Worship Him and PowerPoint:

     Using PowerPoint presentations and slideshows in your worship service is easier than ever now with Worship Him's PowerPoint features. Even if you don't have PowerPoint installed, the free PowerPoint viewer from Microsoft can be used to launch  presentations or slideshows.


You can insert PowerPoint presentations right into your cue lists for easy access, or easily launch them 'on the fly'. PowerPoint presentations can be dragged and dropped right to the cue list or you can select 'PowerPoint' from the 'Show' menu.

 and even import them into Worship Him for the same kind of dynamic point-and click display Worship Him gives you with songs. (Import requires PowerPoint97 or higher.) Just point and click on a slide to project it. For more details, see 'Imported PowerPoint presentations' below.


Control your PowerPoint presentations within Worship Him or launch them with PowerPoint: When you've selected a PowerPoint presentation you will be given the option of importing the presentation (if PowerPoint is installed) or 'Launch normally'. The import option allows you to control your presentation via Worship Him and the 'Launch normally' option launches your slideshow with PowerPoint.

Import vs. Launch normally:

'Launch normally' simply launches your Presentation with PowerPoint just as when you double-click a PowerPoint presentation. Use this option if you want to use animations within individual slides in PowerPoint. The disadvantage is that PowerPoint can only show the presentation on one projector feed at a time.

With imported presentations you control the presentation in Worship Him using Worship Him's advanced display engine. If you used animations within slides when creating your PowerPoint they will not work, but the advantage is that your PowerPoint presentation can be shown on multiple projector feeds simultaneously.

How it works:
When a Presentation is imported, Worship Him calls on PowerPoint to create .jpg images of all the slides in the presentation. Then, the images are loaded into Worship Him's slideshow control window for easy selection and display. This has the advantage of being able to show your PowerPoint slideshow on multiple feeds, but the disadvantage is that multiple animations within a single slide will not work (only the full slide after all the animations is shown). If you must use animations within slides, use the 'Launch normally' option.

 

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