallthesongsinyoursongdatabase. AllowsyoutoquicklyreopenrecentlycreatedSchedules. ClosestheEasyWorshipprogram.
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EasyWorship2009Manual TakesyoutotheHelpfileforEasyWorship. Allowsyoutoquickly determineifDirectXsupportisenabled.IfDirectX supportisnotenabled,EasyWorshipwillgiveyouthe optionofenablingDirectXsupport. Allowsyoutoseehow EasyWorshipisprocessingthevideosyouare displayinginEasyWorshipbyshowingyouwhatcodecs arebeingusedtodecodethevideo. AllowsyoutodownloadandinstallPowerPointViewer 2007.ThiswillonlyshowupifMicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007 arenotinstalledonyourcomputer. Allowsyoutoenteryourregistrationinformationifyouhaven'tregistered EasyWorship.Alsoallowsyoutoenterserialnumbersfornewbiblesyouhavepurchased.If youarehavingproblemsregisteringabibleorEasyWorship, ActivatingandRegistering EasyWorship,orIncorrectSerialNumber! Tellsyouwhatversionofthesoftwareyouhave.Italsotellsyouwhothesoftwareis registeredtoandwhatserialnumberwasused. GivesyoutheLicenseandWarrantyofthesoftware. Givesyouallofthecopyrightinformationpertainingtothebiblesweofferin EasyWorship.Thisisthecopyrightinformationyouwouldseeinthefrontofabible. Allowsyoutoentertheregistrationinformationwesenttoyou.Onceyouregister,you willhaveapermanentcopyinsteadofanevaluationcopy. ActivatingandRegistering EasyWorship
Allowsyoutosendthecurrentiteminthepreview screentothelivescreen.MostpeopleusetheGoLivebutton atthetopofthepreviewareaorpressthePageDownkey.
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GetToKnowEasyWorship Allowsyoutoenterthenumberornameofachildinthechildcareareatonotify theparentstheyareneeded.See:UsingNurseryAlertandNurseryAlertTab Allowsyoutoaddmessagestothescreenwithoutcreatingasong. Using MessagesAlertandMessageAlertTab ThisturnsofforonEasyWorship'soutputtotheprojector.Thisisthe sameasclickingtheLivebuttonatthetopoftheLivewindow. Thismenuitemsendsthebackgroundyouhaveselectedtobethe Logototheprojectorscreen.See:WorkingWithTheLogoButtonandSettingTransitions Thisfeaturecoverstheoutputscreenwithablackscreen. Working WithBlackClearandLogoButtonsandSettingTransitions. Clearsthetextofthecurrentsongfromthescreenleavingjustthe backgroundyouwereusing. WorkingWithBlackClearandLogoButtonsandSetting Transitions Thisfeatureallowsyoutosetupsongtosong,slidetoslide,black/un-black, clear/un-clear,logo/un-logoandvideotransitions. AllowsyoutosetthemanydifferentglobaloptionsforEasyWorship. See:Setting EasyWorshipOptions TheProfilesmenucontainsmultiplefunctions.Theprimaryfunctionis providingtheabilitytoselecttheprofileyouwishtouse.Tochange profiles,clicktheProfilesmenuandselecttheprofileyouwishtoswitchto. AvailableprofilesarelistedatthetopoftheProfilesmenu. AllowsyoutoeditandcreateprofilesinEasyWorship. Profiles
Understanding
Allowsyouto uninstallorinstallthedemosongsand backgroundsthatcomewith EasyWorship. Thisisatoolthat checksthedatabaseforerrorsandfixes them.
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Allowsyoutoeditthecurrently selectedsongintheschedule.Thisisalsoarightclick feature.Rightclickingasongintheschedulewillgiveyouthe sameoption. To edit a song in the schedule only Resetsthebackgroundfor thecurrentlyselectedsongtoAutoinsteadoftheassigned background.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature. Allowsyoutochangethenotesforasonginthe schedule.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature. Addsthesongselectedinthe databasetothecurrentschedule.Thisisarightclickfeature andadraganddropfeature. Removestheselecteditemin theschedulefromtheschedule.Thisisalsoarightclick feature. Movestheselecteditemupintheschedule.Thisisarightclick,drag anddropandscheduletoolbarfeature. Movestheselecteditemdownintheschedule.Thisisarightclick, draganddropandscheduletoolbarfeature. addittoyourschedule.
AllowsyoutofindaPowerPointfileonyourharddriveand
Checkstheitemsinthescheduleagainstthedatabase.Ifan itemisdifferentfromwhatisalreadyinthedatabaseoranewitem,EasyWorshipwillgiveyou choicesforwhattodowiththatitem. CheckscheduleforChanges Checksthescheduletomakesureitcanfindalloftheimages, videosandbackgroundsusedintheschedule.IfEasyWorshipcannotfindoneofthem,itwill askyouwhattodoabouttheerror. CheckScheduleforErrors TurnsofforontheScheduletoolbarontherightsideofthe schedulearea.
Allowsyoutoeditthecurrentlyselected songinthedatabase.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature.Rightclicking thesongwillgiveyouthesameoption.See:EditingSongs CreatesanewsongintheSongdatabase.See:Adding Songs 20
GetToKnowEasyWorship AllowsyoutoimportsongsdirectlyfromtheCCLISongSelect website.See:DownloadingSongsfromtheCCLISongSelectLyricService Removesthecurrentlyselectedsonginthedatabasefromthedatabase. Caution: ThereisnorecyclebinortrashforEasyWorshipsongs.Whenyoudeleteit,itisgone.
-New Schedule:Allows you to create a new schedule file. Much like creating a new Word document or PowerPoint presentation. TheScheduleinEasyWorshipcontainsallthesongsincludingtheirlyricsandbackgrounds, PowerPointfiles,Images,Videosandfeedsforaservice. - Allowsyoutoopenapreviouslysavedschedulefile.Thisallowsyouto browseyourharddrivetoaschedulefileyouhavesaved,muchlikeopeningaPowerPoint presentationfile.TheDropDownarrowgivesyoutheoptiontoselectapreviouslysaved schedulefromalist. - Whenworkingonascheduleyoualwayswanttosavewhatyouare workingon.Usethisfunctiontosaveyourschedulefile. - CreatesanewsongintheSongdatabase. AddingSongs - Editsthecurrentlyselectedsong. EditingSongs Youcanprintthesonglyricsforyourcurrentschedule. - - AllowsyoutosetthemanydifferentglobaloptionsforEasyWorship. Setting EasyWorshipOptions - Thisfeatureallowsyoutosetupsongtosong,slidetoslide,black/un-black, clear/un-clear,logo/un-logoandvideotransitions.
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Allowsyoutoenterthenumberornameofachildinthechildcareareato notifytheparentstheyareneeded. andNurseryAlertTab AllowsyoutoaddquickalertmessagestotheFrontofHousescreen. UsingMessagesAlertandMessageAlertTab
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EasyWorship2009Manual FoldbackAlert:AllowsyoutoaddquickalertmessagestotheFoldbackscreen. -TurnsLogoonoroff.
WorkingWithTheLogoButton
-Blacksthescreenout.
WorkingWithBlackClearandLogoButtons
-Clearsthetextofthecurrentsongfromthescreen. LogoButtons
WorkingWithBlackClearand
-TurnsEasyWorshipoutputonoroff.
-Showsthefulltextofeachslideinthesong. Showsthefirstlineofeachslide.
-EnablestheVJcontrolwindowatthebottomof thelivearea,allowingyoutochangebackgroundsonthefly. WhenusingPowerPointfiles,thedropdownarrowallowsyoutochangethesizeof thethumbnails. UsingPowerPointFiles WhengoinglivewithascripturewhileshowingaPowerPointslideshow, EasyWorshipallowsyoutojumpbackintothePowerPointfileyouweredisplaying byclickingthePowerPointbutton.ThisfeatureonlyworkswithPowerPointfiles andScriptures.
-Allowsyoutopause,play,rewind,fastforward,mute,adjustvolumeandturnloopingon andoffforvideos,DVDclipsandaudiofiles.Notallfunctionsareavailablewhenusingavideoasa background.
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-Allowsyoutoselectaglobalbackgroundforthesongsinthescheduleandcurrently beingpreviewed. -SendsthecurrentiteminthePreviewareatotheLivearea.
Full View-
Shows the full text of each slide in the song.
Showsthefirstlineofeachslide. WhenusingPowerPointfiles,thedropdownarrowallowsyoutochangethesizeof thethumbnails. UsingPowerPointFiles
-Allowsyoutopause,play,rewind,fastforward,mute,adjustvolumeandturnloopingon andoffforvideos,DVDclipsandaudiofiles.VCRcontrolsarenotdisplayedforvideobackgroundsin thePreviewpane.
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EasyWorship2009Manual - Addsthesongselectedormediaitemtothecurrentschedule.Thisis arightclickfeatureandadraganddropfeature. - Removestheselecteditemintheschedulefromthe schedule.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature. - Movestheselecteditemupintheschedule.Thisisarightclick, draganddropandscheduletoolbarfeature. - Movestheselecteditemdownintheschedule.Thisisaright, draganddropandscheduletoolbarfeature. - AllowsyoutofindaPowerPointfileonyourharddrive andaddittoyourschedule.
TypethenameoftheSongorScriptureversehere. Clicktoentercopyrightinformationforasong. Clicktoimporttextfromatextfile. Print Cut Copy Paste Undo Increase/Decreaseeditortextsize.Thisonlyaffectstheeditorwindowandnotthesong orscripturefontsize. Selectfontdropdownbox. Fontsizebyscreenpercentagenotpoint.
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GetToKnowEasyWorship Bold Italic Underline Shadow Outline Fontcolor Clicktodisplaybackgroundlist. Resetsthetextattributese.g.bold,italic,underline...backtothedefaultsettings. TheblackclearandlogobuttonsappearatthetoprightoftheLivearea. Theyaretoggleonandoffbuttons.Whentoggled,onthesebuttonswillblinkred. Bringsanimageorvideotothescreenthatyouhavealreadydefined. Working WithTheLogoButton -TransitionstoBlackandFromBlack. SettingTransitions Clearsthetextfromthescreenleavingthebackgroundrunning. Transitions
Setting
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilydisplayabackgroundassignedtotheLogobutton.Thebutton appearsnexttotheBlackandClearbuttonsabovetheLivearea.Thisisatogglebuttonthatwilltoggle onandflashredandcanbetoggledoffjustasyouwouldtheBlackorClearbuttons.
1. Clickthe buttonabovethe area. 2. TheBackgroundpalettewindowappearsdisplayingthethumbnailsofthebackgroundsyou haveaddedtothispalette. 3. ontheimageorvideoyouwanttoassigntothe button. 4. Click
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Monitor Setup EasyWorshipisdesignedfordualmonitordisplay.ThismeansthatEasyWorship displaystwodifferentmonitorscreensatthesametime.Monitor#1(ortheprimary monitor)displaystheworkingorcontrolscreen,andMonitor#2(orthesecondary monitor/projector)displaystheoutputscreenthatisprojectedtothecongregation.Dual monitorsmakeitpossibletoworkandsetupnewsongsandscripturesinEasyWorship, whilethecongregationisviewingonlythecurrentsong,scripture,video,orfeed. EasyWorshipusesWindowsextendeddesktoptoaccomplishthis.Windows98SEor laterisrequiredtoenableWindowsExtendeddesktop.Thefollowingarethreedifferent videocardconfigurationsthatwillallowyoutouseWindowsExtendeddesktop. Twovideocardswithasingleoutputoneachcard(notrecommended) Asinglevideocardwithtwooutputs(recommended) Alaptopwithavideooutputonthebackofthelaptop. Splitthesecondmonitordisplaysignalandsendonecabletoasecond computermonitorandtheothertotheprojector. EasyWorshipmayalsobesetupwithasinglemonitoronthedesktocontrolthe softwareanduseyourprojectorasthesecondarymonitor. . CustomersusinglaptopswillusetheirlaptopmonitorasMonitor#1andthe outputonthebackofthelaptopforMonitor#2. Youmayalsoaddavideosplittertotheoutputonthelaptopinordertoutilizea secondmonitoronthedeskandaprojector. Herearethemostcommonwaystosetupacomputerfordualmonitoroutput.
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EasyWorship2009Manual Projectionbulbsareveryexpensiveandhaveauselife.Amonitormaybeless expensiveanddoesn'trequirethatyourunyourprojectorwhilesettingbuilding schedulesduringtheweek! CanIRunEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode?formoreinformationabout runningEasyWorshipwithonlyonevideooutput. EnablingWindowsExtendedDesktopforinstructionsonhowtocheckacomputer forDualMonitorcompatibilityandforinstructionsonsettingupDualMonitorstousewith EasyWorship. ComputerRequirementsVideoCardandComputerRequirementsUnsupportedfor helpwithchoosingthecorrectvideocardforyoursystem. DualMonitorTroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswithyourdualmonitor setup.
Ifyouareusingalaptopcomputer
LaptopSetup
1. ontheWindowsdesktop. 2. Select: Properties Personalize, ScreenResolutionskiptostep4. 3. Clickthe orthe .
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If boxesdonotappear,yourcomputerdoesnothavedualmonitor capability,oryoudonothaveaprojectorormonitorpluggedintothesecondaryvideo outputonthecomputer. 4. Select .
5. SelecttheExtendmyWindowsdesktopontothismonitororSelectExtendthese displaysfromthedropdownlist..
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6. SettheScreenarearesolution. or ,
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or 7. Verifythecolorsettingformonitornumber2issetto . 8. Click then .Ifpromptedtokeepthesettingsclick . 9. OpenEasyWorship. 10. FollowtheinstructionsbelowtosetupEasyWorshiptouseyoursecondmonitor. 1. Clickonthe menu. 2. Click . 3. TheOptionsdialogboxappears.
3. Onthe 4. Selectthe 5. Click .
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EasyWorshipSettings DualMonitorTroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswithyourdualmonitor setup. CanIRunEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode?formoreinformationabout runningEasyWorshipifyourcomputerisn'tabletosupportdualmonitors. WhenusingaMatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2Gobox,thesecondaryoutputfrom thevideocardisspannedacrosstwomonitors.Thescreenresolutionforthatmonitoris doublewide.Forexample,twomonitorsat1024x768wouldbe2048x768usingthe MatroxDualHead2Go.EasyWorshipisabletousehalfofthatscreenforthefrontof houseandhalfforthefoldback. 1. 2.
3. 4. 5.
onthe Windowsdesktop. Select: Properties, Personalize, ScreenResolutionskipto step4. Clickthe or the . Clickeachmonitorto determinethesize. Thesizewillbedisplayed intheResolutionarea. e.g.1024x768
IntheexampletotherightMonitor1is1024wideby768tallandMonitor2is2048wide by768tall.Writethisinformationdownforuseinthefollowingsteps.
1. InEasyWorshipclickthe optionsbuttononthe toolbar. 2. Under select fromthe dropdown box. 3. Change toequalthe widthofmonitor1. 4. Change to0. 5. Change tohalfthe widthofmonitor2. 6. Change tomatch theheightofmonitor2. 7. Click .
WiththesedisplaysettingsinWindows,use thefollowingcustompositionsettingsin EasyWorshipOptions. 1024 0 1024 768
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1. InEasyWorshipclickthe , then . 2. Check under . 3. Select from dropdownbox. 4. Change tothewidthof monitor1+Halfthewidth ofmonitor2 5. Change to0. 6. Change tohalfthe widthofmonitor2. 7. Change tomatch theheightofmonitor2. 8. Click .
WiththesedisplaysettingsinWindows,usethe followingcustompositionsettingsin EasyWorshipDisplayFoldbackOptions. 2048 0 1024 768
SeetheExampletotheright.
UsingtheTripleHead2GoorDualHead2Goboxistherecommendedwaytouse foldback;however,aninexpensivesecondaryvideocardmaybeusedforfoldback purposes.Usingthesecondarycardforthecontrolmonitorisidealinthesituation.This allowsyoutousethemorepowerfulprimarygraphicscardforthefoldbackandfrontof housedisplay.Thesecondarygraphicscardusuallywillshowupinthewindowsdisplay settingsasmonitor3.Extendthedesktoptomonitor3andsetitastheprimarymonitor, thenfollowtheinstructionsbelow. DualMonitorSetupforhelpwithextendingthe desktop. 1. InEasyWorshipclickthe 2. Under , . 3. Click . 1. InEasyWorshipclickthe 2. Under , . 3. Click .
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1. Withthe ,turnontheprojector,orsecondmonitor. 2. Connectthesecondmonitorcablefromtheprojector,orsecondmonitortothe backofthelaptop.Makesuretheprojector,orsecondmonitor,isonandinthe rightmodetoreceiveacomputersignal. 3. Nowturnonthelaptop.TheLaptopscreenwillbe andtheSVGAor DVIconnectoronthebackorsideofthelaptopwillbe whichwillbethe Projector. 4. FollowthestepsinDualMonitorSetup.Forlaptopswith cards IntelGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup.ForLaptopswith cards ATIGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup Thetypeofgraphicscardyouhavecanbedeterminedbyfollowingthestepsbelow. 1. ontheWindowsdesktop. 2. Clickon or . 3. Clickthe orthe . 4. Checkthe dropdownboxforthetypeofvideocard. ClicktheAdvancedSettingslinkontherighttoviewthevideocard type.
ThiscomputerhasaNVIDIAGeForce6200GraphicsCard. DualMonitorsExplainedformoreinformationabouthowlaptopsworkindual monitormode. CanIRunEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode?formoreinformationabout runningEasyWorshipifyourcomputerisn'tabletosupportdualmonitors. 1. RightclickontheWindowsDesktop. 2. Click . Awindowlikethiswindowwillappear.
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The shouldbe . The shouldbe . Click . FollowtheinstructionsbelowtosetupEasyWorshipforusingyoursecond monitor.
