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Keyboard shortcuts

You can run a whole service from the keyboard, or with a presentation clicker.

Running a service

Key What it does
→ ↓ Space Page Down Next slide (at the end of an item, the first slide of the next one)
← ↑ Page Up Previous slide
B or . Black screen (press again to come back)
C Clear text: hide the words, keep the background
L Logo: show your church logo
V Live video on or off
[ and ] The preacher’s notes: previous and next page

Everywhere else

Key What it does
F1 Help about what you’re doing
Ctrl+S Save the service
Esc Close a window or dialog
Enter (in the Bible tab) Add the reading to the service
Shift+Enter (in the Bible tab) Add the reading and show it now

In the slide designer

Key What it does
Arrow keys Nudge the selected item (hold Shift to move one pixel)
Delete Remove the selected item
Ctrl+D Copy the selected item
Ctrl+Z Undo
Esc Deselect (press again to close)

The keys don’t do anything while you’re typing in a box, so you can’t change the screen by accident while searching for a song.