Comments on: Advice for those using Powerpoint in church http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/ by Dave Walker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bimble http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82945 Bimble Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:02:40 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82945 Hymns Ancient & Modern; been working for ages, tends not to break, easy to use. Hymns Ancient & Modern; been working for ages, tends not to break, easy to use.

]]> By: John Bennett http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82779 John Bennett Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:40:55 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82779 I did my first school assembly using powerpoint today - some pictures of the sea of galilee and the words of a song. Nothing clever, but I think it added something. I did my first school assembly using powerpoint today – some pictures of the sea of galilee and the words of a song.

Nothing clever, but I think it added something.

]]> By: Struggling with IT « Matt and Polly’s blog website http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82688 Struggling with IT « Matt and Polly’s blog website Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:04:10 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82688 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82633 Dave Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82633 Rhys - I think preaching on verses that are six words or less might be the answer. Or leaving out the words that are not intended to be taken literally. As for the trendy backgrounds - I might be inclined to agree. Perhaps sunsets should be reserved for times that the sun is setting, rather than in church. Rhys – I think preaching on verses that are six words or less might be the answer. Or leaving out the words that are not intended to be taken literally.

As for the trendy backgrounds – I might be inclined to agree. Perhaps sunsets should be reserved for times that the sun is setting, rather than in church.

]]> By: Clare http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82620 Clare Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:16:51 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82620 Dear me, all these complicated things for projecting songs. We're still reeling from moving from hymn books to printed hymns on the service sheet!! (Apparently the idea behind the move was so we could have a greater variety of hymns, but we still seem to be firmly wedded to the New English Hymnal . Rumour has it, that it's so that those who insist on still using a hymn book can continue to join in ) Dear me, all these complicated things for projecting songs. We’re still reeling from moving from hymn books to printed hymns on the service sheet!!
(Apparently the idea behind the move was so we could have a greater variety of hymns, but we still seem to be firmly wedded to the New English Hymnal . Rumour has it, that it’s so that those who insist on still using a hymn book can continue to join in )

]]> By: Rhys http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82605 Rhys Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:52:25 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82605 Easyworship is very good (and easy to use too: I managed to get up to speed with it in five minutes). The only problem with it, and presentation software in general, is its insistence on making you use trendy backgrounds, which make the text far less legible than it would be on a plain background. Also, looking at Seth Godin's article, yes, I'd happily remove all the transition effects from Powerpoint with rusty pliers, but: only six words as a maximum per slide? Could your vicar/preacher cope with that? Easyworship is very good (and easy to use too: I managed to get up to speed with it in five minutes). The only problem with it, and presentation software in general, is its insistence on making you use trendy backgrounds, which make the text far less legible than it would be on a plain background.

Also, looking at Seth Godin’s article, yes, I’d happily remove all the transition effects from Powerpoint with rusty pliers, but: only six words as a maximum per slide? Could your vicar/preacher cope with that?

]]> By: Davo http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82503 Davo Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:19:09 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82503 It all works great until a main fuse blows in the church and you have no power to any of the electric sockets (but we still, strangely enough, had all the lights and the photocopier working!). However, I guess that would have put the OHP out of action as well... (We have got the power back on again now - having an electrician as a church warden certainly helps) It all works great until a main fuse blows in the church and you have no power to any of the electric sockets (but we still, strangely enough, had all the lights and the photocopier working!).

However, I guess that would have put the OHP out of action as well…

(We have got the power back on again now – having an electrician as a church warden certainly helps)

]]> By: Philip of Samaria http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82481 Philip of Samaria Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:01:18 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82481 aaarhg tecnobabble! aaarhg tecnobabble!

]]> By: Solveig Haugland http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82408 Solveig Haugland Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82408 I'm so glad you mentioned OpenOffice. It handles Powerpoint really well, though sometimes if you have a video you'll need to re-insert it (Insert > Movie and Sound). The good news is that Impress handles more movie/sound formats than Powerpoint! Another benefit is that you can export Impress (not a feature of PowerPoint) to PDF, then run the presentation on any computer that has Adobe Reader, if you don't have Impress installed on that computer. (File > Export as PDF.) You could also export it to HTML or Flash for the same reason (File > Export, select HTML or Macromedia as the format). For easy clipart access, you can add items to the Gallery. Choose Tools > Gallery, click New Theme to create a new category, and in the same window click Files to add files on your computer to that category. Then you can just drag the added files from that theme into the slide. OpenOffice.org also of course has Writer, a Word equivalent, and Calc, an Excel equivalent, which can replace Microsoft Office for free. I’m so glad you mentioned OpenOffice. It handles Powerpoint really well, though sometimes if you have a video you’ll need to re-insert it (Insert > Movie and Sound). The good news is that Impress handles more movie/sound formats than Powerpoint!

Another benefit is that you can export Impress (not a feature of PowerPoint) to PDF, then run the presentation on any computer that has Adobe Reader, if you don’t have Impress installed on that computer. (File > Export as PDF.) You could also export it to HTML or Flash for the same reason (File > Export, select HTML or Macromedia as the format).

For easy clipart access, you can add items to the Gallery. Choose Tools > Gallery, click New Theme to create a new category, and in the same window click Files to add files on your computer to that category. Then you can just drag the added files from that theme into the slide.

OpenOffice.org also of course has Writer, a Word equivalent, and Calc, an Excel equivalent, which can replace Microsoft Office for free.

]]> By: ash http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/comment-page-1/#comment-82405 ash Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/01/31/advice-for-those-using-powerpoint-in-church/#comment-82405 OUr church uses a designed-for-churches program called 'Easy Worship' for our songs etc. It's good because it is powepoint compatible, has a really good seperate screen for controlling, which shows previews and all the files in your library etc. You can even have video backgrounds to songs, and find songs, liturgy and bible verses all without minimizing a screen, and all while showing something else to the congregation. It is bad because it costs lots of pennies. And with those pennies you could probably get about 6 years of Cartoon Church Cartoons... OUr church uses a designed-for-churches program called ‘Easy Worship’ for our songs etc. It’s good because it is powepoint compatible, has a really good seperate screen for controlling, which shows previews and all the files in your library etc. You can even have video backgrounds to songs, and find songs, liturgy and bible verses all without minimizing a screen, and all while showing something else to the congregation.

It is bad because it costs lots of pennies. And with those pennies you could probably get about 6 years of Cartoon Church Cartoons…

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