1. Clickonthe menu. 2. Click . 3. TheOptionsdialogboxappears.
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DualMonitorTroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswithyourdualmonitor setup. CanIRunEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode?formoreinformationabout runningEasyWorshipifyourcomputerisn'tabletosupportdualmonitors. Ifyouare andan appearsafterthemonitornameinthe Displaybox, .Onthelaptopkeyboardholddownthe keyandpresstheappropriate key atthetopofthekeyboardtoswitchthedisplaymode.Pressthiskeycombination multipletimeswillcyclethroughthedifferentdisplaypossibilitiesforthelaptop. toEnableTheWindowsExtendedDesktop. , thevideocardwillmaketheprojectortheprimarymonitorandthelaptopscreenthe secondarymonitor. EnablingDualMonitorsifyouareunsureofhowtoaccessthedisplaysettingsin Windows.
IseethesamethingonmysecondmonitorasIseeonmyprimarymonitor. Yourwindowsdesktophasnotbeenextendedtothesecondmonitor. Enablethewindowsextendeddesktop. DualMonitorSetup
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EasyWorship2009Manual UsetheinstructionsinSettingUpDualMonitorstoenablethewindows extendeddesktopforyourIntelGraphicscard.Connectyourprojectororsecondary monitortothesecondarymonitorportonyourgraphicscardandmakesurethatthe monitor,orprojector,isturnedon. Windowsextendeddesktopisenabled,butEasyWorshipstilldisplaystheoutput onmyprimarymonitor. ThesecondarymonitorisnotselectedastheoutputmonitorinEasyWorship. ClickontheLivemenu,thenOptions.SelecttheSecondaryMonitoratthe bottomleftoftheGeneraltabunderSelectOutputMonitor.ClickOK. ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps above. Hereareacoupleofreasonstousethecustomposition. Buildingservicesathomesothatthedisplaymatchesthepresentationcomputer. UsingtheFoldbackfeaturewiththeMatroxDualHead2GoandTripleHead2Go
Ifascheduleisbuiltonacomputerusingadifferentoutputresolutionthanthe presentationcomputer,thesongswillnotdisplaycorrectlyonthepresentationcomputer. Settingacustomresolutiononthesourcecomputerwillcorrectthisproblem. Determinetheoutputscreensizeof thepresentationcomputer. 1. Opendisplaysettingsonthe presentationcomputer. 2. Clickonthesecondmonitor. 3. Theresolutionforthatscreen willbedisplayedthere.e.g. 1024x768. 1. OpenEasyWorshiponyour homecomputer. 2. Clickonthe optionsbutton onthetoolbar. 3. Under , ,Change to . 4. Changethe and tomatchthepresentation computercomputer. 5. Click .
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EasyWorship Settings TheGeneraltaballowsyoutochooseanoutputmonitor,andsetscreenmargins.You canalsoenableDirectXSupport. 1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar. 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheGeneralarea.
allowsyoutosetthepercentagesofscreentoindent,duetothe projectorovershootingthephysicaloutputscreen. allowsyoutosetthemarginsthatyouwantaroundthetext.These marginsonlyaffectthetext,notthebackground. allowsyoutosetmarginsforthemessagealert,nurseryalertand copyrightinformationtobleedover.Thesesettingsaretypicallyusedwhenyou
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EasyWorship2009Manual areoverandunderscanningyouroutputbysendingittoaTVandaProjectorat thesametime. Clickthemonitorthatyouwanttousetodisplayyourpresentation tothecongregation.TheSelectOutputMonitorlistonlycontainsoutputsthatyou haveenabledinWindows. allowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonthePrimaryMonitor behindtheEasyWorshipcontrolscreen. allowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonasecondarymonitor. DualMonitorSetup allowsyoutospecifyanabsolutepositionandsizetoprojectthe output. ,typeorselectthedesiredpositions.Thecustom positionsaresetinPixels.Thedefaultsettingsare 0 10 426 341.Thisplacestheliveoutputboxatthetopleftofyourmonitor. UsingCustomPosition Songsallowsyoutocustomizehowsongsaredisplayed.Youcanchosetextalignment; fontsize,style,colorandcapitalizationrules.Youcanalsochoosewhetherornotto displaylabels,andspecifytheirlocation,size,styleandcolor. 1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar. 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheSongsarea.
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Undersongoptionsmakechangestofonttypes,styles,outputdimensions,etc.,without havingtoworryaboutgoingbackandmodifyingallyoursongstofitthescreen. setsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthetext. setsthedesiredverticalpositionforthetext. setsthedesiredfontsize. allowsyoutocontrolthesongfont,style,color,shadowandoutline. enablestheverse,chorus,andothertagsonthelive outputscreen. setsthedesiredpositionforthelabel. indentstheverse,chorus...labelwhendisplayedontheoutput screen. setsthedesiredsizeforthelabel. specifiesacolorschemeforthePreviewandLiveoutputareas.
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Intheappropriatelists,clickthedesiredcolors.TheSamplearea ontherightdisplaysthecolorscheme.Click whenyouare satisfiedwiththecolorscheme.
allowsyoutocontroltheVerse/Chorusfont,style,color,shadowand outline.
Specifywhetherornotwordswrap,setcapitalizationrules,andadd wordstotheautocapitalizelist.
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications. SizingExplained
Font
Scriptureallowsyoutocustomizehowscripturesaredisplayed.Youcanchoose scripturealignment;andfontsize,style,andcolor.Youcanalsospecifyreferencefont size,style,andcolor. 1. ClicktheOptions
buttononthetoolbar.
2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheScripturearea.
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enablesthescripturestabintheresourcesarea. setsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthescripture. setsthedesiredverticalpositionforthescripture. setsthedesiredfontsize.EasyWorshipusesthis fontsizeforallscriptures. allowsyoutocontrolthescripturefont,style,color,shadowand outline.
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications. FontSizingExplained setsthedesiredpositionforthescripturereference. setsthedesiredsizeforthescripturereference. indentsthescripturereference. causesEasyWorshiptoonlydisplayonlythescripture reference. allowsyoutocontrolthereferencefont,style,color,shadowand outline.
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1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar. 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAlertsarea.
TheNurseryAlertOptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotamessagecanbe displayedtothecongregation.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,background color,andlengthofdisplay. makestheNurseryAlertoptionappearunderthealertsdrop down intheLivearea. allowsyoutosetthelocationofwherethealertappearsonthe screen. allowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthenursery alerttext. allowsyoutoselectthedesiredcolorforthebackgroundofthe nurseryalert. specifiesthenumberofsecondsthatyouwantthenurseryalert todisplay. allowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
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EasyWorshipSettings TheMessageAlertOptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotamessagecanbe displayedtothecongregation.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,background color,anddisplaymethodandspeed. makestheMessageAlertoptionappearunderthealerts dropdown intheLivearea. allowsyoutosetthelocationofwherethealertappearsonthe screen. allowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthe messagealerttext. allowsyoutoselectthedesiredcolorforthebackgroundofthe messagealert.
displaystheentiremessageatonce. displaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreenfromright toleft. displaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreen onlyifitistoolong. setsthedesiredspeedtocontrolhowlongthemessageisdisplayed, orhowquicklyitwillscroll. allowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
TheCopyrightsTaballowsyoutochosewhetherornotthecopyrightforasongis displayed,andallowsyoutospecifyitsfont,style,color,shadow,outline,andheight. YoucanalsochoosetodisplayyourCCLI#orotherlicenseinformation. Notes Thecopyrightinformationforasongisonlyavailableifyouhaveenteredtheinformation intotheSongInformationdialogboxintheEditor.Fordetailsonenteringcopyright informationforaspecificsong, DisplayingCopyrightInformation 1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar. 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheCopyrightInfoarea.
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causesthecopyrightinformationtobedisplayedat thebottomleftofthescreen.. allowsyoutoselectthedesiredfontforthecopyright. allowsyoutoselectthedesiredstyleforthecopyright. allowsyoutoselectdesiredcolorforthecopyright. whencheckedenablestheshadowonthecopyrighttext.Thecolor mayalsobeselectedfromthedropdownlist. whencheckedenablestheoutlineonthecopyrighttext.Thecolor mayalsobeselectedfromthedropdownlist. allowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthe copyrighttext. iswhereyouenteraCCLIlicensenumber,oranyotherlicense informationthatyouwanttodisplay.
ForMoreinformationonhowtoobtainacopylicensegotowww.CCLI.com. ToviewtheCopyrightinformation'ssizeandplacementontheOutputmonitor,on theLivemenu,clickOptions,clicktheCopyrightstab,andthenclickPreviewLive Outputcheckbox.YoucanalsoviewtheCopyrightinformation'ssizeand placementontheMonitoricon.
TheadvancedoptionsallowyoutochooseLive,PowerPoint,DVDandDirectXoptions.
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1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar. 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAdvancedarea.
whencheckedwillenabletheliveoutputwhen EasyWorshipopens.Thelastusedbackgroundwilldisplayontheoutputscreen. enablesEasyWorshiptoselectthe nextiteminthescheduledautomatically,whenthe buttonisclicked. ,enablesEasyWorshiptoloadthe fullversionofPowerPointtodisplayPowerPointslideshows. IfPowerPointisnotinstalledonthiscomputer,leavethisoption uncheckedtousethePowerPointviewerthatisinstalledwith EasyWorship. enablesEasyWorshiptocreate thumbnailsusingthefullPowerPointapplication.
causesEasyWorshiptolookforanduseeitherthe CyberlinkorDscalermpg2iftheyareavailable.EasyWorshipignoresother decodersifoneofthesetwocodecsareavailable. keepstheDVDinthedrivespinningatalltimestoreduce theamountoftimeneededtosendaDVDcliptothescreen.
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enablesEasyWorshiptousetheDirectXtodisplay transitionsandtextovervideobackgrounds. VerticalRetracingChecking allowsDirectXcontrolwhenVerticalRetraceCheckingis used. usesDirectXtocreateasmoothtransitionbetweenslides,and producethecleanestoutput. turnsthisfuctionoff. Theadvantageofusingverticalretracecheckingisthatitcreatesasmooth transitionandacleanvideoplayback.Thedisadvantageofusingverticalretrace checkingisthatitslowsdownprocessingtime.
Movetheslidertoward toincreasethetimeEasyWorship allocatesfordisplayingvideosorlivefeeds.Thehigherthequality,the smoothertheplayback.SettingtheVideoQualityallthewayto , cancausesomecomputerstorunslower. Movetheslidertoward todecreasethetimeEasyWorship allocatesfordisplayingvideosorlivefeeds.Thisreducesthequalityof theplayback.
Usually,placingthesliderinthecenterprovidesthebestqualitywithouttoomuch overheadonthecomputer. EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilysetimpressivetransitionsforsongs,slides,black screen,clearscreen,andvideo.Youcanchooseonetransitionormanydifferent transitionsforyourpresentation. 1. Clickthe icon onthetoolbar. BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheTransitionsarea.
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Selectdifferenttransitionsfor screenand screen. Selectdifferenttransitionsfor screenand screen. Selectdifferenttransitionsfor screenand screen. Allowsforthetransitionfromonevideo backgroundtothenext. disables3Dtransitionsfor slowercomputers. Alwayspausevideoswhentransitioningfromvideotoanotherelement pausesthevideowhentransitioningfromoneelementtotheother. Usethe
orthe tochoosemultipletransitionsfromthelist. areappliedintheordertheyareselectedtoyoursongsandslides.
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaycopyrightinformationforthedisplayedsong.Firstyou mustenteryourCCLI#.Whichwillappearineachcopyrightedsong,automatically. 1. Toentercopyrightinformation: 2. Onthe menu,click . 3. Clickthe tab. 4. EnteryourCCLI#intheLicenseInfobox(e.g.,CCLI123456789). TheCCLI#willappearoneverycopyrightedsong.Youcanmodifythe size,color,font,andplacementoftheCCLI#ontheslide.
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5. Selectthe checkboxtodisplaytheauthor,title, administrator,andcopyrightinformationforspecificsongs.EasyWorshipallows 6. youtoeditandaddtotheauthor,title,andcopyrightinformation. Click . 1. Right-clickonthedesiredsongandclick 2. Clickthe onthetoolbar. 3. The dialogboxappears.
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4. Typetheinformationintheappropriateboxes. 5. ClickintheCopyrightbox,andthenclicktheCopyrighticontoaddthecopyright symbolandautomaticallyturnontheCCLI#function.Youcanalsoaddadate aftertheCopyrightsymbol. 6. The boxisforassigningaCCLIDatabaseSongNumberfromthe CCLISongSelectwebsite.ThisisforsongreportingwithCCLIandnotfor display. 7. Click .
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Display Foldback DisplayFoldbackallowsEasyWorshiptotakeadvantageofathirdvideooutputto displaycontentforstagemonitors.Additionalhardwareisrequiredtousethisfeature. TheMatroxDualHead2GoorTrippleHead2Goboxisrecommendedforthisfeature. Youmayalsouseaninexpensivepcigraphicscardforthisfeature. Display FoldbackMonitorSetupandFoldbackHardware
SendLyricsandScripturecontenttostagemonitors(automaticallysyncedwith audienceoutput) SendAlertsandcustommessagestostagemonitors(onlyseenonstage) ClockDisplayshowsthecurrenttime LyricDisplay,optionalverse/chorustags,showsfirstlineofnextslide,automatic wordwrap,andmore PowerPointDisplayshowscurrentandnextPowerPointslides Fullcontrolofformatandstyle,including:text/fontstyles,custombackground (notjustblack),scrollingorstaticalerts,andmore(requiresadditionalhardware)
MonitorOptions,SongsText,ScriptureText,PowerPointOptions,andAlertsand Time 1. Clickthe then . 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheMonitorOptionsarea.
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enablesthefoldbackfeature. allowsyoutosetthepercentagesofscreentoindent,duetothe projectorovershootingthephysicaloutputscreen. allowsyoutosetthemarginsthatyouwantaroundthetext.These marginsonlyaffectthetext,notthebackground. allowsyoutosetmarginsforthemessagealert,nurseryalertand copyrightinformationtobleedover.Thesesettingsaretypicallyusedwhenyou areoverandunderscanningyouroutputbysendingittoaTVandaProjectorat thesametime. Clickthemonitorthatyouwanttousetodisplayyourpresentationtothecongregation. TheFoldbackMonitorlistonlycontainsoutputsthatyouhaveenabledinWindows. allowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonthePrimaryMonitor behindtheEasyWorshipcontrolscreen. allowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonasecondarymonitor. DualMonitorSetup output.
allowsyoutospecifyanabsolutepositionandsizetoprojectthe
,typeorselectthedesiredpositions.Thecustom positionsaresetinPixels. UsingCustomPosition
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SongTextallowsyoutocustomizehowsongsaredisplayedonthefoldbackscreen.You canchosetextalignment;fontsize,style,colorandcapitalizationrules.Youcanalso choosewhetherornottodisplaylabels,andspecifytheirlocation,size,styleandcolor. 1. Clickthe then . 2. Inthe window,click BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheSongTextarea.
Undersongoptionsmakechangestofonttypes,styles,outputdimensions,etc.,without havingtoworryaboutgoingbackandmodifyingallyoursongstofitthescreen. setsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthetext. setsthedesiredverticalpositionforthetext.
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EasyWorship2009Manual setsthedesiredfontsize. allowsyoutocontrolthesongfont,style,color,shadowandoutline. enablesEasyWorshiptodisplaythefirstlineofthenext slideorthetitleofthenextitemintheschedule. allowsyoutocontrolthefirstlinefont,style,color,shadowand outline. enablestheverse,chorus,andothertagsonthelive outputscreen. setsthedesiredpositionforthelabel. setsthedesiredsizeforthelabel. indentstheverse,chorus...labelwhendisplayedontheoutput screen. allowsyoutocontroltheverse/choruslabelfont,style,color,shadow andoutline.
Specifywhetherornotwordswrap,setcapitalizationrules,andaddwordstothe autocapitalizelist.
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications. SizingExplained
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ScriptureTextallowsyoutocustomizehowscripturesaredisplayedonthefoldback screen.Youcanchoosescripturealignment;andfontsize,style,andcolor.Youcanalso specifyreferencefontsize,style,andcolor. 1. Clickthe then . 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheScriptureTextarea.
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enablesthescripturestabintheresourcesarea. setsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthescripture. setsthedesiredverticalpositionforthescripture. setsthedesiredfontsize.EasyWorshipusesthis fontsizeforallscriptures. allowsyoutocontrolthescripturefont,style,color,shadowand outline. EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications. FontSizingExplained setsthedesiredpositionforthescripturereference. setsthedesiredsizeforthescripturereference. indentsthescripturereference. causesEasyWorshiptoonlydisplayonlythescripture reference. allowsyoutocontrolthereferencefont,style,color,shadowand outline. 1. Clickthe then . 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableinthePowerPoint Optionsarea.
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enablestheviewingofthefullPowerPointslideonthe foldbackscreeninsteadofjustthumbnails. allowsEasyWorshiptodisplayanimationsthatarealso displayedonthefrontofhousescreen. controlshowquicklyEasyWorshipupdatesthefoldbackscreen. Slowwillcausetheanimationstobemorechoppy,whileQualitywillmakethem morefluid. enablesviewingthumbnailsofthePowerPointslidesonthe foldbackscreen. controlsthelocationofthethumbnailsonthefoldbackscreen. controlsthesizeofthethumbnailsonthefoldbackscreen. 1. Clickthe then . 2. Inthe window,click . BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAlertsandTime area.
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showstheclockonthefoldbackscreen. controlsthelocationoftheclockonthefoldbackscreen. controlsthesizeoftheclockfont. setsthecolorofthebackgroundbehindtheclock. allowsyoutocontroltheclock'sfont,style,color,shadowandoutline. TheFoldbackAlertoptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotanalertcanbedisplayed onthefoldbackscreen.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,backgroundcolor, anddisplaymethodandspeed. makestheFoldbackAlertoptionappearunderthealerts dropdown intheLivearea. allowsyoutosetthelocationofwherethealertappearsonthe screen. allowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthefoldback alerttext. allowsyoutoselectthedesiredcolorforthebackgroundofthe foldbackalert. displaystheentiremessageatonce. displaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreenfromright toleft. displaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreen onlyifitistoolong.
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EasyWorship2009Manual setsthedesiredspeedtocontrolhowlongthemessageisdisplayed, orhowquicklyitwillscroll. allowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
Video Jockey VideoJockeyorVJisafeaturethatallowsyoutoquicklychangebackgroundsonthe fly,byjustclickingonthevideo,image,feedorbackgroundyouwishtousewhile displayingasongorscripture. 1. 2. 3. 4.
