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Before the band arrives

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Open ScreenShepherd

It may already be open. Look for the small bar on your screen, or the icon in the menu bar at the top.
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Open ProPresenter and put your first song up

ScreenShepherd follows whatever is on screen. It needs something to follow.
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Check the two lines

In the middle of the ScreenShepherd window there are two short lines. Both should have a green dot.One is your microphone. One is ProPresenter.If either is not green, go to If something looks wrong.
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Try one line

Press start. Sing or say a line into the vocal microphone. Watch the slide move.Press stop, and put the slide back to the beginning. You are ready.

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During the service

Press start when the band is ready. The top of the window tells you what is happening, in plain words: While it is following, you do not need to do anything. Drive ProPresenter exactly as you always have — anything you do there is respected straight away. Press stop at the end of the last song.
You can start and stop without leaving ProPresenter. If shortcut keys have been set up on this Mac, they work from any app. Ask whoever set it up, or see Shortcut keys.

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If it changes song

When ScreenShepherd moves to a different song by itself, a button appears:
go back to (the song it left)
Press it if it got the song wrong. It goes back, and it will not pick that song again for a while. You can also just choose the right song in ProPresenter. That works too, and it is often quicker.

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If a bible passage comes up

If someone reads a bible reference out loud during the talk, ScreenShepherd can put that passage on the screen, then take it away again afterwards. When it does, you will see a line saying showing and the reference. If the passage is long, previous and next page through it. clear takes it off the screen. This only happens if it has been switched on. See Bible passages.