Easy Worship Manual

SoftouchDevelopment,Inc.
8023E.63
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PlaceSuite255
Tulsa,OK71433
"ThetrueworshiperswillworshiptheFatherinspiritandtruth,fortheyarethekindof
worshiperstheFatherseeks."(John4:23)
WelcometoEasyWorship2009
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.
FreeSupportisavailableMondaythruFriday,9AMto6PMCST.
ByPhone:+1(918)250-1493
ByEmail:support@easyworship.com
Online:easyworship.com/support
Windows,WindowsMediaPlayerandPowerPointareregisteredtrademarksoftheMicrosoftCorporation2009.
SongSelectLyricServiceisregisteredtrademarkofCCLIInc2009.QuicktimeisatrademarkofAppleCorporation
2009.YouTubeisatrademarkofYouTube,LLC2009.MatroxDualHead2Go&TripleHead2Goaretrademarksof
MatroxGraphicsInc.Copyright2009.
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TableOfContents
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...................................................................................60
UsingtheSchedule....................................................................................................60
SavingSchedules......................................................................................................61
TransferringSchedules..............................................................................................62
CheckscheduleforChanges.....................................................................................63
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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...............................................................................................................92
Creating&ManagingDVDClips................................................................................96
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
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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
BorlandDatabaseEngineError$251E....................................................................155
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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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What's New in EasyWorship 2009
DisplayFoldback(StageDisplay)
SendLyricsandScripturecontenttostagemonitors(automaticallysyncedwith
audienceoutput)
SendAlertsandcustommessagestostagemonitors(onlyseenonstage)
ClockDisplayshowsthecurrenttime
LyricDisplay,optionalverse/chorustags,showsfirstlineofnextslide,automatic
wordwrap,andmore
PowerPointDisplayshowscurrentandnextPowerPointslides
Fullcontrolofformatandstyle,including:text/fontstyles,custombackground
(notjustblack),scrollingorstaticalerts,andmore(requiresadditionalhardware)
VJ(VideoJockey)Mode
Livebackgroundswitching(withtransitions)
SwitchbetweenVideos,Images,FeedsandSlideBackgrounds
AudioIntegration
AddaudiofilesdirectlytotheSchedule
AddaudiofilesasbackgroundstoSongsorScripture
Backgroundaudiocanbecontrolled(play/pause,volume,mute)
Backgroundaudiosyncswithbackgroundvideos(controlsaresynced)
WebDisplay
EasilyenterURLstodisplaywebpages
Integratednavigationcontrols(home,back,next,refresh,stop)
FullsupportforYouTubevideos,andmore
FullsupportforFlash-basedcontent
IntegratedMediaStore
EasilybrowsethousandsofpopularMiniMovies,Motions,CountdownsandStills
PreviewmediadirectlyinEasyWorship
IntegratedDownloads,automaticallyputsyournewmediawhereitshouldbe(no
needtomanuallyfindandinstalldownloadedmedia)
UpdatedUserInterface
Updatedbuttonsandiconsthroughout
Redesignedmediaplayerandinterfacecontrolsforvideo,DVDandfeeds
Redesignedresourceareaanddisplayoptions(preferences)area
ThemeawaresothelookautomaticallycustomizesforXP,VistaorWindows7
Redesignedcontrolheader(topbar)andpanedividerstooptimizeworkspace
RedesignedtoworkwithvaryingscreenDPIs(largefonts)
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Getting Started
ActivatingandRegisteringEasyWorship
WhenEasyWorshipispurchased,youwillreceiveanemailwithregistrationinformation
initoryoumayreceiveaCDwithaproductkeyattached.Followtheinstructionsbelow
toregisterEasyWorship.
RegisterEasyWorshipwithoutaProductKey:
IfyoupurchasedEasyWorshipanddidnotreceiveproductkeywiththeCD,checkyour
emailforaregistrationemail,orchecktheenvelopeyoureceivedthediskinfora
registrationletter.Entertheregistrationinformationyoureceivedusingthestepsunder
RegisteringEasyWorship.
ActivateEasyWorshipusingaProductKey:
IfyoureceivethiscardwithyourEasyWorshipCD,therearetwowaystoregister
EasyWorshipusingaproductkey,byphoneoronlineactivation.
1. Call(918)250-14939AM-6PM(CST)toactivatebyphone.
VisitEasyWorship.com/activatetoactivateonline.
2. Afteractivatingviaphoneoronline,checkyouremailforaregistrationemail.
3. EntertheregistrationinformationyoureceivedintoEasyWorshipusingthesteps
underRegisteringEasyWorship.
RegisteringEasyWorship:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. IntheAboutEasyWorshipdialogbox,clickRegister.
3. IntheRegisterdialogbox,typetheregistrationinformationintheappropriate
boxes.
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Alloftheregistrationinformationmustbeenteredexactlyasitappearsin
theregistrationletter.
4. ClickValidate.(TheRegistrationfieldswillgreyout)
5. ClickContinueorClosetocompletetheregistration.
-Or-
WithEasyWorshipOpen:
1. ClickontheHelpmenu,clickRegisterProducts.
2. IntheRegisterdialogbox,typeyourregistrationinformationintheappropriate
boxes.
Alloftheregistrationinformationmustbeenteredexactlyasitappears.
3. ClickValidate.(TheRegistrationfieldswillgreyout)
4. ClickClosetocompletetheregistration.
IfyouhaveanyproblemsSee:IncorrectSerialNumber!.Youmayalsocallusat+1918-
250-1493,ore-mailusatsupport@easyworship.com.
IncorrectSerialNumber!
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Thiserrorcanoccurforacoupleofreasons:
1. EasyWorshiphasalreadybeenregistered.
IfEasyWorshipisupgradedfromanolderversionthatwasalready
registered,thereisnoneedtoenteryourserialnumber.Thiserrorwill
appearifthesameregistrationcodeisenteredagain.
TodetermineifEasyWorshipisalreadyregistered,ClickontheHelp
menuthenAboutEasyWorship.Ifthechurchnameandserialnumberare
intheregistrationareaatthebottom,thesoftwareisalreadyregistered.
2. YourEasyWorshipregistrationinformationhasnotbeenenteredexactlyasitis
onyourregistrationletter.
Verifythattheregistrationinformationhasbeenenteredexactlyasitisonthe
registrationletter.TheChurchname,PhoneNumber,Serialnumberareallcase
andspacesensitive.
Theserialnumberhastobeenteredwiththedashesincluded.
Thephonenumbershouldbeenteredexactlyasitisintheletteroremailthatyou
receivedwhenthesoftwarewaspurchased.
Ifyoucontinuetoreceivethiserrormessagecallusat+1918-250-1493,oremailusat
support@easyworship.com.
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System Requirements
SystemRequirementsforDesktop&LaptopComputers
See:SystemRequirementsonEasyWorship.comforthelatestinformation.
EasyWorshipiscompatiblewithWindows98,SE,ME,2000,XPandVista,andwillrun
onmostcomputersthatmeettherequirementsforthoseoperatingsystems.Andsince
EasyWorshipisadualoutputsystem,youllneedadualoutputcardfordisplayingthe
controlscreenseparatelyfromthelivepresentationoutput.
YoudontneedafastcomputertotakeadvantageofthebasicfeaturesEasyWorship
hastooffer.However,ifyouwanttodisplaytextovermovingbackgroundswithvideo
transitionsorifyourelookingtodisplayHDcontent,paycloseattentiontothese
requirements.
ThefollowingarethepreferredcomputerrequirementsforEasyWorship:
BasicRequirements
Keepingitsimple?HereswhatyouneedtodisplaysongsandScripturesoverstill
backgroundsandtorunPowerPointslideshows
500MHzPentiumIIProcessororbetter
128MBRAM
100MBfreediskspace
Twovideocardsoradualheadvideocard
CD-ROMDrive
GeneralRequirements
HereswhatyouneedtoplayDVDsanddisplaytextovervideowithsmoothtransitions.
1.7GHzPentium4Processororbetter
512MBRAMormore
7200RPMharddrive
500MBfreediskspace
NVIDIAG-Force5200videocardorbetter(DualoutputAGPorPCIExpress
videographicscardwith128MBofdedicatedvideoRAM)
AvailableDVDdriveandrecommendedcodecs
HDRequirements
2.8GhzInteldualcoreorquadcoreprocessor
1GBRAMormoreforXP/2GBRAMormoreforVista
SATA7200RPMHardDrivewith8MBcache
500MBoffreediskspace
NVIDIAG-Force8600videocardorbetter(wesuggestNVIDIAchipsetsorPCI
EXPRESS[x16]ifsupportedbymotherboard).
VideoCards
VideocardsshouldbepurchasedwitheitheranAGPorPCIExpressinterface.Standard
PCIvideocardswillwork,butyouwillbeunabletodoqualityvideotransitionsandhigh
definitionvideo.
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Laptops
Laptopcomputersshouldmeetthesamerequirementsofadesktopcomputer.Verify
withyourlaptopmanufacturerthatthevideocardcansupportWindowsextended
desktopandnotjustclonewhatisonyourlaptopdisplay.Mostlatemodellaptopswith
NVIDIA,ATIorIntelgraphicscardswillhavethisability.Ifyouonlyhaveonemonitor
connectiononyourlaptop,yourlaptopdisplaywillbeyourprimaryoutput(operator
screen)andyourprojectorwillbeyoursecondaryoutput(livescreen).
See:DualMonitorsExplainedandLaptopSetupformoreinfoonsettingupalaptopfor
Dualvideooutput.
See:ComputerRequirementsUnsupportedformoreinformationaboutunsupported
hardware.
MoreVideoCardinfo
PCIExpressisfaster,andslightlymoreexpensivethanPCI.
TherearedifferentlevelsofPCIExpress,referredtoasx1(by1),x4(by4),x8(by
8)andx16(by16).
PCIExpressslotsareusuallyblack,PCIslotsareusuallywhiteandifyouhave
anoldersystem,AGPslotsareusuallybrownincolor.Notethatsome
motherboardsmayvaryincolor.
PCIExpress16xisthefastesttechnology.
o ChoosePCIExpressoverAGPforspeedifyouhavetheoption.
o ChooseAGPorPCIExpressoverStandardPCIifyouhavetheoption.
o StandardPCIistheslowestoption.Itwillwork,butyouwillnothavethe
bestperformance.
Seepicturebelowtodeterminewhichslot(s)youhaveavailableonyour
motherboardkeepinginmindthatyourexistingvideocardisnormallyremoved
sothatslotmaybeavailable,too,andyoumayhavemorethanoneofeach.To
dothisyouwillhavetopopthecoveroffofyourPCtogetalookatyour
motherboard.
WerecommendusingaSinglePCIExpressorAGPvideocardwithtwovideo
outputsoverusingtwovideocardswithsingleoutputs.Thismakessetupmuch
easier.
Theslotsthatyouhaveavailablewilldeterminewhichvideocard(s)youcanuse.

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AllgraphicscardsmustsupportDirectXinordertouseallofthefunctionsof
EasyWorship.
Downloadthelatestversionsofdriversforanynewhardwaredevicefromthe
manufacturer'swebsiteafteryouinstallit.
Manynewcomputerswillcomewithalesspowerfulgraphicscardalready
installed.Insomecases,thesecardsdonothandleourmultimediarequirements
well.Manytimestheyonlyhavetheabilitytodisplayoutputononemonitor.
WerecommendnVidiagraphicscards.Theyhaveproventobetheleast
problematicforEasyWorshipcustomersandtheyprovidethebestperformance
forwhatwedo.
ManyoftheATI,ViaS3andSIScardswork.However,whentryingtousethe
DVDeditor,someofthemhavecausedanActiveMoviewindowtoappear.This
renderstheDVDeditorunusable.See:ActiveMovieWindowOverDVDEditorfor
moreinfo.
Whenshoppingforagraphicscard,avoidnVidiaGeForceCardswithamodel
numberendinginLEorTurboCache.
CardswithLEinthenamearescaleddownversionsofahigherendgraphics
card,andmaynotperformwell.
TurboCacheisanewfeatureonnVidiavideocards,thatallowsthevideocardto
sharethesystemmemory.Thesetypesofcardsdon'tperformaswell.Manyof
thesecardsdonotallowEasyWorshipenoughmemorytoenableDirectX
support.
ATIhasafeatureliketheTurboCachefeatureonthenVidiacards.Itiscalled
Hyper-memory.Youmayseethesameresultswiththesecards.
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RecommendedVideoCaptureCards
RecommendedCaptureCards
5VoltPCI:
KWORLDX-PertDVDMakerPCICardVS-L883D(Vista64/32compatible)
ViewCastOsprey100foundatviewcast.com(VistaCompatibleusingXPDrivers)
ADSTechInstantVideoPCI(PTV-390)(VistaCompatible)
AverMediaDVDEZMakerPCI
UniversalPCI:
ViewCastOsprey230foundatviewcast.com(VistaCompatibleusingXPDrivers)
PCIEX1:
KWORLDPlusTVPVRTV-PE360-A(Vista64/32compatible)
USB:
KWorldDVDMakerUSB2.0(Vista64/32compatible)
Notes:
Youmayneedtosetyourcapturecardtousea320x240or640x480captureresolution
forbestperformance.See:WorkingwithFeeds
FoldbackHardware
TheMatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2GoboxisrecommendedfortheFoldback
feature.See:FoldbackMonitorSetupforhelpsettingupEasyWorshiptoworkwiththis
device.
Aninexpensivepcigraphicscardmayalsobeusedforfoldback,buttheDualHead2Go
andTripleHead2Goarethebestsolution.See:UsingFoldbackwithaSecondary
GraphicsCard.
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Get To Know EasyWorship
HowitWorks
WorkFlow:
ThepresentationflowsfromtheleftSchedulecolumnthroughthecenterpreviewcolumntothelive
columnattheright.Clickingthe GoLivebuttonsendsthecurrentitemthecenterpreviewcolumnto
therightlivecolumnandtothescreen.Thenextiteminthescheduleisautomaticallyselectedand
showninthecenterpreviewcolumn.Whenyouarefinisheddisplayingthecurrentiteminthelive
columnpress GoLiveagaintodisplaythenextitemintheschedule.
ScheduleArea:
TheScheduleareacontainsselecteditemsforapresentation.Draganddroptheitemsyouwantto
useinyourpresentationintotheschedulearea.YoumayalsoaddPowerPointslideshowstoyour
schedulebyclickingthe ontherightsideoftheschedulewindow.Usethearrowkeysontheright
sidetoolbartomoveitemsaroundintheschedule.Youcanalsodragitemsaroundintheschedule.
Schedulescanbesavedforfutureuse.
ResourceArea:
TheResourceprovidesaccesstosongs,scriptures,media,andonlinecontent.
SongTab:displaysthesongdatabase.
ScriptureTab:displaystheScripturedatabasewithversionoptiontabsatthebottom.
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MediaTab:displaystheVideo,Images,Feeds,DVDandAudiotabs.Youcandouble-clickonan
itemtoprojectitimmediately;oryoucanplacesongs,scriptures,andmediaintotheScheduleto
createanorderedservice.
OnlineTab:EasyWorshiphastheabilitytointeractwiththeweb.ClicktheOnlinetabtounlock
thewebfeaturesinEasyWorship.
DownloadedItems:Thedownloadeditemsareawillbeblankuntilmediaorbibleshave
beendownloadedfromtheMediastoretab.
MediaStore:TheMediaStoretaballowsyoutopurchaseanddownloadmediaandbibles
foruseinEasyWorship.ThemediaorbiblesaredownloadeddirectlyintoEasyWorship.
SongSelect:TheSongSelecttaballowsyoutoimportsongsdirectlyintothesongs
databasefromSongSelect.(CCLISongSelectsubscriptionrequired)
Web:Thisfeatureallowswebpagestobeaddedtotheschedule.YouTubevideoscanbe
streamedinfullscreenmodedirectlyfromtheweb.Thisfeaturealsoallowsforplaybackof
SWFfiles.See:PlayingFlashContent
PreviewArea:
Inthemiddlesection,thePreviewareashowstheitemthatiscurrentlyselectedeitherintheresource
areorintheschedule.TomovethecontentstotheLiveOutputareaanddisplayittothecongregation,
inthePreviewarea,double-clickonthehighlighteditemorclickthe GoLivebutton.
LiveOutputArea:
TheLiveOutputareaintherightsectiondisplayswhatiscurrentlybeingprojectedonthescreen.You
cannavigatethecontentsandchooseversestokeepupwiththeleaderusingthemouseorarrowkeys.
VideoJockeyMode:VideoJockeyorVJmodeisenabledbyclickingthedropdownbuttonatthe
toprightoftheLivearea.Thisisafeaturethatallowsyoutoquicklychangebackgroundsonthe
fly,byjustclickingonthevideo,image,feedorbackgroundyouwishtouse.
GetToKnowEasyWorship
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RunningEasyWorshipForTheFirstTime
WhenlaunchingEasyWorshipforthefirsttime,apromptwillappeartoinstallthedemodatathatcomes
withEasyWorship.
ThedemodataisnotrequiredforEasyWorshiptooperate.Thedemodatamaybeinstalledor
uninstalled.See:AddingandRemovingDemoSongs.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoinstallthemupon
runningEasyWorshipforthefirsttime.
1. WhenopeningEasyWorshipthefirst
timetheAdd/RemoveDemoData
windowwillappear.
2. Select"Installsongsfrom
GreatWorshipSongs.com",Toinstall
the100+classicandcontemporary
songsfrom
GreatWorshipSongs.com.
3. ClickNext.
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4. Select"Installdefaultsongsand
backgroundsfromEasyWorship",to
installthedefaultbackgroundsand
songsfromEasyWorship.
5. ClickNext.
6. ClickBacktochangetheprevious
selectionsorclickFinishtoproceed
withinstallationoftheEasyWorship
demodata.
Awindowwillnowappearwitha
summaryofthechoicesselected.
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EasyWorshipHotkeys
PresentationHotKeys:
ShowControl
HOME-FirstSlide
END-LastSlide
DOWN-NextSlide
UP-PreviousSlide
RIGHTArrow-NextScheduleItem
LEFTArrow-PreviousScheduleItem
PAGEDOWN-GoLive
Ctrl+C-Cleartextscreen
Ctrl+B-Blackscreen
Ctrl+F-FoldBackAlert
Ctrl+L-Logo
Ctrl+N-NurseryAlert
Ctrl+M-MessageAlert
Ctrl+SpaceBar-Switchesbetween
liveoutputandcontrolscreeninsingle
monitormode
SlideControl
V<Enter>-toselectthefirstVerse
V#<Enter>-toselectVerse#
C<Enter>-toselectthefirstChorus
C#<Enter>-toselectChorus#
0(Zero)<Enter>-toselectthefirstChorus
R<Enter>-toselectthefirstPre-Chorus
R#<Enter>-toselectPre-Chorus#
T<Enter>-toselectthefirstTag
T#<Enter>-toselectTag#
B<Enter>-toselectthefirstBridge
B#<Enter>-toselectBridge#
I<Enter>-toselectthefirstIntro
I#<Enter>-toselectIntro#
E<Enter>-toselectthefirstEnd
E#<Enter>-toselectEnd#
SlideNumber<Enter>-toselecttheslide
correspondingtothenumbertyped.
SwitchtotheSummaryViewtoseethe
slidenumbers
Song/ScriptureEditor:
Shift+Enter-IntheEditor-Allowsyoutoputextraspacingbetweenlinesoftextwithoutmakingthe
nextlineselectanewslide.
Ctrl+A-Selectsallofthetextinthetexteditor.
Ctrl+C-Copiestheselectedtexttothewindowsclipboard.
Ctrl+X-Cutstheselectedtexttothewindowsclipboard.
Ctrl+V-Pastesthetextinthewindowsclipboardintothetexteditor.
Ctrl+Z-Undo-Reversesthelastactiontaken.
Ctrl+Y-Redo-ReversesandUndo.
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DragandDropFeatures
DragandDropreferstoclickingonanitemandholdingdowntheleftmousebutton.Asyouholddown
thebuttononanitem,youcanmoveittothedesiredlocationandreleaseordroptheitem.Following
aretheareasinwhichyoucanusetheDragandDropFeature:
ItemsWithinEasyWorship:
1. ClickontheSongs,ScripturesorMediaTabsandselecttheitemyouwishtodragintothe
schedule.
2. Dragtheitemandreleaseitintotheschedulearea.
3. Toremoveanitemfromtheschedulearea,clickthe buttonontheschedulepaneorright
clickontheitemandclickRemovefromSchedule.
4. Youcanalsodragbackgroundsontoasongintheschedulearea.See:AssignBackgroundto
song
ItemsoutsideEasyWorshipintoEasyWorship:
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodraganddropsavedschedules,videos,andimagesintoEasyWorship.You
candropthemintothefollowingareas:Schedule,Videosresourcearea,Imagesresourcearea,
Backgrounds/Optionspalette.
ScheduleFiles:
1. ResizetheworkingscreenofEasyWorshipintoasmallerworkingwindow.
2. DraganysavedschedulefilefromanywhereinWindowsintoyourscheduleareain
EasyWorship
Video,Images&VideoFiles:
2. DraganddropanyvideofilefromanywhereinWindowsintotheMedia\Videos,ImagesorAudio
resourceareaofEasyWorship.
Notes
EasyWorshipwillnotcopythevideoorimagefiletoYourProfileFolder/Resources/Videos,Imagesor
Audiofolder.Thisfeatureonlyaddsashortcuttothefolder.IfyouwishtoaddavideototheVideosor
Imagesfolder,copythefileto:YourProfileFolder/Resources/Videos,ImagesorAudio
See:LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowtofindyourresourcesfolder.
See:WorkingwithVideos,WorkingwithImages&WorkingwithAudioFiles
BackgroundFiles:
2. ClickontheBackgroundsbuttonabovethePreviewarea.
3. ClickonOptions.
4. TheBackgroundsOptionswindowwillnowappear.
5. DraganddropanyvideofilefromanywhereinWindowsintotheMedia\Imagesresourcearea
ofEasyWorship.YouwillnowhavethatbackgroundtoModifyoruse"asis"intheBackgrounds
palette.ClickOK.FormoreinformationonModifyingBackgroundsSee:Modifying
Backgrounds.
Notes
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Deleting,movingorrenamingthefileassociatedwithathumbnailinEasyWorship,willcausean
ExclamationPointtoappear.See:ExclamationPointsOnMyThumbnails
Menus
FileMenu
NewSchedule:Allowsyoutocreateanewschedulefile.Muchlike
creatinganewWorddocumentorPowerPointpresentation.
TheScheduleinEasyWorshipcontainsallthesongsincludingtheir
lyricsandbackgrounds,PowerPointfiles,Images,Videosandfeeds
foraservice.
OpenSchedule:Allowsyoutoopenapreviouslysavedschedule
file.Thisallowsyoutobrowseyourharddrivetoaschedulefileyou
havesaved,muchlikeopeningaPowerPointpresentationfile.
ImportSchedule:Allowsyoutomergetwoschedulestogether.For
example,ifthePastorwantstocreateaschedulewithallthe
scriptureshewantstouseandaPowerPointslideshowforhis
sermonnotes,youcanimportthatintothescheduleyoucreatedforthesongservice.
SaveSchedule:Whenworkingonascheduleyoualwayswanttosavewhatyouareworkingon.
Usethisfunctiontosaveyourschedulefile.
SaveScheduleAs:Thisfunctionallowsyoutosaveyourscheduleinadifferentlocationorasa
differentname.
CloseSchedule:Allowsyoutoclosethecurrentscheduleyouareworkingonwithoutclosingthe
EasyWorshipprogram.
Print:Containsmultipleprinting
features.
PrintSchedule(Details)...:Youcan
printthesonglyricsforyourcurrent
schedule.Youcanquicklyaccessthis
featurebyclickingtheprinticononthetoolbar.
PrintSchedule(Summary)...:Printsalistofthesongsusedintheschedulewithoutthesong
text.
PrintSongActivityReport...:Printsalistofthesongsyouhaveaddedtothedatabase,printed
anddisplayedforreportingtoCCLI.
PrintSongListReport...:Printsalistofallthesongsinyoursongdatabase.
Reopen:AllowsyoutoquicklyreopenrecentlycreatedSchedules.
Exit:ClosestheEasyWorshipprogram.
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HelpMenu
Contents:TakesyoutotheHelpfileforEasyWorship.
DirectXTroubleshooting:Allowsyoutoquickly
determineifDirectXsupportisenabled.IfDirectX
supportisnotenabled,EasyWorshipwillgiveyouthe
optionofenablingDirectXsupport.
VideoCodecTroubleshooting:Allowsyoutoseehow
EasyWorshipisprocessingthevideosyouare
displayinginEasyWorshipbyshowingyouwhatcodecs
arebeingusedtodecodethevideo.
InstallMicrosoftPowerPointViewer:AllowsyoutodownloadandinstallPowerPointViewer
2007.ThiswillonlyshowupifMicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007
arenotinstalledonyourcomputer.
RegisterProducts...:Allowsyoutoenteryourregistrationinformationifyouhaven'tregistered
EasyWorship.Alsoallowsyoutoenterserialnumbersfornewbiblesyouhavepurchased.If
youarehavingproblemsregisteringabibleorEasyWorship,See:ActivatingandRegistering
EasyWorship,orIncorrectSerialNumber!
AboutEasyWorship:
About: Tellsyouwhatversionofthesoftwareyouhave. Italsotellsyouwhothesoftwareis

registeredtoandwhatserialnumberwasused.
License:GivesyoutheLicenseandWarrantyofthesoftware.
Copyright:Givesyouallofthecopyrightinformationpertainingtothebiblesweofferin
EasyWorship.Thisisthecopyrightinformationyouwouldseeinthefrontofabible.
Register:Allowsyoutoentertheregistrationinformationwesenttoyou.Onceyouregister,you
willhaveapermanentcopyinsteadofanevaluationcopy.See:ActivatingandRegistering
EasyWorship
LiveMenu
GoLive:Allowsyoutosendthecurrentiteminthepreview
screentothelivescreen.MostpeopleusetheGoLivebutton
atthetopofthepreviewareaorpressthePageDownkey.
Alerts:
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NurseryAlert:Allowsyoutoenterthenumberornameofachildinthechildcareareatonotify
theparentstheyareneeded.See:UsingNurseryAlertandNurseryAlertTab
MessageAlert:Allowsyoutoaddmessagestothescreenwithoutcreatingasong.See:Using
MessagesAlertandMessageAlertTab
Hide/ShowLiveOutput:ThisturnsofforonEasyWorship'soutputtotheprojector.Thisisthe
sameasclickingtheLivebuttonatthetopoftheLivewindow.
ShowLogoonLiveOutput:Thismenuitemsendsthebackgroundyouhaveselectedtobethe
Logototheprojectorscreen.See:WorkingWithTheLogoButtonandSettingTransitions
BlackoutLiveOutput:Thisfeaturecoverstheoutputscreenwithablackscreen.See:Working
WithBlackClearandLogoButtonsandSettingTransitions.
ClearTextonLiveOutput:Clearsthetextofthecurrentsongfromthescreenleavingjustthe
backgroundyouwereusing.See:WorkingWithBlackClearandLogoButtonsandSetting
Transitions
Transitions:Thisfeatureallowsyoutosetupsongtosong,slidetoslide,black/un-black,
clear/un-clear,logo/un-logoandvideotransitions.
Options:AllowsyoutosetthemanydifferentglobaloptionsforEasyWorship.See:Setting
EasyWorshipOptions

