Proclaim iPad app issue

John M @ Vineyard

Greetings:  We try to use the iPad app at every service, but there are a couple of things that cause us to revert to the "at computer" control.  It seems certain powerpoints (especially those with dark backgrounds and light lettering), so up as black boxes on the iPad.  They look fine on the computer, but since you can't read what's on the slides it's very difficult to navigate.  I can supply slide example if you'd like.  Also, a feature that would be nice, is the ability to drag the size of the slide list window up/down in order to manage the navigation better (more slides = less visual acuity, less slides = better visual acuity).  I must say that using the iPad on a Retina iPad is very nice and even the small slide text is very readable, but the ability to make that window larger, would be helpful for these old eyes.

While I'm discussing features, there seems to be a continuous problem with slide numbering in the slide preview window on all platforms.  If I have more than 9 slides for a song, the program only numbers slides 1 thru 9.  This is problematic if I need to remember which slide a chorus is on (unfortunately, my worship team does not put the slide in order).  I've mentioned this before, but so far there doesn't seem to be a resolution.

Thanks - John

Spencer McKimson

It seems certain powerpoints (especially those with dark backgrounds and light lettering), so up as black boxes on the iPad.  They look fine on the computer, but since you can't read what's on the slides it's very difficult to navigate.  I can supply slide example if you'd like.

I have not run into this using the remote in house. Could you tell me the presentation name in which this powerpoint resides? I would like to take a look.

While I'm discussing features, there seems to be a continuous problem with slide numbering in the slide preview window on all platforms.  If I have more than 9 slides for a song, the program only numbers slides 1 thru 9.

These are in fact hotkeys for the slides, so if you press one of those numbers on your keyboard when you are viewing that service item, it will go to that slide. This is the reason they only go up to 9 (since there are only number keys 1 through 9).

This is problematic if I need to remember which slide a chorus is on (unfortunately, my worship team does not put the slide in order).

For this, you can add custom tags to verses of a song by putting text between [ ] in the lyrics text box. This will add a slide w a custom tag that will show in the timeline so you know which slide you are on!