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Quick Reference Guide You’ve done it! The projector is projecting, the computer hums, and SundayPlus is installed. You have all the tools to do great presentations. Here are the secrets to using SundayPlus as your multimedia organization and display engine. SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide This guide is divided into three main parts… 1. Setting Up 2. Basic Usage 3. Trouble Shooting Windows - Minimum Requirements Windows - Recommended System (No Movie Playback) (With Movie Playback) 500 MHz PIII Computer 1 GHz P4 - or greater 256 Mb RAM 512 Mb RAM 100 Mb disk space 100 Mb disk space Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP Sound Card Sound Card Two video cards Two video cards CDROM Drive CDROM Drive Just a tip- SundayPlus 2.4 requires 90Mb of RAM to open. The available RAM can be found in Accessories > System Tools > System Information. Look for “Available Physical Memory”. This will tell you how much RAM you really have to work with. Index A SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide 1. Setting Up Pages 1-3 1.A.1 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 from Disk Page 1 1.A.2 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 (2.3 Upgrade) Page 1 1.B.1 Setting Up the Computer Page 2 1.C.1 Create a Short-Cut to Media Page 2 1.D.1 Controlling The View of SundayPlus Page 3 2. Basic Usage Pages 4-15 2.A.1 The SundayPlus Control Panel Layout Page 4 2.A.2 Loading Media Page 4 2.A.3 Building a Cuelist Page 4 2.A.4 Displaying a Cue Page 4 2.B.1 Text Files Page 5 2.B.2 Text Files (Structure) Page 5 2.C.1 Setting Text Defaults Page 6 2.C.2 Downloading a Song from CCLI Page 6 2.C.3 Image Files Page 7 2.C.4 Movie Files Page 8 2.C.5 Movie Prep Page 8 2.D.1 Additional Media Types: Nested Cue Page 9 2.D.2 Additional Media Types: PowerPoint® Page 9 2.D.3 Additional Media Types: Sound Page 9 2.E.1 GOFILE: Don’t Leave Home Without it! Page 10 2.F.1 HOT KEYS Pages 11-14 2.G.1 Resources Page 15 3. Troubleshooting Pages 16-22 Index B SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide 1. Setting Up 1.A.1 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 from Disk Page 1 1.A.2 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 (2.3 Upgrade) Page 1 1.B.1 Setting Up the Computer Page 2 1.C.1 Create a Short-Cut to Media Page 2 1.D.1 Controlling The View of SundayPlus Page 3 SundayPlus 2.4 1. Setting Up Quick Reference Guide 1.A.1 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 from Disk Insert the SundayPlus disk into the drive and Install it. You will need ALL of the components from the installation disk: The Media Files contain 170 Images, 26 Movies, 790 Songs, 120 Sounds QuickTime is needed to run Movies and Sound in SundayPlus PC Study Bible- Application and 2 Bibles PowerPoint Viewer 2003. You NEED this if you wish to display PowerPoint through Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 SundayPlus So that you can read all supporting documentation 1.A.2 Installing SundayPlus 2.4 (2.3 Upgrade via Download) I. Download the new program 1. A dialog box will appear. Select "Save". Save "SundayPlus2_4.exe to your Desktop. 2. Once the program downloads, close the dialog box. Do not Run. (You can copy the file onto a CD to install on other systems) II. Updating the Program 1. Open SundayPlus 2.3. 2. Open a new (blank) Cuelist. 3. Save As "Blank". 4. Close SundayPlus. 5. Run the SundayPlus2_4.exe that is on your Desktop 6. Uninstall SundayPlus 2.3 when you are comfortable with using 2.4. Do not open Cuelists that were created in 2.3. You can still use the same Images, Movies and Text that you used to in 2.3, just not the same Cuelists. 1 SundayPlus 2.4 1. Setting Up Quick Reference Guide 1.B.1 Setting Up the Computer SundayPlus uses “Dual Video” to display both the operator and congregation views. 1.To set up your system for dual video, connect your computer to a projector or TV. With all equipment turned on, Right click on your Windows® Desktop, and select “Properties”. 2. Select the “Settings” tab. On the control screen you should see two “virtual monitors”, labeled 1 & 2. Select 2. Below, you will find a check box labeled “Extend My Windows Desktop onto this Monitor; check it. Select “OK”. 