ProfilesMenu
TheProfilesmenucontainsmultiplefunctions.Theprimaryfunctionis
providingtheabilitytoselecttheprofileyouwishtouse.Tochange
profiles,clicktheProfilesmenuandselecttheprofileyouwishtoswitchto.
AvailableprofilesarelistedatthetopoftheProfilesmenu.
ProfilesManager:AllowsyoutoeditandcreateprofilesinEasyWorship.See:Understanding
Profiles
DatabaseTools:
Add/RemoveDemoData:Allowsyouto
uninstallorinstallthedemosongsand
backgroundsthatcomewith
EasyWorship.
Rebuild/FixDatabase:Thisisatoolthat
checksthedatabaseforerrorsandfixes
them.
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ScheduleMenu
EditSonginSchedule:Allowsyoutoeditthecurrently
selectedsongintheschedule.Thisisalsoarightclick
feature.Rightclickingasongintheschedulewillgiveyouthe
sameoption.See:To edit a song in the schedule only
ResettoAutomaticBackground:Resetsthebackgroundfor
thecurrentlyselectedsongtoAutoinsteadoftheassigned
background.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature.
EditNotes:Allowsyoutochangethenotesforasonginthe
schedule.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature.
AddSongtoSchedule:Addsthesongselectedinthe
databasetothecurrentschedule.Thisisarightclickfeature
andadraganddropfeature.
RemoveItemfromSchedule:Removestheselecteditemin
theschedulefromtheschedule.Thisisalsoarightclick
feature.
MoveScheduleItemUp:Movestheselecteditemupintheschedule.Thisisarightclick,drag
anddropandscheduletoolbarfeature.
MoveScheduleItemDown:Movestheselecteditemdownintheschedule.Thisisarightclick,
draganddropandscheduletoolbarfeature.
AddaPowerPointPresentation...:AllowsyoutofindaPowerPointfileonyourharddriveand
addittoyourschedule.
CheckScheduleforChanges...:Checkstheitemsinthescheduleagainstthedatabase.Ifan
itemisdifferentfromwhatisalreadyinthedatabaseoranewitem,EasyWorshipwillgiveyou
choicesforwhattodowiththatitem.See:CheckscheduleforChanges
CheckScheduleforErrors...:Checksthescheduletomakesureitcanfindalloftheimages,
videosandbackgroundsusedintheschedule.IfEasyWorshipcannotfindoneofthem,itwill
askyouwhattodoabouttheerror.See:CheckScheduleforErrors
Hide/ShowScheduleToolbar:TurnsofforontheScheduletoolbarontherightsideofthe
schedulearea.

SongsMenu
EditSonginDatabase...:Allowsyoutoeditthecurrentlyselected
songinthedatabase.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature.Rightclicking
thesongwillgiveyouthesameoption.See:EditingSongs
NewSong:CreatesanewsongintheSongdatabase.See:Adding
Songs
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SongSelectLyricService:AllowsyoutoimportsongsdirectlyfromtheCCLISongSelect
website.See:DownloadingSongsfromtheCCLISongSelectLyricService
DeleteSong:Removesthecurrentlyselectedsonginthedatabasefromthedatabase.Caution:
ThereisnorecyclebinortrashforEasyWorshipsongs.Whenyoudeleteit,itisgone.
Toolbars
EasyWorshipMainToolbar
-New Schedule: Allows you to create a new schedule file. Much like creating a new Word document
or PowerPoint presentation.
TheScheduleinEasyWorshipcontainsallthesongsincludingtheirlyricsandbackgrounds,
PowerPointfiles,Images,Videosandfeedsforaservice.
-OpenSchedule:Allowsyoutoopenapreviouslysavedschedulefile.Thisallowsyouto
browseyourharddrivetoaschedulefileyouhavesaved,muchlikeopeningaPowerPoint
presentationfile.TheDropDownarrowgivesyoutheoptiontoselectapreviouslysaved
schedulefromalist.
-SaveSchedule:Whenworkingonascheduleyoualwayswanttosavewhatyouare
workingon.Usethisfunctiontosaveyourschedulefile.
-NewSong:CreatesanewsongintheSongdatabase.See:AddingSongs
-EditSong:Editsthecurrentlyselectedsong.See:EditingSongs
-PrintSchedule(Details)...:Youcanprintthesonglyricsforyourcurrentschedule.
-Options:AllowsyoutosetthemanydifferentglobaloptionsforEasyWorship.See:Setting
EasyWorshipOptions
-Transitions:Thisfeatureallowsyoutosetupsongtosong,slidetoslide,black/un-black,
clear/un-clear,logo/un-logoandvideotransitions.
Live
Alerts-
NurseryAlert:Allowsyoutoenterthenumberornameofachildinthechildcareareato
notifytheparentstheyareneeded.See:UsingNurseryAlertandNurseryAlertTab
MessageAlert:AllowsyoutoaddquickalertmessagestotheFrontofHousescreen.
See:UsingMessagesAlertandMessageAlertTab
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FoldbackAlert:AllowsyoutoaddquickalertmessagestotheFoldbackscreen.
Logo-TurnsLogoonoroff.See:WorkingWithTheLogoButton
Black-Blacksthescreenout.See:WorkingWithBlackClearandLogoButtons
Clear-Clearsthetextofthecurrentsongfromthescreen.See:WorkingWithBlackClearand
LogoButtons
Live-TurnsEasyWorshipoutputonoroff.
FullView-Showsthefulltextofeachslideinthesong.
SummaryView-Showsthefirstlineofeachslide.
VideoJockeyMode-EnablestheVJcontrolwindowatthebottomof
thelivearea,allowingyoutochangebackgroundsonthefly.
WhenusingPowerPointfiles,thedropdownarrowallowsyoutochangethesizeof
thethumbnails.
See:UsingPowerPointFiles
WhengoinglivewithascripturewhileshowingaPowerPointslideshow,
EasyWorshipallowsyoutojumpbackintothePowerPointfileyouweredisplaying
byclickingthePowerPointbutton.ThisfeatureonlyworkswithPowerPointfiles
andScriptures.
VCRControls-Allowsyoutopause,play,rewind,fastforward,mute,adjustvolumeandturnloopingon
andoffforvideos,DVDclipsandaudiofiles.Notallfunctionsareavailablewhenusingavideoasa
background.
Preview

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Background-Allowsyoutoselectaglobalbackgroundforthesongsinthescheduleandcurrently
beingpreviewed.
GoLive-SendsthecurrentiteminthePreviewareatotheLivearea.
Full View - Shows the full text of each slide in the song.
SummaryView-Showsthefirstlineofeachslide.
WhenusingPowerPointfiles,thedropdownarrowallowsyoutochangethesizeof
thethumbnails.See:UsingPowerPointFiles
VCRControls-Allowsyoutopause,play,rewind,fastforward,mute,adjustvolumeandturnloopingon
andoffforvideos,DVDclipsandaudiofiles.VCRcontrolsarenotdisplayedforvideobackgroundsin
thePreviewpane.
ScheduleToolbar

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-AddItemtoSchedule:Addsthesongselectedormediaitemtothecurrentschedule.Thisis
arightclickfeatureandadraganddropfeature.
-RemoveItemfromSchedule:Removestheselecteditemintheschedulefromthe
schedule.Thisisalsoarightclickfeature.
-MoveScheduleItemUp:Movestheselecteditemupintheschedule.Thisisarightclick,
-MoveScheduleItemDown:Movestheselecteditemdownintheschedule.Thisisaright,
-AddaPowerPointPresentation...:AllowsyoutofindaPowerPointfileonyourharddrive
andaddittoyourschedule.
EditorToolbar
TypethenameoftheSongorScriptureversehere.
Clicktoentercopyrightinformationforasong.
Clicktoimporttextfromatextfile.
Print
Cut
Copy
Paste
Undo
Increase/Decreaseeditortextsize.Thisonlyaffectstheeditorwindowandnotthesong
orscripturefontsize.
Selectfontdropdownbox.
Fontsizebyscreenpercentagenotpoint.
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Bold
Italic
Underline
Shadow
Outline
Fontcolor
Clicktodisplaybackgroundlist.
Resetsthetextattributese.g.bold,italic,underline...backtothedefaultsettings.
Black,ClearandLogoButtons
TheblackclearandlogobuttonsappearatthetoprightoftheLivearea.
Theyaretoggleonandoffbuttons.Whentoggled,onthesebuttonswillblinkred.
Logo-Bringsanimageorvideotothescreenthatyouhavealreadydefined.See:Working
WithTheLogoButton
Black-TransitionstoBlackandFromBlack.See:SettingTransitions
Clear-Clearsthetextfromthescreenleavingthebackgroundrunning.See:Setting
Transitions
UsingTheLogoButton
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilydisplayabackgroundassignedtotheLogobutton.Thebutton
appearsnexttotheBlackandClearbuttonsabovetheLivearea.Thisisatogglebuttonthatwilltoggle
onandflashredandcanbetoggledoffjustasyouwouldtheBlackorClearbuttons.
AssignabackgroundtotheLogobutton:
1. ClicktheBackgroundbuttonabovethePreviewarea.
2. TheBackgroundpalettewindowappearsdisplayingthethumbnailsofthebackgroundsyou
haveaddedtothispalette.
3. RightclickontheimageorvideoyouwanttoassigntotheLogobutton.
4. ClickSetasLogo.
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Notes
Toaddabackgroundtothebackgroundpalette,See:AddingBackgrounds.
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Monitor Setup
DualMonitorsExplained
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.
Herearethemostcommonwaystosetupacomputerfordualmonitoroutput.
Splitthesecondmonitordisplaysignalandsendonecabletoasecond
computermonitorandtheothertotheprojector.
EasyWorshipmayalsobesetupwithasinglemonitoronthedesktocontrolthe
softwareanduseyourprojectorasthesecondarymonitor.
CustomersusinglaptopswillusetheirlaptopmonitorasMonitor#1andthe
outputonthebackofthelaptopforMonitor#2.
Youmayalsoaddavideosplittertotheoutputonthelaptopinordertoutilizea
secondmonitoronthedeskandaprojector.
Herearethemostcommonwaystosetupacomputerfordualmonitoroutput.
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Notes
Projectionbulbsareveryexpensiveandhaveauselife.Amonitormaybeless
expensiveanddoesn'trequirethatyourunyourprojectorwhilesettingbuilding
schedulesduringtheweek!
See:CanIRunEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode?formoreinformationabout
runningEasyWorshipwithonlyonevideooutput.
See:EnablingWindowsExtendedDesktopforinstructionsonhowtocheckacomputer
forDualMonitorcompatibilityandforinstructionsonsettingupDualMonitorstousewith
EasyWorship.
See:ComputerRequirementsVideoCardandComputerRequirementsUnsupportedfor
helpwithchoosingthecorrectvideocardforyoursystem.
See:DualMonitorTroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswithyourdualmonitor
setup.
DualMonitorSetup
IfyouareusingalaptopcomputerSee:LaptopSetup
EnablingWindowsExtendedDesktop
1. RightClickontheWindowsdesktop.
2. Select:XP:PropertiesVista:Personalize,7:ScreenResolutionskiptostep4.
3. ClicktheSettingsTabortheDisplaySettingsLink.

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Notes
Ifdisplay1and2boxesdonotappear,yourcomputerdoesnothavedualmonitor
capability,oryoudonothaveaprojectorormonitorpluggedintothesecondaryvideo
outputonthecomputer.
4. Selectmonitor2.
5. SelecttheExtendmyWindowsdesktopontothismonitororSelectExtendthese
displaysfromthedropdownlist..

WindowsXP/Vista
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Windows7
6. SettheScreenarearesolution.
Standard4:3-800X600or1024X768
Widescreen16:9-852x480,1280x720or1920x1080
Widescreen16:10-1280x768,1280x800or1440x900
7. Verifythecolorsettingformonitornumber2issetto32bit.
8. ClickApplythenOK.Ifpromptedtokeepthesettingsclickyes.
9. OpenEasyWorship.
10. FollowtheinstructionsbelowtosetupEasyWorshiptouseyoursecondmonitor.
SettingEasyWorshiptouseyoursecondmonitor:
1. ClickontheLivemenu.
2. ClickOptions.
3. TheOptionsdialogboxappears.
3. OntheGeneraltabSelectSecondaryMonitorunderSelectOutputMonitor
4. SelecttheEnableDirectXSupportcheckbox.
5. ClickOK.
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setup.
runningEasyWorshipifyourcomputerisn'tabletosupportdualmonitors.
DisplayFoldbackMonitorSetup
MatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2GoSetup:
WhenusingaMatroxDualHead2GoorTripleHead2Gobox,thesecondaryoutputfrom
thevideocardisspannedacrosstwomonitors.Thescreenresolutionforthatmonitoris
doublewide.Forexample,twomonitorsat1024x768wouldbe2048x768usingthe
MatroxDualHead2Go.EasyWorshipisabletousehalfofthatscreenforthefrontof
houseandhalfforthefoldback.
FindingtheWidthandHeightofbothMonitors:
1. RightClickonthe
Windowsdesktop.
2. Select:XP:Properties,
Vista:Personalize,7:
ScreenResolutionskipto
step4.
3. ClicktheSettingsTabor
theDisplaySettingsLink.
4. Clickeachmonitorto
determinethesize.
5. Thesizewillbedisplayed
intheResolutionarea.
e.g.1024x768
Example:
Notes
IntheexampletotherightMonitor1is1024wideby768tallandMonitor2is2048wide
by768tall.Writethisinformationdownforuseinthefollowingsteps.

FrontofHouseSettings:
1. InEasyWorshipclickthe
optionsbuttononthe
toolbar.
2. UnderGeneralselect
CustomPositionfromthe
OutputMonitordropdown
box.
3. ChangeLefttoequalthe
widthofmonitor1.
4. ChangeTopto0.
5. ChangeWidthtohalfthe
widthofmonitor2.
6. ChangeHeighttomatch
theheightofmonitor2.
7. ClickOK.
SeetheExampletotheright.
Example:
WiththesedisplaysettingsinWindows,use
thefollowingcustompositionsettingsin
EasyWorshipOptions.
Left:1024Top:0
Width:1024Height:768
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FoldbackSettings:
1. InEasyWorshipclickthe
Livemenu,thenDisplay
FoldbackOptions.
2. CheckEnablesupportfor
displayfoldback(stage
display)underMonitor
Options.
3. SelectCustomPosition
fromFoldbackMonitor
dropdownbox.
4. ChangeLefttothewidthof
monitor1+Halfthewidth
ofmonitor2
5. ChangeTopto0.
6. ChangeWidthtohalfthe
widthofmonitor2.
7. ChangeHeighttomatch
theheightofmonitor2.
8. ClickOK.
SeetheExampletotheright.
Example:
WiththesedisplaysettingsinWindows,usethe
followingcustompositionsettingsin
EasyWorshipDisplayFoldbackOptions.
Left:2048Top:0
Width:1024Height:768
UsingFoldbackwithSecondaryGraphicsCard:
UsingtheTripleHead2GoorDualHead2Goboxistherecommendedwaytouse
foldback;however,aninexpensivesecondaryvideocardmaybeusedforfoldback
purposes.Usingthesecondarycardforthecontrolmonitorisidealinthesituation.This
allowsyoutousethemorepowerfulprimarygraphicscardforthefoldbackandfrontof
housedisplay.Thesecondarygraphicscardusuallywillshowupinthewindowsdisplay
settingsasmonitor3.Extendthedesktoptomonitor3andsetitastheprimarymonitor,
thenfollowtheinstructionsbelow.See:DualMonitorSetupforhelpwithextendingthe
desktop.
FrontofHouseSettings:
1. InEasyWorshipclickthe optionsbuttononthetoolbar.
2. UnderGeneral,SelectOutputMonitor,ChangeOutputMonitortoPrimary
Monitor.
3. ClickOK.
FoldbackSettings:
1. InEasyWorshipclicktheLivemenuthenDisplayFoldbackOptions.
2. UnderMonitorOptions,SelectFoldbackMonitor,ChangeFoldbackMonitorto
SecondaryMonitor.
3. ClickOK.
LaptopSetup
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ConnectingALaptop:
1. Withthelaptopturnedoff,turnontheprojector,orsecondmonitor.
2. Connectthesecondmonitorcablefromtheprojector,orsecondmonitortothe
backofthelaptop.Makesuretheprojector,orsecondmonitor,isonandinthe
rightmodetoreceiveacomputersignal.
3. Nowturnonthelaptop.TheLaptopscreenwillbemonitor1andtheSVGAor
DVIconnectoronthebackorsideofthelaptopwillbemonitor2whichwillbethe
Projector.
4. FollowthestepsinDualMonitorSetup.ForlaptopswithIntelGraphicscards
See:IntelGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup.ForLaptopswithATIGraphicscards
See:ATIGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup
WhatGraphicsCardDoIhave?:
Thetypeofgraphicscardyouhavecanbedeterminedbyfollowingthestepsbelow.
2. ClickonPropertiesorPersonalize.
4. ChecktheDisplay:dropdownboxforthetypeofvideocard.
Windows7:ClicktheAdvancedSettingslinkontherighttoviewthevideocard
type.
ThiscomputerhasaNVIDIAGeForce6200GraphicsCard.
See:DualMonitorsExplainedformoreinformationabouthowlaptopsworkindual
monitormode.
IntelGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup
1. RightclickontheWindowsDesktop.
2. ClickGraphicsProperties.
Awindowlikethiswindowwillappear.
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3. UndertheDevicestab,clickontheExtendedDesktopoption.
4. ThePrimaryDeviceshouldbeNotebook.
5. TheSecondaryDeviceshouldbeMonitor.
6. ClickOK.
7. FollowtheinstructionsbelowtosetupEasyWorshipforusingyoursecond
monitor.
SettingEasyWorshiptouseyoursecondmonitor:
2. ClickOptions.
3. TheOptionsdialogboxappears.
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4. OntheGeneraltabSelectSecondaryMonitorunderSelectOutputMonitor
5. SelecttheEnableDirectXSupportcheckbox.
6. ClickOK.
setup.
ATIGraphicsLaptopMonitorSetup
IfyouareusingalaptopandanATIgraphicscardappearsafterthemonitornameinthe
Displaybox,usethefunctionkeysonthelaptopkeyboardtoturnoffthesignaltothe
projector.OnthelaptopkeyboardholddownthefnkeyandpresstheappropriateFkey
atthetopofthekeyboardtoswitchthedisplaymode.Pressthiskeycombination
multipletimeswillcyclethroughthedifferentdisplaypossibilitiesforthelaptop.Then
followtheinstructionstoEnableTheWindowsExtendedDesktop.Ifthisisnotdonefirst,
thevideocardwillmaketheprojectortheprimarymonitorandthelaptopscreenthe
secondarymonitor.
See:EnablingDualMonitorsifyouareunsureofhowtoaccessthedisplaysettingsin
Windows.
DualMonitorTroubleshooting

Issue:IseethesamethingonmysecondmonitorasIseeonmyprimarymonitor.
Cause:Yourwindowsdesktophasnotbeenextendedtothesecondmonitor.
Resolution:Enablethewindowsextendeddesktop.See:DualMonitorSetup
Issue:Ienabledthewindowsextendeddesktop,butitdisablesitselfafterIapplythe
setting.
Cause:YouhaveanIntelGraphicscard,oryoudonothaveyourprojectorconnectedto
yoursecondaryvideoport,ortheprojectorisnotturnedon.
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Resolution:UsetheinstructionsinSettingUpDualMonitorstoenablethewindows
extendeddesktopforyourIntelGraphicscard.Connectyourprojectororsecondary
monitortothesecondarymonitorportonyourgraphicscardandmakesurethatthe
monitor,orprojector,isturnedon.
Issue:Windowsextendeddesktopisenabled,butEasyWorshipstilldisplaystheoutput
onmyprimarymonitor.
Cause:ThesecondarymonitorisnotselectedastheoutputmonitorinEasyWorship.
Resolution:ClickontheLivemenu,thenOptions.SelecttheSecondaryMonitoratthe
bottomleftoftheGeneraltabunderSelectOutputMonitor.ClickOK.
ContactCustomerSupportifyourproblemcannotberesolvedbyfollowingthesteps
above.
UsingCustomPosition
Hereareacoupleofreasonstousethecustomposition.
Buildingservicesathomesothatthedisplaymatchesthepresentationcomputer.
UsingtheFoldbackfeaturewiththeMatroxDualHead2GoandTripleHead2Go
BuildingServicesAtHome:

