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Saving a Christingle Service

acrhoades — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:03:33 GMT

How do I save a Christingle Service from Times & Seasons? VL only lets me save as a template even though I have unchecked the undated service box.

Saving services

CTS — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:17:51 GMT

The Maundy Thursday service doesn't seem to allow me to save it as a service (as opposed to a template). I have specified a date and location but when I come to save after having done the service it doesn't let me
Any ideas
Andrew

Weekday lectionary

David Thomson — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:06:47 GMT

I don't seem to find the weekday lections either automatically inserted into the 'smart' Morning and Evening Prayer, or available via the diaresis boxes. Are they there to be found (and if so how) or just not there (in which case, why not, and are there plans to supply them)?

How do I find "Prayer during the Day"?

royparsons — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:03:09 GMT

I have just upgraded to VLL from VL4 and I understood that Prayer during the Day was available, however I cannot find it anywhere. It has been suggested that I should have "Daily Prayer" in the list of templates but I don't. Anyone any suggestions? Thanks.

Move service / template to another PC

sclg — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:15:54 GMT

Sorry if this is an FAQ but how does one copy a service and associated templates to another PC?

We have everything set up the way we want on one machine but want to copy it to the other team licence holders.
Thanks
Steve

Synchronize Vislual Liturgy with MSOutlook Calender/PDA

William Harris — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:38:33 GMT

I was able to sync the Outlook Calender with VisLit up to Advent this year - now it seems that facility is no longer there or am I looking in the wrong place.
last time we had to log into chpublishing - download - -electronic lectionary - then finally e-calenders
any ideas anyone?

Moving VL Live to another computer

w0400 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:29:07 GMT

My old XP{ system has problems. A new one is being built and I also have a laptop. I would like to move VL Live on to one of these and avoid a total reinstall or at least minimize the work needed. So can someone who knows what to do e-mail me and or put details in here. At present I am not got time to search out old notes, because I have a work problem which needs my attention.

All / any help welcomed.

John.

How do I change the license details on loading

w0400 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:33:16 GMT

I have a personal copy of VL Live - I am the only user. However the license details say licensed to the benefice of xxx, vvv, aaa, ... etc..

I would like to correct this. The [b]BIG[/b] question is how?

Any / all help is very welcome.

Visual Liturgy for Methodist Worship

RobDeans — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:34:08 GMT

I am using Visual Liturgy Live and have just added the Methodist Module 4.0 for existing users of Visual Liturgy 4.0 using the Import Module function.

All the Methodist Services are now available.

However, I cannot find the Epworth Companions to the Revised Common Lectionary which the CD back cover says are part of the module content.

Can you help?

Thanks.

Usage Reports for Hymns etc

Stephen Thorp — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:38:45 GMT

At one time, I used to be able to record hymns etc in a usage report, but since we've had Visual Liturgy Live I haven't been able to find this feature and the help notes don't seem to correspond to my version of the software. Does anyone know what to do?

On another matter when I down load the latest software update and then run it, I get an error message that tells me it can't replace a file I already have, but then Vis Lit fails to load. I then have to uninstall and reinstall it again. Can anyone tell me why the latest software update fails to load?

Stephen Thorp

Finding and Using Seasonal Material

Andrew Sweeney — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:28:21 GMT

In the VL Live content update published on 26th November, we have concentrated on two things:

completing the publication of all the liturgical elements in Common Worship: Times and Seasons
Making seasonal content from Times and Seasons easier to find.

We've put a lot of work into "tagging" (or indexing) this material in two ways, so that you can find it easily in the VL Live browser. Firstly, we've tried to be more thorough and consistent in using the helpful coding scheme that features in the book. So, if you already have a Times and Seasons book, and you can see an item that you want to use in VL, you can search for it using the codes. For example, the Kyrie Confessions for Epiphany on pages 121-122 of Times and Seasons are items B1-B4 in the Epi section of the book. So you can find them by searching for CW TS Epi. And you can find the fourth one by searching for CW TS Epi B4.

