A slide has three text areas:
The header and the footer both can display some text formatted according to templates/fields, related to the body content.
You can set the size and the location of these areas when the following button is pressed:
- the body, which displays the song verse text (or a Bible verse),
- the header
- and the footer.
The header and the footer both can display some text formatted according to templates/fields, related to the body content.
You can set the size and the location of these areas when the following button is pressed:
You can then resize the current text area in the preview panel:
Through the “Body”, “Header” and “Footer” style buttons, you can select which relocation rectangle is displayed:
Note that if a relocation rectangle is close to the screen borders, its corners are a bit harder to catch with the mouse, and may require trials and errors at time:
You can resize and relocate any of these three rectangles to whatever place and size you wish:
Depending on which text area button is selected, you see either the body, header or footer rectangle in the preview panel:
Note The rectangles can overlap or they can be close to the screen borders, in which case it is harder to grasp what is going on...
This will hopefully be improved in a future version.
Note The size and location settings, like all style settings, are applied at the currently selected level: song verse, song, songbook, songbooks, base. The same is true for Bibles.
Hierarchical styles “Must Read” articles:
To relocate the text areas at the “Songbooks” style level, follow these steps:
1. Click on a song to display its verses in the slide list.
Any song will do:
This will hopefully be improved in a future version.
Note The size and location settings, like all style settings, are applied at the currently selected level: song verse, song, songbook, songbooks, base. The same is true for Bibles.
Hierarchical styles “Must Read” articles:
- How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Hierarchical styles part two
- How to change the background of a song or a whole songbook - Hierarchical styles part one
- How to remove an image assigned to a song verse
To relocate the text areas at the “Songbooks” style level, follow these steps:
1. Click on a song to display its verses in the slide list.
Any song will do:
2. Click on one of the verses to display the slide preview in the preview panel.
Any verse will do, this is only so that you see some text in the preview panel:
Any verse will do, this is only so that you see some text in the preview panel:
3. Change the style level to “Songbooks”:
4. Select which text area you want to relocate, for example the body:
5. Relocate the body text area in the preview panel:
The changes will be applied at the “Songbooks” style level, meaning that all song verses from all songs from all songbooks will get this setting, except for those higher up levels where you overrode this setting.
Higher up levels are “Songbook”, “Song” or “Song verse”, which follows the hierarchical styles principle.
When you have finished to relocate text areas, don't forget to deselect the “Resize” button:
Higher up levels are “Songbook”, “Song” or “Song verse”, which follows the hierarchical styles principle.
When you have finished to relocate text areas, don't forget to deselect the “Resize” button:
Remember to save your changes with the “Save” button:
Side note
By default, VideoPsalm will not save changes that you do to Bibles, to prevent unexpected changes to the Biblical text. This also applies to the changes that you do to Bible styles.
Enable the saving of Bible changes in the VideoPsalm options:
By default, VideoPsalm will not save changes that you do to Bibles, to prevent unexpected changes to the Biblical text. This also applies to the changes that you do to Bible styles.
Enable the saving of Bible changes in the VideoPsalm options:
VideoPsalm would anyway remind you to save your changes when you close it.
Hierarchical Styles “Must Read” articles:
If you have any question, please ask us via the contact form.
Hierarchical Styles “Must Read” articles:
- How to assign a background to a song verse or to the whole song - Hierarchical styles part two
- How to change the background of a song or a whole songbook - Hierarchical styles part one
- How to remove an image assigned to a song verse
If you have any question, please ask us via the contact form.