OpenEasyWorship. IntheLiveArea,clickthe buttonatthetopright. Select . ThelowersectionoftheLiveareawillnowdisplaytabsatthebottomforVideos, Images,FeedsandBackgrounds. 5. Clickonanyvideo,image,feedorbackgroundtochangethebackgroundofthe song,orscripturethisislive.
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Schedules EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilycreateandsavealistofitemstobedisplayedinyour service.ThislistofitemsiscalledaSchedule.Songs,Scriptures,Videos,PowerPoint slides,Feeds,DVDclips,AudioFilesandWebContentcanbeaddedtotheSchedule. EasyWorshipschedulefilesincludealloftheinformationneededtodisplaysongtext withtheappropriatebackground,images,PowerPointslideshows.Withthe feature,videoandaudioaddedtotheschedulewillalsobecontainedinthe schedulefile. WhenEasyWorshipisopened,ablankscheduleisautomaticallycreated.Clickthe
createanewscheduleicon schedule.ClicktheSaveSchedule thenSaveScheduleAs.
onthetoolbartostartoverwithanew icontosavetheschedule,orclicktheFilemenu,
1. Dragaresource(Song,Scripture,Video,Feed,Image,DVDClip,Audiofile)from theResourcewindowbelowthescheduleintotheSchedulewindow. 2. Youmaydragitemsupanddowninthescheduleforappropriateplacementin theschedule. 1. IntheResourcewindow,clicktheappropriatetab, Songs,ScripturesorMedia. 2. SelectaSong,Scripture,Video,Feed,Image,DVD Clip,Audiofile 3. Clickthe icontoaddittotheSchedule. 4. ClicktheDelete icontoremovearesourcefrom theSchedule. 5. ClicktheUpArrowandDownArrow iconsto placetheresourcesinthedesiredorder. 1. ClickthePowerPoint
icontoaddaPowerPointfiletotheSchedule.
2. appears. BrowsetothePowerPointfileyouwishtouseusingthebrowsewindowthat 3. SelectthePowerPointfileandclick .Formoreinformation Using PowerPointFiles
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1. Clickthe tab,then tab. 2. Browsetothewebpageyouwouldliketodisplay. 3. Clickthe buttonatthetopright.
EasyWorshipwillallowyoutobringvideoandaudiowithyouviatheschedulefile.You nolongerhavetoworryabouttheaudioorvideofilesbeingavailableatthecomputer youaretakingthescheduleto. 1. Clickthe menuthen, . 2. AtthebottomoftheSaveScheduleAsscreen,the box. 3. Typethenameofthefileinthenclick . 1. SummaryViewisaviewthatwillonlyshowtheiconandtitleofeachiteminthe schedule.
2. FullViewisaviewthatwillalsoshowathumbnailofthebackgroundassociated withthatsongorthedefaultbackground(aut).Clickthedowntriangleatthetop rightofthescheduleareatochangeviews.Italsodisplaysthenotesforeach scheduleitem.
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-Allowsyoutoeditasongintheactiveschedulewithout savingthechangestotheSongdatabase. EditingSongsintheSchedule.
-Resetsasongwithanassignedbackgroundto thedefault(auto)background. -Usethisfeaturetotypeinnotesforeachsong.Thiswillonlyappear intheschedulearea. WorkingwithNotesintheSchedule , , , allwork justastheyaredefined. -Allowsyoutobrowsetoyourfilesandadda PowerPointfiletotheschedulearea.
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EasyWorship2009Manual UsingPowerPointFiles EasyWorshipallowsforthemodificationofSongsintheschedulearea.Allaspectsofa songcanbeeditedfromthisarea.Usethefollowinginstructionsforeditingsongsinthe schedule.Wheneditingasongintheschedule,EasyWorshipdoesn'tautomatically updatethedatabase.Ifyouwouldlikethesongtobeupdatedinthedatabaseandthe scheduleatthesametime,youcaneditthesongintheschedule.Ifyouhavealready createdyourscheduleandwanttocomparethescheduletothedatabase,usethe CheckscheduleforChangesfeature.
BuildingandRunningaScheduleandEditingSongs
ThescheduleareaofEasyWorshipislocatedontheleftsideofthescreenabovethe Songs,ScripturesandMediatabs.Ascheduleislikeaplaylistofsongs,images,videos, DVDclipsandPowerPointpresentationsyouwishtouseinyourservice.Youcan createyourscheduleanduseitimmediately BuildingandRunninganEasyWorship Scheduleorsavethescheduleforfutureuseonanothercomputer Saving Schedules.Oncethescheduleisbuiltoropened,itisveryeasytodisplaythecontentof thatscheduleontheprojectorscreen. 1. Createanewscheduleoropenanexistingschedulebyclickingthe toolbar. BuildingandRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule 2. Selecttheiteminthescheduleyouwanttosendtothescreen.
onthe
3. Click . 4. Clickoneachslideinthelivewindowtodisplaythetextfromthatslideonthe projector. 5. Noticethatthe windownowcontainsapreviewforthenextiteminthe schedule. 6. Click againtosendthatsongtotheprojector.
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Aftersettingupaschedule,itcanbesavedforfutureuse. 1. 2. Ifscheduleisbeingsavedforthefirsttime,orif filemenu,the
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EasyWorship2009Manual 4. Typeinthenameoftheschedulefileinthe box. 5. Clickthe ifyouhavevideosintheschedulethatyou wanttotransfertoanothercomputer. 6. Clickthe button. Afterthefilehasbeensavedthefirsttime,clickingthe buttonorclickingfile,Save Schedulewillsavethefilewithoutaskingwheretosavethefile. Ifthefileneedstobesavedasadifferentfilenameorintoanewlocation,clickfile, again. Theeasiestwaytomovepresentationsfromonecomputertoanotheristousethe Schedulearea.SimplydragthedesiredfilesintotheSchedulearea,savetheSchedule asan*.ewsfile,andthenre-openthe*.ewsfileScheduleonthedestinationcomputer.
1. OntheSourcecomputer,savethescheduleyouwishtotransfer(*.ewsfile name)onCD,USBmediaorthroughyournetwork.Besureandcheck ifyouwishtotransfervideobackgrounds.Formoreinformation TransferringSongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule. 1. 2. 3. 4.
OntheDestinationcomputer,insertyourCDorUSBdrive. Onthetopmenubar,click . Clickon . TheOpenSchedulewindowwillappear.
5. Selectthemediaordriveonwhichyousavedthe*.ewsfile. 6. SelectthefileandclickOpen.
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Schedules 7. TheUpdatelocalcomputerwindowmayappear.Thiswindowwillallowyouto updatesongsinthedatabasewiththesongsintheschedule,orimportnew songsinthescheduleintothedatabase. 8. Ifthereareanyerrorsinthescheduleanotherwindowwillappear,allowingyou toresolvetheproblem. TocheckscheduleforChanges: CheckscheduleforChanges FortransferringtheentireSongdatabase,toanothercomputer, Backingupyour Database Tocheckscheduleforerrors: CheckScheduleforErrors
EasyWorshipallowsyoutouseallofthecontentinascheduleonanyothercomputer thathasEasyWorshipinstalled.Thisisusefulforupdatingsongsinthedatabasewith newlyricsorbackgroundsandtransferringvideos,imagesandPowerPointfilesfrom onecomputertoanotherinoneschedulefile.WhenEasyWorshipdetectsnewor changedcontentintheschedule,itwillallowyoutoimportthatcontent.EasyWorshipwill automaticallycheckthescheduleforchangeswhenitopenstheschedule.Thiscanalso beamanualprocess. 1. Onthetopmenubar,click .
2. Clickon . 3. TheUpdateLocalComputerwindowappears.
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3. Wheneachiteminthelistisselected,EasyWorshipwillallowyoutodothe following: Clickthe -Thecomparebuttonwillappearifyouhaveasonginthe schedulethathasthe samename,buthas differentattributesthan whatisalreadyinthe database.Usethe Comparefeaturetoview thesongfromthe scheduleandfromthe databasesidebyside. Thiswillallowyoutopick whichsongyouwantto use. Select if you want to use the item in this schedule only without updating the EasyWorship database.
Select toadda
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Schedules newsongtotheSongdatabase. Choosetouseonlythesonglyricsorbackgroundsorboth. Clickthe buttonatthebottomrighttoduplicatethesamesettingsforall itemsliketheitemselected. Select toimportavideo, imageorPowerPoint presentationintothemedia resourcearea.
WindowsXP:C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Shared Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship\ProfileFolder\Resources WindowsVista&7:C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship\ProfileFolder\Resources \Videos \Audio \Images \Presentations IfEasyWorshipdoesn'tautomaticallycheckscheduleforchangeswhentheyare openedfollowtheinstructionsbelow. 1. Openaschedulewithitemsinitthatdon'tmatchthedatabase.Or,create anitemintheschedulethatdoesn'tmatchwhatisinthedatabase. 2. Clickonthe menu.
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EasyWorshipallowsyoutomergetwoormoreschedulesintooneschedule. Withsongsanditemsalreadyinaschedule,orafteropeningasaved*.ewsschedule file,followthesesteps. 1. Onthetopmenubar,clickon . 2. Thenclick .
3. Browsetoandselectthe*.ewsschedulefileyouwishtoimport. 4. Click . 5. Thenewlyimporteditemsfromtheschedulewillnowbeaddedtothebottomof thecurrentschedule.Youmaysaveandrenamethisnewlymergedschedule.
Youcanaddnotesforyourtechteamorusersthatwillappearwitheachiteminthe schedulearea.Whenyouhoveryourmousepointerovereachitemtheentirenotewill appearinthepopupwindow.Thesenoteswilldisplayjustundertheitemnameinthe schedulearea. 1. Highlightanyitemintheschedulearea.Noticethewordisalready present. 2. Rightclickandselect editnotes.TheNotes
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the
Thenotescanbesavedwiththatschedule.Theycannotbesavedtothe database.
Notescanbeaddednexttoanysongtag.
AddNotesInASong
Whenopeningaschedule,EasyWorshipchecksittomakesureitcanaccessallofthe contentinthatschedule.Ifitdetectsanitemthatcannotbefound,alistofUnresolved scheduleitemswillbedisplayed.Whenbuildingascheduleyoucanmanuallycheckthe scheduleforerrors.Thefollowinginstructionswillhelpyouunderstandandusethe feature.
1. Onthetopmenubar, click . 2. Clickon . TheOpenSchedule windowwillappear. 3. Selectoneofthe followingoptions: -Ignore allscheduleitems withunresolved properties.
Deleteall scheduleitemsor propertiesthatcannot beresolved. -Correct eachscheduleitem
orproperty individually. 4. Clickthe button.
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EasyWorship2009Manual 5. Selecting andclicking will displaythefollowing options: -Ignore thisitem. -Deletethis itemfromthe schedule. Click theBrowsebuttonto findthefileonyour harddrive.Whenthe videoislocatedand selected,click andthen .The itemwillnowbe addedtotheitemin theSchedulearea. 6. Selectanoptionand click .
Ifyouwishtotransferimagesandvideosviatheschedulefile SongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule.
Transferring
EasyWorshipautomatically showsintotheschedule,butit Whensavingaschedule,check screen.
slide intotheschedule. onthe
EasyWorshipwillthenpackthevideofilesintooneschedulefile,allowingforthetransfer ofvideosfromonecomputertoanother,withouthavingtotransferthevideofiles separately.Whenopeningthescheduleontheothercomputer,select -"Addthis videoitemasamediaresource"atthe screenifyouwouldlikea copyofyourvideoontheharddriveofthatcomputer.
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CheckscheduleforChangesformoreinformationonimportingvideosandimages intoyourmediaareafromyourschedule. IfEasyWorshipdoesn'tautomaticallycomparethesongsinyourschedulewiththesongs inthedatabasewhenyouopenyourschedule EasyWorshipdoesn'tautomatically checkforchangesforinstructionsonhowtocorrectthisproblem.
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Songs TheEasyWorshipNewSongdialogboxallowsyoutoaddanewsongtothesongs resourceareadatabasebytypingit,orbyimportingit.Inaddition,youcanusecommon Windowsfeaturessuchascut/copyandpastetoentertextintoEasyWorship. EasyWorshipcanimportRichText,HTML,Word,WindowsWrite,WordPerfect,and WorksforWindowsfiles.Youcanalsosavemiscellaneoustexttouseinyour presentations.Miscellaneoustextissavedintothesongsdatabase,somakesurethat younameitsomethingthatyoucaneasilyfind(e.g.,Misc.Text...). 1. Clickthe icon onthetoolbar. 2. The dialogboxappears.
1. Typeanameforthesonginthe box. 2. Clickthedesiredfontandsizeforthetext,andusethetoolbarbuttonstochoose astyle,color,andfilleffectsforthetext.FormoreinformationonusingtheFill Effectsdialogbox AddingBackgrounds. 3. Ifyouwanttoaddatag(colorlabel)totheslide,rightclickinthetextbox,pointto ,andthenclickoneofthetagtypes.Thedesiredtagappearsin thetextbox. EasyWorshipwillautomaticallyrecognizethesongtagwhenitistypedin andwillcolorcodeitforyou. Notescanalsobeaddedtothesongtag. NotesInsideaSong 4. TypethelyricsforthesongintheTextbox. 6. Toaddanewslide,eitherinsertanothertaginthetextbox,orpress .
7. Click Ifyouwanttoplaceablankline(s)withinaslide,press whenyouaresatisfiedwiththesong.
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1. ClicktheImporticon .TheWindows dialogboxappearsallowingyou tolocatethedesiredfile. 2. Click whenyouhavelocatedthefile.ThesongortextappearsintheTextbox whereyoucaneditandformatit.
Manyofthetoolbarbuttonshaveathirdstate;red.Theredstateindicates thatthedefaultsettinghasbeenoverriddenandthatyouhaveeditedthe textattributes.Tochangethetextattributesbacktothedefault,clickthe Defaultbutton,orclickthedownarrownexttothepaintcan,andthen clickAutomatic. YoucanalsocopyandpastethetextintotheTextbox. EasyWorshiphasanautoformatfeaturewhichmakesthetextalwaysfit ontheslide.Evenifenoughlinesareadded,thetextgetssmaller. Toedittheappearanceof :onthe menu,click , clickthe tab,andthenclick .
TheEasyWorshipEditorallowsyoutoeditsongs,miscellaneoustext,andsong information.Youcanchoosetoeditsongsinthescheduleforchangessavedtothesong onlyforthatscheduleand/oryoucaneditpermanentchangesforthesonginthesong resourcearea. 1. IntheSchedulearea,selectthesongtobeedited 2. Rightclickonthesong. 3. Clickon .
4. TheEditorwindowappears.
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5. Usethetextareaasastandardtexteditortotypeintextorchangetextas needed. 6. Usethetoolbartochangethefontandsizeofthetext,thestyle,thecolor,and thefilleffectsorbackground. FontSizingExplained 7. Click whenyouaresatisfiedwiththesong. 1. Press inthetextwherethenewslideistobeadded,andthen typethenewslidetext.
1. Rightclickinthetextboxwherethenewslidewillbeadded. 2. Clickon .
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3. Thenselectoneofthetagtypes. 4. Thetagappearsinthetextbox. 5. Thenpress totypethenewsongtext. Toeditcopyrightinformation,authorinformation,etc. undernotes.
EditingCopyrightinformation
1. IntheResourcearea,clickonthe tab. 2. Selectthesongyouwishtoedit. 3. onthesong. 4. Clickon . TheEditordialogboxappears. 5. Usethetoolbartoeditthesongtext.Youcanchangethefontand sizeofthetext, thestyle,thecolor,andthefilleffectsorbackground. FontSizingExplained 6. Toaddanewslide,press inthetextboxwhereyouwanttoaddthe slide,andthentypethenewsongtext. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Rightclickinthetextboxwhereyouwanttoaddtheslide. Select . Thenclickoneofthetagtypes.Thetagappearsinthetextbox. Clickinthetagtoaddadditionaltexttothetag.Youcanalsoaddparentheses andtext. Notes_Inside_a_Song 5. ToAdjusttext,asyoutype,thewordsallfitontheslideandcontinuetoget smaller,unlessyoubreaktheverseupbypressingEnter(pagebreaks,orslide breaks).Youcanalsoaddblanklineswhichwilldecreasethesizeofthetextby holdingdowntheShiftandEnter.
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Songs 6. Toeditcopyrightinformation,authorinformation,etc. 7. Click whenyouaresatisfiedwiththesong. UsingtheBackgroundDesignerintheSongEditorandUsingtheBackground Designer Tosetglobaloptionsthatareappliedtoallsongs, SongOptions. Manyofthetoolbarbuttonshaveathirdstate;red.Thisindicatesthatthedefault settinghasbeenoverriddenandthatyouhaveeditedthetextattributes.To changethetextattributesbacktothedefault,clicktheDefaultbutton,orclickthe downarrownexttothepaintcan,andthenclickAutomatic.Ifyoudeleteor changetheactualtext,youcanuse toundothechanges. thanotherWindowsapplications. EasyWorshipfontsizesarerelativetotheoverallsizeoftheslidescreen.The textwillneverbelargerthanthisrelativepercentage,whichallowsyouto predeterminefontsize.Therefore,songtextwillneverappearlargerandyoucan keepthefontsizeconsistent.Forexample,intheNewSongdialogboxyoucan typenewsongsandEasyWorshipautomaticallyformatsyourslideasyoutype. Youcanhighlighttextandselectthedesirefontheightpercentagewhilealso decreasingitforothertextonthesameslide.Formoreinformation, Song Options. Ifyouneedtoplaceablanklinewithinaslide,press .Youwill noticethatmoreblanklinesfilltheslideandcausethetextsizetodecrease. Clickinthetagtoaddadditionaltexttothetag. Tosetglobaloptionsthatareappliedtoallsongs, :SongOptions. TheCCLI#appearsbydefault.Asongis
copyrighted,oryoucanaddthecopyrightsymbolanddatetotheinformationin thesongeditor.OnceyouhaveenteredtheCCLI#,itwillautomaticallyappearin eachcopyrightedsong.ToaddCCLI#, DisplayingCopyrightInformation. *ClicktheInformationicontodisplaytheSongInformationdialogbox. *Editthedesiredinformation. *Click . Thefollowingprocedurepermanentlydeletestheselectedsongfromthe EasyWorshipSongsdatabase. 1. IntheResourcearea,locatethesongthatyouwanttodelete. 2. Rightclickonthatsong,clickDeleteSong.