Ifascheduleisbuiltonacomputerusingadifferentoutputresolutionthanthe
presentationcomputer,thesongswillnotdisplaycorrectlyonthepresentationcomputer.
Settingacustomresolutiononthesourcecomputerwillcorrectthisproblem.
OnthePresentationComputer
Determinetheoutputscreensizeof
thepresentationcomputer.
1. Opendisplaysettingsonthe
presentationcomputer.
2. Clickonthesecondmonitor.
3. Theresolutionforthatscreen
willbedisplayedthere.e.g.
1024x768.
OntheHomeComputer
1. OpenEasyWorshiponyour
homecomputer.
2. Clickonthe optionsbutton
onthetoolbar.
3. UnderGeneral,SelectOutput
Monitor,ChangeOutput
MonitortoCustomPosition.
4. ChangetheWidthandHeight
tomatchthepresentation
computercomputer.
5. ClickOK.
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UsingFoldback:
See:FoldbackMonitorSetup
EasyWorship Settings
GeneralOptions
TheGeneraltaballowsyoutochooseanoutputmonitor,andsetscreenmargins.You
canalsoenableDirectXSupport.
Settinggeneraloptions:
1. ClicktheOptions buttononthetoolbar.
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickGeneral.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheGeneralarea.
Margins:
ScreenMargin%allowsyoutosetthepercentagesofscreentoindent,duetothe
projectorovershootingthephysicaloutputscreen.
TextMargin%allowsyoutosetthemarginsthatyouwantaroundthetext.These
marginsonlyaffectthetext,notthebackground.
BleedMargin%allowsyoutosetmarginsforthemessagealert,nurseryalertand
copyrightinformationtobleedover.Thesesettingsaretypicallyusedwhenyou
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areoverandunderscanningyouroutputbysendingittoaTVandaProjectorat
thesametime.
SelectOutputMonitor:
OutputMonitorClickthemonitorthatyouwanttousetodisplayyourpresentation
tothecongregation.TheSelectOutputMonitorlistonlycontainsoutputsthatyou
haveenabledinWindows.
PrimaryMonitorallowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonthePrimaryMonitor
behindtheEasyWorshipcontrolscreen.
SecondaryMonitorallowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonasecondarymonitor.
See:DualMonitorSetup
CustomPositionallowsyoutospecifyanabsolutepositionandsizetoprojectthe
output.
CustomPositionSettings,typeorselectthedesiredpositions.Thecustom
positionsaresetinPixels.ThedefaultsettingsareLeft:0Top:10Width:426
Height:341.Thisplacestheliveoutputboxatthetopleftofyourmonitor.See:
UsingCustomPosition
Songs
Songsallowsyoutocustomizehowsongsaredisplayed.Youcanchosetextalignment;
fontsize,style,colorandcapitalizationrules.Youcanalsochoosewhetherornotto
displaylabels,andspecifytheirlocation,size,styleandcolor.
SettingSongsoptions:
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickSongs.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheSongsarea.
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SongOptions:
Undersongoptionsmakechangestofonttypes,styles,outputdimensions,etc.,without
havingtoworryaboutgoingbackandmodifyingallyoursongstofitthescreen.
TextAlignmentsetsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthetext.
VerticalAlignsetsthedesiredverticalpositionforthetext.
DesiredFontHeightPercentagesetsthedesiredfontsize.
SongFontallowsyoutocontrolthesongfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
Verse/ChorusLabelOptions:
ShowVerse/ChorusLabelsenablestheverse,chorus,andothertagsonthelive
outputscreen.
LabelLocationsetsthedesiredpositionforthelabel.
LabelIndentindentstheverse,chorus...labelwhendisplayedontheoutput
screen.
LabelSizesetsthedesiredsizeforthelabel.
ColorCodingspecifiesacolorschemeforthePreviewandLiveoutputareas.
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Intheappropriatelists,clickthedesiredcolors.TheSamplearea
ontherightdisplaysthecolorscheme.ClickOKwhenyouare
satisfiedwiththecolorscheme.
LabelFontallowsyoutocontroltheVerse/Chorusfont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
WordFormattingOptions:
Specifywhetherornotwordswrap,setcapitalizationrules,andadd
wordstotheautocapitalizelist.
Notes
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications.See:Font
SizingExplained
Scripture
Scriptureallowsyoutocustomizehowscripturesaredisplayed.Youcanchoose
scripturealignment;andfontsize,style,andcolor.Youcanalsospecifyreferencefont
size,style,andcolor.
SettingScriptureoptions:
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickScripture.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheScripturearea.
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ScriptureOptions:
EnableScriptureSupportenablesthescripturestabintheresourcesarea.
TextAlignmentsetsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthescripture.
VerticalAlignsetsthedesiredverticalpositionforthescripture.
DesiredFontHeightPercentagesetsthedesiredfontsize.EasyWorshipusesthis
fontsizeforallscriptures.
ScriptureFontallowsyoutocontrolthescripturefont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
Notes
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications.
See:FontSizingExplained
ScriptureReference:
ReferenceLocationsetsthedesiredpositionforthescripturereference.
ReferenceSizesetsthedesiredsizeforthescripturereference.
ReferenceIndentindentsthescripturereference.
ShowReferenceOnlycausesEasyWorshiptoonlydisplayonlythescripture
reference.
ReferenceFontallowsyoutocontrolthereferencefont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
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Alerts
SetAlertsoptions:
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickAlerts.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAlertsarea.
NurseryAlertOptions:
TheNurseryAlertOptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotamessagecanbe
displayedtothecongregation.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,background
color,andlengthofdisplay.
EnableNurseryAlertmakestheNurseryAlertoptionappearunderthealertsdrop
down intheLivearea.
ScreenLocationallowsyoutosetthelocationofwherethealertappearsonthe
screen.
HeightPercentageallowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthenursery
alerttext.
BackgroundColorallowsyoutoselectthedesiredcolorforthebackgroundofthe
nurseryalert.
DisplaySecondsspecifiesthenumberofsecondsthatyouwantthenurseryalert
todisplay.
NurseryFontallowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
MessageAlertOptions:
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TheMessageAlertOptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotamessagecanbe
displayedtothecongregation.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,background
color,anddisplaymethodandspeed.
EnableMessageAlertmakestheMessageAlertoptionappearunderthealerts
dropdown intheLivearea.
screen.
HeightPercentageallowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthe
messagealerttext.
messagealert.
DesiredDisplayMethod
Staticdisplaystheentiremessageatonce.
Scrolldisplaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreenfromright
toleft.
ScrollifNeededdisplaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreen
onlyifitistoolong.
SpeedSlidersetsthedesiredspeedtocontrolhowlongthemessageisdisplayed,
orhowquicklyitwillscroll.
MessageFontallowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
CopyrightInfo
TheCopyrightsTaballowsyoutochosewhetherornotthecopyrightforasongis
displayed,andallowsyoutospecifyitsfont,style,color,shadow,outline,andheight.
YoucanalsochoosetodisplayyourCCLI#orotherlicenseinformation.
Notes
Thecopyrightinformationforasongisonlyavailableifyouhaveenteredtheinformation
intotheSongInformationdialogboxintheEditor.Fordetailsonenteringcopyright
informationforaspecificsong,See:DisplayingCopyrightInformation
Settingcopyrightoptions:
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickCopyrightInfo.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheCopyrightInfoarea.
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DisplayCopyrightInformationcausesthecopyrightinformationtobedisplayedat
thebottomleftofthescreen..
Fontallowsyoutoselectthedesiredfontforthecopyright.
Styleallowsyoutoselectthedesiredstyleforthecopyright.
Colorallowsyoutoselectdesiredcolorforthecopyright.
ShadowColorwhencheckedenablestheshadowonthecopyrighttext.Thecolor
mayalsobeselectedfromthedropdownlist.
OutlineColorwhencheckedenablestheoutlineonthecopyrighttext.Thecolor
mayalsobeselectedfromthedropdownlist.
HeightPercentageallowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthe
copyrighttext.
LicenseInfoiswhereyouenteraCCLIlicensenumber,oranyotherlicense
informationthatyouwanttodisplay.
Notes
ForMoreinformationonhowtoobtainacopylicensegotowww.CCLI.com.
ToviewtheCopyrightinformation'ssizeandplacementontheOutputmonitor,on
theLivemenu,clickOptions,clicktheCopyrightstab,andthenclickPreviewLive
Outputcheckbox.YoucanalsoviewtheCopyrightinformation'ssizeand
placementontheMonitoricon.
AdvancedOptions
TheadvancedoptionsallowyoutochooseLive,PowerPoint,DVDandDirectXoptions.
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SettingAdvancedoptions:
2. IntheOptionswindow,clickAdvanced.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAdvancedarea.
LiveOptions:
Showlivescreenonstartupwhencheckedwillenabletheliveoutputwhen
EasyWorshipopens.Thelastusedbackgroundwilldisplayontheoutputscreen.
AdvanceScheduleafterGoLiveispressedenablesEasyWorshiptoselectthe
nextiteminthescheduledautomatically,whentheGoLivebuttonisclicked.
PowerPointOptions:
UsePowerPointapplicationinsteadofViewer,enablesEasyWorshiptoloadthe
fullversionofPowerPointtodisplayPowerPointslideshows.
IfPowerPointisnotinstalledonthiscomputer,leavethisoption
uncheckedtousethePowerPointviewerthatisinstalledwith
EasyWorship.
BuildthumbnailswithPowerPointApplicationenablesEasyWorshiptocreate
thumbnailsusingthefullPowerPointapplication.
DVDOptions:
UserPreferredVideoCodecscausesEasyWorshiptolookforanduseeitherthe
CyberlinkorDscalermpg2iftheyareavailable.EasyWorshipignoresother
decodersifoneofthesetwocodecsareavailable.
PreventDVDSpinDownkeepstheDVDinthedrivespinningatalltimestoreduce
theamountoftimeneededtosendaDVDcliptothescreen.
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DirectXOptions:
EnableDirectXSupportenablesEasyWorshiptousetheDirectXtodisplay
transitionsandtextovervideobackgrounds.
VerticalRetracingChecking
AutoallowsDirectXcontrolwhenVerticalRetraceCheckingis
used.
OnusesDirectXtocreateasmoothtransitionbetweenslides,and
producethecleanestoutput.
Offturnsthisfuctionoff.
Notes
Theadvantageofusingverticalretracecheckingisthatitcreatesasmooth
transitionandacleanvideoplayback.Thedisadvantageofusingverticalretrace
checkingisthatitslowsdownprocessingtime.
VideoQuality
MovetheslidertowardQualitytoincreasethetimeEasyWorship
allocatesfordisplayingvideosorlivefeeds.Thehigherthequality,the
smoothertheplayback.SettingtheVideoQualityallthewaytoQuality,
cancausesomecomputerstorunslower.
MovetheslidertowardSpeedtodecreasethetimeEasyWorship
allocatesfordisplayingvideosorlivefeeds.Thisreducesthequalityof
theplayback.
Notes
Usually,placingthesliderinthecenterprovidesthebestqualitywithouttoomuch
overheadonthecomputer.
SettingTransitions
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilysetimpressivetransitionsforsongs,slides,black
screen,clearscreen,andvideo.Youcanchooseonetransitionormanydifferent
transitionsforyourpresentation.
1. ClicktheTransitionsicon onthetoolbar.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheTransitionsarea.
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Selectingatransition:
BlackScreen:SelectdifferenttransitionsforBlackscreenandun-Blackscreen.
ClearScreen:SelectdifferenttransitionsforClearscreenandun-Clearscreen.
Logo:SelectdifferenttransitionsforLogoscreenandun-Logoscreen.
Advanced:
EnableVideoTransitionsAllowsforthetransitionfromonevideo
backgroundtothenext.
Disablethemorecomplexvideotransitionsdisables3Dtransitionsfor
slowercomputers.
Alwayspausevideoswhentransitioningfromvideotoanotherelement
pausesthevideowhentransitioningfromoneelementtotheother.
Notes
UsetheShiftkeyortheCtrlkeytochoosemultipletransitionsfromthelist.Multiple
transitionsareappliedintheordertheyareselectedtoyoursongsandslides.
DisplayingCopyrightInformation
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaycopyrightinformationforthedisplayedsong.Firstyou
mustenteryourCCLI#.Whichwillappearineachcopyrightedsong,automatically.
1. Toentercopyrightinformation:
2. OntheLivemenu,clickOptions.
3. ClicktheCopyrightstab.
4. EnteryourCCLI#intheLicenseInfobox(e.g.,CCLI123456789).
TheCCLI#willappearoneverycopyrightedsong.Youcanmodifythe
size,color,font,andplacementoftheCCLI#ontheslide.
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5. SelecttheDisplayCopyrightInformationcheckboxtodisplaytheauthor,title,
administrator,andcopyrightinformationforspecificsongs.EasyWorshipallows
youtoeditandaddtotheauthor,title,andcopyrightinformation.
6. ClickOK.
EditorAddInformationtoaSong:
1. Right-clickonthedesiredsongandclickEditSong.
2. ClicktheInformationicon onthetoolbar.
3. TheSongInformationdialogboxappears.
4. Typetheinformationintheappropriateboxes.
5. ClickintheCopyrightbox,andthenclicktheCopyrighticontoaddthecopyright
symbolandautomaticallyturnontheCCLI#function.Youcanalsoaddadate
aftertheCopyrightsymbol.
6. TheSongNumberboxisforassigningaCCLIDatabaseSongNumberfromthe
CCLISongSelectwebsite.ThisisforsongreportingwithCCLIandnotfor
display.
7. ClickOK.
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Display Foldback
DisplayFoldback
DisplayFoldbackallowsEasyWorshiptotakeadvantageofathirdvideooutputto
displaycontentforstagemonitors.Additionalhardwareisrequiredtousethisfeature.
TheMatroxDualHead2GoorTrippleHead2Goboxisrecommendedforthisfeature.
Youmayalsouseaninexpensivepcigraphicscardforthisfeature.See:Display
FoldbackMonitorSetupandFoldbackHardware
FoldbackFeatures:
SendLyricsandScripturecontenttostagemonitors(automaticallysyncedwith
audienceoutput)
SendAlertsandcustommessagestostagemonitors(onlyseenonstage)
ClockDisplayshowsthecurrenttime
LyricDisplay,optionalverse/chorustags,showsfirstlineofnextslide,automatic
wordwrap,andmore
PowerPointDisplayshowscurrentandnextPowerPointslides
Fullcontrolofformatandstyle,including:text/fontstyles,custombackground
(notjustblack),scrollingorstaticalerts,andmore(requiresadditionalhardware)
See:MonitorOptions,SongsText,ScriptureText,PowerPointOptions,andAlertsand
Time
MonitorOptions
SettingMonitorOptions:
1. ClicktheLiveMenuthenDisplayFoldbackOptions.
2. IntheDisplayFoldbackOptionswindow,clickMonitorOptions.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheMonitorOptionsarea.
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EnableDisplayFoldback:
Enablesupportfordisplayfoldback(stagedisplay)enablesthefoldbackfeature.
Margins:
ScreenMargin%allowsyoutosetthepercentagesofscreentoindent,duetothe
projectorovershootingthephysicaloutputscreen.
TextMargin%allowsyoutosetthemarginsthatyouwantaroundthetext.These
marginsonlyaffectthetext,notthebackground.
BleedMargin%allowsyoutosetmarginsforthemessagealert,nurseryalertand
copyrightinformationtobleedover.Thesesettingsaretypicallyusedwhenyou
areoverandunderscanningyouroutputbysendingittoaTVandaProjectorat
thesametime.
SelectFoldbackMonitor:
Clickthemonitorthatyouwanttousetodisplayyourpresentationtothecongregation.
TheFoldbackMonitorlistonlycontainsoutputsthatyouhaveenabledinWindows.
PrimaryMonitorallowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonthePrimaryMonitor
behindtheEasyWorshipcontrolscreen.
SecondaryMonitorallowstheliveoutputtobedisplayedonasecondarymonitor.
See:DualMonitorSetup
CustomPositionallowsyoutospecifyanabsolutepositionandsizetoprojectthe
output.
CustomPositionSettings,typeorselectthedesiredpositions.Thecustom
positionsaresetinPixels.See:UsingCustomPosition
VideoJockey
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SongText
SongTextallowsyoutocustomizehowsongsaredisplayedonthefoldbackscreen.You
canchosetextalignment;fontsize,style,colorandcapitalizationrules.Youcanalso
choosewhetherornottodisplaylabels,andspecifytheirlocation,size,styleandcolor.
SettingSongTextoptions:
2. IntheDisplayFoldbackOptionswindow,clickSongText
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheSongTextarea.
SongOptions:
Undersongoptionsmakechangestofonttypes,styles,outputdimensions,etc.,without
havingtoworryaboutgoingbackandmodifyingallyoursongstofitthescreen.
TextAlignmentsetsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthetext.
VerticalAlignsetsthedesiredverticalpositionforthetext.
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DesiredFontHeightPercentagesetsthedesiredfontsize.
SongFontallowsyoutocontrolthesongfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
ShowfirstlineofnextslideenablesEasyWorshiptodisplaythefirstlineofthenext
slideorthetitleofthenextitemintheschedule.
FirstLineFontallowsyoutocontrolthefirstlinefont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
Verse/ChorusLabelOptions:
ShowVerse/ChorusLabelsenablestheverse,chorus,andothertagsonthelive
outputscreen.
LabelLocationsetsthedesiredpositionforthelabel.
LabelSizesetsthedesiredsizeforthelabel.
IndentLabelindentstheverse,chorus...labelwhendisplayedontheoutput
screen.
LabelFontallowsyoutocontroltheverse/choruslabelfont,style,color,shadow
andoutline.
WordFormattingOptions
Specifywhetherornotwordswrap,setcapitalizationrules,andaddwordstothe
autocapitalizelist.
Notes
EasyWorshipusesfontsizesdifferentlythanotherWindowsapplications.See:Font
SizingExplained
ScriptureText
ScriptureTextallowsyoutocustomizehowscripturesaredisplayedonthefoldback
screen.Youcanchoosescripturealignment;andfontsize,style,andcolor.Youcanalso
specifyreferencefontsize,style,andcolor.
SettingScriptureTextoptions:
2. IntheDisplayFoldbackOptionswindow,clickScriptureText.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheScriptureTextarea.
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ScriptureOptions:
EnableScriptureSupportenablesthescripturestabintheresourcesarea.
TextAlignmentsetsthedesiredhorizontalpositionforthescripture.
VerticalAlignsetsthedesiredverticalpositionforthescripture.
DesiredFontHeightPercentagesetsthedesiredfontsize.EasyWorshipusesthis
fontsizeforallscriptures.
ScriptureFontallowsyoutocontrolthescripturefont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
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ScriptureReference:
ReferenceLocationsetsthedesiredpositionforthescripturereference.
ReferenceSizesetsthedesiredsizeforthescripturereference.
ReferenceIndentindentsthescripturereference.
ShowReferenceOnlycausesEasyWorshiptoonlydisplayonlythescripture
reference.
ReferenceFontallowsyoutocontrolthereferencefont,style,color,shadowand
outline.
PowerPointOptions
SettingPowerPointOptions:
2. IntheDisplayFoldbackOptionswindow,clickPowerPointOptions.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableinthePowerPoint
Optionsarea.
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SlidePreview:
ShowSlidePreviewenablestheviewingofthefullPowerPointslideonthe
foldbackscreeninsteadofjustthumbnails.
MirrorLiveOutputallowsEasyWorshiptodisplayanimationsthatarealso
displayedonthefrontofhousescreen.
UpdateSpeedcontrolshowquicklyEasyWorshipupdatesthefoldbackscreen.
Slowwillcausetheanimationstobemorechoppy,whileQualitywillmakethem
morefluid.
Thumbnails:
ShowThumbnailsenablesviewingthumbnailsofthePowerPointslidesonthe
foldbackscreen.
ScreenLocationcontrolsthelocationofthethumbnailsonthefoldbackscreen.
ThumbnailSizecontrolsthesizeofthethumbnailsonthefoldbackscreen.
AlertsandTime
TosetAlertsandTimeoptions:
2. IntheDisplayFoldbackOptionswindow,clickAlertsandTime.
BelowisanexplanationoftheoptionsavailableintheAlertsandTime
area.
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ClockOptions:
EnableClockshowstheclockonthefoldbackscreen.
ScreenLocationcontrolsthelocationoftheclockonthefoldbackscreen.
HeightPercentagecontrolsthesizeoftheclockfont.
BackgroundColorsetsthecolorofthebackgroundbehindtheclock.
ClockFontallowsyoutocontroltheclock'sfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
FoldbackAlertOptions:
TheFoldbackAlertoptionsallowsyoutochosewhetherornotanalertcanbedisplayed
onthefoldbackscreen.Youmayalsospecifyitslocation,height,font,backgroundcolor,
anddisplaymethodandspeed.
EnableFoldbackAlertmakestheFoldbackAlertoptionappearunderthealerts
dropdown intheLivearea.
screen.
HeightPercentageallowsyoutosetthedesiredheightpercentageforthefoldback
alerttext.
foldbackalert.
DesiredDisplayMethod
Staticdisplaystheentiremessageatonce.
Scrolldisplaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreenfromright
toleft.
ScrollifNeededdisplaysthemessagemovingacrossthescreen
onlyifitistoolong.
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SpeedSlidersetsthedesiredspeedtocontrolhowlongthemessageisdisplayed,
orhowquicklyitwillscroll.
AlertFontallowsyoutocontrolthealertfont,style,color,shadowandoutline.
Video Jockey
VideoJockey
VideoJockeyorVJisafeaturethatallowsyoutoquicklychangebackgroundsonthe
fly,byjustclickingonthevideo,image,feedorbackgroundyouwishtousewhile
displayingasongorscripture.
UsingVJ:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. IntheLiveArea,clickthe buttonatthetopright.
3. SelectVJMode.
4. ThelowersectionoftheLiveareawillnowdisplaytabsatthebottomforVideos,
Images,FeedsandBackgrounds.
5. Clickonanyvideo,image,feedorbackgroundtochangethebackgroundofthe
song,orscripturethisislive.
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Schedules
BuildingandRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoeasilycreateandsavealistofitemstobedisplayedinyour
service.ThislistofitemsiscalledaSchedule.Songs,Scriptures,Videos,PowerPoint
slides,Feeds,DVDclips,AudioFilesandWebContentcanbeaddedtotheSchedule.
EasyWorshipschedulefilesincludealloftheinformationneededtodisplaysongtext
withtheappropriatebackground,images,PowerPointslideshows.Withthepackvideos
inschedulefeature,videoandaudioaddedtotheschedulewillalsobecontainedinthe
schedulefile.
CreatingandSavingaSchedule:
WhenEasyWorshipisopened,ablankscheduleisautomaticallycreated.Clickthe
createanewscheduleicon onthetoolbartostartoverwithanew
schedule.ClicktheSaveSchedule icontosavetheschedule,orclicktheFilemenu,
thenSaveScheduleAs.

AddingContentToTheSchedule:

UsingDragAndDrop:
1. Dragaresource(Song,Scripture,Video,Feed,Image,DVDClip,Audiofile)from
theResourcewindowbelowthescheduleintotheSchedulewindow.
2. Youmaydragitemsupanddowninthescheduleforappropriateplacementin
theschedule.
UsingtheScheduleToolbar:
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.
AddingPowerPoint:
1. ClickthePowerPoint icontoaddaPowerPointfiletotheSchedule.
2. BrowsetothePowerPointfileyouwishtouseusingthebrowsewindowthat
appears.
3. SelectthePowerPointfileandclickOpen.FormoreinformationSee:Using
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AddingWebContent:
1. ClicktheOnlinetab,thenWebtab.
2. Browsetothewebpageyouwouldliketodisplay.
3. ClicktheSchedulebuttonatthetopright.

PackVideoAndAudioIntoSchedule:
EasyWorshipwillallowyoutobringvideoandaudiowithyouviatheschedulefile.You
nolongerhavetoworryabouttheaudioorvideofilesbeingavailableatthecomputer
youaretakingthescheduleto.
1. ClicktheFilemenuthen,SaveScheduleAs.
2. AtthebottomoftheSaveScheduleAsscreen,thePackvideosinschedulebox.
3. TypethenameofthefileinthenclickSave.
ScheduleViews:
1. SummaryViewisaviewthatwillonlyshowtheiconandtitleofeachiteminthe
schedule.

2. FullViewisaviewthatwillalsoshowathumbnailofthebackgroundassociated
withthatsongorthedefaultbackground(aut).Clickthedowntriangleatthetop
rightofthescheduleareatochangeviews.Italsodisplaysthenotesforeach
scheduleitem.
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RightClickOptions:
EditSonginSchedule-Allowsyoutoeditasongintheactiveschedulewithout
savingthechangestotheSongdatabase.See:EditingSongsintheSchedule.

ResettoAutomaticBackground-Resetsasongwithanassignedbackgroundto
thedefault(auto)background.
EditNotes-Usethisfeaturetotypeinnotesforeachsong.Thiswillonlyappear
intheschedulearea.See:WorkingwithNotesintheSchedule
AddSongtoSchedule,RemovefromSchedule,MoveUp,MoveDownallwork
justastheyaredefined.
AddaPowerPointPresentation-Allowsyoutobrowsetoyourfilesandadda
PowerPointfiletotheschedulearea.
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See:UsingPowerPointFiles
EditingSongsintheSchedule
EasyWorshipallowsforthemodificationofSongsintheschedulearea.Allaspectsofa
songcanbeeditedfromthisarea.Usethefollowinginstructionsforeditingsongsinthe
schedule.Wheneditingasongintheschedule,EasyWorshipdoesn'tautomatically
updatethedatabase.Ifyouwouldlikethesongtobeupdatedinthedatabaseandthe
scheduleatthesametime,youcaneditthesongintheschedule.Ifyouhavealready
createdyourscheduleandwanttocomparethescheduletothedatabase,usethe
CheckscheduleforChangesfeature.
See:BuildingandRunningaScheduleandEditingSongs
UsingtheSchedule
ThescheduleareaofEasyWorshipislocatedontheleftsideofthescreenabovethe
Songs,ScripturesandMediatabs.Ascheduleislikeaplaylistofsongs,images,videos,
DVDclipsandPowerPointpresentationsyouwishtouseinyourservice.Youcan
createyourscheduleanduseitimmediatelySee:BuildingandRunninganEasyWorship
ScheduleorsavethescheduleforfutureuseonanothercomputerSee:Saving
Schedules.Oncethescheduleisbuiltoropened,itisveryeasytodisplaythecontentof
thatscheduleontheprojectorscreen.
1. Createanewscheduleoropenanexistingschedulebyclickingthe onthe
toolbar.See:BuildingandRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule
2. Selecttheiteminthescheduleyouwanttosendtothescreen.
3. ClickGoLive .
4. Clickoneachslideinthelivewindowtodisplaythetextfromthatslideonthe
projector.
5. NoticethatthePreviewwindownowcontainsapreviewforthenextiteminthe
schedule.
6. ClickGoLiveagaintosendthatsongtotheprojector.
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SavingSchedules
SavingASchedule:
Aftersettingupaschedule,itcanbesavedforfutureuse.
1. ClickontheFilemenu.
2. ClickonSaveSchedule,clickSaveScheduleasorclickthe buttononthe
toolbar.
Ifscheduleisbeingsavedforthefirsttime,orifSaveScheduleasisselectedfromthe
filemenu,theSaveScheduleaswindowwillappear.
3. Browsetothelocationontheharddrivethatthefileisgoingtobesaved.
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4. TypeinthenameoftheschedulefileintheFilename:box.
5. ClickthePackvideosinscheduleifyouhavevideosintheschedulethatyou
wanttotransfertoanothercomputer.
6. ClicktheSavebutton.
Afterthefilehasbeensavedthefirsttime,clickingthe buttonorclickingfile,Save
Schedulewillsavethefilewithoutaskingwheretosavethefile.
Ifthefileneedstobesavedasadifferentfilenameorintoanewlocation,clickfile,Save
Scheduleasagain.
TransferringSchedules
Theeasiestwaytomovepresentationsfromonecomputertoanotheristousethe
Schedulearea.SimplydragthedesiredfilesintotheSchedulearea,savetheSchedule
asan*.ewsfile,andthenre-openthe*.ewsfileScheduleonthedestinationcomputer.
TransferringaScheduletoanothercomputer:
ComputerA(Source)
1. OntheSourcecomputer,savethescheduleyouwishtotransfer(*.ewsfile
name)onCD,USBmediaorthroughyournetwork.BesureandcheckPack
Videosifyouwishtotransfervideobackgrounds.FormoreinformationSee:
TransferringSongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule.
ComputerB(Destination)
1. OntheDestinationcomputer,insertyourCDorUSBdrive.
2. Onthetopmenubar,clickFile.
3. ClickonOpenSchedule.
4. TheOpenSchedulewindowwillappear.
5. Selectthemediaordriveonwhichyousavedthe*.ewsfile.
6. SelectthefileandclickOpen.
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7. TheUpdatelocalcomputerwindowmayappear.Thiswindowwillallowyouto
updatesongsinthedatabasewiththesongsintheschedule,orimportnew
songsinthescheduleintothedatabase.
8. Ifthereareanyerrorsinthescheduleanotherwindowwillappear,allowingyou
toresolvetheproblem.
Notes
TocheckscheduleforChanges:See:CheckscheduleforChanges
FortransferringtheentireSongdatabase,toanothercomputer,See:Backingupyour
Database
Tocheckscheduleforerrors:See:CheckScheduleforErrors
CheckscheduleforChanges

EasyWorshipallowsyoutouseallofthecontentinascheduleonanyothercomputer
thathasEasyWorshipinstalled.Thisisusefulforupdatingsongsinthedatabasewith
newlyricsorbackgroundsandtransferringvideos,imagesandPowerPointfilesfrom
onecomputertoanotherinoneschedulefile.WhenEasyWorshipdetectsnewor
changedcontentintheschedule,itwillallowyoutoimportthatcontent.EasyWorshipwill
automaticallycheckthescheduleforchangeswhenitopenstheschedule.Thiscanalso
beamanualprocess.
1. Onthetopmenubar,clickSchedule.

