We use OpenSong to project and currently each projectionist uses their own laptop. If you would like to project and do not have a Windows, Mac, or *nix computer, one can be made available for use on Sunday morning, but you will not be able to practice during the week.

The files used for lyrics and scripture are stored in the church's Google Drive account. Please see Scott to get access to the files. All changes made to a song are automatically distributed to each of the laptops, so everyone has a current version. Don't store any other files in the OpenSong directory to prevent these from propagating to the other computers.

A copy of the ESV Bible is also included in this directory. To install the ESV into OpenSong just copy the file from Google Drive to C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSong\OpenSong Scripture. Then run OpenSong one time as an Administrator so that the program can create an index for it.

Here are some guidelines from the Proclaim Website.

• Limited lines per slide: As a rule of thumb, try to limit slides to 2-4 lines, 5 at most.
• Sans Serif font: Stick to san-serif fonts. Some common examples of san-serif fonts are Arial, Calibri, and Verdana. An example of a non-serif font is Times Roman, Georgia, and Bookman.
• White text over black: The projector’s brightest light is white, so white will always be the most visible color.
• Lose the labels: We prefer a good arrangement of slides instead of writing out the labels like Verse, Chorus, Bridge and Instructions like Repeat 2x and so on. We prefer the worship leader to dictate the flow of the song as opposed to the slides themselves.
• No punctuation: We prefer a clean looking slide and usually don’t use any punctuation. No commas, exclamation points, or periods. Since the melody usually dictates the flow of the words, there is not much need for punctuation. Use your judgment as this is personal preference more than a rule but we prefer the cleaner look.

Note that the Google Drive icon is on the Menu Bar at the top

• Open KeyChain and find Google Drive in there. Double click on it to open its properties.
• In the dialog box that opens, click on the right tab “Access Control”
• It will default to “Confirm before allowing access”
• YOU NEED TO SELECT “Allow ALL Applications to access this item”
• SAVE CHANGES
• LOGIN
• DONE

or

• Click on Finder.
• Go to the menu bar and click on Go → Go to folder
• Copy/paste: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Drive/
• Delete all the files in this folder
• Start google drive again and it should work again.