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3. ClickYestopermanentlydeletethesongfromthesongsdatabase.
EasyWorshipusesanautofontsizingfeaturethatmakessurethatyourtextalwaysfits thescreen.EasyWorshipwillusethelargestsizefontpossibletodisplayyoursongsand scriptures.ThefollowinginformationexplainshowfontsizingworksinEasyWorship. EasyWorshipsetsthemaximumsizeofthefontbyusingtheDesiredFontHeight Percentagetomakesurethetextdoesn'tgettoolarge.ThedesiredfontHeight Percentageissetforapercentageofthescreensizeinsteadofapointfontsizelike mosttexteditingprograms. SongsTabformoreinfoonchangingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage. Thereisnominimumfontsize.Whenyoubegintotypetextintoaslide,thetextwill appearusingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage.Afteryoureachthemaximumnumber charactersthatcanfitonalineusingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage,EasyWorship willeitherwrapthetexttothenextlineor,ifwrappingisnolongeranoption, EasyWorshipwillmakethetextsmallerwiththeadditionofmorecharacters. Whenyoubegintotypetextintoasong,youcouldbetypingat10%.If youcontinuetotypewithoutcreatingnewslides,EasyWorshipwillcontinueto makethetextsmaller.Themoretextthereisthesmallerthetextappears. BydefaultEasyWorshipwillmakeallofthetextinasongthesamesize.Inorderto accomplishthis,EasyWorshiplooksattheslidewiththemosttextonittodeterminethe textsizeoftherestoftheslides.Ifyouputmoretextonaslidethancanfitusingthe desiredfontheightpercentage,EasyWorshipwillresizethetexttofit.EasyWorshipwill thenusethatslidetodeterminethetextsizefortherestoftheslides. Alltextinasongissizedbythelongestlineoftextintheentireslidesetforthatsong.In theeventthatyouhavealinethatistoolong,youmaybreakthatlineintomultiplelines bypressingenterwherethelinewraps.Ifyoupressentertwiceitwillsendthetextafter thecursortoanewslide.This,willreducetheamountoftextontheslidetoallowthe 76
Songs texttoappearlarger.Youwillnoticethatthetextinalloftheslideswillappearlarger whenthatlineorslideissplitintoanewlineorslide. AutowrappingcanbedisabledinLive/Options/SongstabunderAdvanced.Withauto wrappingturnedoff,EasyWorshipwillautomaticallystartresizingthetextwhenyouhave reachedthemaximumamountoftextthatcanfitonaline.Youwillhavetopressenter attheendofthelinetomakesurethetextisn'tresizeduntilyouhavereachedthe maximumamountoftextfortheslide. YoumayselectpartofthetextinaslideandincreasethetextsizeuptotheDesired FontHeightPercentage.EasyWorshipmayhavetoreducethesizeoftheothertextin theslideinorderfortheselectedtexttoappearlarger.Thefontsizeinthesongeditoris aproportionalsize.Itmakestheselectedtextlooklarger,byshrinkingthesizeofthe othertext.Ifyouselectthewholeslideandtrytoincreasethesize,thesizewillnot change.EasyWorshiphasalreadymadethetextonthatslideaslargeasitcanbefor thatslide.Ifthisisnotthecase,youmayneedtocheckotherslidesinthesong. TextSizeContinuityWithinaSong CCLI’s™SongSelectLyricServiceallowsyoutodownloadsongsfromthousandsof
songsontheirwebsiteforanominalmonthly/yearlyfee.ThisLyricServiceisprovided byChristianCopyrightLicenseInternational.TousetheCCLI's™SongSelectLyric
Service,youmustbeamemberwithavalidUserIDandPassword.Ifyouarenota currentmember,youcansubscribetothisserviceathttp://www.ccli.com. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7.
Clickthe tabintheresourcesarea. Clickthe tabinthewebnavigationarea. Loginifpromptedandclick . Clickonthelinkforthesongthatyouwanttoimport. Whenthesonglyricsappear,clickthe buttonatthetopright. Click ,ifyouwantthesongtobeaddedtotheschedule.
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9. Makeanychangesyouwouldlike,thenclick tocopythesongto EasyWorship. ThesongiscopiedtotheEasyWorshipSongsdatabaseforlateruse.Toeditthe song, EditingSongs.
YoumustbeconnectedtotheInternettodownloadasongfromCCLI's™ SongSelectLyricService. InternetConnectivityunderTroubleshootingif youareunabletoaccessSongSelectfromEasyWorship. Youmusthavea tousethisfeature. Gotowww.ccli.comtofindouthowtogetanaccount.
Ifyoudidnotloadthedemosongs,
AddingandRemovingDemoData
EasyWorshipallowsyoutotrackandgeneratetheusageofsongsforreportingand managingyourrepertoireofsongs.Forinformationonreportingtheusageofsongs, pleasecontactChristianCopyrightLicenseInt'l.(CCLI)atwww.CCLI.com.EasyWorship alsowillprintthelistofthesongsinyourSongsresourceareadatabase.Eachtimeyou add,printorprojectasong,EasyWorshiptracksthatactionandstoresitforyouina viewableandprintablefile. 1. 2. 3. 4.
OntheTopMenuBar,clickon . Adropdownmenuwillappear,highlight . Asidemenuwillappear,clickon . TheSelectReportPeriodwindowwillappear.Enterthereportperioddatesfor whichyouneedanactivityreport.
5. Thereportwillappearandyoucannavigatethetopmenubarforoptionson saving,printing,etc.
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OntheTopMenuBar,clickon . Adropdownmenuwillappear,highlight . Asidemenuwillappear,clickon . TheSongListwillappearshowingthenumericandalphabeticallistingofthe songsinyourSongsresourceareadatabase.Youcannavigatethetopmenubar optionsforprinting,savingetc.
Youcanprintthescheduleyouhavesaved.Thisishelpfultopassouttoyourstaffsoall canseetheagendaforeachpresentation.Youcanprintthescheduleinbothviews, eitherdetailsorsummaryview. 1. OntheTopMenuBar,clickon . 2. Adropdownmenuwillappear,highlight 3. Asidemenuwillappear,clickon
. .
4. Eachsongoritemintheschedulewillbeavailableforprinting,pageby page,includingallthewordsoneachslideofthatsong,andthesong informationofcopyrights,author,etc. 5. Navigatethetopmenubarforoptionsinprintingandsavingthedetailed schedulereport. 6. Thereportissavedinaproprietaryformcalleda*.qrpfile. 1. 2. 3. 4.
OntheTopMenuBar,clickon . Adropdownmenuwillappear,highlight . Asidemenuwillappear,clickon . Eachsongoritemintheschedulewillbeavailableforprinting,onlybyfilename asitappearsintheschedule.
5. Navigatethetopmenubarforoptionsinprintingandsavingthedetailed schedulereport. 6. Thereportissavedinaproprietaryformcalleda*.qrpfile. TheqrpfilescanbeopenedusingEasyWorship. 1. Clickon . 2. Click ,then . 3. Clickthe buttonatthetopofthereportscreen. 4. Browsetothe.qrpfilesavedfromEasyWorship. 5. Selectitandclick . EasyWorshiplayerstextovervideo,images,colors,gradientsandfeeds. 1. IntheResourcearea,clicktheSongstab. 2. Clickonthetitleofthesong;itwillbehighlighted. 3. ClickontheBackgroundbuttonabovethecentercolumnPreviewArea.The paletteofbackgroundthumbnailswillappear.Clickavideothumbnail ( AddingBackgrounds)
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DirectXisrequiredforEasyWorshiptodisplaytextovervideo.ClickonHelp,then DirectXTroubleshootingtoverifythatDirectXisenabled. TextOverVideoTroubleshootingunderTroubleshooting,Ifyouarehaving problemswithTextOverVideo. EasyWorshipsongsaresavedinthesongsresourceareadatabaseforeasyretrieval andefficientsongmanagement.Youcansearchforsongsbytitleorbythefirstlineof anyslide,verse,orchorus.TheFavoritesbuttonenablesyoutoselectsongsthatyou usethemostandneedtoaccessquickly.WhenclickingtheFavoritesbuttononlythe selectedsongswillappear. EasyWorshipallowsyoutoimportsongs,typeyourownsongsortext,andeditsongs. YoucanalsodownloadsongsfromCCLI's™SongSelectLyricService. 1. IntheResourcearea,clickthe Songstab. 2. Typethenameofthesonginthe Titlebox. 3. Begin typing the name of the desired song. You only have to type enough characters for EasyWorship to locate the song. :tolocateAmazing Grace,typeAm. -Or- Ifyoudonotknowthetitle,begin typingthefirstlineoftheslide, verse,orchorusinthe box. :tofindAmazing Grace,youcouldtype"TwasGrace that"inthe box. EasyWorshiplocates,highlights,anddisplaysthechosensonginthePreview area.ThefirstlineoftheselectedverseisdisplayedintheSearchbox. EasyWorshipreadsnumbersfirst,forexample,ifyounameasong"1AmazingGrace"it willappearfirstintheResourcearea.Thisallowsyoutotypeanumberandenterifyou wanttolistsongsnumerically.
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Songs 4. Afteryoulocatethedesiredsong,addthesongtotheschedule. Building andRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule -Or- ClickontheBackgroundbuttonandselectabackgroundfromthethumbnails, thenclick or,double-clickthesongtosenditdirectlytotheliveoutput areaandimmediatelydisplayittothecongregation. Todisplaytextovervideo,thevideothumbnailsintheBackgroundpalettewillhavefilm stripedges.Youcanclickonasong,thenthevideobackgroundthumbnailandthenclick .Tosaveavideoasabackgroundtoasongtobeusedeachtimeyouviewthe songfromthedatabase, AssignBackgroundtosong.
ClickoneachverseintheLiveareaandfollowyourleader.Youcanclickthe versesinanyorder.
Usethe
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keystofollowthroughtheverses.
Type1andpressthe key,2andthe key,etc.,asthey correspondtotheverses1-8;9,0,Ccorrespondstothechorus; for ; for ; for ;and for .Thereisasmalldownarrowatthetoprightof theLivearea.Clickitanddropdownthechoicetoseesongsdisplayedin summaryorfullview.Thenumberscorrespondtotheslideinthesummaryview.
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AddingSongs,EditingSongs, DownloadingSongsfromtheCCLISongSelectLyric
Service AddingSongstotheFavoritesList TheBackgroundDesignercanbeutilizedfromtheSongeditor.Thiswillallowformore controloverhowtextisdisplayedonthescreen. 1. Inthesongeditor,clickonthe
button.
2. Select
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*Fromthe ,thefontformatting,locationandsizeofthetextbox, VerticalandHorizontaltextalignmentcanbechanged. UsingtheBackgroundDesigner
ItwillnotupdatethethumbnailintheBackgroundspalette.Thatmustbedonefromthe Backgroundsbuttoninthepreviewwindow. Thetextboxformattingisattachedtothebackgroundofthesong.Whenthe backgroundforthesongischanged,thetextboxsettingswillbereset. Youcanalsoadjustthetextboxinabackgroundbyclickingonthethumbnailpicturein theeditorwindow,bothintheeditsongintheResourceareaoreditsonginthe schedule. IntheSongEditor: 1. Clickonthesongpreviewareatotherightofthetextarea. 2. Resizinghandleswillappear. 82
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Scriptures EasyWorshipoffersmanyfreeandcopyrightedbibles.Copyrightedbiblesareavailable for$29.00each. BiblesontheMediaStoretabforalistofavailablebibles. BiblescanbepurchasedviatheMediaStoretaborbycallingusat+1918-250-1493.If EasyWorshipwaspurchasedviaadealer,contactthemtopurchase.Afterthebibleis purchased,wewillsendanewserialnumbertoyouviae-mail.Followtheinstructions belowtoregisteryournewbible. 1. OpenEasyWorship. 2. Clickthe menu. 3. Select . 3. Inthe fieldtypeinthenewserialnumber. 4. Click . 5. TheValidatebuttonwillgreyout. 6. Click . 7. Clickonthe tab. 8. Thetabforyournewbiblewill showupatthebottomofthe scripturesarea. 9. Ifthemessage appears,Click . Ifyoudonothaveaninternetconnection,youmaydownloadthetextfromour websiteontoacomputerthathasinternetaccessandinstallthebibletext manually. InstallingBibleTextManually
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ClickontheOnlinetabintheresourcearea. Clickthe tab. Clickon . Click nexttothescriptureyouwishtoinstall. Thescripturewilldownloadandinstallautomatically. Ifyouhaven'tpurchasedthescriptureyet,clickAddToCartandgothroughthe checkoutprocess.
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1. Atacomputerwithinternetconnection, browseto http://www.easyworship.com/bibles. 2. Clickonthedownloadlinkforthebibleyou wanttodownload. 3. Savethefiletoadisk. 4. Takethedisktothecomputeryouwantto installthebibleon. 5. ClicktheScripturestab. 6. Clickthe buttontotherightofthe Bibleversiontabs. 7. Click . 8. Browsetoandselectthebiblefileyousavedtothedisk. 9. Click . 10. TheScripturetextwillnowappear. Notallscripturesarefree.PleaseseeHowCanIAddMoreBibleVersions?forinfoon howtopurchaseoraddnewbiblestoEasyWorship.
1. Clickonthe tabintheresourcearea. 2. Noticetheversiontabsatthebottom. 3. Totherightoftheversiontabs,clickonthe button.Theavailableversion tabnameswillappear. 4. Selecttheversionsyouwishtoenable.
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ThereareseveralBibleversionsresidentinEasyWorshiptobeusedinyour presentations.Youcaneasilylocateanddisplaychaptersandversesfromanybookof theBiblefromtheScripturestab. TheEasyWorship resourceareaautomaticallycontainstheHCSB,ASV,KJV &RVAbibles.Otherversionsareavailable.Notallversionsarefree. AddingMore BibleVersionsformoreinfoonaddingmorebiblestoEasyWorship.Checkourwebsite forthelatestlisting.http://www.easyworship.com Also
EnablingScriptureVersionTabsandUsingScriptures
1. Clickonthe tabintheresourcearea. 2. ClickthetaboftheBibleversionyouwanttouse. 3. TypethescripturereferenceintheScripturefieldatthetopoftheScripturestab. Forexample,ifyouarelookingupascripturein1Thessalonians,you wouldtype .EasyWorshipwillthenauto-completethebookname foryou.
Presstherightarrowkeythentypeintheverseaddressinthefollowing format .
4. Clickthegreenplussignonthescheduletoolbarordraganddroptheselected scripturetotheschedulearea. WhenSelectingmultiplescriptures,thescripturetextwillbeaddedtooneslide.Editing ofthescripturemaybeneeded. 1. Clickonthe tabintheresourcearea. 2. SelecttheBibleversionyouwanttouse. 3. Typethescripturereferenceinthe atthetopoftheScripturestab. 4. theselectedscripturetomakeitGoLive. 1.
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. 3. MakethechangesyouneedusingtheScriptureeditor.(Thescriptureeditor worksthesameasthesongeditor) EditingSongsformoreinfoonformattingyourScripturetext.
YoumaywanttousemultiplenonconsecutivescripturessuchasGenesis1:1-5and 1:11-15. Youcanaddeachsetofscripturestothescheduleseparately. Thiscanalsobeaccomplishedwithouthavingtoaddmultiplescripturestotheschedule. 1. Addverses1-5totheschedule. 2. Selectverses11-13inthescripturelookuparea. YoumaytypethereferenceinorholddownShiftandselectthe scriptures. 3. RightclickonthehighlightedtextandclickonCopyTexttoClipboard.
4. RightclickonthescriptureintheScheduleandeditit. 5. Pastethetextintotheeditor. 6. Removethescripturereferenceatthebeginningofthepastedtextandthebible versioninformationattheendofthetext.
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-Maintainsthesrcinalaspectratioofanimage,videoorfeedby default,butautomaticallystretchesittofitthescreenwhenusedasabackground fortext. -Maintainsthesrcinalaspectratioofthevideo,image,feedregardless ofuse.-Stretchesthevideo,imageorfeedfitthescreenregardlessofuse. -Zoomsinonthevideo,imageorfeedcroppingtheedgesregardlessof use.
1. Rightclickonanimage,feedorvideo. 2. Selectthe option.Theoptionsavailableare , or .
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Clickon . Selectthebackgroundyouwanttomodify. Clickthe button. SelecttheAspectratiofromtheDropdownlist.. Click .
-(enCOder/DECoderorCOmpressor/DECompressor)-software(orhardware) thatcompressesanddecompressesaudioandvideodatastreams. Thepurposeofcodecsistoreducethesizeofdigitalaudiosamplesandvideoframesin ordertospeeduptransmissionandsavestoragespace. ForMoreinformationgotohttp://www.freecodecs.com/guides/What_you_need_to_know_about_codecs.htm Whenyouplayavideo,orsoundfilethroughEasyWorship,ithastoknowhowtodecode thatfile.AcodecisapieceofsoftwarethattellsEasyWorshiphowtodecodethevideo oraudiofile.Ifyoudon'thavethepropercodecinstalledonyourcomputer,EasyWorship won'tbeabletoplayyourmultimediafile. StandardcodecsthatareincludedautomaticallyinWindowsMediaPlayerare: Mpeg1,AVI,WMV. MP3,WAV,WMA EasyWorshipcanuseanyofthesetypesoffileswithoutinstallingextracodecsoftware. EasyWorshipcanplaymanyothertypesoffilesaslongasyouhaveacodecfor
EasyWorshiptodecodethefilewith.Mpeg2,Mpeg4,Divx,Movfilesrequireextra codecsoftware.
Avoiddownloadingcodecpacksthatclaimtohaveacodecforeverytypeoffile. ManytimestheywillinstallsoftwarethatconflictswithEasyWorshipandcan causeyourmediafilestoplayincorrectly.Theonlycodecpackwecurrent recommendistheK-Litecodecpack.Wehavespecificinstructionsforinstalling it.
