First Spin with the Sermon Editor

Well, today I am about to use the sermon editor for the first time in our worship service. So far, I am very impressed with this functionality but I do have one question before I head out the door. I didn't like the default background so I wanted to update it but rather than updating the entire set of slides at once, it seems like I have to update one slide at a time. Not necessarily a bad thing but somewhat annoying. I'm sure there's a 'select all' feature somewhere but I'm missing it so all help would be appreciated.

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Kenneth Neighoff

If you click the very first slide, the one you created when you put in the sermon title. You should see an edit button. Click edit and it will take you to the options you seek. Then click update sermon and you are back in business.

Graham Criddle

At the moment there isn't an "update all" button but it is planned

If, when you are creating a sermon document, you set the background on the first slide you create -using Edit as suggested above - other slides of the same type will inherit that background

Clint Cozier

Like you, it was my first week using the Sermon Editor. A couple of observations:

Slides generated from the headings should build across the document. That is, if I have three H1 headings in a sermon document, then I want the third to contain the previous two points and then add the thrid point as well. Ideally these should be a build slide.....in my example above the intial slide would have the two already-covered points then I can bring the new point up iafter reviewing. The headings by themselves don't really help hearers follow the structure or the logic of my development
Every sermon I do has a "Big Idea" or a "Central Thesis" and most have something like a "Proposed Response" or a "Emotional Response." At a minimum, I'd love a tag similar to the headings tags for the Central Thesis of the sermon. It would be inciteful to organize sermons and search based on my Big Idea. That central sentence or phrase always finds its way to a text slide on Sunday Morning.
I do miss my mind mapping software. I'm not sure I'm ready to go back to a plain text headers structure. OPML import please!

Mike Tourangeau

Well, today I am about to use the sermon editor for the first time in our worship service. So far, I am very impressed with this functionality but I do have one question before I head out the door. I didn't like the default background so I wanted to update it but rather than updating the entire set of slides at once, it seems like I have to update one slide at a time. Not necessarily a bad thing but somewhat annoying. I'm sure there's a 'select all' feature somewhere but I'm missing it so all help would be appreciated.

Dennis, how did you bring the sermon in the pulpit? Did you export to Word? Sound Cloud?

Dennis Davis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844518#Comment_844518

Mark,

Thanks for the tip. Next time, I'll just start off with the background that I want so that it can build from there. However, I agree that an 'update all' function would be very helpful.

Clint,

Totally agree about having a slide build upon the previous points. The only workaround that I see right now is to build your 1st point as H1 and then subsequent points as H2's. Definitely not an ideal solution and yes, I too, can 't wait for OPML import. Mindmapping is an awesome way to organize sermons.

Mike,

We do not have internet at my church so I just export to powerpoint at home before heading out and then project the powerpoint onto our screen. It works very well and is a great way to help keep costs down of trying to pay for Proclaim or another application.

Mike Tourangeau

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844696#Comment_844696

Mike,

We do not have internet at my church so I just export to powerpoint at home before heading out and then project the powerpoint onto our screen. It works very well and is a great way to help keep costs down of trying to pay for Proclaim or another application.

Thanks for the info! What I was wondering is how you read your notes, did you read them off an iPad or off the powerpoint slides? I ask because I can export the sermons to Word but a ton of editing is needed (font size etc). I am wondering how guys are getting the sermon from the editor to the pulpit to use

Dennis Davis

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844703#Comment_844703

Aah, ok, I misinterpreted your question. I actually use Dropbox (an online virtual repository) that syncs with all of my devices. So, when I am finished with the sermon I export it to a sermon folder in Dropbox using my laptop. From there, I open up my Galaxy tablet, go to dropbox and open up the sermon. Normally, I export it in word format and so I open it up on my Galaxy in word. However, I have the full microsoft office suite and so today I opened up the exported powerpoint with no problem. I do all of this before leaving home so that when I get to the church (again, with no internet service) its ready for me to use on my tablet.

Now, the other step that I do is have my media person also download the sermon to their laptop at home so that when they get to church, they can project it on the screen. This way we are both in sync; I have my message on my tablet and the people can see the important points on the screen. Hope this helps.

Tim Farley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844703#Comment_844703

Thanks for the info! What I was wondering is how you read your notes, did you read them off an iPad or off the powerpoint slides? I ask because I can export the sermons to Word but a ton of editing is needed (font size etc). I am wondering how guys are getting the sermon from the editor to the pulpit to use

Hi Mike. I used the editor this week and I use my Android tablet in the pulpit for my notes. The way I do it is 1.) export the sermon as a Word document. 2.) send the Word document to my Kindle (here are instructions for that: https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc) . I then use my Kindle app on my tablet to view the document during my presentation. It works well with changing font sizes. The drawback is you cannot do any last second edits of the text (at least not quickly).

Mike Tourangeau

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844852#Comment_844852

Thanks for the info! What I was wondering is how you read your notes, did you read them off an iPad or off the powerpoint slides? I ask because I can export the sermons to Word but a ton of editing is needed (font size etc). I am wondering how guys are getting the sermon from the editor to the pulpit to use

Hi Mike. I used the editor this week and I use my Android tablet in the pulpit for my notes. The way I do it is 1.) export the sermon as a Word document. 2.) send the Word document to my Kindle (here are instructions for that: https://www.amazon.com/gp/sendtokindle/pc) . I then use my Kindle app on my tablet to view the document during my presentation. It works well with changing font sizes. The drawback is you cannot do any last second edits of the text (at least not quickly).

Thanks for the replies! So when you say "It works well with changing font sizes" you still had to adjust the font sizes in Word? I ask because when I export the fonts are too big and I am wondering if I missed something where I wouldn't have to adjust the fonts. Thanks for your help

Tim Farley

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/844855#Comment_844855

So when you say "It works well with changing font sizes" you still had to adjust the font sizes in Word?

When I export to Word, I change the font size on all of the text to 12 in the Word document. This is just my preference. I then export to Kindle. When I open the document in Kindle I can adjust the size of the all of the text using the Kindle settings. This allows me to get the text to the right size for reading during my presentation. Of course, the drawback is that you adjust all of the text at the same time, not just specific parts. So, you may need to do some light editing in Word before sending to Kindle if you want to change specific areas of the presentation.

On a side note: I use the highlighting features in the Kindle app to mark things in my presentation that I need to draw attention to.