Try this principle to find any coded item in Times and Seasons - search for CW TS followed by the section and item. Use the Red section code from the top of each page, and the red item code to the left of the item you need.

But we've also made it easier to find material in more general searches. Try searching for Advent, for example, or Christmas, and you'll see that the material is now a lot more consistent in its labelling. We hope it's easier for you to find and manage; what do you think?

Lectionary Planner - can I save other than as .vlr file??

paulmothersdale — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:56:21 GMT

[i]I am trying to inform our administrator of the lectionary so that she can complete our Readers list for the coming months - I have been doing it myself up to now, but now have a volunteer to take it over. However, I cannot give her details of the lectionary without printing it out fully and handing it over, so that she can then type it in to her computer. She doesn't have VL, and it seems something of an expense to buy it for her just so that she can do a Readers List. Is there any way I can save it in WinWord or RTF, or anything that is readable by a non-VL programme?

Paul J Mothersdale
Rector, Thornton Dale[/i]

Verse numbers in readings

Andrew Wilson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:21:54 GMT

I'd be grateful if somone could tell me how to get VL to generate NRSV readings that don't include the verse numbers. I can see how get it to produce the readings as 'block text', but not how to generate verse-number-free readings. Any thoughts?

Team Licences

EBD Admin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:34:16 GMT

Is there a limit on the number of team licences we can generate under each subscription type?

If so, what is it? We have the AWA Band 500+licence.

Brian

Usage reports for hymns

LizS — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:04:36 GMT

Can someone help me to get the box with usage, source etc for hymns back? I can get the text by clicking on the hymn, but there are no details in the left hand side of the box where I should be able to get sources, usage report etc.

Services Planner - saving layouts

Chillman — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:32:35 GMT

I have set up two layouts in the services planner as follows:

1. Shows me the roles only for our 8:00 service
2. Shows me the roles only for our 10:00 service

There are different service templates and different roles, so I want to have two separate layouts. Both of them are grouped by location and then by time and then sorted by date.

Whilst in the services planner, I can select a specific time, so that I only see - for example - the 8:00 services. This is fine!

BUT....

Even if I then save the layout, when I come to re-open it, it doesn't remember that I chose only to see one time and still shows me all services.

Have I missed something? Is there a way for the planner to remember that my 8:00 layout should only show me the 8:00 services?

Managing service templates

Chillman — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:51:19 GMT

When using the "Manage Service Templates" option, I get a list of folders, sub-folders and templates within them. The order that they appear in this window is that same order that they appear on the "Create Service" tab.

What I would like is the ability, within "Manage Serviec Templates" to re-arrange the order of these folders and sub-folders. For example, at the moment the three main folders are:
- Alternative Service Book
- Methodist Worship
- Common Worship

I would like to be able to make Common Worship my "top" folder.

Equally, within folders, I would like to be able to re-arrange the sub-folders (for example, making "Frequently used services" the top sub-folder in the Common Worship folder.

Is there anyway that I can do this or do I have to hope for some program update?

Thanks

Eucharistic Prayers

Sheilagh — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:17:20 GMT

I'm very new to VL - installed it today! How do I find and print off the Eucharistic Prayers?

Stylesheets and margins

w0400 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:56:49 GMT

I am somewhat short-sighted and like to have my services printed out from VLL on to A5 (A4 landscape 2 pages per sheet). It is pretty easy to do this with W[i][/i]ord, but the margin for "[i]All"[/i] means quite a bit of each page is wasted. I know from the [b]BOLD[/b]what is congregation and what is not. As the reader leading the worship, removing the [i]All[/i]is not a problem.

However my VLL seems to have issues with the Help section and anyway I fear the information is not in the help. What I need is a simple way to make/create/change a set of style sheets for printing the service. I know someone must have done it and it would save me hours fiddling.

Many thanks.

Adding role columns to service planner.