WerecommendGabest,DScalerorPowerDVD6or7codecsforplayingMpg2 filesandDVDs. RecommendedDVD&Mpg2Decoders
EasyWorshipisabletoplayaudiofilesfromyourschedule.Thefollowingformatsare supportedbyEasyWorship:MP3,WAV,WMA,MID,AAC.Audiocontentcanbe accessedbyclickingtheMediatab,thentheAudiotab.
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OpenEasyWorship. ClicktheMediatab. ClicktheAudioTab. ClicktheAddbutton. Browsetoandselecttheaudiofilesyouwishtoadd. ClicktheOpenbutton.
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OpenEasyWorship. ClicktheMediatab. ClicktheAudiotab. Draganddropanaudiofileintotheschedulearea. ClickGoLivetoplaytheaudio. Audiofilesmayalsobeplayedfromthepreviewcolumn.
1. OpenEasyWorship. 2. Addasongtotheschedule. BuildingandRunninganEasyWorship Schedule 3. ClicktheMediatab. 4. ClicktheAudiotab. 5. DragandropanAudiofilefromtheAudiotabontoasongintheschedule. Songsmustbeaddedtotheschedulebeforeaudiocanbeattachedtothem.
EasyWorshipenablesyoutoutilizetheonboardDVDROMdriveonyourpresentation computerfordisplayingDVDsorportionsyoucreateasclips.Thisisadifferent applicationofdisplayingDVDthancapturingaDVDfeedthroughacapturecard( WorkingwithFeeds) ThevideocontentinaDVDisdividedintotitlesandmenus.Titlesarefurtherdividedinto unitscalledpartsoftitles(PTTs).Moreoften,thesearecalledscenes,chaptersor segments.Thesecouldbecomparedtousingfoldersandsubfoldersinyourdirectory treestructureofacomputer.Theviewercannavigatetospecifictitlesorchapterswithin titles.EachindividuallyseparatedvideofileonaDVDmaybereferredtoasasegment. TheauthorofaDVDdecideshowtodividethecontentintotitlesandchapters.Whena DVDcontainsafeature-lengthfilm,theentirefilmisoftenplacedinonetitleorsegment, andsometimesdividedintochaptersfortheindividualscenes.Extrafeaturesonthe DVD,suchastrailersordeletedscenes,areplacedinseparatetitlesorsegments. However,thesedivisionsarearbitrary,andmanyDVDsareorganizeddifferently.
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EasyWorship2009Manual TheEasyWorshipDVDeditorcanplaytheentiremovie,predefinedsegmentsoryoucan selectpartsoftheDVDcalledclips.PredefinedClipsaresegmentsthatyoucanchoose whenloadingaDVDandthosesegmentswillautomaticallybereadywiththeproper MarkInandMarkOutpoints.Forexample,ifyouloadani-WorshiptypeDVD,allthe songswouldbepredefinedandloadintothedatabaseareawhenyouselectPredefined Clips.OnanyDVD,youmaysetMarkInandMarkOutpointstoeditaclip.Youmay defineaclipnameforthateditedclip.TheDVDfromwhichyouwishtoplayaclipmust remainintheDVDROMdrive.EasyWorshipdoesnotcopytheDVDorsegments,onlya pathtoturnonthatselectedsegmentorclip.Ifyouhavemultipledrives,EasyWorship willrememberthedrivefromwhichyoueditedyourspecificclip.Multipleclipsor segmentsmaybechosenfromyourDVD. EasyWorshiprequiresaDVDDecodertobeinstalledinordertocreateandplayDVD clips. RecommendedDVDDecodersformoreinformation. DVDClipEditorOverview,ToplayaDVD(wholemovieatonce),Toeditand playaDVDclip(asmallpieceofamovie)andToplayDVD(PredefinedClips)forhelp withcreatingDVDclipsinEasyWorship.
InordertocreateDVDclipsinEasyWorship,theDVDregionhastobesetontheDVD playerinthecomputer.ManyDVDdrivescomefromthefactorywithnoregionset.Ifthe wrongregionornoregionisset,youwillbeabletocreateclips,butwillnotbeableto playthembackafterremovingandreinsertingtheDVDintothedrive.Followthe instructionsbelowtosettheregionontheDVDdriveinthecomputer. 1. Open or . 2. RightclicktheDVDdrive. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Click . Apropertieswindowwillappear. Clickthe tab. SelecttheDVDdrivefromthelist. Clickthe buttonatthebottom. ThepropertieswindowfortheDVDdrivewillappear. usersclickthe buttonatthebottomoftheGeneral tab. 10. Clickthe tab. 11. Selecttheappropriatecountry. 12. Click . TheDVDregioncanonlybechangedamaximumof5times. 1. Intheresourcearea,clickonthe
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2. Clickonthe buttonatthebottomoftheMediaresourcewindow.The windowwillappear.
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- Fieldinwhichyoucreateanameforyourclip.
- SmallpictureassociatedwiththeClipName,whichwillappearintheDVD resource area. - Clickthisbuttonattheframeyouchooseforyourthumbnail.
- Twochoicesappearforeditingclips:LoopSegmentandContinuousPlay. Clickonthedowntriangleforselection.LoopSegmentloopsonlythecurrentsegment youareediting.ContinuousPlayplaystheentireDVDallowingyoutoeditit. -TheMainMenuorMainSegmentsoftheDVD. -ThenumericalelapsedtimeandcurrentlocationintheDVD.Youcanincrease ordecreasemarkinandmarkoutpointsbynavigatingthetrianglesandeditingthe numberfields. -Sub-menusegmentsundereachtitle.
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- ThepositionatwhichyouMarkInthestartingpointofyoureditedclip. -ThepositionatwhichyouMarkOuttheendingpointofyoureditedclip. Clickthisbuttonwhenyouwishtoselecttheentiresegmentyouare playing.ItwillautomaticallysettheMarkInandMarkOutatitsbeginningandending points.
DisplaysthenameoftheDVDandthedriveplaying.Ifyouhave multipledrivesyoucanclickthedowntriangleandselectadditionalDVDs. -YoucancreateadisknametorecognizeasitappearsintheDVDresource databasearea.
AvisualtrackingofthepositionoftheDVD.Itcanbescrolled
forwardandbackwardtonewlocationsonthesegment. -Clickthisbuttontoedityourclips. Clickthisbuttontopreviewyoureditedclip. EachDVDwillhavedifferentmenusfordisplayingtheTitle,Root, Subtitles(lyrics),Audio(splittracks,clicktracks,Stereo,Surround,etc.), Angle(thecameraanglesavailable),andChapterMenus.
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Creating&ManagingDVDClips,UsingDVDClips,
-IntheDVDclipdatabasetherearetwoviewsavailable. TheAllDVDClipslistandtheAvailableDVDClipslist.AllDVDClipsshowsalistofall theDVDclipscreated.AvailableDVDClipsdisplaysalistofclipscreatedfortheDVD thatiscurrentlyintheDVDdrive.DVDclipslistedunderAllDVDClipscannotbeedited, butcanbedeleted. -WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyoutocreateanewDVD clip. -RemovestheselectedDVDclipfromtheDVDclipdatabase. -WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyoutomakechangestoan existingDVDclip.
- WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyouto createanewDVDclip.
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InsertaDVDintotheDVDROMdrive. Clickonthe tabintheResourcearea. Clickonthe tab. Clickthe button. The windowwillappear. Typetheclipnameinthe fieldatthetopleft. ClicktheitemyouwanttoplayintheDVDmenutotheright. Asvideoplays,clickthe buttontoselectthebeginningofyourclip. Clickthe buttontoselecttheendoftheclip.
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Toplaythe clickSelectSegment. ForiWorshipDVDsandotherslikeit,youmayclickSelectSegment whenthevideostartsplaying.EasyWorshipwillsettheMarkInandMark Outpointsatthebeginningandendofthesongforyou. buttonwillallowyoutopreviewyoureditedclipinthewindow.Click buttontoresumeediting.
10. Scrollthecliptofindtheframeyouwishtouseforathumbnailandclick . 11. Click .TheclipandthumbnailwillappearintheDVDclipdatabase.
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1. Selecta DVDclipintheDVD clipdatabase. 2. Clickthe ontheschedule toolbar. 3. WhenitistimefortheDVDclip tobeplayedintheservice,just clickGoLive .
Youmayalsodraganddropa clipfromthedatabasetothe schedule. GoLivewithaDVDclip directlyfromthedatabaseby doubleclickingit. TheDVDhastobeinthedrive forthecliptoplay. DVDclipscanbetransferred viathescheduletoanother computer. Clipsareforwardcompatible butnotbackwardcompatible. ClipscreatedonWindows9x willworkonWindowsXPbut clipscreatedonXPwillnot workon9x.Clipscreatedon Windows9x-XPwillnotwork onWindowsVista-7andviseversa. DVDClipEditorOverviewandCreating&ManagingDVDClips
Predefinedclipsarepredefinedwiththeproperstartandstoppointsalreadyset.This savesyouthetimeofhavingtoediteachsegmenttoprepareaDVDclipfortheDVDclip database.Forexample,ifyouhaveaniWorshiptypeDVDwhichcontains7songs,you canselect andeachofthe7songswillnowappearinthe DVDclipdatabase,predefinedandreadytoplay.NotallDVDswillsupportpredefined clips. EasyWorshipdoesnotcopytheelectronicimageoftheDVD.Itonlycreatesabookmark toalocationontheDVDaccordingtohowyoueditedorsavedthatclip.Youstillmust havetheDVDinsertedintothedrivetoplaytheclips. IftheDVDhassegmentsthathavelyricsonlower,upper,ormiddlethirds,youcan selectthesepredefinedclipsinthatformat.Thisisalsotrueforsplittracks,clicktracks andnolyrictracks.IftheDVDhasthosesegments,youcannowsavethesamesongin
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7. Check ifyouwantEasyWorshipto connecttotheEasyWorshippredefinedclipsitetocheckforneworupdatedDVD clipsforthisDVD. 8. Check tobepromptedifthereare anypredefinedclipsforaDVDwhenitisinsertedintothedrive. 9. Ifpredefinedclipsareavailable,theywillappearinthewindow. 10. Checktheboxesnexttotypesofclipsyouwishtouse. 11. Click . 12. Check to clearanypredefinedclipsalreadyloadedforthatDVD.Clipsthathavenot beeneditedandarenotselectedinthiswindowwillbecleared. 13. TheselectedpredefinedclipswillnowappearintheDVDclipdatabase. PredefinedDVDclipscanbeeditedbyselectingtheclipandclicktheeditbuttonatthe bottomoftheDVDclipdatabase. Creating&ManagingDVDClips
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thatwillhelpyouseeandchoosewhat ClickHeretodownloadtheutility.
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YoucanalsofindoutwhatcodecWindows/EasyWorshipisusingbygoingto andclick .Thiswillbringupadialogstating theDVDcodecinformationthatisbeingused.Thiscommandonlyworksfor Windows9x-XP.
Clickon , insideEasyWorship.Thiswilltell youwhatcodecsarebeingusedtodisplaythevideo.
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MostproblemswithDVDsinEasyWorshiparecausedbyacodecthatisnotcompatible withEasyWorship.Belowisalistofcodecsthatworkandalistofknownproblematic codecs.
InstalledwithK-LiteCodecPack ClickheretoinstalltheK-LiteCodecPack. DScalerisanopensourcecodecthatworksprettywell.Itworksonallcomputersexcept forsystemswithSoundBlasterSoundCards.Wehavefoundthattheaudiowillnotwork whenusingDScalerwithsomeSoundBlastercards.HereisthelinktotheDScaler MPEGdecoderinstall.DownloadDScaler
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Thisdecoderdoesnotwork.ItwillshowupasInterVideoinyourcodeclist. ThisdecoderdoesnotworkandmaycauseEasyWorshiptolockupwhentryingto createacliporplayaclip. Thiscodecisdistributedwithanotherworshipsoftwareanddoesnotworkwellwith EasyWorship.YoumayneedtoremoveitbeforeusingvideosinEasyWorship.Itcanbe foundgoingto .Renamingthefile willresolve anyproblemscausedbythiscodec. DVDDecoderUtilitiestofindoutwhatdecoderisinstalledonyourcomputer. IcancreateaDVDClipandplayitinthepreviewwindow;butIonlygetablack screenwhenyouGoLivewiththeclip. AnincompatibleDVDDecoderorDirectXsupportisnotenabled. InstallacompatibleDVDDecoder RecommendedDVD&Mpg2 DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders. YoumayalsoneedtoenableDirectXsupportbyclickingonHelp,DirectX troubleshooting. YoucancreateaDVDClipandplayitinthepreviewwindow,butEasyWorship locksupwhenyouGoLivewiththeclip. AnincompatibleDVDDecoder InstallacompatibleDVDDecoder. RecommendedDVD&Mpg2 DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders. DVDdoesn'tplayintheclipeditorwindow.Theclipeditorwindowdisplaysthe message"PleaseinsertDVDintodrive...". NosuitableDVDdecoderwasfoundtoplaytheDVD.Thediskyouhaveinthe driveisnotaDVD. InstallacompatibleDVDDecoder. RecommendedDVD&Mpg2 DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders.TryanotherDVD.
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Youcanaddafeedtothebackgroundpaletteanduseitasalivebackground.Thefeed mustbeaddedtotheVideosResourceareatoappearintheAddarea. 1. Clickthe tab. 2. Clickthe tab. 3. Rightclickafeed,thenclick . 4. Thefeedisnowavailableinthebackgroundpalette.
UsetheVJfeatureforcameraswitching. Addcamerafeedstobackgrounds,usethebackgrounddesignertomaketext appearonthelowerthird,thenusetheVJfeaturetoswitchcamerasbehindtext.
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EasyWorshipcanprojectimagesfromyourcomputerthroughexternaldevices(DVD, VHS,Camera(s),andMixer)usingacapturecard.MostcapturecardsarePCIcardsthat areinstalledintoPCIslotsonthemotherboardofyourcomputer.Eachcapturecardhas itsowninputconnections.SomeareRCA(composite)jacks,someareS-video,and someareFireWireIEEE1392.Itisimportantthatyoudeterminethetypeofinterface cabledesiredbeforeyouorderyourcapturecard. FireWireIEEE1392hassomelatencythatisnoticeable.Thisoptionmaynotbe desirableifyouraudiencecanseethesourceandoutputscreen.Somecapturecards donotworkwellwithmultiplecardsofthesametype.Pleasegotothe System Requirementsonwww.easyworship.comforalistofsuggestedcards. 1. Open . 2. IntheResourcearea,clickthe 3. Clickthe tab.
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5. Click . 6. The dialogboxappearswiththeinstalledcapturecardslistedunder AvailableInputDevices.
7. Clickthecapturecardtowhichyouwanttoconnectthedevice. 8. Typeanameforthedeviceinthe box. 9. Selectthetypeofdevicefromthe . 10. Click . 11. The dialogboxappears.
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10. Click whenyouaredone. TheaddeddeviceappearsintheResourcearea.Toaddadditionaldevicesrepeatsteps 1-10. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
IntheResourcearea,clickthe tab. Clickthe tab. Clickthedevicethatyouwanttodelete. Click . Amessageappearsaskingyouifyouwanttopermanentlydeletethefeed. Click todeletethefeed.
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IntheResourcearea,clickthe tab. Clickthe tab. Clickthefeedthatyouwanttoedit. Click . Makethedesiredchanges. Click .
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EasyWorship2009Manual 1. Clickthe tab. 2. Clickonthe tab,thendraganddroptheimagetothe Area. 3. Selecttheimageinthe areaandclick .Youmayalsodouble clicktheimagetomakeitgototheLivearea. EasyWorshipcomeswithimagesreadyforyoutouseinyourpresentations. EasyWorshipcanimportimagesthatyouhaveproduced,oradditionalimagesyouhave purchased.Createyourimageusingtheappropriatesoftware. EasyWorshipwilldisplay.bmp,.jpg,.wmfand.icofiles.Forthebestresultsstoreall imagesinYourProfile/imagesfolder. LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowto locatedyourimagesfolder. 1. Clickthe tab. 2. Clickthe tab. 3. Clickthe buttontoaccessthe dialogbox. 4. Locateandhighlighttheimagethatyouwanttoimport. 5. Click . 6. TheimportedimageappearsintheImagesarea. WhenyourightclickonathumbnailintheImagesresourcearea,youhavethefollowing options: -thisisashortcuttoaddingadditionalimagesyoumighthaveona CD. -deletestheimagefromtheresourcearea.Itwillpromptyouto deleteitcompletelyfromthe/Resources/Imagesfolder.
e-addsimagetotheschedule. -allowsyoutoaddimagestotheBackgrounds palettedirectlyfromthisview.
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-Draganimageontoasonginthescheduletoassignthat imagetoasongasabackground. -DragandDropimagesfromanyfolderinWindowstothe imagesarea.EasyWorshipwillthenaddashortcuttothatimageintoyour imagestab.
EasyWorshipcanplayanyvideoformatthatWindowMediaPlayersupports. CodecsExplained 1. IntheResourcearea,clickthe tab. 2. Clickthe tab. 5. DraganddropthevideothumbnailtotheSchedulearea
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EasyWorshipcomeswithvideosreadyforyoutouseinyourpresentations. EasyWorshipcanimportvideosthatyouhaveproduced,oradditionalvideosyouhave purchased.Createyourvideousingtheappropriatesoftware. 1. Clickthe tab. 2. Clickthe tab. 3. Clickthe buttontoaccessthe dialogbox. 4. Locateandhighlightthevideothatyouwanttoimport. 5. Click . 6. Afterthevideoisaddedtothevideosareayoumay onitandclick .
7. Scrolltotheframeyouwishtodisplayasthethumbnailinyourvideospalette.
8. Clickawayfromtheselectthumbnailboxtosetthethumbnail. IntheResourcearea: 1. Clickthe tab. 2. thevideothatyouwanttodelete. 3. Click . 4. Amessageappearsaskingifyouwanttopermanentlydeletethevideo. 4. Click todeletethevideo. WhenyourightclickonathumbnailintheVideosresourcearea,younowhavethe followingoptions: -thisisashortcuttoaddingadditionalvideosyoumighthaveona CD. -deletesthevideofromtheresourcearea.Itwillpromptyouto deleteitcompletelyfromYourProfile/Resources/Videosfolder. Locating YourProfileData -addsvideototheschedule.
