I'm looking at using OpenLP as a replacement for SongPro, certainly in our cafe church service and possibly in our main morning service. I'd be using a Macbook in the evening service while the morning service uses Windows 8.
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So far, it seems reasonably straightforward but I'd just like to clarify a couple of things in my head:
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1) if two songs use the same theme, then must they also use the same font, font size, text alignment and position? Or is it possible to set one or more of those parameters at the song level, rather than the theme level?
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2) Some of our songs have instrumental sections where we don't want any words displayed. From what I've read, I could either press 'T' to blank the words when an instrumental piece starts or create a verse in the song but not have any words on it; then I could position that verse at the appropriate point in the song. Is that correct or is there another way to display blank screens?
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3) In your (excellent!) online manual, some images of the service editor show a theme followed by a song followed by a theme. Is this so that a blank image is displayed before and after a song?
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4) I think I understand how you create a service on, say, an iMac and then save it to a memory stick and then open it on the Macbook. If a song is created on the iMac then it will be copied to the Macbook database (if you activate the copy song setting). What about themes? If I create a theme for a service on my iMac, will it be automatically copied to the Macbook? Similarly with editing a theme - will those changes be automatically copied to the Macbook when I open the service plan?
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Thanks!