2. ClickonCheckScheduleforChanges.
3. TheUpdateLocalComputerwindowappears.
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3. Wheneachiteminthelistisselected,EasyWorshipwillallowyoutodothe
following:
ClicktheComparebutton-Thecomparebuttonwillappearifyouhaveasonginthe
schedulethathasthe
samename,buthas
differentattributesthan
whatisalreadyinthe
database.Usethe
Comparefeaturetoview
thesongfromthe
scheduleandfromthe
databasesidebyside.
Thiswillallowyoutopick
whichsongyouwantto
use.
Select DoNothing- Ignore

thissongitem if you want
to use the item in this
schedule only without
updating the EasyWorship
database.

SelectInsert-Addthesongto
thesongdatabasetoadda
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newsongtotheSongdatabase.
Choosetouseonlythesonglyricsorbackgroundsorboth.
ClicktheApplytoAllbuttonatthebottomrighttoduplicatethesamesettingsforall
itemsliketheitemselected.
SelectImport-Addthis
(video,image,presentation)
asa(media,PowerPoint)
resourcetoimportavideo,
imageorPowerPoint
presentationintothemedia
resourcearea.

Images,Videos,AudioFiles,orPowerPointfilesimportedwillbesavedtothefollowing
location:
WindowsXP:C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Shared
Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship\ProfileFolder\Resources
WindowsVista&7:C:\Users\Public\Public
Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship\ProfileFolder\Resources
Videos:\Videos
Audio:\Audio
Images:\Images
PowerPoint:\Presentations

Notes
IfEasyWorshipdoesn'tautomaticallycheckscheduleforchangeswhentheyare
openedfollowtheinstructionsbelow.
1. Openaschedulewithitemsinitthatdon'tmatchthedatabase.Or,create
anitemintheschedulethatdoesn'tmatchwhatisinthedatabase.
2. ClickontheSchedulemenu.
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3. ClickonCheckScheduleforChanges...
4. ClicktheboxatthebottombyShowthiswindowwhenascheduleis
opened.
5. ClickFinish.

ImportaScheduleSavedintoanActiveSchedule
EasyWorshipallowsyoutomergetwoormoreschedulesintooneschedule.
Withsongsanditemsalreadyinaschedule,orafteropeningasaved*.ewsschedule
file,followthesesteps.
1. Onthetopmenubar,clickonFile.
2. ThenclickImportSchedule.
3. Browsetoandselectthe*.ewsschedulefileyouwishtoimport.
4. ClickOpen.
5. Thenewlyimporteditemsfromtheschedulewillnowbeaddedtothebottomof
thecurrentschedule.Youmaysaveandrenamethisnewlymergedschedule.

NotesintheSchedule

Youcanaddnotesforyourtechteamorusersthatwillappearwitheachiteminthe
schedulearea.Whenyouhoveryourmousepointerovereachitemtheentirenotewill
appearinthepopupwindow.Thesenoteswilldisplayjustundertheitemnameinthe
schedulearea.
Toaddanotetoascheduleitem:
1. Highlightanyitemintheschedulearea.Noticetheword<notes>isalready
present.
2. Rightclickandselect
editnotes.TheNotes
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fieldwillnowcontainablinkingcursor.
3. Typeyournotes.When
finished,clickoutside the
notesfield.
Notes
Thenotescanbesavedwiththatschedule.Theycannotbesavedtothe
database.
NotesInsideaSong:
Notescanbeaddednexttoanysongtag.See:AddNotesInASong
CheckScheduleforErrors

Whenopeningaschedule,EasyWorshipchecksittomakesureitcanaccessallofthe
contentinthatschedule.Ifitdetectsanitemthatcannotbefound,alistofUnresolved
scheduleitemswillbedisplayed.Whenbuildingascheduleyoucanmanuallycheckthe
scheduleforerrors.Thefollowinginstructionswillhelpyouunderstandandusethe
CheckScheduleforErrorsfeature.

Tocheckforthoseerrors:
1. Onthetopmenubar,
clickSchedule.
2. ClickonCheck
ScheduleforErrors.
TheOpenSchedule
windowwillappear.
3. Selectoneofthe
followingoptions:
DoNothing-Ignore
allscheduleitems
withunresolved
properties.
Remove-Deleteall
scheduleitemsor
propertiesthatcannot
beresolved.
Resolve-Correct
eachscheduleitem
orproperty
individually.
4. ClicktheNextbutton.
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5. SelectingResolve
andclickingNextwill
displaythefollowing
options:
DoNothing-Ignore
thisitem.
Remove-Deletethis
itemfromthe
schedule.
Locatethisfile-Click
theBrowsebuttonto
findthefileonyour
harddrive.Whenthe
videoislocatedand
selected,clickOpen
andthenFinish.The
itemwillnowbe
addedtotheitemin
theSchedulearea.
6. Selectanoptionand
clickFinish.

Notes
IfyouwishtotransferimagesandvideosviatheschedulefileSee:Transferring
SongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule.

TransferringFilesviatheSchedule

PackVideosandImagesinSchedule

EasyWorshipautomaticallypackssongs,images,DVDclipsandPowerPointslide
showsintotheschedule,butitdoesn'tautomaticallypackvideosintotheschedule.
Whensavingaschedule,checkPackVideosinscheduleontheSaveScheduleAs
screen.
EasyWorshipwillthenpackthevideofilesintooneschedulefile,allowingforthetransfer
ofvideosfromonecomputertoanother,withouthavingtotransferthevideofiles
separately.Whenopeningthescheduleontheothercomputer,selectImport-"Addthis
videoitemasamediaresource"attheupdatelocalcomputerscreenifyouwouldlikea
copyofyourvideoontheharddriveofthatcomputer.
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See:CheckscheduleforChangesformoreinformationonimportingvideosandimages
intoyourmediaareafromyourschedule.
EasyWorshipDoesn'tAutomaticallyCheckforChanges
IfEasyWorshipdoesn'tautomaticallycomparethesongsinyourschedulewiththesongs
inthedatabasewhenyouopenyourscheduleSee:EasyWorshipdoesn'tautomatically
checkforchangesforinstructionsonhowtocorrectthisproblem.
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Songs
AddingSongs
TheEasyWorshipNewSongdialogboxallowsyoutoaddanewsongtothesongs
resourceareadatabasebytypingit,orbyimportingit.Inaddition,youcanusecommon
Windowsfeaturessuchascut/copyandpastetoentertextintoEasyWorship.
EasyWorshipcanimportRichText,HTML,Word,WindowsWrite,WordPerfect,and
WorksforWindowsfiles.Youcanalsosavemiscellaneoustexttouseinyour
presentations.Miscellaneoustextissavedintothesongsdatabase,somakesurethat
younameitsomethingthatyoucaneasilyfind(e.g.,Misc.Text...).
1. ClicktheNewSongicon onthetoolbar.
2. TheNewSongdialogboxappears.
Typingasong:
1. TypeanameforthesongintheTitlebox.
2. Clickthedesiredfontandsizeforthetext,andusethetoolbarbuttonstochoose
astyle,color,andfilleffectsforthetext.FormoreinformationonusingtheFill
EffectsdialogboxSee:AddingBackgrounds.
3. Ifyouwanttoaddatag(colorlabel)totheslide,rightclickinthetextbox,pointto
InsertSongTag,andthenclickoneofthetagtypes.Thedesiredtagappearsin
thetextbox.
EasyWorshipwillautomaticallyrecognizethesongtagwhenitistypedin
andwillcolorcodeitforyou.
Notescanalsobeaddedtothesongtag.See:NotesInsideaSong
4. TypethelyricsforthesongintheTextbox.
6. Toaddanewslide,eitherinsertanothertaginthetextbox,orpressENTER.
Ifyouwanttoplaceablankline(s)withinaslide,pressSHIFT+ENTER.
7. ClickOKwhenyouaresatisfiedwiththesong.
Importingasongortext:
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1. ClicktheImporticon .TheWindowsOpendialogboxappearsallowingyou
tolocatethedesiredfile.
2. ClickOKwhenyouhavelocatedthefile.ThesongortextappearsintheTextbox
whereyoucaneditandformatit.
Notes
Manyofthetoolbarbuttonshaveathirdstate;red.Theredstateindicates
thatthedefaultsettinghasbeenoverriddenandthatyouhaveeditedthe
textattributes.Tochangethetextattributesbacktothedefault,clickthe
Defaultbutton,orclickthedownarrownexttothepaintcan,andthen
clickAutomatic.
YoucanalsocopyandpastethetextintotheTextbox.
EasyWorshiphasanautoformatfeaturewhichmakesthetextalwaysfit
ontheslide.Evenifenoughlinesareadded,thetextgetssmaller.
Toedittheappearanceofsongtags:ontheLivemenu,clickOptions,
clicktheSongstab,andthenclickLabelColorCoding.
EditingSongs
TheEasyWorshipEditorallowsyoutoeditsongs,miscellaneoustext,andsong
information.Youcanchoosetoeditsongsinthescheduleforchangessavedtothesong
onlyforthatscheduleand/oryoucaneditpermanentchangesforthesonginthesong
resourcearea.
Editasongintheschedule:
1. IntheSchedulearea,selectthesongtobeedited
2. Rightclickonthesong.
3. ClickonEditSonginSchedule.

4. TheEditorwindowappears.
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5. Usethetextareaasastandardtexteditortotypeintextorchangetextas
needed.
6. Usethetoolbartochangethefontandsizeofthetext,thestyle,thecolor,and
thefilleffectsorbackground.
Addanewslide:
1. PressENTER(Return)inthetextwherethenewslideistobeadded,andthen
typethenewslidetext.
InsertingSongTags:
1. Rightclickinthetextboxwherethenewslidewillbeadded.
2. ClickonInsertSongTag.
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3. Thenselectoneofthetagtypes.
4. Thetagappearsinthetextbox.
5. ThenpressENTERtotypethenewsongtext.
Toeditcopyrightinformation,authorinformation,etc.See:EditingCopyrightinformation
undernotes.
Toeditasonginthedatabase:
1. IntheResourcearea,clickontheSongstab.
2. Selectthesongyouwishtoedit.
3. Rightclickonthesong.
4. Clickoneditsonginthedatabase.
TheEditordialogboxappears.
5. Usethetoolbartoeditthesongtext.Youcanchangethefontandsizeofthetext,
thestyle,thecolor,andthefilleffectsorbackground.
6. Toaddanewslide,pressENTERinthetextboxwhereyouwanttoaddthe
slide,andthentypethenewsongtext.
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1. Rightclickinthetextboxwhereyouwanttoaddtheslide.
2. SelectInsertSongTag.
3. Thenclickoneofthetagtypes.Thetagappearsinthetextbox.
4. Clickinthetagtoaddadditionaltexttothetag.Youcanalsoaddparentheses
andtext.See:Notes_Inside_a_Song
5. ToAdjusttext,asyoutype,thewordsallfitontheslideandcontinuetoget
smaller,unlessyoubreaktheverseupbypressingEnter(pagebreaks,orslide
breaks).Youcanalsoaddblanklineswhichwilldecreasethesizeofthetextby
holdingdowntheShiftandEnter.
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6. Toeditcopyrightinformation,authorinformation,etc.See:EditingCopyright
informationundernotes.
See:UsingtheBackgroundDesignerintheSongEditorandUsingtheBackground
Designer
Notes
Tosetglobaloptionsthatareappliedtoallsongs,See:SongOptions.
Manyofthetoolbarbuttonshaveathirdstate;red.Thisindicatesthatthedefault
settinghasbeenoverriddenandthatyouhaveeditedthetextattributes.To
changethetextattributesbacktothedefault,clicktheDefaultbutton,orclickthe
downarrownexttothepaintcan,andthenclickAutomatic.Ifyoudeleteor
changetheactualtext,youcanuseCTRL-Ztoundothechanges.
EasyWorshipfontsizesarerelativetotheoverallsizeoftheslidescreen.The
textwillneverbelargerthanthisrelativepercentage,whichallowsyouto
predeterminefontsize.Therefore,songtextwillneverappearlargerandyoucan
keepthefontsizeconsistent.Forexample,intheNewSongdialogboxyoucan
typenewsongsandEasyWorshipautomaticallyformatsyourslideasyoutype.
Youcanhighlighttextandselectthedesirefontheightpercentagewhilealso
decreasingitforothertextonthesameslide.Formoreinformation,See:Song
Options.
Ifyouneedtoplaceablanklinewithinaslide,pressSHIFT+ENTER.Youwill
noticethatmoreblanklinesfilltheslideandcausethetextsizetodecrease.
Clickinthetagtoaddadditionaltexttothetag.
Tosetglobaloptionsthatareappliedtoallsongs,See:SongOptions.
EditingCopyrightInformation:TheCCLI#appearsbydefault.Asongis
copyrighted,oryoucanaddthecopyrightsymbolanddatetotheinformationin
thesongeditor.OnceyouhaveenteredtheCCLI#,itwillautomaticallyappearin
eachcopyrightedsong.ToaddCCLI#,See:DisplayingCopyrightInformation.
*ClicktheInformationicontodisplaytheSongInformationdialogbox.
*Editthedesiredinformation.
*ClickOK.
DeletingSongs
WARNING:Thefollowingprocedurepermanentlydeletestheselectedsongfromthe
EasyWorshipSongsdatabase.
Todeleteasong:
1. IntheResourcearea,locatethesongthatyouwanttodelete.
2. Rightclickonthatsong,clickDeleteSong.
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3. ClickYestopermanentlydeletethesongfromthesongsdatabase.
FontSizingExplained
EasyWorshipusesanautofontsizingfeaturethatmakessurethatyourtextalwaysfits
thescreen.EasyWorshipwillusethelargestsizefontpossibletodisplayyoursongsand
scriptures.ThefollowinginformationexplainshowfontsizingworksinEasyWorship.
DesiredFontHeightPercentage:
EasyWorshipsetsthemaximumsizeofthefontbyusingtheDesiredFontHeight
Percentagetomakesurethetextdoesn'tgettoolarge.ThedesiredfontHeight
Percentageissetforapercentageofthescreensizeinsteadofapointfontsizelike
mosttexteditingprograms.
See:SongsTabformoreinfoonchangingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage.
NoMinimumFontHeightPercentage:
Thereisnominimumfontsize.Whenyoubegintotypetextintoaslide,thetextwill
appearusingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage.Afteryoureachthemaximumnumber
charactersthatcanfitonalineusingtheDesiredFontHeightPercentage,EasyWorship
willeitherwrapthetexttothenextlineor,ifwrappingisnolongeranoption,
EasyWorshipwillmakethetextsmallerwiththeadditionofmorecharacters.
Example:Whenyoubegintotypetextintoasong,youcouldbetypingat10%.If
youcontinuetotypewithoutcreatingnewslides,EasyWorshipwillcontinueto
makethetextsmaller.Themoretextthereisthesmallerthetextappears.
TextSizeContinuityWithinaSong:
BydefaultEasyWorshipwillmakeallofthetextinasongthesamesize.Inorderto
accomplishthis,EasyWorshiplooksattheslidewiththemosttextonittodeterminethe
textsizeoftherestoftheslides.Ifyouputmoretextonaslidethancanfitusingthe
desiredfontheightpercentage,EasyWorshipwillresizethetexttofit.EasyWorshipwill
thenusethatslidetodeterminethetextsizefortherestoftheslides.
Alltextinasongissizedbythelongestlineoftextintheentireslidesetforthatsong.In
theeventthatyouhavealinethatistoolong,youmaybreakthatlineintomultiplelines
bypressingenterwherethelinewraps.Ifyoupressentertwiceitwillsendthetextafter
thecursortoanewslide.This,willreducetheamountoftextontheslidetoallowthe
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texttoappearlarger.Youwillnoticethatthetextinalloftheslideswillappearlarger
whenthatlineorslideissplitintoanewlineorslide.
Notes
AutowrappingcanbedisabledinLive/Options/SongstabunderAdvanced.Withauto
wrappingturnedoff,EasyWorshipwillautomaticallystartresizingthetextwhenyouhave
reachedthemaximumamountoftextthatcanfitonaline.Youwillhavetopressenter
attheendofthelinetomakesurethetextisn'tresizeduntilyouhavereachedthe
maximumamountoftextfortheslide.
ChangingTextSizeWithinASlide:
YoumayselectpartofthetextinaslideandincreasethetextsizeuptotheDesired
FontHeightPercentage.EasyWorshipmayhavetoreducethesizeoftheothertextin
theslideinorderfortheselectedtexttoappearlarger.Thefontsizeinthesongeditoris
aproportionalsize.Itmakestheselectedtextlooklarger,byshrinkingthesizeofthe
othertext.Ifyouselectthewholeslideandtrytoincreasethesize,thesizewillnot
change.EasyWorshiphasalreadymadethetextonthatslideaslargeasitcanbefor
thatslide.Ifthisisnotthecase,youmayneedtocheckotherslidesinthesong.See:
TextSizeContinuityWithinaSong
ImportingSongsfromSongSelectLyricService
CCLIsSongSelectLyricServiceallowsyoutodownloadsongsfromthousandsof
songsontheirwebsiteforanominalmonthly/yearlyfee.ThisLyricServiceisprovided
byChristianCopyrightLicenseInternational.TousetheCCLI'sSongSelectLyric
Service,youmustbeamemberwithavalidUserIDandPassword.Ifyouarenota
currentmember,youcansubscribetothisserviceathttp://www.ccli.com.
DownloadingSongsfromSongSelectLyricService:
1. ClicktheOnlinetabintheresourcesarea.
2. ClicktheSongSelecttabinthewebnavigationarea.
3. LoginifpromptedandclickLaunchSongSelect.
5. Clickonthelinkforthesongthatyouwanttoimport.
6. Whenthesonglyricsappear,clicktheImportbuttonatthetopright.
7. ClickAddtoSchedule,ifyouwantthesongtobeaddedtotheschedule.
8. TheCopySongtoEasyWorshipdialogboxappears.
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9. Makeanychangesyouwouldlike,thenclickOKtocopythesongto
EasyWorship.
ThesongiscopiedtotheEasyWorshipSongsdatabaseforlateruse.Toeditthe
song,See:EditingSongs.
Notes
YoumustbeconnectedtotheInternettodownloadasongfromCCLI's
SongSelectLyricService.See:InternetConnectivityunderTroubleshootingif
youareunabletoaccessSongSelectfromEasyWorship.
YoumusthaveaCCLILicenseandSongSelectSubscriptiontousethisfeature.
Gotowww.ccli.comtofindouthowtogetanaccount.
NoSongsOrBackgroundsinMyNewInstall
Ifyoudidnotloadthedemosongs,See:AddingandRemovingDemoData
ReportingandPrintingSongs
EasyWorshipallowsyoutotrackandgeneratetheusageofsongsforreportingand
managingyourrepertoireofsongs.Forinformationonreportingtheusageofsongs,
pleasecontactChristianCopyrightLicenseInt'l.(CCLI)atwww.CCLI.com.EasyWorship
alsowillprintthelistofthesongsinyourSongsresourceareadatabase.Eachtimeyou
add,printorprojectasong,EasyWorshiptracksthatactionandstoresitforyouina
viewableandprintablefile.
PrintingaSongActivityReport:
1. OntheTopMenuBar,clickonFile.
2. Adropdownmenuwillappear,highlightPrint.
3. Asidemenuwillappear,clickonPrintaSongActivityReport.
4. TheSelectReportPeriodwindowwillappear.Enterthereportperioddatesfor
whichyouneedanactivityreport.
5. Thereportwillappearandyoucannavigatethetopmenubarforoptionson
saving,printing,etc.
PrintingaSongListReport:
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3. Asidemenuwillappear,clickonPrintaSongListReport.
4. TheSongListwillappearshowingthenumericandalphabeticallistingofthe
songsinyourSongsresourceareadatabase.Youcannavigatethetopmenubar
optionsforprinting,savingetc.
PrintingaSchedule:
Youcanprintthescheduleyouhavesaved.Thisishelpfultopassouttoyourstaffsoall
canseetheagendaforeachpresentation.Youcanprintthescheduleinbothviews,
eitherdetailsorsummaryview.
PrintingSchedule(details)
3. Asidemenuwillappear,clickonPrintSchedule(details).
4. Eachsongoritemintheschedulewillbeavailableforprinting,pageby
page,includingallthewordsoneachslideofthatsong,andthesong
informationofcopyrights,author,etc.
5. Navigatethetopmenubarforoptionsinprintingandsavingthedetailed
schedulereport.
6. Thereportissavedinaproprietaryformcalleda*.qrpfile.
PrintingSchedule(summary)
3. Asidemenuwillappear,clickonPrintSchedule(summary).
4. Eachsongoritemintheschedulewillbeavailableforprinting,onlybyfilename
asitappearsintheschedule.
5. Navigatethetopmenubarforoptionsinprintingandsavingthedetailed
schedulereport.
6. Thereportissavedinaproprietaryformcalleda*.qrpfile.
Using.qrpfiles:
TheqrpfilescanbeopenedusingEasyWorship.
1. ClickonFile.
2. ClickPrint,thenSongListReport.
3. ClicktheLoadReportbuttonatthetopofthereportscreen.
4. Browsetothe.qrpfilesavedfromEasyWorship.
5. SelectitandclickOpen.
TextOverVideo
EasyWorshiplayerstextovervideo,images,colors,gradientsandfeeds.
UsingTextOverVideo:
1. IntheResourcearea,clicktheSongstab.
2. Clickonthetitleofthesong;itwillbehighlighted.
3. ClickontheBackgroundbuttonabovethecentercolumnPreviewArea.The
paletteofbackgroundthumbnailswillappear.Clickavideothumbnail .
(See:AddingBackgrounds)
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4. ClicktheGoLIVE buttonandthesongwillappearlayeredoverthevideo.
Youmayalsoattachavideobackgroundtoasonginthesongdatabase.
(See:HowDoISaveABackgroundtoaSong?)
AttachavideofromtheMediataborBackgroundpalettebydraggingand
droppingtoasongintheschedule,changingitforthatscheduleonly.
Notes
DirectXisrequiredforEasyWorshiptodisplaytextovervideo.ClickonHelp,then
DirectXTroubleshootingtoverifythatDirectXisenabled.
See:TextOverVideoTroubleshootingunderTroubleshooting,Ifyouarehaving
problemswithTextOverVideo.
UsingSongs
EasyWorshipsongsaresavedinthesongsresourceareadatabaseforeasyretrieval
andefficientsongmanagement.Youcansearchforsongsbytitleorbythefirstlineof
anyslide,verse,orchorus.TheFavoritesbuttonenablesyoutoselectsongsthatyou
usethemostandneedtoaccessquickly.WhenclickingtheFavoritesbuttononlythe
selectedsongswillappear.
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoimportsongs,typeyourownsongsortext,andeditsongs.
YoucanalsodownloadsongsfromCCLI'sSongSelectLyricService.
Locateanddisplayasong:
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.
Forexample:tolocateAmazing
Grace,typeAm.
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Ifyoudonotknowthetitle,begin
typingthefirstlineoftheslide,
verse,orchorusintheSearch
box.
Forexample:tofindAmazing
Grace,youcouldtype"TwasGrace
that"intheSearchbox.
EasyWorshiplocates,highlights,anddisplaysthechosensonginthePreview
area.ThefirstlineoftheselectedverseisdisplayedintheSearchbox.
Notes
EasyWorshipreadsnumbersfirst,forexample,ifyounameasong"1AmazingGrace"it
willappearfirstintheResourcearea.Thisallowsyoutotypeanumberandenterifyou
wanttolistsongsnumerically.
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4. Afteryoulocatethedesiredsong,addthesongtotheschedule.See:Building
andRunninganEasyWorshipSchedule
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ClickontheBackgroundbuttonandselectabackgroundfromthethumbnails,
thenclickGoLiveor,double-clickthesongtosenditdirectlytotheliveoutput
areaandimmediatelydisplayittothecongregation.
Notes
Todisplaytextovervideo,thevideothumbnailsintheBackgroundpalettewillhavefilm
stripedges.Youcanclickonasong,thenthevideobackgroundthumbnailandthenclick
GoLive.Tosaveavideoasabackgroundtoasongtobeusedeachtimeyouviewthe
songfromthedatabase,See:AssignBackgroundtosong.
Followalongwithyourworshipleader:
ClickoneachverseintheLiveareaandfollowyourleader.Youcanclickthe
versesinanyorder.
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UsetheUPandDOWNARROWkeystofollowthroughtheverses.
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Type1andpresstheENTERkey,2andtheENTERkey,etc.,asthey
correspondtotheverses1-8;9,0,Ccorrespondstothechorus;TforTag;Efor
End;BforBridge;andSforslide.Thereisasmalldownarrowatthetoprightof
theLivearea.Clickitanddropdownthechoicetoseesongsdisplayedin
summaryorfullview.Thenumberscorrespondtotheslideinthesummaryview.
RightClickFeaturesonSongs:
EditSonginDatabase-allows
youtoeditthesongandsaveit
thatwayintheSongsresource
areadatabase.See:Toedita
songinthesongResourcearea
database
NewSong-Opensthenew
songeditorwindowfortypinga
newsong.
See:AddingSongs
AddingSongstotheFavoritesList:
1. ClickontheSongstab.
2. Clickinthesecondcolumnnexttothe
songyouwanttoaddtothefavoriteslist.
3. WhenyouclicktheFavoritestabyouwill
seealistofjustthesongsyouselected.
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ToAddNewSongs:
See:AddingSongs,EditingSongs,DownloadingSongsfromtheCCLISongSelectLyric
Service
HowDoIUseTheFavoritesButton?
See:AddingSongstotheFavoritesList
UsingtheBackgroundDesignerintheSongEditor
TheBackgroundDesignercanbeutilizedfromtheSongeditor.Thiswillallowformore
controloverhowtextisdisplayedonthescreen.
1. Inthesongeditor,clickontheBackgroundbutton.
2. SelectBackgroundDesigner.
*FromtheBackgroundDesigner,thefontformatting,locationandsizeofthetextbox,
VerticalandHorizontaltextalignmentcanbechanged.
See:UsingtheBackgroundDesignerformoreinformationonhowthebackground
designerworks.
Notes
ItwillnotupdatethethumbnailintheBackgroundspalette.Thatmustbedonefromthe
Backgroundsbuttoninthepreviewwindow.
Thetextboxformattingisattachedtothebackgroundofthesong.Whenthe
backgroundforthesongischanged,thetextboxsettingswillbereset.
TextBoxResizingintheEditorWindow
Youcanalsoadjustthetextboxinabackgroundbyclickingonthethumbnailpicturein
theeditorwindow,bothintheeditsongintheResourceareaoreditsonginthe
schedule.
Toresizeatextboxonabackground:
IntheSongEditor:
1. Clickonthesongpreviewareatotherightofthetextarea.
2. Resizinghandleswillappear.
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3. Resizeandmovethetextboxtothedesiredlocationinthepreviewarea
.
Ifyouwishtohavelesstextinthebox,youwillneedtoseparatelinesandtextin
thesongeditorusingEnter.(See:WorkingwithSongs.)
Notes
Thetextboxformattingisattachedtothebackgroundofthesong.Whenthe
backgroundforthesongischanged,thetextboxsettingswillbereset.
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Scriptures
AddingMoreBibleVersions
EasyWorshipoffersmanyfreeandcopyrightedbibles.Copyrightedbiblesareavailable
for$29.00each.
See:BiblesontheMediaStoretabforalistofavailablebibles.
ToPurchaseaBible:
BiblescanbepurchasedviatheMediaStoretaborbycallingusat+1918-250-1493.If
EasyWorshipwaspurchasedviaadealer,contactthemtopurchase.Afterthebibleis
purchased,wewillsendanewserialnumbertoyouviae-mail.Followtheinstructions
belowtoregisteryournewbible.
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. ClicktheHelpmenu.
3. SelectRegisterProducts.
3. IntheSerialNumberfieldtypeinthenewserialnumber.
4. ClickValidate.
5. TheValidatebuttonwillgreyout.
6. ClickClose.
7. ClickontheScripturestab.
8. Thetabforyournewbiblewill
showupatthebottomofthe
scripturesarea.
9. IfthemessageThisVersionofthe
bibleisnotinstalledappears,Click
downloadandinstallitnow.
Ifyoudonothaveaninternetconnection,youmaydownloadthetextfromour
websiteontoacomputerthathasinternetaccessandinstallthebibletext
manually.See:InstallingBibleTextManually