Stephen Thorp — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:43:47 GMT

Hi, I would like to be able to include such roles as preacher & leader into the service planner but I can't work out how to do this. I have managed to do it for the overview but not the planner. And yet ironically I have column for flowers, organist etc which I don't really need. Can some one help me? Thanks.

Difficulty with Service Planner

David Green — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:02:53 GMT

Can someone please explain to this new user of VL how to enter the info into the service planner - I want to compile a list of forthcoming services with the various catagories of info without producing the services first. Many thanks.

Stylesheets

petera.hall@care4free.net — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:08:57 GMT

It would appear that when trying to edit a stylesheet, the software takes no account of the current file that is open and thus the stylesheet being used. It assumes that you want to edit the default stylesheet, thus if you have a New Patterns for Worship service open and edit the stylesheet, it makes no difference to the current file open.

To get round this you have determine the stylesheet in use (not necessarily easy - as it doesn't say), open it and then edit that one.

I think that may be a bug that needs fixing.

Problems saving Morning Prayer BCP

Pamela Ive — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:54:20 GMT

I have been unable to save to the planner a dated service of Morning Prayer BCP. The button [b]save as a planned service for future use[/b] will not switch on and despite having options of place and time in the system, none appear in the drop down box. I did not experience this difficulty with VL4 and using the smart template for Morning Prayer Common worship has been successful. Where am I going wrong please?

The Visual Liturgy Live Support Forums

Andrew Sweeney — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:26:41 GMT

Some of you have started to use the Visual Liturgy Live support forums, and we hope you're finding them useful. We encourage you to use them as much as possible, and we hope that they will become the first port of call for VL Live support queries.

You've probably already navigated around this support forum area, but in case you've come directly here, you may like to know that we've created five forums called

Installing Visual Liturgy Live
Using Visual Liturgy Live
Latest News
Liturgy and Music
Future Directions

These were based on our thoughts about what might be most useful and our experience of what worked well with Visual Liturgy 4. They should enable us to discuss most matters, but they're not set in stone.

The navigation above-left will take you to the top-level of the Visual Liturgy Live support forum if you click on Home >> Visual Liturgy Live

You should also find the search feature useful. In the navigation above-right you'll see a link to Search, and this will enable you to find all the queries relating to, say, stylesheets, or dotnetfx. You may well find that other VL Live users have encountered your problem, and that someone has already answered it for you.

We do our best at Church House Publishing to respond to queries as quickly as possible, but we are a small team and we have to divide our time between telephone support, answering your emails, and keeping the support forums up-to-date; and that's before we've done any new product development work. To a certain extent, we all rely on the VL Live user community to help each other as much as possible, so if you know the answer to someone's question, don't hold back - post it!

Daily Prayer Compline Services Blank

Steven Hill — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:34:50 GMT

Hello,

Aside from one or two items the Compline service templates are blank including most browse options.

Is this a problem with my installation or an issue that is being addressed also will bible readings eventually be available in morning and evening prayer.

Thanks

Steven

Problems with Gill Sans font

Andrew Sweeney — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:59:22 GMT

Some users have reported that the Gill Sans font is unavailable after installing VL Live. We know that under certain circumstances, depending on what previous verion(s) of VL 4 have been installed on your machine, the installation of VL Live may leave you without Gill Sans.

If this has happened to you, you can re-install the Gill Sans font easily by following these steps:

1. Insert your VL Live CD in your CD-Rom drive, and Cancel the installation process if it begins automatically.

2. In Windows Explorer, or My Computer, navigate to your CD-Rom drive (which will often appear as your D: drive). Expand the contents of the CD (for example, by clicking on the plus sign) so that you can see the folder named "Files."

3. If you single-click on the folder named "Files" you will see a file on the right-hand side of your window called Gill Sans TT. This is the Gill Sans True-Type font. Double-click on it, and follow the prompts from the font installer. When you are asked to select a target location, you should select your C: Drive (or whichever drive contains Windows if it is not C:), and install the font to Windows\Fonts