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-DraganddropavideointotheschedulefromtheImagestab. -Dragavideoontoasonginthescheduletoassignthat imagetoasongasabackground. -DragandDropavideofromanyfolderinWindowstothe imagesarea.EasyWorshipwillthenaddashortcuttothatvideointoyourimages tab.
WhendisplayingavideothevideodoesnotappearintheLiveOutputarea becauseittakesexcessiveamountsofmemorytodisplaythevideoclipinthe PreviewandOutputareassimultaneously. EasyWorshipwillplayfilessupportedbyWindowsMediaPlayerandsome Quicktime®filesiftheK-Litecodecpackisloadedonthecomputer. FLVFlashfilescannowbeplayedwiththeK-Litecodecpackloadedonthe computer. Thepathwhereyouwanttostoreyourvideosis:YourProfile/Resources/Videos Atthispointyoumaywishtocreatesubfolderstobettercategorizeyour collection. HowCanIOrganizeImagesandVideos? LocatingYour ProfileData. YoucanalsocopyandpastetoaddnewvideosintoYour Profile\Resources\Videos.
HowdoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork?andCodecsExplainedundermedia ifyouarehavingproblemswithvideos.
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Online EasyWorshipallowsyoutoscheduleonlinecontenttobedisplayedduringa presentation.ClickingtheOnlinetabintheresourceareaunlocksEasyWorship'sonline options.WhenclickingtheOnlinetab,youwillnoticethatthePreviewandLivecolumns arenowreplacedwithawebbrowserwiththreetabsatthetopleft.The MediaStoreTab allowsyoutopurchaseanddownloadmediaandbiblesdirectlytoEasyWorship.The SongSelectTaballowsyoutoimportlyricsviatheSongSelectlyricservice.Thisallows youtokeeptheSongSelectopenandavailableatalltimesforquickaccess.The Web Taballowsyoutoaddwebsitestothescheduletobedisplayedduringapresentation. TheWebtabalsoallowsyoutoscheduleflashcontent. MediaStoreTab,SongSelectTab,andWebTabformoreinformation.
UsingthemediastorebuiltintoEasyWorshipwillhelpsimplifytheprocessofpurchasing andaddingmediatoEasyWorship.Usingthemediastoreallowsyoutopurchase, downloadanddisplaymediaquickly. 1. Clickthe 2. Clickthe
tabintheresourcearea. tabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright.
3. Browsethemediastore,andaddvideos,imagesorbiblestoyourcart. 4. Afteryoucheckout,linkswillbeprovidedtodownloadtheitemsyouhave purchased. 5. Clickthelinkstostartthedownloadprocess.
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EasyWorship2009Manual 6. Duringthedownloadprocess,theitemswillappearintheOnlinetabasStore Downloadswiththeprogressshownunderneath. 7. Thevideosandimageswillautomaticallyappearintheirrespectivetabsunder theMediatab. 8. Bibleswillinstallautomatically.Freebibleswillappearimmediatelyinthe Scripturestab.Purchasedbiblesrequireyoutoenterthenewserialnumberyou receivedviaemail. InstallingBibleTextUsingtheMediaStore ImportingSongsfromSongSelect 1. 2. 3. 4.
Clickthe tab. Clickthe tabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright. Typethewebaddressintotheaddressbarandpressenter. ClicktheSchedulebuttontoaddthatwebpagetotheschedule.
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Clickthe tab. Clickthe tabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright. Enterwww.youtube.comintotheaddressbarandpressenter. Clickthevideoyouwanttoplay. Whenthevideoappearsclickthe button. Thefollowingpromptwillappear,"WouldyoulikeEasyWorshiptoautomatically displaythisvideofullscreenwhenyougolive?" Ifthispromptdoesn'tappear,thefullscreenoptionisnotavailableforthisvideo. 7. Click or . 1. 2. 3. 4.
Clickthe tab. Clickthe tabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright. Typeintheaddresstotheflashcontentandpressenter. Clickthe button.
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Clickthe tab. Clickthe tabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright. Typein intheaddressbaratthetop. Press Browsetothefoldercontainingtheswforhtmlfile. Typethenameoftheswforhtmlfileinattheendofthepath. C:\FlashFiles\RubberChickenDance\RCD.swfor C:\FlashFiles\RubberChickenDance\index.html 7. Press . 8. Clickthe button.
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Backgrounds EasyWorshipallowsyoutochoosebackgroundsforyoursongsandscriptures. Backgroundscanbegradients,colors,pictures,videos,orlivefeeds.Youcanalso customizeyourbackgroundsusingtheBackgroundDesigner.EasyWorshipcomes standardwithbackgrounds,butyoumaywishtoaddothersalso.TheOptionsbuttonin theBackgroundOptionsdialogboxallowsyoutoadd,remove,modify,andcustomize backgrounds. 1. Clickthe button. 2. Click . 3. Click . 4. Browsetoandselectthevideosorimagestobeadded. 5. Click . Theselectedpictures/videosappearinthebackgroundpalette.
1. Clickthe 2. Click 3. Click .
button. .
TheFillEffectsdialogboxappearswithfive tabs 1. Clickthe tabtochooseacolor fromthecolorpalette,orclick CustomColortoselectasolidcolor background. 2. Click toaddthatcolortothe backgroundpalette.
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1. Clickthe tabtochoose thedesiredcolorfromtheColor1 andColor2lists. 2. Clickthedesired . TheVariantsboxesallowsfor previewingthegradient. 3. Clickthedesired andclick
1. Clickthe 2. Click toaddanimage background. 3. Browsetotheimagetobeadded. 4. Selecttheimagefile. 5. Click 6. Theselectedpictureappearswith itspathdisplayedbelowit. 7. Theimagecanbetiledbyclicking TileImage.
1. Clickthe tabtoaddavideo background. 2. Clickthe button. 3. Browsetothevideotobeadded. 4. Selectthevideofile. 5. Click . 6. UsethevideocontrolsintheVideo tabtopreviewthevideo. 7. Usethe buttonto setadifferentthumbnailforthe video. 8. Click .
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1. Clickthe tabtoaddafeed background. 2. Selectafeed. 3. Click . WorkingwithFeedsformore informationaboutusingfeedsas backgrounds.
1. Clickonthe button. 2. Clickon . 3. Selectthebackgroundtobe removed. 4. Clickthe button. 5. Clickthe buttontoremove thebackground
AssignabackgroundtotheLogobuttonby selecting . SetbackgroundforFoldbackscreenby selecting Moveabackgroundupanddowninthe backgroundpalettebyselecting or . Addasinglebackgroundtothebackground palettebyselecting Addasinglebackgroundtothebackground palettebyselecting Modifyabackgroundbyselecting Removeabackgroundbyselecting . RightclickingathumbnailintheVideos, ImagesorFeedsresourceareadisplaysa menuto: view.
-allowsyoutoaddthisvideototheBackgroundpalettefromthis
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TheOptionsbuttonintheBackgroundOptionsdialogboxallowsyoutoadd,remove, modify,andcustomizebackgrounds. AddingBackgrounds,UsingtheBackgroundDesignerandModifyingBackgrounds
AssignabackgroundtotheLogobuttonbyselecting . Moveabackgroundupanddowninthebackgroundpalettebyselecting or .
Addasinglebackgroundtothebackgroundpalettebyselecting Modifyabackgroundbyselecting Removeabackgroundbyselecting .
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Clickonthe button. Clickon Selectthebackgroundtobemodified. Click toaccessthe dialogbox.
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Setadifferentframeinavideoclipforthethumbnail,usingthesliderball underthevideowindowandthe button.
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Forpicturebackgrounds,select whenitisdisplayed.
totilethatbackgroundpicture
Ifascheduleitemhastheword onit,abackground beenassignedtothat song.Thatsongisusingthelastbackgroundselectedunderthe buttonin the area. 1. Clickthebackgroundbuttonatthetop ofthepreviewwindow. 2. Clickonthebackgroundtobeusedon allsongsthatdon'thaveabackground assignedtothem.
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1. Clickthe buttonatthetopofthepreviewwindow. 2. Draganddropthebackgroundontoasongintheschedule. (Thisdoesnotupdatethedatabase.)
1. CreateaNewSongorRightclickonasonginthedatabaseorscheduleand selecteditsong. 2. IntheSongeditorwindowclickonthe button. 3. Selectthebackgroundtobeassignedtothatsong. 4. Clickthe button. 1. Click . 2. Selectthetabforthetypeofbackgroundyouwanttouse. 3. IfyouarenotusingaColororGradient,Clickthe atthebottom right. 4. Browsetothefileorfeedyouwishtouse 5. Selectthefileorfeedandclickopen 6. Click .Thebackgroundwillnowbesavedtothesonginthesongresource area.YoucanalsoclicktheAutomaticbuttontochoosethedefaultbackground forallsongstobeappliedtothissongaswell.Nobackgroundwillbesavedto thesongwhenchoosingAutomatic. AddingBackgrounds 7. YoucanalsouseTextBoxResizinghereinthiseditor. Clickonthepictureintheeditorwidow.Resizingbuttonswillappear. Setthesizeandlocationofthetextboxandsavetothesong. TextBoxResizingintheEditorWindow
VideoJockorVJisafeaturethatgivesyouaccesstoMediaandBackgroundsatyour fingertips.WhenclickingmediaorbackgroundsintheVJControlArea,thelive backgroundwillchangeontheflyasyouclick.Followthestepsbelowtoenableanduse VJ. 1. ClickthedownarrowatthetoprightoftheLive area. 2. SelectVideoJockeyModefromthelist. 116
Backgrounds 3. TheVJcontrolareawillreplacethelivepreviewarea.
4. ClickonanyVideo,Image,FeedorBackground. 5. Thebackgroundontheoutputscreenwillchangeontheflyasyouclick. EasyWorshipallowsforimageandvideobackgroundstobealtered.Backgroundsthat areAlteredusingtheBackgroundDesignerappearinthebackgroundpalettewithan"" intheupperleftcorner. Beforealteringanimageorvideobackground,createaduplicatesothattherewillbea copyofthesrcinalinthebackgroundpalette. AddingBackgrounds 1. Inthe window,clickthebackground thatyouwanttocustomize. 2. Selectthe checkbox. 3. Clickthe button.
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EasyWorship2009Manual 4. TheBackgroundDesignerdialogboxappears 5. 1. Clickonthepicture. 2. Resizinghandlesappearinallcornersandinthecenterofeachsideofthetext box. 3. Resizetheframeusingtheresizinghandles. 4. Clickanddragthetextboxtothedesiredlocation. 5. ClickOKwhenallchangesarecomplete.
1. Clickthe
dropdownboxtoselectthefonttobeused.
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ChangetheFontsizepercentageusingtheupanddownarrows Usethe and buttonstoturnon oldand talics. Usethe and buttonstoturnon hadowand utlining. Clickthearrownextto , , and buttonstoselect theFont,OutlineandShadowcolor. 6. Clickthe button tochangethe . 7. Clickthetextalignmentbuttonsonthetoolbarto changetheverticalandhorizontalalignmentofthetext.
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1. Rightclickthetextbox. 2. Clickon default.
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Youcansaveabackgroundsothatitappearswiththesongeachtimeyouselectthe songfromthedatabase.Whenyouaddthatsongtotheschedule,thebackgroundwill stayattachedtothesong. 1. ClickonaSongintheSongsresourcearea. 2. Rightclickandchoose . 3. TheEditSongwindowappears.ClickontheBackgroundsbutton.Theimages andvideosinthebackgroundpalettenowappearinthiseditorwindow.
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1. Inthesongeditorclickthebackgroundbutton. 2. Clickon . 3. Selectthetabforthetypeofbackgroundyouwanttouse.
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Clickthe Buttonatthebottomright. Browsetothefileyouwishtouse. Selectthefileandclick . Afterselectingbackgroundand .Thebackgroundwillnowbesavedtothe songinthesongresourcearea.Youcanalsoclickthe buttonto choosethedefaultbackgroundforallsongstobeappliedtothissongaswell. Actually,nobackgroundwillbesavedtothesongwhenchoosingAutomatic.
PowerPoint
Windows2000SP4orlater,WindowsXPSP1orlater,WindowsServer2003or WindowsVista. MicrosoftPowerPoint2003withtheOffice2007compatibilitypackinstalled, MicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007.
Windows98andMEuserswillnotbeabletousePowerPoint2007files.Microsoft PowerPoint2003,MicrosoftPowerPoint2007Viewer,MicrosoftPowerPoint2007cannot beinstalledonWindows9XandMEversions. UponthefirstattempttouseaPowerPoint2007,EasyWorshipwillpromptyouto downloadPowerPointViewer2007ontoyourcomputer.Thiswillonlyoccurifyoudonot haveMicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007installed.Donot installPowerPoint2007viewerifyoualreadyhavePowerPoint2007installedonthe computer.
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ClicktheDownloadbutton. ClicktheDownloadButtononthewebpagethatappears. Click onthewindowthatappears. BrowsetoyourdesktopandclickSave. Afterthefilehasdownloaded.OpenthefileandfollowtheWizardtoinstall PowerPointViewer2007.
YoumayalsostartthedownloadofthePowerPointViewerbyclickingonHelp,Install MicrosoftPowerPointViewer.
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EasyWorshipallowsyoutousePowerPointFileswithAudioandVideointheslideshow. Thefollowinginformationwillhelpyoumakesurethesefileswillalwaysworkwhenyou usetheminEasyWorship. CreatethePowerPointslideshowonthePresentationcomputer. ThiswillmakesurethatPowerPointcanfindallofthemediafilesitneedstoaccess, whenEasyWorshipdisplaysit. Makingchangestoyourfileorganizationstructurescanalsohelpmakesureaudioand videoalwaysworksinyourPowerPointslideshows. 1. CreateafolderontherootofyourC:driveonyourcomputerandthe Presentationcomputerlike," ".
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Profiles 2. Insidethatfolder,createanotherfoldercalledaudio.
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Copytheaudiofilesyouwanttouseforyourpresentationintothe folder. AddtheaudiofilestoyourPowerPointslideshow. SavetheslideshowinthePowerPointsfolder. CopythePowerPointandaudiofilesfrom toaCDorMemory Stick. AtthePresentationcomputer,copythefilesintothesamelocationonthathard
drive.CopythePowerPointfileto andAudiofilesto . 8. AddthePowerPointslideshowtoyourschedule. UsingPowerPointFiles Theaudiofolderisnotnecessary,buthelpskeepthefilestidy. WithPowerPoint2003youcanusethe 1. CreatethePowerPointslideshow. 2. Clickon 3. Click
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5. Clickthe Under Typethenameofthefolder. 6. button. 7. Browsetothefolderyouwanttosavetheslideshowin. 8. Click .
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7. Click . 8. Click . 9. Youcannowtransferthefolderwiththepresentationandaudiofilesinittoyour PresentationComputer. 10. AddthePowerPointtoyourschedule. UsingPowerPointFiles 11. Disabletheoptiontouse . Use PowerPointapplicationinsteadofViewerforinfoonhowtomakethatchange. (Youshouldonlyhavetomakethissettingchangeonce)
MicrosoftPowerPointfilescaneasilybeintegratedintotheschedule.Followthe instructionsbelowtoaddaPowerPointslideshowtotheschedule. EasyWorshipcanprojectaPowerPointslideshowandallowchangestobemadethe schedulewithoutinterruptingtheslideshow.PowerPointslideshowscanbeeasily navigatedbyclickingontheslideyouwishtoprojectintheLivearea.Slideshowswith automatictimingsandtransitionsmayalsobeused. IfMicrosoftPowerPointisnotinstalledonthecomputer,EasyWorshipwilluse PowerPointviewer2003todisplaytheslideshow.IfPowerPoint2007filesareused, PowerPoint2007orPowerPointViewer2007mustbeinstalledonthecomputer. PowerPoint2007 1. IntheSchedulearea,clickonthe
PowerPointicon 2. TheAddPowerPointPresentationdialog boxappears. 2. Locateandselectthedesired PowerPointfile. 3. Click . 4. TheImportingPowerPointSlidesdialog boxappearsshowingtheprogress. 5. Oncetheslideshowisimported,itwill appearintheSchedulearea. 6. Clicking sendsittotheLIVE Outputarea
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EasyWorship2009Manual YoucansavetheScheduleanduseittocopyormovethePowerPointfile. TransferringSongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule EasyWorshippacksthePowerPointfileintotheschedule.Whenthescheduleisopened itwillusethesrcinalfilefromtheharddriveifitisavailable.Ifthesrcinalfileisn't availableitusesthepackedPowerPointintheSchedule. Checkschedulefor ChangesfortheoptionsavailablewhenopeningaschedulewithaPowerPointfileinit. 1. Clickthedrop-downarrowatthetoprightofthe PreviewareaortheLiveareatochangethesizeof 2. theslidesinthatarea. Clickthe buttontoautomaticallydisplaythe slidestothecongregation;ordouble-clickaparticular slidetodisplayittothecongregation.
1. Whiledisplayinga PowerPointpresentation, clickontheScripturesTabin theResourcearea 2. Findascripture,press orclick . The scriptureisimmediately projected.Then,a PowerPointbuttonappearsat thetopofthe area. 3. ClickthePowerPointbutton, thePowerPointpresentation projectsagainatthesame placeyouexitedtoproject thescripture.
Thisisagreatresourceforjumping inandoutofa.PPTpresentation andkeepingupwithasermon.For moreinformation Buildingand RunninganEasyWorshipSchedule. TheslidesandfilesdesignedinPowerPointaredisplayedinEasyWorshipexactlyas theyweredesignedinPowerPoint.Inaddition,theanimations,soundsandtimings createdinPowerPointworkinEasyWorship.EasyWorshiphastheabilitytoupdatethe slideshowintheschedulefromthesrcinal.IfachangeismadetoaPowerPointfile
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Profiles andsavedwhileEasyWorshipisopen,EasyWorshipwillupdatethePowerPoint automaticallywhenitisselectedintheschedule.ItcanalsoupdatethePowerPointfile fromcheckforchanges CheckscheduleforChanges. IfyourPowerPointslidepresentationhastimingsoranimations,itwillrunthetransitions automatically.Clicking or whileanautomaticslideisrunningpausesthe presentationuntilyouun-blackorlogothescreen. PowerPointTroubleshootingundertroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswith PowerPointfilesinEasyWorship.