InstallingBibleTextUsingtheMediaStore:
1. ClickontheOnlinetabintheresourcearea.
2. ClicktheMediaStoretab.
3. ClickonBibles.
4. Clickdownloadnexttothescriptureyouwishtoinstall.
5. Thescripturewilldownloadandinstallautomatically.
Ifyouhaven'tpurchasedthescriptureyet,clickAddToCartandgothroughthe
checkoutprocess.
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InstallingBibleTextManually:
1. Atacomputerwithinternetconnection,
browseto
http://www.easyworship.com/bibles.
2. Clickonthedownloadlinkforthebibleyou
wanttodownload.
3. Savethefiletoadisk.
4. Takethedisktothecomputeryouwantto
installthebibleon.
5. ClicktheScripturestab.
6. Clickthe buttontotherightofthe
Bibleversiontabs.
7. ClickInstallBiblesFromDisk.
8. Browsetoandselectthebiblefileyousavedtothedisk.
9. ClickOpen.
10. TheScripturetextwillnowappear.
EnablingScriptureVersionTabs
Notes
Notallscripturesarefree.PleaseseeHowCanIAddMoreBibleVersions?forinfoon
howtopurchaseoraddnewbiblestoEasyWorship.
EnablingBibleversionTabs:
1. ClickontheScripturestabintheresourcearea.
2. Noticetheversiontabsatthebottom.
3. Totherightoftheversiontabs,clickonthe button.Theavailableversion
tabnameswillappear.
4. Selecttheversionsyouwishtoenable.
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TheScripturesTab
ThereareseveralBibleversionsresidentinEasyWorshiptobeusedinyour
presentations.Youcaneasilylocateanddisplaychaptersandversesfromanybookof
theBiblefromtheScripturestab.
TheEasyWorshipScripturesresourceareaautomaticallycontainstheHCSB,ASV,KJV
&RVAbibles.Otherversionsareavailable.Notallversionsarefree.See:AddingMore
BibleVersionsformoreinfoonaddingmorebiblestoEasyWorship.Checkourwebsite
forthelatestlisting.http://www.easyworship.com
AlsoSee:EnablingScriptureVersionTabsandUsingScriptures
UsingScriptures
Addascripturetoyourschedule:
2. ClickthetaboftheBibleversionyouwanttouse.
3. TypethescripturereferenceintheScripturefieldatthetopoftheScripturestab.
Forexample,ifyouarelookingupascripturein1Thessalonians,you
wouldtype1The.EasyWorshipwillthenauto-completethebookname
foryou.
Presstherightarrowkeythentypeintheverseaddressinthefollowing
format1:3-5.
4. Clickthegreenplussignonthescheduletoolbarordraganddroptheselected
scripturetotheschedulearea.
Notes
WhenSelectingmultiplescriptures,thescripturetextwillbeaddedtooneslide.Editing
ofthescripturemaybeneeded.
UsingScriptureontheFly:
2. SelecttheBibleversionyouwanttouse.
3. TypethescripturereferenceintheScripturefieldatthetopoftheScripturestab.
4. DoubleclicktheselectedscripturetomakeitGoLive.
EditingScriptures:
1. Rightclickonascriptureintheschedule.
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2. ClickonEditScripturein
Schedule.
3. MakethechangesyouneedusingtheScriptureeditor.(Thescriptureeditor
worksthesameasthesongeditor)
See:EditingSongsformoreinfoonformattingyourScripturetext.
UsingNonConsecutiveScriptures:
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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7. Addreturns(Enter)whereyouwantthetexttobebrokenintoslides.
8. ChangethetitletoGenesis1:1-5,11-13.
9. ClickOK.

Media
SettingtheAspectRatioforImage,Video,Feed&Background
Theaspectratioforimages,backgroundsandfeedscannowbechanged.
WhatisAspectRatio?
AspectRatioreferstotheratioofwidthtoheightofapicture.Thistermismost
commonlyusedwithworkingwithvideooutput.Standarddefinitionprojectors,
televisionsandcomputermonitorsusea4:3aspectratiowhichlookslikeasquare.High
definitionprojectors,televisionsandcomputermonitorsusea16:9aspectratiowhich
lookslikearectangle.
AspectRatioSettingsDefinitionsforEasyWorship:
Automatic-Maintainstheoriginalaspectratioofanimage,videoorfeedby
default,butautomaticallystretchesittofitthescreenwhenusedasabackground
fortext.
Maintain-Maintainstheoriginalaspectratioofthevideo,image,feedregardless
ofuse.
Stretch-Stretchesthevideo,imageorfeedfitthescreenregardlessofuse.
Zoom-Zoomsinonthevideo,imageorfeedcroppingtheedgesregardlessof
use.
SettingImage,FeedandVideoAspectRatio:
1. Rightclickonanimage,feedorvideo.
2. SelecttheSetAspectRatiooption.TheoptionsavailableareAutomatic,
Maintain,StretchorZoom.
SettingtheAspectRatioonaSongBackground:
1. Rightclickonasongintheschedule.
2. SelectSetAspectRatio.Thesameoptionswillbeavailableaswithimages,
videosandfeeds.
Note:TheSetAspectRatiooptionwillnotbeavailableifabackgroundhasnot
beenassignedtothesongandthethumbnailhasthewordAutoonit.
SettingtheAspectRatioonabackgroundintheBackgroundDatabase:
Thisallowsyoutouseaspecificaspectratioeachtimeyouuseaspecificbackground.
1. ClickontheBackgroundbutton.
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2. ClickonOptions.
3. Selectthebackgroundyouwanttomodify.
4. ClicktheModifybutton.
5. SelecttheAspectratiofromtheDropdownlist..
6. ClickOK.
CodecsExplained
Whatisacodec?
Codec-(enCOder/DECoderorCOmpressor/DECompressor)-software(orhardware)
thatcompressesanddecompressesaudioandvideodatastreams.
Thepurposeofcodecsistoreducethesizeofdigitalaudiosamplesandvideoframesin
ordertospeeduptransmissionandsavestoragespace.
ForMoreinformationgotohttp://www.free-
codecs.com/guides/What_you_need_to_know_about_codecs.htm
Whenyouplayavideo,orsoundfilethroughEasyWorship,ithastoknowhowtodecode
thatfile.AcodecisapieceofsoftwarethattellsEasyWorshiphowtodecodethevideo
oraudiofile.Ifyoudon'thavethepropercodecinstalledonyourcomputer,EasyWorship
won'tbeabletoplayyourmultimediafile.
StandardcodecsthatareincludedautomaticallyinWindowsMediaPlayerare:
Video:Mpeg1,AVI,WMV.
Audio:MP3,WAV,WMA
EasyWorshipcanuseanyofthesetypesoffileswithoutinstallingextracodecsoftware.
EasyWorshipcanplaymanyothertypesoffilesaslongasyouhaveacodecfor
EasyWorshiptodecodethefilewith.Mpeg2,Mpeg4,Divx,Movfilesrequireextra
codecsoftware.
Avoiddownloadingcodecpacksthatclaimtohaveacodecforeverytypeoffile.
ManytimestheywillinstallsoftwarethatconflictswithEasyWorshipandcan
causeyourmediafilestoplayincorrectly.Theonlycodecpackwecurrent
recommendistheK-Litecodecpack.Wehavespecificinstructionsforinstalling
it.
WerecommendGabest,DScalerorPowerDVD6or7codecsforplayingMpg2
filesandDVDs.See:RecommendedDVD&Mpg2Decoders
Audio
UsingAudioFiles
EasyWorshipisabletoplayaudiofilesfromyourschedule.Thefollowingformatsare
supportedbyEasyWorship:MP3,WAV,WMA,MID,AAC.Audiocontentcanbe
accessedbyclickingtheMediatab,thentheAudiotab.
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AddingAudioFiles:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. ClicktheMediatab.
3. ClicktheAudioTab.
4. ClicktheAddbutton.
5. Browsetoandselecttheaudiofilesyouwishtoadd.
6. ClicktheOpenbutton.
PlayingAudioFiles:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
3. ClicktheAudiotab.
4. Draganddropanaudiofileintotheschedulearea.
5. ClickGoLivetoplaytheaudio.
Audiofilesmayalsobeplayedfromthepreviewcolumn.
AttachAudioToASong:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. Addasongtotheschedule.See:BuildingandRunninganEasyWorship
Schedule
4. ClicktheAudiotab.
5. DragandropanAudiofilefromtheAudiotabontoasongintheschedule.
Notes
Songsmustbeaddedtotheschedulebeforeaudiocanbeattachedtothem.
DVD
DVDsExplained
EasyWorshipenablesyoutoutilizetheonboardDVDROMdriveonyourpresentation
computerfordisplayingDVDsorportionsyoucreateasclips.Thisisadifferent
applicationofdisplayingDVDthancapturingaDVDfeedthroughacapturecard(See:
WorkingwithFeeds)
DVDStructure
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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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.See:RecommendedDVDDecodersformoreinformation.
AlsoSee:DVDClipEditorOverview,ToplayaDVD(wholemovieatonce),Toeditand
playaDVDclip(asmallpieceofamovie)andToplayDVD(PredefinedClips)forhelp
withcreatingDVDclipsinEasyWorship.
DVDRegion
InordertocreateDVDclipsinEasyWorship,theDVDregionhastobesetontheDVD
playerinthecomputer.ManyDVDdrivescomefromthefactorywithnoregionset.Ifthe
wrongregionornoregionisset,youwillbeabletocreateclips,butwillnotbeableto
playthembackafterremovingandreinsertingtheDVDintothedrive.Followthe
instructionsbelowtosettheregionontheDVDdriveinthecomputer.
1. OpenComputerorMyComputer.
2. RightclicktheDVDdrive.
3. ClickProperties.
4. Apropertieswindowwillappear.
5. ClicktheHardwaretab.
6. SelecttheDVDdrivefromthelist.
7. ClickthePropertiesbuttonatthebottom.
8. ThepropertieswindowfortheDVDdrivewillappear.
9. Windows7usersclicktheChangessettingsbuttonatthebottomoftheGeneral
tab.
10. ClicktheDVDRegiontab.
11. Selecttheappropriatecountry.
12. ClickOK.
Notes:
TheDVDregioncanonlybechangedamaximumof5times.
DVDClipEditorOverview
DVDPlayerWindow
1. Intheresourcearea,clickontheMediatab,clickontheDVDtab.
2. ClickontheAddbuttonatthebottomoftheMediaresourcewindow.TheSelect
Clipwindowwillappear.
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ClipName-Fieldinwhichyoucreateanameforyourclip.
Thumbnail-SmallpictureassociatedwiththeClipName,whichwillappearintheDVD
resource
area.
SetThumbnailButton-Clickthisbuttonattheframeyouchooseforyourthumbnail.
EditMode-Twochoicesappearforeditingclips:LoopSegmentandContinuousPlay.
Clickonthedowntriangleforselection.LoopSegmentloopsonlythecurrentsegment
youareediting.ContinuousPlayplaystheentireDVDallowingyoutoeditit.
Title-TheMainMenuorMainSegmentsoftheDVD.
Position-ThenumericalelapsedtimeandcurrentlocationintheDVD.Youcanincrease
ordecreasemarkinandmarkoutpointsbynavigatingthetrianglesandeditingthe
numberfields.
Chapter-Sub-menusegmentsundereachtitle.
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ClipStart-ThepositionatwhichyouMarkInthestartingpointofyoureditedclip.
ClipEnd-ThepositionatwhichyouMarkOuttheendingpointofyoureditedclip.
SelectSegment-Clickthisbuttonwhenyouwishtoselecttheentiresegmentyouare
playing.ItwillautomaticallysettheMarkInandMarkOutatitsbeginningandending
points.
DVDDriveandName-DisplaysthenameoftheDVDandthedriveplaying.Ifyouhave
multipledrivesyoucanclickthedowntriangleandselectadditionalDVDs.
DiskName-YoucancreateadisknametorecognizeasitappearsintheDVDresource
databasearea.
PositionScrollingBall-AvisualtrackingofthepositionoftheDVD.Itcanbescrolled
forwardandbackwardtonewlocationsonthesegment.
EditMode-Clickthisbuttontoedityourclips.
PreviewMode-Clickthisbuttontopreviewyoureditedclip.
DVDMenus-EachDVDwillhavedifferentmenusfordisplayingtheTitle,Root,
Subtitles(lyrics),Audio(splittracks,clicktracks,Stereo,Surround,etc.),
Angle(thecameraanglesavailable),andChapterMenus.
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*ForadditionalinstructionsSee:Creating&ManagingDVDClips,UsingDVDClips,
UsingPredefinedClips
DVDClipDatabaseOverview
DVDClipsDatabaseViews-IntheDVDclipdatabasetherearetwoviewsavailable.
TheAllDVDClipslistandtheAvailableDVDClipslist.AllDVDClipsshowsalistofall
theDVDclipscreated.AvailableDVDClipsdisplaysalistofclipscreatedfortheDVD
thatiscurrentlyintheDVDdrive.DVDclipslistedunderAllDVDClipscannotbeedited,
butcanbedeleted.
Add-WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyoutocreateanewDVD
clip.
Delete-RemovestheselectedDVDclipfromtheDVDclipdatabase.
Edit-WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyoutomakechangestoan
existingDVDclip.
AddNewDVDClip...-WhenclickedtheSelectClipwindowappearsallowingyouto
createanewDVDclip.
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AddNewFromSelected-Whenclickedcreatesacopyoftheselectedclipandloadsthe
SelectClipwindowallowingyoutocreateanewDVDclip.
Add/UpdatePredefinedClips...-AllowsyoutoaddDVDclipstothedatabasethathave
alreadybeencreatedforcertainDVDs.
*ForadditionalinstructionsonhowtosetupdifferentkindsofDVDclipsSee:Creating&
ManagingDVDClips,UsingDVDClips,UsingPredefinedClips
Creating&ManagingDVDClips
CreatingDVDClips:
1. InsertaDVDintotheDVDROMdrive.
2. ClickontheMediatabintheResourcearea.
3. ClickontheDVDtab.
4. ClicktheAddbutton.
TheSelectClipwindowwillappear.
5. TypetheclipnameintheClipNamefieldatthetopleft.
6. ClicktheitemyouwanttoplayintheDVDmenutotheright.
7. Asvideoplays,clicktheMarkInbuttontoselectthebeginningofyourclip.
8. ClicktheMarkOutbuttontoselecttheendoftheclip.
Notes
ToplaythewholeDVDclickSelectSegment.
ForiWorshipDVDsandotherslikeit,youmayclickSelectSegment
whenthevideostartsplaying.EasyWorshipwillsettheMarkInandMark
Outpointsatthebeginningandendofthesongforyou.
9. ThePreviewbuttonwillallowyoutopreviewyoureditedclipinthewindow.Click
theEditbuttontoresumeediting.
10. ScrollthecliptofindtheframeyouwishtouseforathumbnailandclickSet
Thumbnail.
11. ClickOK.TheclipandthumbnailwillappearintheDVDclipdatabase.
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EditingDVDClips:
1. SelectaclipintheDVDclipdatabase.
2. ClicktheEditbutton.
3. TheSelectClipwindowwillappear,allowingyoutomakechangestotheDVD
clip.
4. ClickOKtoapplythechanges.
DeletingDVDClips:
1. SelectaclipintheDVDclipdatabase.
2. ClicktheDeletebutton.
3. ClickYesonthepromptthatappearstoverifythatyouwanttodeletetheclip.
See:DVDClipEditorOverview,UsingDVDClips,UsingPredefinedClips
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UsingDVDClips
UsingDVDClipsintheSchedule:
1. SelectaDVDclipintheDVD
clipdatabase.
2. Clickthe ontheschedule
toolbar.
3. WhenitistimefortheDVDclip
tobeplayedintheservice,just
clickGoLive .
Notes:
Youmayalsodraganddropa
clipfromthedatabasetothe
schedule.
GoLivewithaDVDclip
directlyfromthedatabaseby
doubleclickingit.
TheDVDhastobeinthedrive
forthecliptoplay.
DVDclipscanbetransferred
viathescheduletoanother
computer.
Clipsareforwardcompatible
butnotbackwardcompatible.
ClipscreatedonWindows9x
willworkonWindowsXPbut
clipscreatedonXPwillnot
workon9x.Clipscreatedon
Windows9x-XPwillnotwork
onWindowsVista-7andviseversa.
See:DVDClipEditorOverviewandCreating&ManagingDVDClips
UsingPredefinedClips
Predefinedclipsarepredefinedwiththeproperstartandstoppointsalreadyset.This
savesyouthetimeofhavingtoediteachsegmenttoprepareaDVDclipfortheDVDclip
database.Forexample,ifyouhaveaniWorshiptypeDVDwhichcontains7songs,you
canselectAdd/UpdatePredefinedClipsandeachofthe7songswillnowappearinthe
DVDclipdatabase,predefinedandreadytoplay.NotallDVDswillsupportpredefined
clips.
Notes
EasyWorshipdoesnotcopytheelectronicimageoftheDVD.Itonlycreatesabookmark
toalocationontheDVDaccordingtohowyoueditedorsavedthatclip.Youstillmust
havetheDVDinsertedintothedrivetoplaytheclips.
IftheDVDhassegmentsthathavelyricsonlower,upper,ormiddlethirds,youcan
selectthesepredefinedclipsinthatformat.Thisisalsotrueforsplittracks,clicktracks
andnolyrictracks.IftheDVDhasthosesegments,youcannowsavethesamesongin
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differentformats.Forexample,Youmaywishtosavethesong"OpentheEyesofMy
Heart"inupperthirds,lowerthirds,andcenter.Orupperthirdsclicktrack,lowerthirds
splittrack.Thenwhenyouhaveapresentation,youcanselecttheformatpredefinedand
readyforprojection.
1. InsertaDVDintotheDVDROMdrive.
2. ClickontheMediatab.
3. ClickontheDVDtab.
5. ClickthedropdowntriangleontheAddbutton,thenclickAdd/UpdatePredefined
clips.
6. TheSelectPredefinedDVDClipswindowwillappear.
7. CheckChecktheinternetforthelatestclipinfoifyouwantEasyWorshipto
connecttotheEasyWorshippredefinedclipsitetocheckforneworupdatedDVD
clipsforthisDVD.
8. CheckShowthiswindowwhenanewDVDisinsertedtobepromptedifthereare
anypredefinedclipsforaDVDwhenitisinsertedintothedrive.
9. Ifpredefinedclipsareavailable,theywillappearinthewindow.
10. Checktheboxesnexttotypesofclipsyouwishtouse.
11. ClickOK.
12. CheckClearanypredefinedclipsthatarenotselectedandhavenotbeenedited
toclearanypredefinedclipsalreadyloadedforthatDVD.Clipsthathavenot
beeneditedandarenotselectedinthiswindowwillbecleared.
13. TheselectedpredefinedclipswillnowappearintheDVDclipdatabase.
Notes
PredefinedDVDclipscanbeeditedbyselectingtheclipandclicktheeditbuttonatthe
bottomoftheDVDclipdatabase.See:Creating&ManagingDVDClips
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DVDDecoderUtilities
MicrosoftWindowsXPVideoDecoderCheckupUtilityisautilityfromMicrosoft
thatwillhelpyouseeandchoosewhatDVDMPEG2decoderyouhaveinstalled.
ClickHeretodownloadtheutility.
YoucanalsofindoutwhatcodecWindows/EasyWorshipisusingbygoingto
Start->Run,typedvdupgrd/detectandclickOK.Thiswillbringupadialogstating
theDVDcodecinformationthatisbeingused.Thiscommandonlyworksfor
Windows9x-XP.
ClickonHelp,VideoCodecTroubleshootinginsideEasyWorship.Thiswilltell
youwhatcodecsarebeingusedtodisplaythevideo.
InEasyWorshipclickHelp,DirectXtroubleshooting.ThiswillverifythatDirectX
supportisenabled.Ifitisnotenabled,youwillbepromptedtoenableit.
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CheckoutourKnowledgeBaseandSupportForumforthelatestinformation.
*FormoreinfoaboutcodecsSee:RecommendedDVDDecoders
RecommendedDVDDecoders
MostproblemswithDVDsinEasyWorshiparecausedbyacodecthatisnotcompatible
withEasyWorship.Belowisalistofcodecsthatworkandalistofknownproblematic
codecs.
DecodersThatWork:
Gabest
InstalledwithK-LiteCodecPack
ClickheretoinstalltheK-LiteCodecPack.
DScaler
DScalerisanopensourcecodecthatworksprettywell.Itworksonallcomputersexcept
forsystemswithSoundBlasterSoundCards.Wehavefoundthattheaudiowillnotwork
whenusingDScalerwithsomeSoundBlastercards.HereisthelinktotheDScaler
MPEGdecoderinstall.DownloadDScaler
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PowerDVDSE
TryDScalerorGabestfirstbeforebuyingacodec.
ThePowerDVDcodecshavebeenthemostcompatibleforus.WhenDScalerdoesnot
work,werecommendthiscodec.Thetrialwillnotplayaudioonprotectedcontent.Get
thetrialfromhereCyberlink
ThePowerDVDSEpluginforWindowsMediaplayerhasproventoworkwellforusand
istheleastexpensive.andPowerDVDSEfromhereVista|XP
DecodersThatDoNotWork:

WinDVD
Thisdecoderdoesnotwork.ItwillshowupasInterVideoinyourcodeclist.

