"Disable Slide" option to hide specific slides when on air
Zach Reynolds
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It would be great if there was an option to “disable” or “hide” slides, songs, or slide groups, much like how the “Hide Slide” feature works in PowerPoint. This would allow us to skip certain slides when on air, but they would still show up as disabled in the outline on the left-hand side. That would make it quick and easy to re-enable content instead of having to re-import from wherever it came from originally.
Example use case: We often reuse the same slide group but need to delete a few slides in it for a given service. The slides to delete vary from time to time, so we’d the original to contain ALL slides and be able to disable/hide the slides we don’t need for a given service, but keep them around for the next time we need them. I know Proclaim supports skipping over slides on the fly by clicking a specific slide, but that tends to be error-prone if we rely on that each week.
Example use case: We often reuse the same slide group but need to delete a few slides in it for a given service. The slides to delete vary from time to time, so we’d the original to contain ALL slides and be able to disable/hide the slides we don’t need for a given service, but keep them around for the next time we need them. I know Proclaim supports skipping over slides on the fly by clicking a specific slide, but that tends to be error-prone if we rely on that each week.
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I suggested this feature before this vehicle even existed, and I wish it existed EVERY TIME I create a presentation.0
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You can establish each slide to display or not display automatically by choosing how you want the screen to display for each stage of your content.0
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You can also make changes to your slides and then save them as a new arrangement to choose from with different needs0
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@gospelmann-31 Thanks for the tip. We only use one virtual display (no confidence monitor or other output), so we need a way to easily disable a slide globally, so that when I'm on the previous slide and advance to the next slide, it completely skips over the disabled slide when on air, just like in PowerPoint.0
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@gospelmann-31 I haven't experimented with the arrangement feature yet, but most of the slides I'd need to disable are basic content slides or announcements, not song items. I could definitely see how the arrangement feature could be useful for other scenarios, though.0
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While this is in the design phase, please consider making the feature 'Computer Dependent'. We have to duplicate our presentation because one computer is running the 'in-house' presentation and another running the 'livestream' presentation each having it's own pre-service loop. This causes scrambling to re-sync when last minute changes are made to the service section. I also don't think the 'arrangement' feature was intended to be used this way.0
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Yes please!0
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Yes, this is important to us as well. In ProPresenter, for example, it's trivial to right-click any slide and choose "Disable". This changes its visual aspect to something similar to how an unavailable menu item is grey'd out, and is skipped as slides are advanced through the presentation.
An example use case for us is different kid dismissal slides for multiple services, since different services have different groupings of grade levels. All these slides are part of an manually advanced announcement slideshow, but only one will be enabled for any particular service. The rest of the service is the same so it doesn't make sense to spin off an entirely separate service.
Another use case is when a ministry leader pops her head in moments before the service starts and says, "Can you not show my slide? We're not doing the thing." Sure...right-click, disable. Just as easy to re-enable when she changes her mind.0 -
It looks like this was just implemented in the 3.2.0.0039 release today. I'm still testing it out, but it looks great so far. Thanks, Faithlife!0
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In our newest update (>=3.2.0.38) you can right click on any service item and disable it. This will keep it in the Order of Service but remove it from preview.
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@Jordan Sjodin thank you!0
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Thanks Jordan, really handy0
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@Jordan Sjodin I was really enjoying this feature, especially if I want to work ahead and save some slides for the next week, but now it seems the show/hide item has disappeared again? Can you confirm?0