Alerts 1. Clickonthe dropdownbox. 2. Usethearrowkeysonyourkeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttoremove. 3. Pressthe keyonyourkeyboard.
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaymessagestothecongregation.Youcanadd,remove, hide,andscrollmessages.Youcanalsosetaprioritymessage,andcontroltheorderin whichmessagesaredisplayed. 1. Clickthe icon ontheLivetoolbar,the orpress . 2. TheFoldbackAlertdialogboxappears.
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1. Inthe box,typeorselectthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay. 2. Inthe box,typeorselectthenumberoftimesthatyouwanttodisplaythe message. 3. Click toaddthemessagetotheCurrentRunningMessageslist.
ThemessagesintheCurrentRunningMessageslistaredisplayedtothe congregationintheorderthattheyappearinthelist. TheArrowtotheleftoftheCountcolumnindicateswhichmessageiscurrently beingdisplayed. TheCountcolumnshowsa"countdown"ofthemessagesastheyaredisplayed. Ifyoudonotwantthemessagesdisplayedtothecongregation,clickHide. Todisplaythemessagesagain,clickShow.
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwantto remove. 2. Click . 1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay first. 2. Click .
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Youcanalsomanuallycontroltheorderofthemessagesastheyarebeing displayedtothecongregationusingtheDisplayNextcommand.
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay next. 2. Click . 1. Onthe menuclick . 2. Thenclick . Formoreinfo, AlertsandTimeintheDisplayFoldbackOptionssection.
1. Clickthedropdownlisttoshowthelistofmessagesalreadyentered. 2. Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttodelete. 3. Pressthedeletekeyonthekeyboard. EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaymessagestothecongregation.Youcanadd,remove, hide,andscrollmessages.Youcanalsosetaprioritymessage,andcontroltheorderin whichmessagesaredisplayed. 1. Clickthe icon ontheLivetoolbar,then orpress . 2. TheMessageAlertdialogboxappears.
1. Inthe box,typeorselectthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay. 2. Inthe box,typeorselectthenumberoftimesthatyouwanttodisplaythe message. 3. Click toaddthemessagetotheCurrentRunningMessageslist.
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ThemessagesintheCurrentRunningMessageslistaredisplayedtothe congregationintheorderthattheyappearinthelist. TheArrowtotheleftoftheCountcolumnindicateswhichmessageiscurrently beingdisplayed. TheCountcolumnshowsa"countdown"ofthemessagesastheyaredisplayed. Ifyoudonotwantthemessagesdisplayedtothecongregation,clickHide. Todisplaythemessagesagain,clickShow.
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwantto remove. 2. Click . 1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay first. 2. Click . Youcanalsomanuallycontroltheorderofthemessagesastheyarebeing displayedtothecongregationusingtheDisplayNextcommand.
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay next. 2. Click . 1. Onthe menuclickOptions 2. thenclickthe tab. Formoreoptions, AlertsintheEasyWorshipOptionsandSettingssection.
1. Clickthedropdownlisttoshowthelistofmessagesalreadyentered. 2. Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttodelete. 3. Pressthedeletekeyonthekeyboard. EasyWorshipallowsyoutoquicklydisplayanumber,orsetofnumbers,whichyouhave assignedtoeachchildinthenursery.Youcanalerttheparentsinthecongregationby
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Profiles displayingtheirchild'snumberinoneofthecornersofthescreen.Thisletsaparent knowwhentheyareneededinthenursery. 1. Clickthe icon ontheLivetoolbar,then . 2. TheNurseryAlertdialogboxappears.
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3. Entertheparentnumberornameinthe box. 4. Click todisplaythenurseryalert. ClickRemovetotakethenumberoffthedisplay. 5. Youcantypemultiplenumbersornamesseparatedwithaspace.Usinga commaseparatorworks,howeverwhenremovingthenmessagefromthescreen youhavetoclickremoveforeachnumberorname.
Tochangethenurseryalertoptions,onthe menu,click ,andthenclick Formoredetails, AlertsintheEasyWorshipOptionsandSettingssection.
Profiles EasyWorshipwillcreateadefaultprofileautomaticallywhenitisinstalled.Ifanotherset ofdataorsettingsisdesired,creatinganewprofilecanaccommodatethisneed. 1. OpenEasyWorship 2. Clickonthe 3. Clickon
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underManageapplicationprofiles.
5. Clickon
6. Pastor,Contemporary... Typethenameoftheprofileinthe
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Youth,
7. Under
thedefaultpathfor theprofiledatawillbedisplayed. Click toselectadifferent location. Youmayuseanotherprofile'sset ofdataifyoudon'twanttocreatea newsetofdata. UsingA SharedDatabase Thedefaultprofiledatawillbein
8. Anewfolderfortheprofiledatacanbecreatedinthedefaultlocation,another placeontheharddrive,onaserverorsharednetworkfolder.Click inthebrowsewindowtocreateafolder.
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canbelocatedindifferentlocationsdependingonyour itwillbein for itwillbelocatedin .
8. Createanameforoptionstobeusedon thisprofile. If isselected,therewillbeno profileoptionstoselectfromthedrop downlist.EasyWorshipwill automaticallycreateanapplication optionsname. If isselected,typeinthedesired nameforthisprofile'soptionsorselecta namefromthedropdownlist.
Tocreateanewsetofapplication optionstypethenameforthenew optionsinthe box.
9. Click . 10. Thenewprofilewillnowshowupinthe profileslist. IfyouwanttoreturntotheProfilesManager aftercreatingthenewprofile.uncheck,theoptionfor .
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OpenEasyWorship Clickonthe menu. Select . Selecttheprofiletobeedited. ClickEdittheselectedprofile
6. The appears.
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Allowsyoutoselectanotherlocation tostoretheapplicationdataforthis profile.
Usesthesrcinalapplicationdata locationassignedwhentheprofile wascreated.
Typeinthenameofanewsetofoptions forthisprofile. Selectanothersetofoptionsforthis profile.
Youmayeventuallyneedtotransferyourdatabasefromonecomputertoanotheror copyvideosorimagesintotheresourcesfolder.Tofindthelocationofthedataforyour profileusethefollowingsteps. 1. OpenEasyWorship. 2. Clickonthe menu. 3. Clickon .
4. Selecttheprofile.
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Profiles 5. Clickon atthebottomofthewindow. 6. Clickinthe field,toshowthelocation oftheprofileontheharddrive.Usetherightarrowkeytoscrollthetextfor viewingtheendofthefilepath. 7. UsingMyComputerorWindowsExplorerBrowsetothatlocationonyourhard drivetofindyourdatafiles.
ThedatabaseswillbestoredinaDatabasesfolderinafoldercalledData. VideosandImageswillbestoredintheResourcesfolder. OptionsfortheprofilewillbestoredintheOptionsfolder.
ProfilesconsistofbothUserSettingsandApplicationdata.ApplicationDataconsistsof databasessuchassongsandbackgrounds,alongwithvideos,images,feedsandDVD clips.UserSettingsconsistofsettingslikefontsize,colorandtransitionsettings.Italso containsinformationabouttheEasyWorshipwindowsizeandlocation.Settingslikethe outputmonitorsettingareglobalsettingsthatwillaffectallusersandarenotpartofthe profilesettings.ProfilescombinestheabilityofallowingEasyWorshiptostoreapplication dataindifferentlocationswiththeabilitytohavemultiplesetsofusersettingsforthat applicationdata. Theprofiledatacanbestoredonthelocalharddrive,onaserverorsharednetwork folder.EasyWorshipwillcreateaDefaultprofileinthefollowinglocation. . CommonDocumentsLocationsByOperatingSystem: -C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\SharedDocuments -C:\Users\Public\PublicDocuments
Usethesamesetofapplicationdataasanotherprofilebutdifferentusersettings. Useadifferentsetofapplicationdatawiththesameusersettingsasanother profile. Useadifferentsetofapplicationdataandadifferentsetofusersettings.
EasyWorshipalsoallowsforeasyhotswappingbetweenprofiles.Thismeansthat EasyWorshipdoesn'thavetobeclosedwhenswitchingfromoneprofiletoanother. CreatingProfiles,LocatingYourProfileDataandUsingProfilesformore informationaboutusingprofiles.
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OpenEasyWorship Clickonthe menu. Clickon TheProfilesManagerscreenappears Clickon . Typethenameoftheprofileinthe area. Shared, Network...
7. Select . 8. Click folder.
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12. Typeinthenameyouwantto useforthisprofile'soptionsor selectanamefromthedrop downlist. 13. Click . 14. Theprofileyoucreatedwillnow showupintheprofileslist. IfyouwanttoreturntotheProfiles Manageraftercreatingthenewprofile. uncheck,theoptionfor
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EasyWorshipallowsyoutochangeprofilesgivingyoutheabilitytousedifferent databasesandsettings. SwitchingfromoneprofiletoanotherisEasy. 1. Clickontheprofilemenu. 2. Selecttheprofileyouwanttouse. 3. EasyWorshipwillloadthatprofile.
Ifyouhaveascheduleopen,EasyWorshipwillaskyoutocloseitbeforeloadingthe selectedprofile.
DeterminingwhichprofileiscurrentlyloadedisalsoEasy.Thecurrentprofileis displayedinthetitlebaratthetopleftofthewindow.
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Presenter Remotes MostEasyWorshipcustomersarefamiliarwithusingapresenterremoteforadvancing slidesinPowerPointslideshows.Manyremotecontrolspurchasedforthispurposeuse hardcodedkeyboardHotkeycombinationsthatworkwithPowerPoint.EasyWorship requiresdifferentHotkeycombinationsthanPowerPoint.AProgrammablepresenter remoteisthebestsolutionforusewithEasyWorship.Belowisalistofremotecontrols thatallowthebuttonstobeprogrammedtomatchtheHotkeysforEasyWorship. EasyWorshipHotkeysforalistofEasyWorshiphotkeys.
(http://www.smklink.com/presentation_remotes/index.html)
-RemotePointEmeraldNavigator(GetKeyProgramming UtilityHere)
-RemotePointPresenterSpecialEdition
-RemotePointRF(GetDriversHere)
-RemotePointJade(GetKeyProgrammingUtilityHere)
AlloftheInterlinkwirelesspresenterslistedherehavefourprogrammable buttons.
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Thebottomofthewheelontheemeraldisan programmablebutton SoftwarefortheVP4300isnotavailablefordownload.Allotherutilitiesare availableviatheInterlinkDownloadCenter.
(www.powerremote.com)
ChangingtheRemoteKeyStrokesinthe
Manual (Includes128mbFlashmemory) ChangetheRemoteKeyStrokesintheManual
Howto
Thisremoterequiresnosoftwaretoprogram. Ithastwoprogrammablebuttonsandallowsforthreefunctions.Eachbuttonhas itsowncommand.Pressingbothbuttonsallowsforathirdcommand.Italso includesanotherbuttonforalaserpointer.
CanIuseaRemotethatcan'tbeprogrammed? Yes,somenon-programmableremoteswillwork.ChangingthehotkeysinEasyWorship isrequired. UsingaNonProgrammablePresenterRemote Mostwirelesspresentersareprogrammedtoemulatekeyboardkeycombinationsthat triggerfunctionsinPowerPoint.Ifthekeycombinationscan'tbechanged,EasyWorship's Hotkeyshavetobechangedtomatchthekeycombinationsusedonthepresenteryou have. ClickHeretoVisitouronlineKBarticleaboutNonProgrammablePresenterRemotesfor moreinformation.(RequiresanInternetconnectiontoview) ChangingEasyWorshipHotkeys
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Tips And Tricks Getthelatesttipsandtricksfromthebeyondbasicssectionofthe blog.easyworship.com. Theinstructionsforsettingthisshortcutupareontheblog. Notescaneasilybeaddedtoasong.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoaddnotestoasong. 1. Editorcreateanewsong. 2. Enteranopenparenthesisafteranysongtags. 3. Enterthetexttobedisplayedasanote. 4. Enteraclosedparenthesisattheendofthenote.
Ablankslidecaneasilybeaddedtoasong.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoaddablank slidetoasong. 1. Rightclickintheplacewhereyouwanttheslide. 2. SelecttheSlidesongtag. 3. PressEnter. Therewillnowbeablankslideinthesong.
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1. Browsetothefollowingpath. C:\WINDOWS\AllUsers\Application Data\Softouch\EasyWorship\SEttings\hotkeys.ini C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Application Data\Softouch\EasyWorship\Settings\hotkeys.ini C:\ProgramData\Softouch\EasyWorship\Settings\hotkeys.ini 2. DoubleClickthe filetoopenit. Itwillopeninnotepadallowingyoutomakechanges.
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3. Makethefollowingchanges,addingthenumbersinboldtomakeEasyWorship matchyournon-programmablepresenterremote. -SlideNextKeys=78,40,32, -SlidePrevKeys=80,38,8, -BlackScreenKeys=C-66, -GoLiveNextKeys= -JumpBridgeKeys= ThiswilldisablethefollowinghotkeysinEasyWorship. =GoLive =GoLivePrevious(Currentlynotactivein EasyWorship) =Jumptobridge ThiswillalsosetupthefollowingPowerPointHotKeysto workinEasyWorship. =NextSlide =PreviousSlide =BlackScreen 4. Aftermakingchanges,Click 5. Closethewindow.
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Youwillneedtoknowwhateachvalueis.Eachitemcanhavemultiplekeys separatedbycomas;forexample,SlideNextKeys="78,40,32"whichis'N', DownArrow,andSpace. IfyouwanttousetheCTRLorALT,keysimplyprecedethenumberwith'C-',or 'A-'or'CA-'forbothCTRLandALTtogether;forexample,BlackScreenKeys= "C-66"whichisCTRL-B.
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WhatHotKeysareavailableinEasyWorship? 1. Editorcreateanewsong. 2. Selectallofthetextinthesongandsetthetextsize,e.g.30%. 3. InthesongeditorPress tocreatespacingbetweenthesongtextand theprompt. 4. Typeintheprompt,e.g.,apromptforoffertory. 5. Selecttheprompttextandsetlowerthesizeofit.Usetheupanddownarrow keysnexttothefontsizetomakeitsmallerorlarger. 6. Copyandpastethepromptontotheslidesyouwishtouseiton. 7. Selecttheprompttextandsetthecoloryouwishtouse. 8. Click . Ifyoudon'twantthesechangestobepermanent,makethechangestothesonginthe scheduleandnotthedatabase. Fontsizingcanbedifferentforeachcomputerdependingonthescreenresolutionbeing usedfortheoutputscreen.Useacustompositionthatmatchestheoutputscreenat yourchurch,andthetextwillalwaysshowupthesame.
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1. Browseto \Resources\VideosorImages. LocatingYourProfile Data 2. Createanyfoldersyouwouldliketocreate. 3. Copyyourimagesorvideosintoanyofthefoldersyouwouldlike. 4. IntheResourcearea,clickthe tab. 5. ClickontheImagesorVideostab. 6. Clickonthefoldersbuttonatthetopright.
7. Selectthefoldersofimagesorvideosyouwishtodisplayasthumbnailsinthe videospalette,andclick .
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8. ThumbnailsforthedatainthatfolderappearintheMediaarea.
Ifyouaddimagesorvideoswhendisplayingafolder,itwillcausetheimageorvideoyou addedtobeaddedtothefolderyouarecurrentlyviewing. ToplaySWFfiles. PlayingFlashContentinthewebsection. ForplayingFLVfilesinstalltheK-Litecodecpack. Natively,EasyWorshipandWindowsdon'tsupportQuicktimefiles.However,withthe propervideocodecsinstalled,EasyWorshipwillplaymostQuicktimefiles.ThisCodec packwillallowyoutoplayMp4,H.264andmostMovfilesalongwithFLVfiles. InstallingtheK-LiteCodecPackontheonlineKnowledgeBase. 146
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IfthecomputerbeingusedforEasyWorshipdoesn'thavedualmonitorcapability,itis besttopurchaseandinstallavideocardthatsupportsdualmonitorcapability. ComputerRequirementsVideoCardformoreinformationonthebesttypeofvideo cardtopurchase. DualMonitorsExplainedformoreinformationabouthowdualmonitorswork. EasyWorshipcanruninsinglemonitormodealthoughitisnotrecommended,nor designedforthispurpose. 1. Afterclicking withthepresentation,holdthe theworkingscreenwilldisappear,leavingonlytheoutputscreen. 2. NavigateusingtheEasyWorship onthekeyboard. Usethe keytoadvancethenextverseorslideofasong. Use keytoadvancethenextitemintheschedule. Use Keytoselectthepreviousitemintheschedule. Use or tobringtheworkingscreenbackand discontinuetheliveoutputoftheworkingscreen.
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WhatHotkeysareavailableinEasyWorship?foramoreextensivelistofHotkeys. Hereareacoupleofreasonstousethecustomposition. Buildingservicesathomesothatthedisplaymatchesthepresentationcomputer. UsingtheFoldbackfeaturewiththeMatroxDualHead2GoandTripleHead2Go
Ifascheduleisbuiltonacomputerusingadifferentoutputresolutionthanthe presentationcomputer,thesongswillnotdisplaycorrectlyonthepresentationcomputer. Settingacustomresolutiononthesourcecomputerwillcorrectthisproblem. Determinetheoutputscreensizeofthepresentationcomputer. 1. Opendisplaysettingsonthepresentationcomputer. 2. Clickonthesecondmonitor. 3. Theresolutionforthatscreenwillbedisplayedthere.e.g.1024x768. 1. OpenEasyWorshiponyourhomecomputer. 2. Clickonthe optionsbuttononthetoolbar. 3. Under , ,Change to . 4. Changethe and tomatchthepresentationcomputercomputer. 5. Click .