Sonic/Roxio
ThisdecoderdoesnotworkandmaycauseEasyWorshiptolockupwhentryingto
createacliporplayaclip.
OpenSource
Thiscodecisdistributedwithanotherworshipsoftwareanddoesnotworkwellwith
EasyWorship.YoumayneedtoremoveitbeforeusingvideosinEasyWorship.Itcanbe
foundgoingtoC:\windows\system32\.Renamingthefileosmpegviddec.axwillresolve
anyproblemscausedbythiscodec.
See:DVDDecoderUtilitiestofindoutwhatdecoderisinstalledonyourcomputer.
TroubleshootingDVDIssues
Issue:IcancreateaDVDClipandplayitinthepreviewwindow;butIonlygetablack
screenwhenyouGoLivewiththeclip.
Cause:AnincompatibleDVDDecoderorDirectXsupportisnotenabled.
Resolution:InstallacompatibleDVDDecoderSee:RecommendedDVD&Mpg2
DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders.
YoumayalsoneedtoenableDirectXsupportbyclickingonHelp,DirectX
troubleshooting.
Issue:YoucancreateaDVDClipandplayitinthepreviewwindow,butEasyWorship
locksupwhenyouGoLivewiththeclip.
Cause:AnincompatibleDVDDecoder
Resolution:InstallacompatibleDVDDecoder.See:RecommendedDVD&Mpg2
DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders.
Issue:DVDdoesn'tplayintheclipeditorwindow.Theclipeditorwindowdisplaysthe
message"PleaseinsertDVDintodrive...".
Cause:NosuitableDVDdecoderwasfoundtoplaytheDVD.Thediskyouhaveinthe
driveisnotaDVD.
Resolution:InstallacompatibleDVDDecoder.See:RecommendedDVD&Mpg2
DecodersforalistofcompatibleDVDdecoders.TryanotherDVD.
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Issue:DVDplaysonbothmonitorsinsteadofjustthelivemonitor.
Cause:YourVideoCardsettingsaresettoplaythevideoonbothmonitors.
Resolution:DisablethefullscreenoptionsonyourVideoCard.Formostgraphicscards,
thissettingisundertheadvancedareaofyourdisplaysettings.
Issue:IcancreateaDVDclipbutafterremovingthediskfromthedriveandinsertingit
again,theclipsIcreateddon'twork.
Cause:TheDVDregionhasn'tbeensetontheDVDdriveinthecomputer.
Resolution:SettheDVDregionfortheDVDdriveinthecomputer.See:DVDRegion
Feeds
AddaFeedtoBackgrounds:
Youcanaddafeedtothebackgroundpaletteanduseitasalivebackground.Thefeed
mustbeaddedtotheVideosResourceareatoappearintheAddarea.
2. ClicktheFeedstab.
3. Rightclickafeed,thenclickAddFeedtoBackgrounds.
4. Thefeedisnowavailableinthebackgroundpalette.
Tips
UsetheVJfeatureforcameraswitching.
Addcamerafeedstobackgrounds,usethebackgrounddesignertomaketext
appearonthelowerthird,thenusetheVJfeaturetoswitchcamerasbehindtext.
Formoredetailsonworkingwithbackgrounds,See:UsingBackgrounds,WorkingWith
BackgroundsandUsingVideoJockeyMode
UsingFeeds
EasyWorshipcanprojectimagesfromyourcomputerthroughexternaldevices(DVD,
VHS,Camera(s),andMixer)usingacapturecard.MostcapturecardsarePCIcardsthat
areinstalledintoPCIslotsonthemotherboardofyourcomputer.Eachcapturecardhas
itsowninputconnections.SomeareRCA(composite)jacks,someareS-video,and
someareFireWireIEEE1392.Itisimportantthatyoudeterminethetypeofinterface
cabledesiredbeforeyouorderyourcapturecard.
Notes
FireWireIEEE1392hassomelatencythatisnoticeable.Thisoptionmaynotbe
desirableifyouraudiencecanseethesourceandoutputscreen.Somecapturecards
donotworkwellwithmultiplecardsofthesametype.PleasegototheSystem
Requirementsonwww.easyworship.comforalistofsuggestedcards.
Addingafeed:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. IntheResourcearea,clicktheMediatab.
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5. ClickAdd.
6. TheAddFeeddialogboxappearswiththeinstalledcapturecardslistedunder
AvailableInputDevices.
7. Clickthecapturecardtowhichyouwanttoconnectthedevice.
8. TypeanameforthedeviceintheNamebox.
9. SelectthetypeofdevicefromtheDevicelist.
10. ClickAdvanced.
11. TheAdvancedFeedOptionsdialogboxappears.
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1. IntheInputDevicelist,clickwhetheryouareconnectingbyCompositeor
S-video.
2. IntheResolutionlist,settheresolutiontoatleast320x240or640x480.
3. LeavetheFrameRateatthedefaultsettingof29.97.
4. LeavetheVideoStandardatthedefaultsetting.
5. LeavetheColor/Compressionatthedefaultsetting.
6. ClickOKtoreturntotheAddFeeddialogbox.
10. ClickOKwhenyouaredone.
TheaddeddeviceappearsintheResourcearea.Toaddadditionaldevicesrepeatsteps
1-10.
DeletingFeeds:
3. Clickthedevicethatyouwanttodelete.
4. ClickDelete.
5. Amessageappearsaskingyouifyouwanttopermanentlydeletethefeed.
6. ClickYestodeletethefeed.
EditingFeeds:
3. Clickthefeedthatyouwanttoedit.
4. ClickEdit.
5. Makethedesiredchanges.
6. ClickOK.
7.
Images
UsingImages
Followtheinstructionsbelowtousetheimagestab.
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2. ClickontheImagestab,thendraganddroptheimagetotheScheduleArea.
3. SelecttheimageintheScheduleareaandclickGoLive .Youmayalsodouble
clicktheimagetomakeitgototheLivearea.
AddingImages:
EasyWorshipcomeswithimagesreadyforyoutouseinyourpresentations.
EasyWorshipcanimportimagesthatyouhaveproduced,oradditionalimagesyouhave
purchased.Createyourimageusingtheappropriatesoftware.
Notes
EasyWorshipwilldisplay.bmp,.jpg,.wmfand.icofiles.Forthebestresultsstoreall
imagesinYourProfile/imagesfolder.See:LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowto
locatedyourimagesfolder.
2. ClicktheImagestab.
3. ClicktheAddbuttontoaccesstheAddImagesdialogbox.
4. Locateandhighlighttheimagethatyouwanttoimport.
5. ClickOpen.
6. TheimportedimageappearsintheImagesarea.
RightClickFeatures:
WhenyourightclickonathumbnailintheImagesresourcearea,youhavethefollowing
options:
AddImages-thisisashortcuttoaddingadditionalimagesyoumighthaveona
CD.
DeleteImages-deletestheimagefromtheresourcearea.Itwillpromptyouto
deleteitcompletelyfromthe/Resources/Imagesfolder.
AddImagetoSchedule-addsimagetotheschedule.
AddImagetoBackgrounds-allowsyoutoaddimagestotheBackgrounds
palettedirectlyfromthisview.
DragandDropFeatures:
AddtoSchedule-DraganddropanimageintotheschedulefromtheImages
tab.
UseasBackground-Draganimageontoasonginthescheduletoassignthat
imagetoasongasabackground.
AddaNewImage-DragandDropimagesfromanyfolderinWindowstothe
imagesarea.EasyWorshipwillthenaddashortcuttothatimageintoyour
imagestab.
Videos
UsingVideos
EasyWorshipcanplayanyvideoformatthatWindowMediaPlayersupports.
See:CodecsExplained
PlayingVideos:
2. ClicktheVideotab.
5. DraganddropthevideothumbnailtotheSchedulearea
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6. HighlightthatvideoandclicktheGoLive button.
AddingVideos:
EasyWorshipcomeswithvideosreadyforyoutouseinyourpresentations.
EasyWorshipcanimportvideosthatyouhaveproduced,oradditionalvideosyouhave
purchased.Createyourvideousingtheappropriatesoftware.
2. ClicktheVideostab.
3. ClicktheAddbuttontoaccesstheAddVideosdialogbox.
4. Locateandhighlightthevideothatyouwanttoimport.
5. ClickOpen.
6. Afterthevideoisaddedtothevideosareayoumayrightclickonitandclick
selectthumbnail.
7. Scrolltotheframeyouwishtodisplayasthethumbnailinyourvideospalette.
8. Clickawayfromtheselectthumbnailboxtosetthethumbnail.
DeletingVideos:
IntheResourcearea:
2. RightClickthevideothatyouwanttodelete.
3. ClickDelete.
4. Amessageappearsaskingifyouwanttopermanentlydeletethevideo.
4. ClickYestodeletethevideo.
RightClickFeatures:
WhenyourightclickonathumbnailintheVideosresourcearea,younowhavethe
followingoptions:
AddVideos-thisisashortcuttoaddingadditionalvideosyoumighthaveona
CD.
DeletetheVideo-deletesthevideofromtheresourcearea.Itwillpromptyouto
deleteitcompletelyfromYourProfile/Resources/Videosfolder.See:Locating
YourProfileData
AddVideotoSchedule-addsvideototheschedule.
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AddVideotoBackgrounds-allowsyoutoaddthisvideototheBackgrounds
palettefromthisview.
SelectThumbnailfromVideo-allowsyoutopreviewthevideoandsetthe
thumbnailforthatvideo.
DragandDropFeatures:
AddtoSchedule-DraganddropavideointotheschedulefromtheImagestab.
UseasBackground-Dragavideoontoasonginthescheduletoassignthat
imagetoasongasabackground.
AddaNewVideo-DragandDropavideofromanyfolderinWindowstothe
imagesarea.EasyWorshipwillthenaddashortcuttothatvideointoyourimages
tab.
Notes
WhendisplayingavideothevideodoesnotappearintheLiveOutputarea
becauseittakesexcessiveamountsofmemorytodisplaythevideoclipinthe
PreviewandOutputareassimultaneously.
EasyWorshipwillplayfilessupportedbyWindowsMediaPlayerandsome
QuicktimefilesiftheK-Litecodecpackisloadedonthecomputer.
FLVFlashfilescannowbeplayedwiththeK-Litecodecpackloadedonthe
computer.
Thepathwhereyouwanttostoreyourvideosis:YourProfile/Resources/Videos
Atthispointyoumaywishtocreatesubfolderstobettercategorizeyour
collection.See:HowCanIOrganizeImagesandVideos?See:LocatingYour
ProfileData.
YoucanalsocopyandpastetoaddnewvideosintoYour
Profile\Resources\Videos.
See:HowdoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork?andCodecsExplainedundermedia
ifyouarehavingproblemswithvideos.
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Online
OnlineContent
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoscheduleonlinecontenttobedisplayedduringa
presentation.ClickingtheOnlinetabintheresourceareaunlocksEasyWorship'sonline
options.WhenclickingtheOnlinetab,youwillnoticethatthePreviewandLivecolumns
arenowreplacedwithawebbrowserwiththreetabsatthetopleft.TheMediaStoreTab
allowsyoutopurchaseanddownloadmediaandbiblesdirectlytoEasyWorship.The
SongSelectTaballowsyoutoimportlyricsviatheSongSelectlyricservice.Thisallows
youtokeeptheSongSelectopenandavailableatalltimesforquickaccess.TheWeb
Taballowsyoutoaddwebsitestothescheduletobedisplayedduringapresentation.
TheWebtabalsoallowsyoutoscheduleflashcontent.
See:MediaStoreTab,SongSelectTab,andWebTabformoreinformation.
MediaStoreTab
UsingthemediastorebuiltintoEasyWorshipwillhelpsimplifytheprocessofpurchasing
andaddingmediatoEasyWorship.Usingthemediastoreallowsyoutopurchase,
downloadanddisplaymediaquickly.
UsingtheMediaStoreTab:
1. ClicktheOnlinetabintheresourcearea.
2. ClicktheMediaStoretabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright.
3. Browsethemediastore,andaddvideos,imagesorbiblestoyourcart.
4. Afteryoucheckout,linkswillbeprovidedtodownloadtheitemsyouhave
purchased.
5. Clickthelinkstostartthedownloadprocess.
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6. Duringthedownloadprocess,theitemswillappearintheOnlinetabasStore
Downloadswiththeprogressshownunderneath.
7. Thevideosandimageswillautomaticallyappearintheirrespectivetabsunder
theMediatab.
8. Bibleswillinstallautomatically.Freebibleswillappearimmediatelyinthe
Scripturestab.Purchasedbiblesrequireyoutoenterthenewserialnumberyou
receivedviaemail.See:InstallingBibleTextUsingtheMediaStore
SongSelectTab
See:ImportingSongsfromSongSelect
WebTab
UsingtheWebTab:
1. ClicktheOnlinetab.
2. ClicktheWebtabatthetopleftofthewebbrowserareatotheright.
3. Typethewebaddressintotheaddressbarandpressenter.
4. ClicktheSchedulebuttontoaddthatwebpagetotheschedule.
PlayingYouTubeContent:
3. Enterwww.youtube.comintotheaddressbarandpressenter.
4. Clickthevideoyouwanttoplay.
5. WhenthevideoappearsclicktheSchedulebutton.
6. Thefollowingpromptwillappear,"WouldyoulikeEasyWorshiptoautomatically
displaythisvideofullscreenwhenyougolive?"
Ifthispromptdoesn'tappear,thefullscreenoptionisnotavailableforthisvideo.
7. ClickYesorNo.
PlayingFlashContent:
3. Typeintheaddresstotheflashcontentandpressenter.
4. ClicktheSchedulebutton.
PlayingFlashContentFromtheHardDrive:
3. TypeinC:\intheaddressbaratthetop.
4. PressEnter
5. Browsetothefoldercontainingtheswforhtmlfile.
6. Typethenameoftheswforhtmlfileinattheendofthepath.
Example:C:\FlashFiles\RubberChickenDance\RCD.swfor
C:\FlashFiles\RubberChickenDance\index.html
7. PressEnter.
8. ClicktheSchedulebutton.
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Backgrounds
AddingBackgrounds
AddingBackgrounds
EasyWorshipallowsyoutochoosebackgroundsforyoursongsandscriptures.
Backgroundscanbegradients,colors,pictures,videos,orlivefeeds.Youcanalso
customizeyourbackgroundsusingtheBackgroundDesigner.EasyWorshipcomes
standardwithbackgrounds,butyoumaywishtoaddothersalso.TheOptionsbuttonin
theBackgroundOptionsdialogboxallowsyoutoadd,remove,modify,andcustomize
backgrounds.
Addingmultiplebackgroundstothebackgroundpalette:
1. ClicktheBackgroundbutton.
2. ClickOptions.
3. ClickAddMultiple.
4. Browsetoandselectthevideosorimagestobeadded.
5. ClickOpen.
Theselectedpictures/videosappearinthebackgroundpalette.
Addingasinglebackgroundtothebackgroundpalette:
1. ClicktheBackgroundbutton.
2. ClickOptions.
3. ClickAdd.
TheFillEffectsdialogboxappearswithfive
tabs
Addingacolorbackground:
1. ClicktheColortabtochooseacolor
fromthecolorpalette,orclick
CustomColortoselectasolidcolor
background.
2. ClickOKtoaddthatcolortothe
backgroundpalette.
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Addingagradientbackground:
1. ClicktheGradienttabtochoose
thedesiredcolorfromtheColor1
andColor2lists.
2. ClickthedesiredShadingStyle.
TheVariantsboxesallowsfor
previewingthegradient.
3. ClickthedesiredVariantandclick
OK.
AddinganImagebackground:
1. ClickthePicture
2. ClickBrowsetoaddanimage
background.
3. Browsetotheimagetobeadded.
4. Selecttheimagefile.
5. ClickOpen.
6. Theselectedpictureappearswith
itspathdisplayedbelowit.
7. Theimagecanbetiledbyclicking
TileImage.
AddingaVideobackground:
1. ClicktheVideotabtoaddavideo
background.
2. ClicktheBrowsebutton.
3. Browsetothevideotobeadded.
4. Selectthevideofile.
5. ClickOpen.
6. UsethevideocontrolsintheVideo
tabtopreviewthevideo.
7. UsetheSetThumbnailbuttonto
setadifferentthumbnailforthe
video.
8. ClickOK.
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AddingaFeedbackground:
1. ClicktheFeedtabtoaddafeed
background.
2. Selectafeed.
3. ClickOK.
See:WorkingwithFeedsformore
informationaboutusingfeedsas
backgrounds.
Removingabackground:
1. ClickontheBackground
button.
2. ClickonOptions.
3. Selectthebackgroundtobe
removed.
4. ClicktheDeletebutton.
5. ClicktheYesbuttontoremove
thebackground

RightClickFeatures:
AssignabackgroundtotheLogobuttonby
selectingSetasLogo.
SetbackgroundforFoldbackscreenby
selectingSetasFoldback
Moveabackgroundupanddowninthe
backgroundpalettebyselectingMoveItem
UporDown.
Addasinglebackgroundtothebackground
palettebyselectingAdd...
Addasinglebackgroundtothebackground
palettebyselectingAddMultiple...
ModifyabackgroundbyselectingModify...
Removeabackgroundbyselecting
Remove.
RightclickingathumbnailintheVideos,
ImagesorFeedsresourceareadisplaysa
menuto:AddaVideo,ImageorFeedsto
Backgrounds-allowsyoutoaddthisvideototheBackgroundpalettefromthis
view.

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BackgroundOptions
TheOptionsbuttonintheBackgroundOptionsdialogboxallowsyoutoadd,remove,
modify,andcustomizebackgrounds.
See:AddingBackgrounds,UsingtheBackgroundDesignerandModifyingBackgrounds
RightClickFeatures:
AssignabackgroundtotheLogobuttonbyselectingSetasLogo.
MoveabackgroundupanddowninthebackgroundpalettebyselectingMove
ItemUporDown.
AddasinglebackgroundtothebackgroundpalettebyselectingAdd...
AddasinglebackgroundtothebackgroundpalettebyselectingAddMultiple...
ModifyabackgroundbyselectingModify...
RemoveabackgroundbyselectingRemove.
ModifyingBackgrounds
Modifyingabackground:
1. ClickontheBackgroundbutton.
2. ClickonOptions.
3. Selectthebackgroundtobemodified.
4. ClickModifytoaccesstheFillEffectsdialogbox.
Setadifferentframeinavideoclipforthethumbnail,usingthesliderball
underthevideowindowandtheSetThumbnailbutton.
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Forpicturebackgrounds,selectTilePicturetotilethatbackgroundpicture
whenitisdisplayed.
UsingBackgrounds
IfascheduleitemhasthewordAutoonit,abackgroundhasnotbeenassignedtothat
song.ThatsongisusingthelastbackgroundselectedundertheBackgroundbuttonin
thePreviewarea.
Settingaglobalbackground:
1. Clickthebackgroundbuttonatthetop
ofthepreviewwindow.
2. Clickonthebackgroundtobeusedon
allsongsthatdon'thaveabackground
assignedtothem.
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AssignaBackgroundtoaSong:
DragandDrop:
1. ClicktheBackgroundbuttonatthetopofthepreviewwindow.
2. Draganddropthebackgroundontoasongintheschedule.
(Thisdoesnotupdatethedatabase.)
IntheSongEditor:
1. CreateaNewSongorRightclickonasonginthedatabaseorscheduleand
selecteditsong.
2. IntheSongeditorwindowclickontheBackgroundbutton.
3. Selectthebackgroundtobeassignedtothatsong.
4. ClicktheOKbutton.
Usingabackgroundthatisnotinthebackgroundslist:
1. ClickFillEffects.
2. Selectthetabforthetypeofbackgroundyouwanttouse.
3. IfyouarenotusingaColororGradient,ClicktheBrowseButtonatthebottom
right.
4. Browsetothefileorfeedyouwishtouse
5. Selectthefileorfeedandclickopen
6. ClickOK.Thebackgroundwillnowbesavedtothesonginthesongresource
area.YoucanalsoclicktheAutomaticbuttontochoosethedefaultbackground
forallsongstobeappliedtothissongaswell.Nobackgroundwillbesavedto
thesongwhenchoosingAutomatic.See:AddingBackgrounds
7. YoucanalsouseTextBoxResizinghereinthiseditor.
Clickonthepictureintheeditorwidow.Resizingbuttonswillappear.
Setthesizeandlocationofthetextboxandsavetothesong.
See:TextBoxResizingintheEditorWindow
UsingVideoJockey(VJ)Mode
VideoJockorVJisafeaturethatgivesyouaccesstoMediaandBackgroundsatyour
fingertips.WhenclickingmediaorbackgroundsintheVJControlArea,thelive
backgroundwillchangeontheflyasyouclick.Followthestepsbelowtoenableanduse
VJ.
1. ClickthedownarrowatthetoprightoftheLive
area.
2. SelectVideoJockeyModefromthelist.

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3. TheVJcontrolareawillreplacethelivepreviewarea.
4. ClickonanyVideo,Image,FeedorBackground.
5. Thebackgroundontheoutputscreenwillchangeontheflyasyouclick.
UsingtheBackgroundDesigner
EasyWorshipallowsforimageandvideobackgroundstobealtered.Backgroundsthat
areAlteredusingtheBackgroundDesignerappearinthebackgroundpalettewithan"A"
intheupperleftcorner.
Beforealteringanimageorvideobackground,createaduplicatesothattherewillbea
copyoftheoriginalinthebackgroundpalette.
Toaddaduplicatepictureorvideo:
See:AddingBackgrounds
AccessingtheBackgroundDesigner:
1. IntheBackgroundOptions
window,clickthebackground
thatyouwanttocustomize.
2. SelecttheOverrideGlobal
OptionsforthisBackground
checkbox.
3. ClicktheBackgroundDesigner
button.
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4. TheBackgroundDesignerdialogboxappears
5.
MovingandresizingtheTextBox:
1. Clickonthepicture.
2. Resizinghandlesappearinallcornersandinthecenterofeachsideofthetext
box.
3. Resizetheframeusingtheresizinghandles.
4. Clickanddragthetextboxtothedesiredlocation.
5. ClickOKwhenallchangesarecomplete.
UsingtheFormattingToolbar:
1. ClicktheFontNamedropdownboxtoselectthefonttobeused.
2. ChangetheFontsizepercentageusingtheupanddownarrows .
3. UsetheBandIbuttonstoturnonBoldandItalics.
4. UsetheSandObuttonstoturnonShadowandOutlining.
5. ClickthearrownexttoA,S,andObuttonstoselect
theFont,OutlineandShadowcolor.
6. Clickthe buttontochangethefilleffects.
7. Clickthetextalignmentbuttonsonthetoolbarto
changetheverticalandhorizontalalignmentofthetext.
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RightClickFeatures:
1. Rightclickthetextbox.
2. ClickonResetTextMarginstoresetthetextboxlocationandsizebackto
default.
AttachABackgroundToASong
Youcansaveabackgroundsothatitappearswiththesongeachtimeyouselectthe
songfromthedatabase.Whenyouaddthatsongtotheschedule,thebackgroundwill
stayattachedtothesong.
1. ClickonaSongintheSongsresourcearea.
2. RightclickandchooseEditSong.
3. TheEditSongwindowappears.ClickontheBackgroundsbutton.Theimages
andvideosinthebackgroundpalettenowappearinthiseditorwindow.
4. Selectthebackgroundofchoice.
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5. ClickOK.
Usingabackgroundthatisnotlistedinyourbackgroundslist:
1. Inthesongeditorclickthebackgroundbutton.
2. ClickonFillEffects.
3. Selectthetabforthetypeofbackgroundyouwanttouse.
4. ClicktheSelectButtonatthebottomright.
5. Browsetothefileyouwishtouse.
6. SelectthefileandclickOpen.
7. AfterselectingbackgroundandOK.Thebackgroundwillnowbesavedtothe
songinthesongresourcearea.YoucanalsoclicktheAutomaticbuttonto
choosethedefaultbackgroundforallsongstobeappliedtothissongaswell.
Actually,nobackgroundwillbesavedtothesongwhenchoosingAutomatic.
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PowerPoint
UsingPowerPoint2007Files
RequirementsforUsingPowerPoint2007files:

Windows2000SP4orlater,WindowsXPSP1orlater,WindowsServer2003or
WindowsVista.
MicrosoftPowerPoint2003withtheOffice2007compatibilitypackinstalled,
MicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007.

Notes
Windows98andMEuserswillnotbeabletousePowerPoint2007files.Microsoft
PowerPoint2003,MicrosoftPowerPoint2007Viewer,MicrosoftPowerPoint2007cannot
beinstalledonWindows9XandMEversions.
InstallingPowerPointViewer2007:
UponthefirstattempttouseaPowerPoint2007,EasyWorshipwillpromptyouto
downloadPowerPointViewer2007ontoyourcomputer.Thiswillonlyoccurifyoudonot
haveMicrosoftPowerPoint2007ViewerorMicrosoftPowerPoint2007installed.Donot
installPowerPoint2007viewerifyoualreadyhavePowerPoint2007installedonthe
computer.

1. ClicktheDownloadbutton.
2. ClicktheDownloadButtononthewebpagethatappears.
3. ClickSaveonthewindowthatappears.
4. BrowsetoyourdesktopandclickSave.
5. Afterthefilehasdownloaded.OpenthefileandfollowtheWizardtoinstall
PowerPointViewer2007.
Notes
YoumayalsostartthedownloadofthePowerPointViewerbyclickingonHelp,Install
MicrosoftPowerPointViewer.
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UsingPowerPointFilesWithAudio&Video

EasyWorshipallowsyoutousePowerPointFileswithAudioandVideointheslideshow.
Thefollowinginformationwillhelpyoumakesurethesefileswillalwaysworkwhenyou
usetheminEasyWorship.
Method1:AllVersionsofPowerPoint
CreatethePowerPointslideshowonthePresentationcomputer.
ThiswillmakesurethatPowerPointcanfindallofthemediafilesitneedstoaccess,
whenEasyWorshipdisplaysit.
Method2:AllVersionsofPowerPoint
Makingchangestoyourfileorganizationstructurescanalsohelpmakesureaudioand
videoalwaysworksinyourPowerPointslideshows.
1. CreateafolderontherootofyourC:driveonyourcomputerandthe
Presentationcomputerlike,"PowerPoints".
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2. Insidethatfolder,createanotherfoldercalledaudio.
3. Copytheaudiofilesyouwanttouseforyourpresentationintotheaudiofolder.
4. AddtheaudiofilestoyourPowerPointslideshow.
5. SavetheslideshowinthePowerPointsfolder.C:\PowerPoints
6. CopythePowerPointandaudiofilesfromC:\PowerPointstoaCDorMemory
Stick.
7. AtthePresentationcomputer,copythefilesintothesamelocationonthathard
drive.CopythePowerPointfiletoC:\PowerPointsandAudiofilesto
C:\PowerPoints\audio.
8. AddthePowerPointslideshowtoyourschedule.See:UsingPowerPointFiles
Notes
Theaudiofolderisnotnecessary,buthelpskeepthefilestidy.
Method3:PowerPoint2003
WithPowerPoint2003youcanusethePackageforCD...feature.
1. CreatethePowerPointslideshow.
2. ClickonFile
3. ClickPackageforCD...
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4. ClickCopyTofolder...

