Theme manager

The theme manager can be accessed form the Preferences dialog Song or Scripture panes or from the Tools menu.

The theme manager allows you to edit the default song and bible themes and to create customised themes for both songs and bible verses. It combines font face, size, positioning and centring in one location together with background selection.
The themes once applied affect all the songs in a library or bible verses displayed. Individual songs can be customised separately using the right click menu on a slide preview window and choosing a new theme for the song.
Separate themes are used for songs and bibles verses.

The theme manager has four screens

Screen 1

New theme from scratch

Click New and then Next to begin defining your new theme.

New theme derived from an existing theme

Select the theme you wish to use as a basis for your new theme. Click Copy and then Next to start your theme.

To edit an existing theme

Select the theme from the list and click Next.

To rename a theme

Select the theme to be renamed and click Rename.

To delete a theme

Select the theme to be deleted and click Delete; you will asked to confirm the deletion.

Screen 2

This screen is for slide background and text layout.

Background

Choose the background type from the drop down

Use song library settings	Do not select a background and use the backgrounds already set in the song library
Solid colour	Use a single solid colour for the background; click on the colour patch to change the colour.
Gradient colour	Use two colours with a gradient for the background
Colours	Click on the colour patches to set the required colours
Gradient style	Select the style from the drop down: horizontal, vertical or forward or backward diagonal
Background picture	Use a background picture, select the picture from the shuttle
Video loop background	Select the video loop from the shuttle
Loop playback rate	Select the rate from the dropdown

Text layout

Song Margins	Enter value in pixels in left, right and top fields; 10 to 50 pixels is usually satisfactory. Alternatively use the default settings
Centre text horizontal	Centres text horizontally on slide
Centre text vertical	Centres text vertically on slide
Fit words to slides	Adjusts text size so that words do not overflow slide

Screen 3

Colour	Choose main text colour
Text colour gradient	Use a colour gradient for the font - top to bottom
Colour 2	Second colour used for the bottom of the font
Font	Select font type, size and style
Use capitals	Check to use capitals
Text outline	Use a text outline border
Colour	Outline colour
Size	Outline thickness
Outline glow effect	Applies a translucent glow effect to the outline
Text shadow	Applies a shadow to the font
Colour	Shadow colour
Size	Shadow size
Shadow style	Choose shadow style: Normal, diffuse, dropped or extruded.
Transparent shadow	Makes the shadow translucent

Screen 4

Theme name	Choose a name for your theme
Use as bible theme	Check if the theme is to be used for bible verses. (Duplicate the theme is you wish to use it for both songs and bible verses.)
Line spacing	Set the line spacing - 85 to 200% of normal
Word spacing	Set the word spacing - 85 to 200% of normal
Preview	Slide preview
Words position	Se the words position from either the checkboxes or by dragging and re-sizing the marquee on the preview window.

Click Finish to save your theme