3. Screen resolution settings should be 1024 x 768. These settings will make the SundayPlus Control Panel Appear smaller than the computer screen. Not only is this set-up optimal for your system, it also provides the Drag and Drop benefit that makes SundayPlus that much easier to use. 1.C.1 Create a Short-Cut to Media Find the File C:\Program Files\Grass roots\SundayPlus 2.4 Media (Or Media) Right click on the “Folder” and select Send to and Desktop. A new folder will appear on your desktop… Shortcut to Media 2 SundayPlus 2.4 1. Setting Up Quick Reference Guide 1.D.1 Controlling The View of SundayPlus When you open SundayPlus, the congregation screen may display on the computer screen (covering the entire area or the lower right-hand side of the screen). To send the display to the projector use the command Ctrl +2. The projector should now display the image. The control commands are: CTRL+0 (zero) The 2nd Video Image Lower right corner of video 1 CTRL+1 The 2nd Video Image Cover Video 1 CTRL+2 The 2nd Video Image Cover Video 2. This is the set-up you will want for the projection system. CTRL+3 The 2nd Video Image Off 3 SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide 2. Basic Usage 2.A.1 The SundayPlus Control Panel Layout Page 4 2.A.2 Loading Media Page 4 2.A.3 Building a Cuelist Page 4 2.A.4 Displaying a Cue Page 4 2.B.1 Text Files Page 5 2.B.2 Text Files (Structure) Page 5 2.C.1 Setting Text Defaults Page 6 2.C.2 Downloading a Song from CCLI Page 6 2.C.3 Image Files Page 7 2.C.4 Movie Files Page 8 2.C.5 Movie Prep Page 8 2.D.1 Additional Media Types: Nested Cue Page 9 2.D.2 Additional Media Types: PowerPoint® Page 9 2.D.3 Additional Media Types: Sound Page 9 2.E.1 GOFILE: Don’t Leave Home Without it! Page 10 2.F.1 HOT KEYS Pages 11-14 2.G.1 Resources Page 15 2. Basic Usage SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide 2.A.1 The SundayPlus Control Panel Layout Three Areas of the SundayPlus control panel are: The Cuelist The Preview 1.The Cuelist. This area displays your “program” cues. 2.The Preview. This area shows what’s on and/ or what’s next. 3.The Media Bins. The “storage” area for images, movies and text The Media Bins 2.A.2 Loading Media Loading Media (Movies, Images, Text) into SundayPlus is made easy by “Drag and Drop” from Windows® to SundayPlus. Use the Shortcut to Media to open your media files… Shortcut to Media 2.A.3 Building a Cuelist You must “Load” the Image or Movie or Text into the Bin and then you can place it in the Cuelist for Display. 2.A.4 Displaying a Cue Just CLICK it with your mouse or use these keys to advance: SPACE Use these keys to step back: The red square A green circle is indicates what’s what’s up next. on now. 4 2. Basic Usage SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide On the SundayPlus Control Panel there are three purple buttons: Click on one of the buttons once to open the bin, once again to load or make a new file. TEXT BIN IMAGE BIN MOVIE BIN If you copy Black Text onto a Black Background, you won’t see anything. 2.B.1 Text Files Simply put, you can cut and paste text into the Text Editor from any text source, including Microsoft PowerPoint®, Word® or thousands of other programs. You can also load and display the following text file types: .ptf(Prologue Text Files), .txt, and .rtf 2.B.2 Text Files (Structure) In the Cue: Media placed here references media in the Bin In the Bin, SundayPlus stores a link to the media file location on the Hard- Drive Once a Text file is being displayed, the Ripped Text Viewer will appear, displaying the different pages (slides) of the song or message. If you want to know more about Text Files Select TOOLS and HELP or the tutorial inside of SundayPlus. 5 2. Basic Usage SundayPlus 2.4 Quick Reference Guide 2.C.1 Setting Text Defaults Click on START then ALL PROGRAMS, Select GRASS ROOTS SOFTWARE and Text Editor Set the Font size (19 or 20 is standard), and your font type. (Arial is standard). Set the font color and alignment as well. Next, select “Format” and “Save Defaults”. You will be prompted to save defaults. Select “YES”. 2.C.2 Downloading a Song from CCLI 1. Download your song from CCLI.com 2. Save the lyric .txt file to your hard drive. **Setting up a Download Song Folder in your Media Folder is advisable. 3. Drag the file onto SundayPlus.