5. UnderFoldername:Typethenameofthefolder.
6. ClicktheBrowsebutton.
7. Browsetothefolderyouwanttosavetheslideshowin.
8. ClickSelect.
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7. ClickOK.
8. ClickClose.
9. Youcannowtransferthefolderwiththepresentationandaudiofilesinittoyour
PresentationComputer.
10. AddthePowerPointtoyourschedule.See:UsingPowerPointFiles
11. DisabletheoptiontousePowerPointapplicationinsteadofviewer.See:Use
PowerPointapplicationinsteadofViewerforinfoonhowtomakethatchange.
(Youshouldonlyhavetomakethissettingchangeonce)
UsingPowerPointFiles

MicrosoftPowerPointfilescaneasilybeintegratedintotheschedule.Followthe
instructionsbelowtoaddaPowerPointslideshowtotheschedule.
EasyWorshipcanprojectaPowerPointslideshowandallowchangestobemadethe
schedulewithoutinterruptingtheslideshow.PowerPointslideshowscanbeeasily
navigatedbyclickingontheslideyouwishtoprojectintheLivearea.Slideshowswith
automatictimingsandtransitionsmayalsobeused.
IfMicrosoftPowerPointisnotinstalledonthecomputer,EasyWorshipwilluse
PowerPointviewer2003todisplaytheslideshow.IfPowerPoint2007filesareused,
PowerPoint2007orPowerPointViewer2007mustbeinstalledonthecomputer.See:
PowerPoint2007

ToaddaPowerPointfiletoyourpresentation:
1. IntheSchedulearea,clickonthe
PowerPointicon
2. TheAddPowerPointPresentationdialog
boxappears.
2. Locateandselectthedesired
PowerPointfile.
3. ClickOpen.
4. TheImportingPowerPointSlidesdialog
boxappearsshowingtheprogress.
5. Oncetheslideshowisimported,itwill
appearintheSchedulearea.
6. ClickingGoLivesendsittotheLIVE
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Notes
YoucansavetheScheduleanduseittocopyormovethePowerPointfile.See:
TransferringSongsImagesandVideosviatheSchedule
EasyWorshippacksthePowerPointfileintotheschedule.Whenthescheduleisopened
itwillusetheoriginalfilefromtheharddriveifitisavailable.Iftheoriginalfileisn't
availableitusesthepackedPowerPointintheSchedule.See:Checkschedulefor
ChangesfortheoptionsavailablewhenopeningaschedulewithaPowerPointfileinit.

ThumbnailSizing:
1. Clickthedrop-downarrowatthetoprightofthe
PreviewareaortheLiveareatochangethesizeof
theslidesinthatarea.
2. ClicktheGoLivebuttontoautomaticallydisplaythe
slidestothecongregation;ordouble-clickaparticular
slidetodisplayittothecongregation.
JumpInandOutofPowerPoint:
1. Whiledisplayinga
PowerPointpresentation,
clickontheScripturesTabin
theResourcearea
2. Findascripture,press
ENTERorclickGoLive.The
scriptureisimmediately
projected.Then,a
PowerPointbuttonappearsat
thetopoftheLIVEarea.
3. ClickthePowerPointbutton,
thePowerPointpresentation
projectsagainatthesame
placeyouexitedtoproject
thescripture.
Thisisagreatresourceforjumping
inandoutofa.PPTpresentation
andkeepingupwithasermon.For
moreinformationSee:Buildingand
RunninganEasyWorshipSchedule.
Notes
TheslidesandfilesdesignedinPowerPointaredisplayedinEasyWorshipexactlyas
theyweredesignedinPowerPoint.Inaddition,theanimations,soundsandtimings
createdinPowerPointworkinEasyWorship.EasyWorshiphastheabilitytoupdatethe
slideshowintheschedulefromtheoriginal.IfachangeismadetoaPowerPointfile
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andsavedwhileEasyWorshipisopen,EasyWorshipwillupdatethePowerPoint
automaticallywhenitisselectedintheschedule.ItcanalsoupdatethePowerPointfile
fromcheckforchangesSee:CheckscheduleforChanges.
Notes
IfyourPowerPointslidepresentationhastimingsoranimations,itwillrunthetransitions
automatically.ClickingBlackorLogowhileanautomaticslideisrunningpausesthe
presentationuntilyouun-blackorlogothescreen.
See:PowerPointTroubleshootingundertroubleshootingifyouarehavingproblemswith
PowerPointfilesinEasyWorship.
Alerts
HowDoIDeleteMessagesFromtheMessageAlertList?
IntheMessageAlertwindow:
1. ClickontheMessagedropdownbox.
2. Usethearrowkeysonyourkeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttoremove.
3. Pressthedeletekeyonyourkeyboard.
UsingFoldbackAlert
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaymessagestothecongregation.Youcanadd,remove,
hide,andscrollmessages.Youcanalsosetaprioritymessage,andcontroltheorderin
whichmessagesaredisplayed.
1. ClicktheAlertsicon ontheLivetoolbar,theFoldbackAlertorpress
CTRL+F.
2. TheFoldbackAlertdialogboxappears.
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Addingamessage:
1. IntheMessagebox,typeorselectthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay.
2. IntheCountbox,typeorselectthenumberoftimesthatyouwanttodisplaythe
message.
3. ClickAddtoaddthemessagetotheCurrentRunningMessageslist.
ThemessagesintheCurrentRunningMessageslistaredisplayedtothe
congregationintheorderthattheyappearinthelist.
TheArrowtotheleftoftheCountcolumnindicateswhichmessageiscurrently
beingdisplayed.
TheCountcolumnshowsa"countdown"ofthemessagesastheyaredisplayed.
Ifyoudonotwantthemessagesdisplayedtothecongregation,clickHide.
Todisplaythemessagesagain,clickShow.
Removingamessage:
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwantto
remove.
2. ClickRemove.
Selectaprioritymessage:
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay
first.
2. ClickSelectPriority.
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Youcanalsomanuallycontroltheorderofthemessagesastheyarebeing
displayedtothecongregationusingtheDisplayNextcommand.
Selectthenextmessage:
next.
2. ClickDisplayNext.
ChangingtheFoldbackAlertoptions:
1. OntheLivemenuclickDisplayFoldbackOptions.
2. ThenclickAlertsandTime.
Formoreinfo,See:AlertsandTimeintheDisplayFoldbackOptionssection.
DeletingamessagefromtheMessagedropdownlist:
1. Clickthedropdownlisttoshowthelistofmessagesalreadyentered.
2. Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttodelete.
3. Pressthedeletekeyonthekeyboard.
UsingMessageAlert
EasyWorshipallowsyoutodisplaymessagestothecongregation.Youcanadd,remove,
hide,andscrollmessages.Youcanalsosetaprioritymessage,andcontroltheorderin
whichmessagesaredisplayed.
1. ClicktheAlertsicon ontheLivetoolbar,thenMessageAlertorpress
CTRL+M.
2. TheMessageAlertdialogboxappears.
Addingamessage:
1. IntheMessagebox,typeorselectthemessagethatyouwanttodisplay.
2. IntheCountbox,typeorselectthenumberoftimesthatyouwanttodisplaythe
message.
3. ClickAddtoaddthemessagetotheCurrentRunningMessageslist.
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ThemessagesintheCurrentRunningMessageslistaredisplayedtothe
congregationintheorderthattheyappearinthelist.
TheArrowtotheleftoftheCountcolumnindicateswhichmessageiscurrently
beingdisplayed.
TheCountcolumnshowsa"countdown"ofthemessagesastheyaredisplayed.
Ifyoudonotwantthemessagesdisplayedtothecongregation,clickHide.
Todisplaythemessagesagain,clickShow.
Removingamessage:
1. IntheCurrentRunningMessageslist,clickthemessagethatyouwantto
remove.
2. ClickRemove.
Selectaprioritymessage:
first.
2. ClickSelectPriority.
Youcanalsomanuallycontroltheorderofthemessagesastheyarebeing
displayedtothecongregationusingtheDisplayNextcommand.
Toselectthenextmessage:
next.
2. ClickDisplayNext.
Changingthemessagealertoptions:
1. OntheLivemenuclickOptions
2. thenclicktheMessageAlerttab.
Formoreoptions,See:AlertsintheEasyWorshipOptionsandSettingssection.
DeletingamessagefromtheMessagedropdownlist:
1. Clickthedropdownlisttoshowthelistofmessagesalreadyentered.
2. Usethearrowkeysonthekeyboardtoselectthemessageyouwanttodelete.
3. Pressthedeletekeyonthekeyboard.
UsingNurseryAlert
EasyWorshipallowsyoutoquicklydisplayanumber,orsetofnumbers,whichyouhave
assignedtoeachchildinthenursery.Youcanalerttheparentsinthecongregationby
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displayingtheirchild'snumberinoneofthecornersofthescreen.Thisletsaparent
knowwhentheyareneededinthenursery.
AddorRemoveanurseryalert:
1. ClicktheAlertsicon ontheLivetoolbar,thenNurseryAlertorpress
CTRL+N.
2. TheNurseryAlertdialogboxappears.
3. EntertheparentnumberornameintheNurseryNumberbox.
4. ClickAddtodisplaythenurseryalert.
ClickRemovetotakethenumberoffthedisplay.
5. Youcantypemultiplenumbersornamesseparatedwithaspace.Usinga
commaseparatorworks,howeverwhenremovingthenmessagefromthescreen
youhavetoclickremoveforeachnumberorname.
Notes
Tochangethenurseryalertoptions,ontheLivemenu,clickOptions,andthenclick
Alerts.Formoredetails,See:AlertsintheEasyWorshipOptionsandSettingssection.
Profiles
CreatingProfiles
EasyWorshipwillcreateadefaultprofileautomaticallywhenitisinstalled.Ifanotherset
ofdataorsettingsisdesired,creatinganewprofilecanaccommodatethisneed.
CreatingaNewProfile:
1. OpenEasyWorship
2. ClickontheProfilesmenu.
3. ClickonProfilesManager.
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4. TheProfilesManagerscreenappears.
5. ClickonCreateanewapplicationProfileunderManageapplicationprofiles.
6. TypethenameoftheprofileintheProfileNamearea.ForExample:Youth,
Pastor,Contemporary...
ProfileInformation:
7. UnderCreateanewapplication
datainstancethedefaultpathfor
theprofiledatawillbedisplayed.
ClickBrowsetoselectadifferent
location.
Youmayuseanotherprofile'sset
ofdataifyoudon'twanttocreatea
newsetofdata.See:UsingA
SharedDatabase
Thedefaultprofiledatawillbein
SharedorPublic
Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship
8. Anewfolderfortheprofiledatacanbecreatedinthedefaultlocation,another
placeontheharddrive,onaserverorsharednetworkfolder.ClickMakeNew
Folderinthebrowsewindowtocreateafolder.
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Notes
SharedorPublicDocumentscanbelocatedindifferentlocationsdependingonyour
Operatingsystem.ForWindowsXPitwillbeinMyComputer\C:\Documentsand
Settings\AllUsers\SharedDocumentsforWindowsVistaitwillbelocatedin
Computer\C:\Users\Public\PublicDocuments.
ApplicationOptions:
8. Createanameforoptionstobeusedon
thisprofile.
IfCreateanewapplicationdata
instanceisselected,therewillbeno
profileoptionstoselectfromthedrop
downlist.EasyWorshipwill
automaticallycreateanapplication
optionsname.
IfUseanexistingapplicationdata
instanceisselected,typeinthedesired
nameforthisprofile'soptionsorselecta
namefromthedropdownlist.
Tocreateanewsetofapplication
optionstypethenameforthenew
optionsinthe"newapplicationoptions
name"box.
9. ClickSaveProfile.
10. Thenewprofilewillnowshowupinthe
profileslist.
Notes
IfyouwanttoreturntotheProfilesManager
aftercreatingthenewprofile.uncheck,theoptionfor"StartUsingthisprofilewhen
complete".
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EditingProfiles
Tochangethesettingsorfolderlocationofaprofile:
1. OpenEasyWorship
3. SelectProfilesManager.
4. Selecttheprofiletobeedited.
5. ClickEdittheselectedprofile

6. TheEditApplicationProfilewindow
appears.
ProfileInformation:
Createanewapplicationdatainstance
Allowsyoutoselectanotherlocation
tostoretheapplicationdataforthis
profile.
Useanexistingapplicationdatainstance
Usestheoriginalapplicationdata
locationassignedwhentheprofile
wascreated.
Applicationoptions:
Typeinthenameofanewsetofoptions
forthisprofile.
Selectanothersetofoptionsforthis
profile.
LocatingYourProfileData
Youmayeventuallyneedtotransferyourdatabasefromonecomputertoanotheror
copyvideosorimagesintotheresourcesfolder.Tofindthelocationofthedataforyour
profileusethefollowingsteps.
1. OpenEasyWorship.
3. ClickonProfilesManager.
4. Selecttheprofile.
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5. ClickonEdittheSelectedProfileatthebottomofthewindow.
6. Clickinthe"Useanexistingapplicationdatainstance"field,toshowthelocation
oftheprofileontheharddrive.Usetherightarrowkeytoscrollthetextfor
viewingtheendofthefilepath.
7. UsingMyComputerorWindowsExplorerBrowsetothatlocationonyourhard
drivetofindyourdatafiles.
ThedatabaseswillbestoredinaDatabasesfolderinafoldercalledData.
VideosandImageswillbestoredintheResourcesfolder.
OptionsfortheprofilewillbestoredintheOptionsfolder.
UnderstandingProfiles
ProfilesconsistofbothUserSettingsandApplicationdata.ApplicationDataconsistsof
databasessuchassongsandbackgrounds,alongwithvideos,images,feedsandDVD
clips.UserSettingsconsistofsettingslikefontsize,colorandtransitionsettings.Italso
containsinformationabouttheEasyWorshipwindowsizeandlocation.Settingslikethe
outputmonitorsettingareglobalsettingsthatwillaffectallusersandarenotpartofthe
profilesettings.ProfilescombinestheabilityofallowingEasyWorshiptostoreapplication
dataindifferentlocationswiththeabilitytohavemultiplesetsofusersettingsforthat
applicationdata.
Theprofiledatacanbestoredonthelocalharddrive,onaserverorsharednetwork
folder.EasyWorshipwillcreateaDefaultprofileinthefollowinglocation.Common
Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship.
Notes
CommonDocumentsLocationsByOperatingSystem:
WindowsXP-C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\SharedDocuments
WindowsVista&7-C:\Users\Public\PublicDocuments
PossibleConfigurationsofProfiles:
Usethesamesetofapplicationdataasanotherprofilebutdifferentusersettings.
Useadifferentsetofapplicationdatawiththesameusersettingsasanother
profile.
Useadifferentsetofapplicationdataandadifferentsetofusersettings.
EasyWorshipalsoallowsforeasyhotswappingbetweenprofiles.Thismeansthat
EasyWorshipdoesn'thavetobeclosedwhenswitchingfromoneprofiletoanother.
See:CreatingProfiles,LocatingYourProfileDataandUsingProfilesformore
informationaboutusingprofiles.
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UsingaSharedDatabase
ProfileInformation:
1. OpenEasyWorship
3. ClickonProfilesManager
4. TheProfilesManagerscreenappears
5. ClickonCreateanewApplicationProfile.
6. TypethenameoftheprofileintheProfile
Namearea.ForExample:Shared,
Network...
7. SelectUseanexistingApplicationdata
instance.
8. ClickBrowsetolocatethesharedprofile
folder.
9. Fornetworkdatabasesbrowseto
NetworkorMyNetwork
Places\ComputerName(e.g.
WorshipPC)\SharedDocsor
Public\Softouch\EasyWorship\
10. Selecttheprofilefolder(e.g.Default).
11. ClickOK.
Profiles
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ProfileOptions:
12. Typeinthenameyouwantto
useforthisprofile'soptionsor
selectanamefromthedrop
downlist.
13. ClickSaveProfile.
14. Theprofileyoucreatedwillnow
showupintheprofileslist.
Notes
IfyouwanttoreturntotheProfiles
Manageraftercreatingthenewprofile.
uncheck,theoptionfor"StartUsingthisprofilewhencomplete".
UsingProfiles
ChangingProfiles:
EasyWorshipallowsyoutochangeprofilesgivingyoutheabilitytousedifferent
databasesandsettings.
SwitchingfromoneprofiletoanotherisEasy.
1. Clickontheprofilemenu.
2. Selecttheprofileyouwanttouse.
3. EasyWorshipwillloadthatprofile.
Ifyouhaveascheduleopen,EasyWorshipwillaskyoutocloseitbeforeloadingthe
selectedprofile.
DeterminingwhichprofileiscurrentlyloadedisalsoEasy.Thecurrentprofileis
displayedinthetitlebaratthetopleftofthewindow.
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Presenter Remotes
RecommendedPresenterRemotes
MostEasyWorshipcustomersarefamiliarwithusingapresenterremoteforadvancing
slidesinPowerPointslideshows.Manyremotecontrolspurchasedforthispurposeuse
hardcodedkeyboardHotkeycombinationsthatworkwithPowerPoint.EasyWorship
requiresdifferentHotkeycombinationsthanPowerPoint.AProgrammablepresenter
remoteisthebestsolutionforusewithEasyWorship.Belowisalistofremotecontrols
thatallowthebuttonstobeprogrammedtomatchtheHotkeysforEasyWorship.See:
EasyWorshipHotkeysforalistofEasyWorshiphotkeys.
RecommendedPresenterRemotes:
InterlinkRemotes:
(http://www.smklink.com/presentation_remotes/index.html)
VP4450-RemotePointEmeraldNavigator(GetKeyProgramming
UtilityHere)
VP4300-RemotePointPresenterSpecialEdition
VP4810-RemotePointRF(GetDriversHere)
VP4910-RemotePointJade(GetKeyProgrammingUtilityHere)
Notes
AlloftheInterlinkwirelesspresenterslistedherehavefourprogrammable
buttons.
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Thebottomofthewheelontheemeraldisanunmarkedprogrammablebutton
SoftwarefortheVP4300isnotavailablefordownload.Allotherutilitiesare
availableviatheInterlinkDownloadCenter.
HoneywellRemotes:
(www.powerremote.com)
PowerPresenterRFSee:ChangingtheRemoteKeyStrokesinthe
Manual
PowerPresenterPlus(Includes128mbFlashmemory)See:Howto
ChangetheRemoteKeyStrokesintheManual
Notes
Thisremoterequiresnosoftwaretoprogram.
Ithastwoprogrammablebuttonsandallowsforthreefunctions.Eachbuttonhas
itsowncommand.Pressingbothbuttonsallowsforathirdcommand.Italso
includesanotherbuttonforalaserpointer.
CanIuseaRemotethatcan'tbeprogrammed?
Yes,somenon-programmableremoteswillwork.ChangingthehotkeysinEasyWorship
isrequired.See:UsingaNonProgrammablePresenterRemote
UsingaNon-ProgrammableWirelessPresenter
Mostwirelesspresentersareprogrammedtoemulatekeyboardkeycombinationsthat
triggerfunctionsinPowerPoint.Ifthekeycombinationscan'tbechanged,EasyWorship's
Hotkeyshavetobechangedtomatchthekeycombinationsusedonthepresenteryou
have.
ClickHeretoVisitouronlineKBarticleaboutNonProgrammablePresenterRemotesfor
moreinformation.(RequiresanInternetconnectiontoview)
See:ChangingEasyWorshipHotkeys
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Tips And Tricks
TheLatestTipsandTricks
Getthelatesttipsandtricksfromthebeyondbasicssectionofthe
blog.easyworship.com.
"SendTo"ShortcutforCopyingMedia
Theinstructionsforsettingthisshortcutupareontheblog.
AddingNotesInASong
Notescaneasilybeaddedtoasong.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoaddnotestoasong.
1. Editorcreateanewsong.
2. Enteranopenparenthesisafteranysongtags.
3. Enterthetexttobedisplayedasanote.
4. Enteraclosedparenthesisattheendofthenote.

AddingaBlankSlideToaSong

Ablankslidecaneasilybeaddedtoasong.Usetheinstructionsbelowtoaddablank
slidetoasong.
1. Rightclickintheplacewhereyouwanttheslide.
2. SelecttheSlidesongtag.
3. PressEnter.
Therewillnowbeablankslideinthesong.
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ChangingEasyWorshipHotkeys
1. Browsetothefollowingpath.
Windows9x/ME:C:\WINDOWS\AllUsers\Application
Data\Softouch\EasyWorship\SEttings\hotkeys.ini
Windows2000/XP:C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\Application
Data\Softouch\EasyWorship\Settings\hotkeys.ini
WindowsVista/7:C:\ProgramData\Softouch\EasyWorship\Settings\hotkeys.ini
2. DoubleClicktheHotKeys.inifiletoopenit.
Itwillopeninnotepadallowingyoutomakechanges.
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3. Makethefollowingchanges,addingthenumbersinboldtomakeEasyWorship
matchyournon-programmablepresenterremote.
NextSlide-SlideNextKeys=78,40,32,34
PreviousSlide-SlidePrevKeys=80,38,8,33
BlackScreen-BlackScreenKeys=C-66,66
GoLive-GoLiveNextKeys=0
GoToBridge-JumpBridgeKeys=0
NotesThiswilldisablethefollowinghotkeysinEasyWorship.
PageDown=GoLive
PageUp=GoLivePrevious(Currentlynotactivein
EasyWorship)
B=Jumptobridge
NotesThiswillalsosetupthefollowingPowerPointHotKeysto
workinEasyWorship.
PageDown=NextSlide
PageUp=PreviousSlide
B=BlackScreen
4. Aftermakingchanges,ClickFilethenSave.
5. Closethewindow.
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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Hereisalistofkeys:
CommonlyUsedKeys:
B=66
C=67
N=78
P=80
BackSpace=8
LeftArrow=37
UpArrow=38
RightArrow=39
DownArrow=40
SpaceBar=32
PGUP=33
PGDN=34
End=35
Home=36
.(Period)=190
Escape(ESC)=27
Alphabet
A-Z=65-90
A=65
B=66
C=67
D=68
E=69
F=70
G=71
H=72
I=73
J=74
K=75
L=76
M=77
N=78
O=79
P=80
Q=81
R=82
S=83
T=84
U=85
V=86
W=87
X=88
Y=89
Z=90
See:WhatHotKeysareavailableinEasyWorship?
CreatingCongregationalPrompts
1. Editorcreateanewsong.
2. Selectallofthetextinthesongandsetthetextsize,e.g.30%.
3. InthesongeditorPressShift+Entertocreatespacingbetweenthesongtextand
theprompt.
4. Typeintheprompt,e.g.,apromptforoffertory.
5. Selecttheprompttextandsetlowerthesizeofit.Usetheupanddownarrow
keysnexttothefontsizetomakeitsmallerorlarger.
6. Copyandpastethepromptontotheslidesyouwishtouseiton.
7. Selecttheprompttextandsetthecoloryouwishtouse.
8. ClickOK.
Notes
Ifyoudon'twantthesechangestobepermanent,makethechangestothesonginthe
scheduleandnotthedatabase.
Fontsizingcanbedifferentforeachcomputerdependingonthescreenresolutionbeing
usedfortheoutputscreen.Useacustompositionthatmatchestheoutputscreenat
yourchurch,andthetextwillalwaysshowupthesame.
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OrganizingImagesandVideos
Toorganizeimagesandvideosinfolders:
1. BrowsetoYourProfile\Resources\VideosorImages.See:LocatingYourProfile
Data
2. Createanyfoldersyouwouldliketocreate.
3. Copyyourimagesorvideosintoanyofthefoldersyouwouldlike.
5. ClickontheImagesorVideostab.
6. Clickonthefoldersbuttonatthetopright.
7. Selectthefoldersofimagesorvideosyouwishtodisplayasthumbnailsinthe
videospalette,andclickOK.
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8. ThumbnailsforthedatainthatfolderappearintheMediaarea.
Notes
Ifyouaddimagesorvideoswhendisplayingafolder,itwillcausetheimageorvideoyou
addedtobeaddedtothefolderyouarecurrentlyviewing.
PlayingFlashContent
ToplaySWFfiles.See:PlayingFlashContentinthewebsection.
ForplayingFLVfilesinstalltheK-Litecodecpack.
PlayingQuicktimeFilesInEasyWorship
Natively,EasyWorshipandWindowsdon'tsupportQuicktimefiles.However,withthe
propervideocodecsinstalled,EasyWorshipwillplaymostQuicktimefiles.ThisCodec
packwillallowyoutoplayMp4,H.264andmostMovfilesalongwithFLVfiles.
See:InstallingtheK-LiteCodecPackontheonlineKnowledgeBase.
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RunningEasyWorshipinSingleMonitorMode
IfthecomputerbeingusedforEasyWorshipdoesn'thavedualmonitorcapability,itis
besttopurchaseandinstallavideocardthatsupportsdualmonitorcapability.
See:ComputerRequirementsVideoCardformoreinformationonthebesttypeofvideo
cardtopurchase.
See:DualMonitorsExplainedformoreinformationabouthowdualmonitorswork.
EasyWorshipcanruninsinglemonitormodealthoughitisnotrecommended,nor
designedforthispurpose.
WorkinginSingleMonitorMode:
1. AfterclickingGoLive withthepresentation,holdtheCTRL+SPACEBARand
theworkingscreenwilldisappear,leavingonlytheoutputscreen.
2. NavigateusingtheEasyWorshipHotkeysonthekeyboard.
UsetheArrowDownkeytoadvancethenextverseorslideofasong.
UsePageDownkeytoadvancethenextitemintheschedule.
UseLeftArrowKeytoselectthepreviousitemintheschedule.
UseESCorCTRL+SPACEBARtobringtheworkingscreenbackand
discontinuetheliveoutputoftheworkingscreen.
See:WhatHotkeysareavailableinEasyWorship?foramoreextensivelistofHotkeys.
UsingCustomPosition
Hereareacoupleofreasonstousethecustomposition.
Buildingservicesathomesothatthedisplaymatchesthepresentationcomputer.
UsingtheFoldbackfeaturewiththeMatroxDualHead2GoandTripleHead2Go
BuildingServicesAtHome:

