OHP version 2.0 (Over-Head Projector Simulator) Release date: 12 Jul 1994 Copyright 1994 by Robert Tsien Permanent contact: 12 Erskine Crescent Wheelers Hill 3150 Victoria Australia Current contact: Blk 11 Holland Drive #10-32 Singapore 1027 Tel: 065-7760041 This program is used to simulate a over-head projector used to present songs for praise and worship at churches or cell groups. The idea of the program came when a cell group is started at my residence and enormous amount of paper were slaughtered and a huge bundle of mess is created from it. We contemplated buying a real overhead projector. The idea came by divine inspiration and I started with the project. My cell group have been using it for half a year and now I have decided to release this program for the benefit others. Comments were that it works better than a real overhead with better clarity and a more organised manner. Version 2.0 is the first release fully self contained package with all the basic facilities necessary to create slides and and present them for worship. Distribution ------------ This package is released as freeware and is fully distributable provided the entire original archive including this documentation file is intact. If you do happen to find this package useful please drop me a note at any of the above addresses so that I could have some rough idea on how many and who are using it. Suggestions for improvement are most welcome. System Requirements ------------------- The package runs on any Amiga model. Minimum of 1 Meg of RAM. Hard drive highly recommended as the song collection can get pretty messy. Installation ------------ The package requires the following files in the system libs:diskfont.library libs:mathieeedoubas.library c:copy The Blake font type is include in this archive, which is the main font type used by the program and must be found in fonts: directory. Main executable OHP2.0 can be placed anywhere. I suggest you create a directory for it and all the songs. My directory is called "Cell Group" and further subdirectories in alphabetical order to accomodate fast song searching. How to use the program ---------------------- The program is meant to be used by connecting the Amiga to a TV set or a projector in churches that have them. All Amiga models come with composite video output and RF modulator output. Majority of houses would have a TV set which can be used by cell groups/ house groups/ house churches. This is for a clear and visible presentation. Preparation for the songs can be done with your conventional monitor. Using the program is very straightforward and intuitive. You should be able to figure all of it out without reading this doc file. Main Screen - The main Screen consist of a list of numbered slides. These will be the order of the songs. To assign the slide with a song slide, click on the numbered button. A file requestor will appear where you can choose a song. The song files are stored as straight text files. For sessions more than 8 songs that are displayed on the screen, the up and down arrow buttons can be used to scroll the entire slide script up and down one song. The Quit button as you have guessed is to quit the program. The trick is that you have to double click it for safety reason. The LOAD button is to load a previously arranged and saved slide script. The SAVE button is to save a slide script after arranging it. The NEW button is to clear the current slide script in memory for you to arrange a new slide. The PRESENT button is the main function of the program which is to display the songs arranged in order, simulating a overhead projector. The arranged songs are copied to the RAM drive for a faster access during presentation. The presenting screen assumes that all files are found in RAM drive. The copying of files to ram drive are done automatically when you arrange the songs and when you load pre-arranged scripts. The EDIT button is where you can enter new slides to your song database. This will bring you to the edit screen. Presentation Screen - This is the screen when you click the PRESENT button. Use the mouse to move the slide up and down as you would a normal overhead projector. Additional control keys are provided to facilitate the script presentation without disturbing the presented screen. These are the RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys and the ESCAPE key. The escape key is used to exit the presentation and return to the main screen. The arrow keys are for moving to the next slide or the previous slide. Let you figure out which key for which direction. Edit Screen - This screen is used to create new slides. The ESC key is used to go back to the main screen when you are done. The buttons LOAD, SAVE and NEW should be self explanatory. The TEST button is to test the typed slide to the actual presentation format so that you can do your formatting as the system is not a WYSIWYG system yet. When you are satisfied with the results you can then proceed to save the slide. Please note that the first line is the title line which will be underlined and printed in a smaller font on the presentation slide. Second line onwards will be the actual slide material. Songs longer than the set slide size will have to flow over a few slide files i.e. create a few files continuing the same song. File extension such as song.1, song.2 are an example of how to organise your files. Subsequent song slide can be started on the second line of the slide editor so that the title is printed as blank. Agape, Robert L.F. Tsien