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How easy is the software to use? |
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How easy is it to change the song schedule "on the fly"? |
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Does the software provide for both mouse and hot key combinations? |
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Can you reassign keys? |
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Can you reassign mouse button functions? |
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Does the software provide for the presenter to control it or does it
require a separate operator? Is the software controlled by an operator
in the control booth or by the presenter? |
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Does the software provide a preview frame in the control screen? |
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Does the software provide for a hotkey to quickly go to black screen or
a default screen when needed or in an emergency? |
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Can you show different screens on two or more different projectors at
the same time? |
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Does the software provide for Macro or script creation and usage? |
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Does the software provide for RS232 or USB projector control or lighting
control? |
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Does the software provide for auto advance of slides based on time
settings? |
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Do you need scrolling text or scrolling lyric features? |
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Does the software allow different resolution for the control screen
versus the display screen? |
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Does the software show thumbnails of upcoming, slides, songs, movies,
etc? |
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Can the user controlling the software rearrange the service on the fly
while presenting and the audience not see the changes? |
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Can you assign different levels of access to the software to different
users? |
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Does the software use standard Windows or Mac conventions? |
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SONG LYRIC TECHNICAL FEATURES: |
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Does the software allow editing of songs? |
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If the song director wants it, can you repeat the chorus or specified
line or add a new song "on the fly"? |
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Does the song integrate with CCLI "Song Select" or "Integrity Worship"
type products for importing lyrics? |
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Does the software allow for "cut and paste" text into lyrics? |
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Can you specify a different graphic per stanza or only one graphic per
song? |
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What kinds of transitions important to you are provided? (wipe, box
in/out, diamond, cover, blinds, circle, ellipse, dissolve, squeeze,
weave, etc.) |
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Does the software provide for wipe direction, type and speed? |
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Does the software have transition speed control? |
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Are the transitions smooth or jerky? |
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Does the software provide background bordering? |
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Does the software provide separate author, copyright, composer font
display control? |
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Does the software provide song database features such as search by
title, first line, word, author, composer, tempo, key, source, etc
features? |
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Does the software allow you to create type of song groups in the
database? |
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Can you have multiple versions of the same song? |
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Does the software allow adding of comments to songs for the controller
that are not shown to the audience? |
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Does the software autoformat lyric text to fit screen? |
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Does the software allow autoformat of lyric text to fit a specified part
of the screen? |
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Can you specify that the lyric text auto increase size and auto decrease
font size to fit the display area? |
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Does the software provide for individual formatting control of title and
footer text? |
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Can you specify that song titles only show on the first screen of the
song only? |
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Does the software come with songs ready to use? Are they the songs that
are useful to you? |
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