Shortcuts and other things that are good to know
This chapter will cover parts that are not covered by the previous chapters.
Keyboard shortcuts
Shortcut | Action |
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Space | Moves the selected item to live |
Return | Adds an item from database to schedule |
Delete | Removes an item from schedule |
Shift + Left click | Quickly edit text in a slide |
Ctrl + Left click | Preview an item in database without adding it to schedule |
F5 | Fade into/out of logo |
F6 | Fade into/out of black |
F7 | Hide/display lyrics and show background or enter spell check inside of song editor |
F8 | Hide the projection window(s) |
Ctrl + N | New schedule |
Ctrl + O | Open schedule |
Ctrl + S | Save schedule |
Ctrl + P | Print schedule |
Ctrl + M | Manage notices |
Ctrl + Shift + N | New song |
Ctrl + T | Open options |
Arrow keys | Move between sections, slides and items |
Page Up/Down | Move between slides (does not work if the database panel is selected) |
+ | Add the next verse to a Bible passage that is live |
1-9 | Jump to a slide number or a verse number (if you have added section titles) |
C, B, P, T | Jump to a section title (chorus, bridge, pre-chorus, tag) if you have added it to the song |
Ctrl/Shift | A pencil will appear if you can edit a slide and a small dialog will appear if you click, allowing you to change only that slide |
Ctrl + Shift + L | Open Live Text |
Ctrl + Alt + P | Open Planning Center Online import |
Good to know
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There are tooltips available to the buttons that do not have self-explanatory text in them by hovering over them.
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You can preview a song without adding it to the schedule by dragging and dropping it to the black preview box.
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You can drag and drop an image to an item to set it as an individual theme.
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Adding a hyphen (-) after a Bible verse adds the rest of that chapter.
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You can change the Bible translation by right clicking a passage.
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There are nightly releases available with experimental features (see FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions))
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The aim is that a new stable release of Quelea will be available each six months.
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There are many planed features for future releases. To see some of them, see FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
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The discussion group is available for all your questions and opinions about Quelea.
https://quelea.discourse.group/ If you want to suggest a new feature or report a bug, go to https://github.com/quelea-projection/Quelea/issues
Specific Hacks
Using translation to multi-format a slide (Minister/Response hack)
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