Ifascheduleisbuiltonacomputerusingadifferentoutputresolutionthanthe
presentationcomputer,thesongswillnotdisplaycorrectlyonthepresentationcomputer.
Settingacustomresolutiononthesourcecomputerwillcorrectthisproblem.
OnthePresentationComputer
Determinetheoutputscreensizeofthepresentationcomputer.
1. Opendisplaysettingsonthepresentationcomputer.
2. Clickonthesecondmonitor.
3. Theresolutionforthatscreenwillbedisplayedthere.e.g.1024x768.
OntheHomeComputer
1. OpenEasyWorshiponyourhomecomputer.
2. Clickonthe optionsbuttononthetoolbar.
3. UnderGeneral,SelectOutputMonitor,ChangeOutputMonitortoCustom
Position.
4. ChangetheWidthandHeighttomatchthepresentationcomputercomputer.
5. ClickOK.
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FAQ
HowDoIAddVideosTotheBackgroundPalette?
AddingVideototheBackgroundPalette:
See:AddingBackgrounds
HowDoIEditScriptures?
See:UsingScripturesUnderScriptures.
HowDoIUsetheSchedule?
See:UsingtheSchedule
HowDoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork?
Images&Videos
EasyWorshipreadstheresourcesfolderinyourprofiletodisplaythethumbnailsfor
ImagesandVideos.Thefilesaren'tstoredinadatabase.Onlythethumbnailsareina
database.WhenyouaddvideosandimagestotheMediatabfromanotherlocationon
yourharddrive,suchasMyDocuments,EasyWorshipwillcreateashortcuttothevideo
orimageinyourprofileresourcesfolder.
Ifyoudeletethevideofromitsoriginallocation(MyDocuments),anexclamationpoint
willappearonthethumbnailforthatvideoorimage.Theexclamationpointmeansthat
EasyWorshipcan'tfindthefile.
IfyouaddavideoorimagetothemediaareafromanexternaldisklikeaCDormemory
stick,EasyWorshipwillcopytheactualfiletotheresourcesfolderinyourprofile.
Whenaddingimagesorvideos,youmaymanuallycopyyourfilesdirectlytothevideoor
imagesfolderinresourcesfolderlocatedinYourProfile.Thisisthepreferredmethod.
Thiswayyoukeepallofyourimagesandvideosinthesameplace.Intheeventthatyou
wanttotransferallofyourbackgroundsandsongsfromonecomputertoanother,allyou
wouldhavetotransferisthedatafolderandtheresourcesfolder.
See:LocatingYourProfileDatatofindouthowtolocatedyourresourcesfolder.
Backgrounds
BackgroundsworkdifferentlythantheImagesandVideostabs.Backgroundsisan
actualdatabaseoflinkstothefilesyouhaveaddedtoyourbackgroundspalette.Italso
containsthumbnailsofthoseimagesorvideos.Theactualvideosandimagesaren'tin
thedatabase.Whenyouaddanimageorvideotothebackgroundpalette,EasyWorship
createsanentryinthedatabasetellingitwheretolookforthatfilewithanattached
thumbnailforthatfile.Thisiswhywerecommendkeepingallvideosandimagesinthe
Resourcesfoldermentionedabove.
IfyouaddavideoorimagetothemediaareafromanexternaldisklikeaCDormemory
stick,EasyWorshipwillnotcopytheactualfiletothedatabase.Itwillonlycreatealinkto
theexternaldrive.Whenyoutakethatdiskoutordisconnectthedrive,anexclamation
150
pointwillappearonthethumbnailforthatbackground.Theexclamationpointmeansthat
EasyWorshipcan'tfindthefile.
WhatHotKeysAreAvailableInEasyWorship?
See:EasyWorshipHotkeys
SongsIncludedWithEasyWorship
AfulllistofsongsthatcomewithEasyWorshiphasbeenpublishedtoouronline
KnowledgeBase.ClickHeretoaccessthelist.
WhereIstheManualThatComesWithEasyWorship?
EasyWorshiphasaDocumentationManualavailableundertheDocumentationfolderon
yourEasyWorshipcd.Itcanbeaccessedfromtheinstallmenuthatappearswhenyou
insertthecdintoyourdrive.Youmayalsodownloadthemostrecentversionfromour
website.
Maintenance
AddingandRemovingDemoData
Youmayhavesaidnotothisoptionduringinstallation.AtanytimeyoumayAddor
RemovethesesonglyricsfromyourSongresourceareadatabase.
1. ClickProfilesonthetopmenubar.
2. ClickDatabasetools,thenAdd/RemoveDemoData
3. TheAdd/RemoveDemoDatawindowwillappear.
AddingDemoData:
1. Toinstallthe100+classicandcontemporarysongsfrom
GreatWorshipSongs.com,Select"InstallsongsfromGreatWorshipSongs.com
now"
2. ClickNext.
ThesameprocessappliesforremovingthesesongsfromyourSongresource
database
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ToSeealistofthesongsfromGreatWorshipSongs.comthatareavailablein
EasyWorshipClickHere.
YounowhavetheoptiontoaddthesongsandbackgroundsfromEasyWorship.
ThiswillinstallpublicdomainsongslikeAmazingGraceandthefreeimagesand
videosthatcomewithEasyWorship(about116images,21videosand223
songs).
ClickHeretoviewalistoftheStandardEasyWorshipdemosongs.
6. ToinstallthedefaultbackgroundsandsongsfromEasyWorship,Select"Install
defaultsongsandbackgroundsfromEasyWorship"
7. ClickNext.
Nowawindowwillappeargivingyouthesummaryofyoursongdatabase
choices.

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8. ClickFinishtoproceedwithinstallationoftheEasyWorshipdemodataor
clickBacktochangeyourpreviousselectionsor.
RemoveDemoData:
1. ClicktheProfilesmenuonthetopmenubar.
2. ClickDatabasetools,thenAdd/RemoveDemoData
3. TheAdd/RemoveDemoDatawindowwillappear.
4. SelectUninstallsongsfromGreatWorshipSongs.com.
5. ClickNext.
6. ThenselectUninstallDefaultsongsandbackgroundsfromEasyWorship.
ThisfeaturealsoremovesthebackgroundsinstalledwithEasyWorship.
Thisfeaturemaynotbeavailableifyouupgradedfromapreviousversion
ofEasyWorship.
7. ClickFinish.
Notes
Removingthedemodatawillnotremoveanysongsorbackgroundsthathavebeen
modifiedoraddedtothedatabase.
DatabasesandProfileBackup
It'sagoodideatomakeabackupofyourdatabase.Youcanalsousethebackupto
movesongs,scriptures,andpresentationsfromonecomputertoanother.
1. CloseEasyWorship.
2. Browseto:
Windows Vista / 7 C:\Users\Public\Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship
Windows XP C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Softouch\EasyWorship
3. Selectallfoldersinthislocationandcopythemtoamemorystick,CDorexternalhard
drive.
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TransferringtheEasyWorshipDatabaseToAnotherComputer
See:Backup&TransferTheEasyWorshipDatabaseunderHowTosontheonline
KnowledgeBasehttp://www.easyworship.com/support/kb.
UsingCommandLineSwitches
EasyWorshipnowallowsyoutoassignvaluestotheEasyWorshipshortcuttochange
thebehavioroftheprogramwhenitopens.Thesevaluesarecalledcommandline
switches.
AvailableCommandLineSwitches:
o ProfileName="a_profile_name"(startEasyWorshipwithaselectedprofile)
o /RebuildDatabase(forcethedatabasetorebuildandthenrebuildtheSongKeys)
o /RebuildSongKeys(forceEasyWorshiptorebuildSongKeys)
o /ConvertDatabase(forceEasyWorshiptomakesurethedatabaseisuptodate)
o /ResolveShortcuts(forceEasyWorshiptomakesureit'sinternalmediashortcuts
areresolvedifpossible)
SettingaCommandLineSwitch:
1. RightclickontheEasyWorshipiconontheDesktop.
2. Clickonproperties.
3. Clickontheshortcuttab.
4. IntheTargetfieldafterthelastquotationmarkTypeaspaceusingthespacebar
key.
5. Typeinthecommandlineswitchyoudesiretouseafterthespace.
6. ClickOKtoapplyandsavethesettings.
Notes
Commandlineswitchesaredesignedforadvancedusers.Ifyouhaveanyproblems
withorquestionsregardingcommandlineswitches,pleasecontactsupportat
support@easyworship.com.
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UsingtheRebuildDatabaseUtility
EasyWorshiphasautilitytocorrectdatabaseproblems.Youmaylosethesongyou
wereinputtingatthetime,butwillretainallyourothersongsandgraphics.
RebuildDatabaseUtility:
1. ClickonStart.
2. SelectProgramsorAllPrograms.
3. SelectEasyWorship.
4. SelectRebuildEasyWorshipDatabase.
5. TheEasyWorshipSplashScreenwillappearwithaprogressbaratthebottom
right.
6. Whentherebuildiscomplete,EasyWorshipwillopen.
Notes
TheRebuildDatabasefeaturewillautomaticallybackupyourdatabaseintoafolder
calledrebuildbackup.
Thisusuallyfixesanydatabaseerrormessages.However,ifyoustillhaveaproblem,
checkourknowledgebasedtechnicalsupportathttp://www.easyworship.com.Clickon
SupportonthetopmenubarandselectKnowledgeBaseandTechnicalQuestions.
Thelinkinfois:http://www.easyworship.com/support/kbOrcalltechnicalsupportforany
othererrormessages.+1918-250-1493.
Troubleshooting
ActiveMovieWindowAppearsOverMyDVDEditor

See:DVDPlaysonBothScreensforinstructionsoncorrectingthisissue.Avideocodec
canalsocausethisproblem.See:RecommendedDVD&Mpg2Decodersforinfoon
whatcodecsshouldbeused.
AudioPausesDuringTransition

SomecustomersthatuseMediaplayertoplayaudiowhileusingEasyWorshiptodisplay
lyrics,haveseenthisissue.Duringthetransitionfromslidetoslideorsongtosong,the
musicpauses.Thisproblemcanbecorrectedeasily.
2. ClickonOptions.
3. ClickonAdvanced.
4. SlidetheVideoQualityslidertothemiddleoftheSpeed-Qualitybar.
5. ClickOK.

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BorlandDatabaseEngineError$2108

AnerroroccurredwhileattemptingtoinitializetheBorlandDatabaseEngine(error
$2108)
1. BrowsetoC:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\,inmyComputerorWindows
Explorer.
2. RenametheBorlandSharedfoldertoBorlandSharedold.
3. ClickonStart.
4. Clickonrun.
5. TypeinregeditintheRunbox.
6. ClickOK.
7. BrowsetogotoHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\.
8. RenametheBorlandfoldertoBorlandOld.
9. Closetheregistryeditor.
10. ReinstallEasyWorship.

BorlandDatabaseEngineError$251E

AnerroroccurredwhileattemptingtoinitializetheBorlandDatabaseEngine(error
$251E)
1. BrowsetoC:\ProgramFiles\Softouch\EasyWorship,inMyComputeror
WindowsExplorer.
2. RightclickontheEasyWorship.exefile.
4. ClickontheCompatibilitytab.
5. Makesurethecompatibilitymodeboxisnotchecked.
6. ClickOK.
IfanEasyWorshipupgradehasbeeninstalledwithoutinstallingafullversionfirst,
installingthefullversionmayfixthisproblem.
DVDPlaysonBothScreens

ThevideoCardissetuptoplaythevideoonbothmonitors.
DisablingthefullscreenoptionsonyourVideoCardwillcorrectthisproblem.
nVidiacards:
1. ClickStart.
2. ClickControlPanel.
3. ClickonDisplay.
4. ClickontheSettingstab.
5. ClickonAdvanced.
6. ClickontheGeForceTab
Aboxwillappeartheleftofthewindow.
IfLaunchPageandControlPanelUserInterfaceappearintheboxfollowthe
instructionsbelow.
Ifnotskiptostep7.
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1. ClickonControlPanelUserInterface.
2. SelectClassicNVIDIAControlPanel.
3. ClickApply.
4. Gotostep7.
7. ClickonFullScreenVideo.
8. SelectdisableunderFullscreendevice.
9. ClickOK.
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ATICards:
1. ClickonStart.
2. OpenControlPanel.
3. OpentheCatalystControlPanel.
4. GotoVideo,TheaterMode.
5. SelectMainDisplay.
6. ChangetheOverlayDisplaySettingtoStandard.
7. ClickApplythenDone.
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ExclamationPointsOnMyThumbnails
ThiserrorappearswhenEasyWorshipcannotlinkthethumbnailinyourVideosresource
areatotheactuallocationofthevideo.Thismaybecausedwhenyoudelete,renameor
movethevideoorimagefile.
See:HowdoVideos,Images&BackgroundsWork?
Toremovetheexclamationpoints:
1. OpenEasyWorship.
2. ClickontheMediaTabintheresourcesarea
3. ClickontheVideosorImagestab.
4. Selectthethumbnailwiththeexclamationpoint
5. ClicktheDeletebuttonbelow.
6. Ifyouwishtore-addthatsamevideoorimagefilethumbnail,clicktheAdd
button.
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PleasegetinthehabitofstoringVideosandImagesinthislocation:Your
Profile\Resources\VideosorImages
See:LocatingYourProfileDataforhelpfindingyourEasyWorshipprofiledata.
AddingyourvideosandimagestotheVideosorImagesfolderwillmakethevideosor
imagesautomaticallyshowupinEasyWorshipwithouthavingtoaddthemusingtheadd
button.See:SendToShortcutforCopyingMedia
7. ClickintheLookInfieldandfollowtheabovepathtolocateandstoreyour
videos.WhenyouhighlightthevideofileandclickOpen,thethumbnailwillnow
beaddedtotheVideoResourcesAreainEasyWorship.OpenEasyWorship
againandseeifthisfixesyourerror.
Notes
AnytimeyouaddvideosfromtheVideosResourceArea,forexample,fromaWorship
FilmsvideosvolumeCD,thefileisstoredinYourProfile\Resources\Videos.Thisisthe
defaultpathtowhichEasyWorshipautoformats.Thatiswhyitisagoodideatostore
filesconstantlyinthispath.See:LocatingYourProfileDataforhelpfindingyour
EasyWorshipprofiledata.
'Index:TitleAuthor'Error
IfyoureceivetheIndexTitleAuthorErrormessage,followthesesteps:

2. RightclickonyourEasyWorshipicononyourdesktop.
4. ClickontheFindTargetbuttonontheShortcuttab.
5. LookfortheDATAfolderandopenit
6. RenametheVersionorVersion.datfiletooldversionoroldversion.dat
7. StartEasyWorshipagain.
8. Itwillgothroughtheconversionprocessandfixtheproblem.
9.
InternetConnectivity
EasyWorshipdoesn'trequireaninternetconnectionforyoutouseit.However,thereare
somefunctionsthatrequireaninternetconnection.Herearesomeissuesthatmayoccur
whenusingthesefeatures.
Issue:ActionCanceledorYouarenotAuthorizedmessageappearswhentryingto
accessthetabsintheOnlineArea.
Cause:Yourinternetconnectionislimitedordisconnected.Youmayhaveafirewall
blockingEasyWorship'saccesstotheinternet.
Resolution:Makesureyoucanaccesstheinternetthroughaninternetbrowser.Make
sureyourfirewallsoftwarehasn'taddedEasyWorshiptoablocklist.
Issue:Unabletogetavailablebiblesmessageappearswhentryingtodownloadbibles.
Cause:Yourinternetconnectionislimitedordisconnected.Youmayhaveafirewall
blockingEasyWorship'saccesstotheinternet.
Resolution:Makesureyoucanaccesstheinternetthroughaninternetbrowser.Make
sureyourfirewallsoftwarehasn'taddedEasyWorshiptoablocklist.
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above.
NoSound
WhenplayingvideoclipsoraudiofilesthroughEasyWorship,soundshouldcomefrom
eitherthespeakersconnectedtothecomputerorthesoundsystemalreadyinplacein
thebuilding.Pleasecheckthefollowingifyouareunabletohearsoundfromaudio
sourcesinEasyWorship.
ChecktheMuteButtoninEasyWorship
WhenplayingavideooraudiofileinEasyWorshiptheVCRcontrolswillappearinthe
PreviewareaandortheLivearea.Theaudiocanbemutedandun-mutedthereby
pressingthespeakericon.
CheckCablesandConnections
Theconnectiontothecomputer'saudiooutputjackmustbeconnected.Verifythatthe
computerispluggedintothespeakersorsoundboard.Also,checktheaudiocableto
thesoundequipmentforanykindofdamage.
ChecktheSoundBoardMuteButtonandVolume
Manycustomersconnecttheircomputertoasoundboardthatcontrolstheaudiotothe
soundsystem.Verifythatthechannelonthesoundboardforthecomputerisnotmuted
andthefaderfortheaudioisatanappropriatelevel.Also,verifythatthemastervolume
isatanappropriatelevel.
'PathNotFound'C:\...\Temp...Error
Ifyoureceivethiserrorfollowtheinstructionsbelow:
2. OpenEasyWorship.
3. Closeitagain.
4. Reopenitagain.
Theerrorshouldbecorrected.
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Notes
Thisprocessclearsoutallofthetempfilesfortheschedules.SometimesEasyWorship
willtrytoaccessanoldtempfilethathasalreadybeenremoved.Thisresetsthetemp
foldersoitwon'ttrytoaccessthefileagain.
PowerPointTroubleshooting
Issue:PowerPointslideshowwithaudiodoesn'tplaytheaudioinEasyWorship.
Cause:PowerPointisn'tabletofindtheaudiofile.
Resolution:First,makesuretheaudiofileisonthecomputer'sharddrive,preferablyin
thesamefolderasthePowerPointfile.OpenthePowerPointfileinthePowerPoint
program,thenruntheslideshowsothatitcanfindtheaudiofiles.SavethePowerPoint
fileandclosePowerPoint.ItshouldnowplaytheaudioinEasyWorship.
Issue:EasyWorshipisunabletoaddaPowerPointslideshowtoyourschedule.A
messageappearssayingthefileiscorrupt.
Cause:Usually,thisiscausedbyeditingaPowerPointfilethathasbeencreatedona
newerversionofPowerPointwithanolderversionofPowerPoint.
Resolution:ImporttheoriginalPowerPointfile.
Issue:OutofmemoryerrorwhenaddingaPowerPointtoyourschedule,orwhen
openingaschedulewithaPowerPointfileinit.
Cause:Theschedulefilehascorrupted,orthePowerPointfileistoolarge.
Resolution:Recreatetheschedule.TryreducingthesizeofthePowerPointfilebefore
addingtoyourschedule.
Issue:PowerPointdoesn'tdisplaycorrectly
Resolution:ClickontheLivemenu,clickonoptions,thentheMisctab.Trytogglingthe
UsePowerPointapplicationinsteadofviewerofforon.
Issue:Thumbnailsdon'tdisplayproperly.
Resolution:ClickontheLivemenu,clickonoptions,thentheMisctab.Trytogglingthe
BuildThumbnailswithPowerPointApplicationinsteadofviewerofforon.
above.
PSAPI.DLLError
TheprocedureentrypointGetProcessImageFileNameWcouldnotbelocatedinthe
dynamiclinklibraryPSAPI.DLL.

First,readtheinformationonthisMicrosoftHelpArticle.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/932540
ThisproblemusuallyoccursafterupgradingtoInternetExplorer7.Thiserroroccurs
whenclickingtheSongsmenu,thenSongSelectLyricService.
1. ClickonStart.
2. ClickonSearch.
3. Selecttheoptiontosearchforallfilesandfolders.
4. TypeinPSAPI.DLL
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5. ClicktheSearchbutton.
6. RenameallinstancesofPSAPI.DLL.
7. RestartWndows.
Notes
BesurenottodeleteorrenameanyotherfileswiththePSAPI.DLLinthefilename.
RenameonlythefileswithPSAPI.DLLastheexactfilename.

MyScheduleWon'tSave

Thisusuallyoccurswithasongthathadabackgroundaddedinthedatabaseandthe
backgroundhasbeenremovedfromtheharddrive.Thesongisstillreferencingthe
imageorvideo.WhenEasyWorshiptriestosavetheschedule,it'sunabletodoso
becauseitcan'tfindoneoftheimagesorvideostoaddittotheschedule.Followthe
instructionsbelowtocorrectthisproblem.
1. Clickontheschedulemenu.
2. Clickoncheckscheduleforerrors.
3. EasyWorshipwilldisplayanUnresolvedscheduleitemswindow.
4. SelectRemove-Deleteallscheduleitemsorpropertiesthatcannotberesolved.
5. ClickFinish.
SongEditorLoadsSlowly
Somecustomershaveexperiencedslowresponsewhencreatinganewsong,editinga
song,openingoptionsoropeningthebackgrounddesigner.Alargefontdatabasein
Windowswillcausethisslowresponse.EasyWorshiphastoloadallofthefontsinthe
Windowsfontsdatabasewhenopeningthesewindows.Havingthousandsoffontsinthe
Windowsfontdatabasecancausethesewindowstoloadslowly.Removingsomeofthe
fontsintheWindowsfontdatabasewillcorrectthisproblem.
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TextOverVideoTroubleshooting
Issue:MyvideoshowsupasastillimagewhenIsetitasabackground.
Cause:DirectXisnotenabled.
Resolution:Clickonhelp,DirectXtroubleshooting.Amessagewillappear"Youdonot
haveDirectXenabled.Wouldyouliketotrytoenableitnow?"YesNoCancelClickyes
toenableDirectX.
Issue:Onlypartofthetextappearsoverthevideobackground.
Cause:Youdonothaveenoughvideomemorytodisplaytextovervideo.
Resolution:Upgradeyourvideocardtoavideocardwith128mbvideoram.Youmay
alsotryreducingthecolorqualityforone,orbothofyourmonitorsunderyourvideo
settingsinWindows.
Issue:Thevideospeedsupandslowsdownwhentransitioningfromonesongorslideto
thenext.
Cause:Yourvideocodecisn'thandlingthevideoproperly.
Resolution:TrydownloadinganewvideocodecsuchasDScaler.See:Recommended
DVD&Mpg2Decoders
above.
TransitionsFlicker
ThisisanissuethatonlyoccurswithnVidia6,7and8seriesgraphicscardsusingthe
latestdriversonWindowsVista.
Toresolvethisissue,changethethemeinwindowstotheclassictheme.Or,changethe
screenresolutiononbothscreenstothesameresolution.
ToChangethetheme:
1. Rightclickonthedesktop.
2. ClickonPersonalize.
3. ClickontheTheme.
4. ChangethethemetoClassic.
5. ClickOK.
ToChangetheScreenresolutiononbothmonitors:
1. Rightclickonthedesktop.
2. ClickonPersonalize.
3. ClickonDisplaySettings.
4. Clickonmonitor1andsettheresolutiontothesameresolutionasmonitortwo.
(1024x768orlowerisrecommendedformonitortwo)
5. ClickOK.
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TroubleshootingImages
Issue:Icanseemyimageintheimagetab,butEasyWorshipwillnotallowmetoaddit
tomyschedule.
Cause:Theimageresolutionistoolarge.
Resolution:EdittheimageusinganimageeditingsoftwaresuchasMicrosoftOffice
PictureManagertoresizetheimageto800x600or1024x768.Youarenotlimitedto
theseresolutions;however,theyarethemostcommonresolutionsused.
Issue:Myimageisstretched.
Cause:EasyWorshipautomaticallystretchesyourimagetofitthescreen.Ifitisnotthe
sameresolutionasthescreen,EasyWorshipwillstretchit.
Resolution:Useanimageeditorsuchaspainttoincreasethesizeofthepicture.You
mayalsoaddtheimagetoaPowerPointslideshow.YoucantellEasyWorshiptotilethe
pictureunderBackground,Options,selectthepictureandclickmodify.Checktheboxto
TilePicture.
above.
UnabletoCreateBackSurfaceErrorMessage
Thiserrorusuallyappearswhenthereareissueswiththememoryinsufficiencyinyour
videographicscard.Youmayalsohaveyourcolorqualitysettingssettoolow.Many
timesitisfixable.However,thevideocardmayneedtobeupgraded.
See:ComputerRequirementsunderComputerRequirementstoseeifyourcomputer
meetstherequirementstousetheDirectXfunctionalityofEasyWorship.
Followthesestepstoadjustyourvideosettingforapossiblesolution:
3. Clickon:XP:PropertiesVista:Personalize,7:ScreenResolution
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6. ClickonMonitor2.
7. IntheColorQualityarea,verifythatthecolorqualityisn't8bit.Ifitis,changethe
colorqualitytoHighest(32bit).
8. ClickApply.Youwillbeaskedifyouwishtokeepthesesettings.ClickYes.
9. CloseoutallthesewindowsandOpenEasyWorshipagainandseeifthiswillfix
yourerror.
Ifthestepsabovedon'tfixyourerror:
Makesureyourcomputerhasatleast64MBofvideoram.
1. Followsteps1-5above.
2. SelectMonitor2.
3. ClicktheAdvancedbuttonatthebottomright.
4. ClicktheAdaptertab.
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IftheMemorySizeorDedicatedVideoMemoryislessthan64MB,youwillhave
toupgradeyourvideocard.
IftheMemorySizeorDedicatedVideoMemoryisN/A,yourvideocardisn't
reportingtheamountofmemoryavailableforthesecondmonitor.Youwill
probablyneedtoupgradethevideocardinyourcomputer.Contacttechsupport
beforeupgradingyourvideocard.
DVDProblems
See:TroubleshootingDVDIssues

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