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FAQ AddingBackgrounds UsingScripturesUnderScriptures. UsingtheSchedule EasyWorshipreadstheresourcesfolderinyourprofiletodisplaythethumbnailsfor ImagesandVideos.Thefilesaren'tstoredinadatabase.Onlythethumbnailsareina database.WhenyouaddvideosandimagestotheMediatabfromanotherlocationon yourharddrive,suchasMyDocuments,EasyWorshipwillcreateashortcuttothevideo orimageinyourprofileresourcesfolder. Ifyoudeletethevideofromitssrcinallocation(MyDocuments),anexclamationpoint willappearonthethumbnailforthatvideoorimage.Theexclamationpointmeansthat EasyWorshipcan'tfindthefile. IfyouaddavideoorimagetothemediaareafromanexternaldisklikeaCDormemory stick,EasyWorshipwillcopytheactualfiletotheresourcesfolderinyourprofile. Whenaddingimagesorvideos,youmaymanuallycopyyourfilesdirectlytothevideoor imagesfolderinresourcesfolderlocatedinYourProfile.Thisisthepreferredmethod. Thiswayyoukeepallofyourimagesandvideosinthesameplace.Intheeventthatyou wanttotransferallofyourbackgroundsandsongsfromonecomputertoanother,allyou wouldhavetotransferisthedatafolderandtheresourcesfolder. LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowtolocatedyourresourcesfolder. BackgroundsworkdifferentlythantheImagesandVideostabs.Backgroundsisan actualdatabaseoflinkstothefilesyouhaveaddedtoyourbackgroundspalette.Italso containsthumbnailsofthoseimagesorvideos.Theactualvideosandimagesaren'tin thedatabase.Whenyouaddanimageorvideotothebackgroundpalette,EasyWorship createsanentryinthedatabasetellingitwheretolookforthatfilewithanattached thumbnailforthatfile.Thisiswhywerecommendkeepingallvideosandimagesinthe Resourcesfoldermentionedabove. IfyouaddavideoorimagetothemediaareafromanexternaldisklikeaCDormemory stick,EasyWorshipwillnotcopytheactualfiletothedatabase.Itwillonlycreatealinkto theexternaldrive.Whenyoutakethatdiskoutordisconnectthedrive,anexclamation
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Maintenance Youmayhavesaidnotothisoptionduringinstallation.AtanytimeyoumayAddor RemovethesesonglyricsfromyourSongresourceareadatabase. 1. Click onthetopmenubar. 2. Click ,then
3. TheAdd/RemoveDemoDatawindowwillappear.
1. Toinstallthe100+classicandcontemporarysongsfrom GreatWorshipSongs.com,Select 2. Click
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ToSeealistofthesongsfromGreatWorshipSongs.comthatareavailablein EasyWorshipClickHere.
YounowhavetheoptiontoaddthesongsandbackgroundsfromEasyWorship. ThiswillinstallpublicdomainsongslikeAmazingGraceandthefreeimagesand videosthatcomewithEasyWorship(about116images,21videosand223 songs). ClickHeretoviewalistoftheStandardEasyWorshipdemosongs.
6. ToinstallthedefaultbackgroundsandsongsfromEasyWorship,Select 7. Click
Nowawindowwillappeargivingyouthesummaryofyoursongdatabase choices.
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toproceedwithinstallationoftheEasyWorshipdemodataor tochangeyourpreviousselectionsor.
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Clickthe menuonthetopmenubar. Click ,then TheAdd/RemoveDemoDatawindowwillappear. SelectUninstallsongsfromGreatWorshipSongs.com. Click . ThenselectUninstallDefaultsongsandbackgroundsfromEasyWorship.
ThisfeaturealsoremovesthebackgroundsinstalledwithEasyWorship. Thisfeaturemaynotbeavailableifyouupgradedfromapreviousversion ofEasyWorship. 7. Click .
Removingthedemodatawillnotremoveanysongsorbackgroundsthathavebeen modifiedoraddedtothedatabase. It'sagoodideatomakeabackupofyourdatabase.Youcanalsousethebackupto movesongs,scriptures,andpresentationsfromonecomputertoanother. 1. CloseEasyWorship. 2. Browseto: Windows Vista / 7
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship 3. Selectallfoldersinthislocationandcopythemtoamemorystick,CDorexternalhard drive.
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Troubleshooting Backup&TransferTheEasyWorshipDatabaseunderHowTo’sontheonline KnowledgeBasehttp://www.easyworship.com/support/kb. EasyWorshipnowallowsyoutoassignvaluestotheEasyWorshipshortcuttochange thebehavioroftheprogramwhenitopens.Thesevaluesarecalledcommandline switches. o o o o o
(startEasyWorshipwithaselectedprofile) (forcethedatabasetorebuildandthenrebuildtheSongKeys) (forceEasyWorshiptorebuildSongKeys) (forceEasyWorshiptomakesurethedatabaseisuptodate) (forceEasyWorshiptomakesureit'sinternalmediashortcuts areresolvedifpossible)
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RightclickontheEasyWorshipiconontheDesktop. Clickonproperties. Clickontheshortcuttab. IntheTargetfieldafterthelastquotationmarkTypeaspaceusingthespacebar
key. 5. Typeinthecommandlineswitchyoudesiretouseafterthespace. 6. ClickOKtoapplyandsavethesettings.
Commandlineswitchesaredesignedforadvancedusers.Ifyouhaveanyproblems withorquestionsregardingcommandlineswitches,pleasecontactsupportat [email protected].
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EasyWorshiphasautilitytocorrectdatabaseproblems.Youmaylosethesongyou wereinputtingatthetime,butwillretainallyourothersongsandgraphics. 1. 2. 3. 4.
Clickon . SelectProgramsorAllPrograms. Select . Select
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5. TheEasyWorshipSplashScreenwillappearwithaprogressbaratthebottom right. 6. Whentherebuildiscomplete,EasyWorshipwillopen. TheRebuildDatabasefeaturewillautomaticallybackupyourdatabaseintoafolder calledrebuildbackup. Thisusuallyfixesanydatabaseerrormessages.However,ifyoustillhaveaproblem, checkourknowledgebasedtechnicalsupportathttp://www.easyworship.com.Clickon SupportonthetopmenubarandselectKnowledgeBaseandTechnicalQuestions. Thelinkinfois:http://www.easyworship.com/support/kbOrcalltechnicalsupportforany othererrormessages.+1918-250-1493.
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DVDPlaysonBothScreensforinstructionsoncorrectingthisissue.Avideocodec canalsocausethisproblem. RecommendedDVD&Mpg2Decodersforinfoon whatcodecsshouldbeused.
SomecustomersthatuseMediaplayertoplayaudiowhileusingEasyWorshiptodisplay lyrics,haveseenthisissue.Duringthetransitionfromslidetoslideorsongtosong,the musicpauses.Thisproblemcanbecorrectedeasily. 1. Clickonthe . 2. Clickon . 3. Clickon . 4. Slidethe slidertothemiddleoftheSpeed-Qualitybar. 5. Click .
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1. BrowsetoC:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\,inmyComputerorWindows Explorer. 2. Renamethe folderto . 3. Clickon . 4. Clickon . 5. Typein intheRunbox. 6. Click . 7. Browsetogoto 8. the folderto . 9. Closetheregistryeditor. 10. EasyWorship.
1. BrowsetoC:\ProgramFiles\Softouch\EasyWorship,inMyComputeror WindowsExplorer. 2. Rightclickonthe file. 3. Clickonproperties. 4. Clickonthe tab. 5. Makesurethecompatibilitymodeboxisnotchecked. 6. Click . IfanEasyWorshipupgradehasbeeninstalledwithoutinstallingafullversionfirst, installingthefullversionmayfixthisproblem.
ThevideoCardissetuptoplaythevideoonbothmonitors. DisablingthefullscreenoptionsonyourVideoCardwillcorrectthisproblem. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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6. Clickonthe Tab Aboxwillappeartheleftofthewindow. If and instructionsbelow. Ifnotskiptostep .
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ThiserrorappearswhenEasyWorshipcannotlinkthethumbnailinyourVideosresource areatotheactuallocationofthevideo.Thismaybecausedwhenyoudelete,renameor movethevideoorimagefile. HowdoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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OpenEasyWorship. Clickonthe intheresourcesarea Clickonthe or tab. Selectthethumbnailwiththeexclamationpoint Clickthe buttonbelow. Ifyouwishtore-addthatsamevideoorimagefilethumbnail,clickthe button.
Troubleshooting Your Profile\Resources\VideosorImages LocatingYourProfileDataforhelpfindingyourEasyWorshipprofiledata. AddingyourvideosandimagestotheVideosorImagesfolderwillmakethevideosor imagesautomaticallyshowupinEasyWorshipwithouthavingtoaddthemusingtheadd button. SendToShortcutforCopyingMedia 7. ClickintheLookInfieldandfollowtheabovepathtolocateandstoreyour videos.WhenyouhighlightthevideofileandclickOpen,thethumbnailwillnow beaddedtotheVideoResourcesAreainEasyWorship.OpenEasyWorship againandseeifthisfixesyourerror. AnytimeyouaddvideosfromtheVideosResourceArea,forexample,fromaWorship FilmsvideosvolumeCD,thefileisstoredinYourProfile\Resources\Videos.Thisisthe defaultpathtowhichEasyWorshipautoformats.Thatiswhyitisagoodideatostore filesconstantlyinthispath. LocatingYourProfileDataforhelpfindingyour EasyWorshipprofiledata. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
CloseEasyWorship. onyourEasyWorshipicononyourdesktop. Clickon Clickonthe buttonontheShortcuttab. Lookforthe folderandopenit Renamethe or fileto or
7. StartEasyWorshipagain. 8. Itwillgothroughtheconversionprocessandfixtheproblem. 9. EasyWorshipdoesn'trequireaninternetconnectionforyoutouseit.However,thereare somefunctionsthatrequireaninternetconnection.Herearesomeissuesthatmayoccur whenusingthesefeatures. ActionCanceledorYouarenotAuthorizedmessageappearswhentryingto accessthetabsintheOnlineArea. Yourinternetconnectionislimitedordisconnected.Youmayhaveafirewall blockingEasyWorship'saccesstotheinternet. Makesureyoucanaccesstheinternetthroughaninternetbrowser.Make sureyourfirewallsoftwarehasn'taddedEasyWorshiptoablocklist. Unabletogetavailablebiblesmessageappearswhentryingtodownloadbibles. Yourinternetconnectionislimitedordisconnected.Youmayhaveafirewall blockingEasyWorship'saccesstotheinternet. Makesureyoucanaccesstheinternetthroughaninternetbrowser.Make sureyourfirewallsoftwarehasn'taddedEasyWorshiptoablocklist.
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EasyWorship2009Manual ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps above. WhenplayingvideoclipsoraudiofilesthroughEasyWorship,soundshouldcomefrom eitherthespeakersconnectedtothecomputerorthesoundsystemalreadyinplacein thebuilding.Pleasecheckthefollowingifyouareunabletohearsoundfromaudio sourcesinEasyWorship. WhenplayingavideooraudiofileinEasyWorshiptheVCRcontrolswillappearinthe PreviewareaandortheLivearea.Theaudiocanbemutedandun-mutedthereby pressingthespeakericon.
Theconnectiontothecomputer'saudiooutputjackmustbeconnected.Verifythatthe computerispluggedintothespeakersorsoundboard.Also,checktheaudiocableto thesoundequipmentforanykindofdamage. Manycustomersconnecttheircomputertoasoundboardthatcontrolstheaudiotothe soundsystem.Verifythatthechannelonthesoundboardforthecomputerisnotmuted andthefaderfortheaudioisatanappropriatelevel.Also,verifythatthemastervolume isatanappropriatelevel. 1. 2. 3. 4.
CloseEasyWorship. OpenEasyWorship. Closeitagain. Reopenitagain.
Theerrorshouldbecorrected.
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Thisprocessclearsoutallofthetempfilesfortheschedules.SometimesEasyWorship willtrytoaccessanoldtempfilethathasalreadybeenremoved.Thisresetsthetemp foldersoitwon'ttrytoaccessthefileagain.
PowerPointslideshowwithaudiodoesn'tplaytheaudioinEasyWorship. PowerPointisn'tabletofindtheaudiofile. First,makesuretheaudiofileisonthecomputer'sharddrive,preferablyin thesamefolderasthePowerPointfile.OpenthePowerPointfileinthePowerPoint program,thenruntheslideshowsothatitcanfindtheaudiofiles.SavethePowerPoint fileandclosePowerPoint.ItshouldnowplaytheaudioinEasyWorship. EasyWorshipisunabletoaddaPowerPointslideshowtoyourschedule.A messageappearssayingthefileiscorrupt. Usually,thisiscausedbyeditingaPowerPointfilethathasbeencreatedona newerversionofPowerPointwithanolderversionofPowerPoint. ImportthesrcinalPowerPointfile. OutofmemoryerrorwhenaddingaPowerPointtoyourschedule,orwhen openingaschedulewithaPowerPointfileinit. Theschedulefilehascorrupted,orthePowerPointfileistoolarge. Recreatetheschedule.TryreducingthesizeofthePowerPointfilebefore addingtoyourschedule. PowerPointdoesn'tdisplaycorrectly ClickontheLivemenu,clickonoptions,thentheMisctab.Trytogglingthe UsePowerPointapplicationinsteadofviewerofforon.
Thumbnailsdon'tdisplayproperly. ClickontheLivemenu,clickonoptions,thentheMisctab.Trytogglingthe BuildThumbnailswithPowerPointApplicationinsteadofviewerofforon. ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps above.
First,readtheinformationonthisMicrosoftHelpArticle. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932540 ThisproblemusuallyoccursafterupgradingtoInternetExplorer7.Thiserroroccurs whenclickingtheSongsmenu,thenSongSelectLyricService. 1. Clickon . 2. Clickon . 3. Selecttheoptiontosearchfor . 4. Typein
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Besure todeleteorrenameanyotherfileswiththePSAPI.DLLinthefilename. RenameonlythefileswithPSAPI.DLLastheexactfilename.
Thisusuallyoccurswithasongthathadabackgroundaddedinthedatabaseandthe backgroundhasbeenremovedfromtheharddrive.Thesongisstillreferencingthe imageorvideo.WhenEasyWorshiptriestosavetheschedule,it'sunabletodoso becauseitcan'tfindoneoftheimagesorvideostoaddittotheschedule.Followthe instructionsbelowtocorrectthisproblem. 1. Clickonthe menu. 2. Clickon . 3. EasyWorshipwilldisplayan window. 4. Select -Deleteallscheduleitemsorpropertiesthatcannotberesolved. 5. Click .
Somecustomershaveexperiencedslowresponsewhencreatinganewsong,editinga song,openingoptionsoropeningthebackgrounddesigner.Alargefontdatabasein Windowswillcausethisslowresponse.EasyWorshiphastoloadallofthefontsinthe Windowsfontsdatabasewhenopeningthesewindows.Havingthousandsoffontsinthe Windowsfontdatabasecancausethesewindowstoloadslowly.Removingsomeofthe fontsintheWindowsfontdatabasewillcorrectthisproblem.
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MyvideoshowsupasastillimagewhenIsetitasabackground. DirectXisnotenabled. Clickonhelp,DirectXtroubleshooting.Amessagewillappear"Youdonot haveDirectXenabled.Wouldyouliketotrytoenableitnow?"YesNoCancelClickyes toenableDirectX. Onlypartofthetextappearsoverthevideobackground. Youdonothaveenoughvideomemorytodisplaytextovervideo. Upgradeyourvideocardtoavideocardwith128mbvideoram.Youmay alsotryreducingthecolorqualityforone,orbothofyourmonitorsunderyourvideo settingsinWindows. Thevideospeedsupandslowsdownwhentransitioningfromonesongorslideto thenext. Yourvideocodecisn'thandlingthevideoproperly. TrydownloadinganewvideocodecsuchasDScaler. Recommended DVD&Mpg2Decoders ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps above. ThisisanissuethatonlyoccurswithnVidia6,7and8seriesgraphicscardsusingthe latestdriversonWindowsVista. Toresolvethisissue,changethethemeinwindowstotheclassictheme.Or,changethe screenresolutiononbothscreenstothesameresolution. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
onthedesktop. Clickon . Clickonthe . Changethethemeto . Click .
1. onthedesktop. 2. Clickon . 3. Clickon . 4. Clickonmonitor1andsettheresolutiontothesameresolutionasmonitortwo. (1024x768orlowerisrecommendedformonitortwo) 5. Click
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Icanseemyimageintheimagetab,butEasyWorshipwillnotallowmetoaddit tomyschedule. Theimageresolutionistoolarge. EdittheimageusinganimageeditingsoftwaresuchasMicrosoftOffice PictureManagertoresizetheimageto800x600or1024x768.Youarenotlimitedto theseresolutions;however,theyarethemostcommonresolutionsused. Myimageisstretched. EasyWorshipautomaticallystretchesyourimagetofitthescreen.Ifitisnotthe sameresolutionasthescreen,EasyWorshipwillstretchit. Useanimageeditorsuchaspainttoincreasethesizeofthepicture.You mayalsoaddtheimagetoaPowerPointslideshow.YoucantellEasyWorshiptotilethe pictureunderBackground,Options,selectthepictureandclickmodify.Checktheboxto TilePicture. ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps above. Thiserrorusuallyappearswhenthereareissueswiththememoryinsufficiencyinyour videographicscard.Youmayalsohaveyourcolorqualitysettingssettoolow.Many timesitisfixable.However,thevideocardmayneedtobeupgraded. under toseeifyourcomputer meetstherequirementstousetheDirectXfunctionalityofEasyWorship. 1. CloseEasyWorship. 2. ontheWindowsdesktop. 3. Clickon: Properties Personalize, ScreenResolution 3. Clickthe orthe .
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6. Clickon . 7. Inthe area,verifythatthecolorquality .Ifitis,changethe colorqualityto . 8. Click .Youwillbeaskedifyouwishtokeepthesesettings.Click . 9. Closeoutallthesewindowsand EasyWorshipagainandseeifthiswillfix yourerror. Makesureyourcomputerhasatleast64MBofvideoram. 1. Followsteps1-5above. 2. Select . 3. Clickthe buttonatthebottomright. 4. Clickthe tab.
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IftheMemorySizeorDedicatedVideoMemoryislessthan64MB,youwillhave toupgradeyourvideocard. IftheMemorySizeorDedicatedVideoMemoryisN/A,yourvideocardisn't reportingtheamountofmemoryavailableforthesecondmonitor.Youwill probablyneedtoupgradethevideocardinyourcomputer.Contacttechsupport beforeupgradingyourvideocard.
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