Library & sources

The Library contains reusable content. It does not determine service order; drag an item into the deck to use it in the current service.

Library tabs

Copy media or link it

• Add media or .txt copies supported media into the collection. A .txt file opens as an unsaved song draft in Lyrics Designer; review and save it, then add or drag the saved song into the deck. Files dropped from Finder or File Explorer follow the same split.
• Link external files leaves the source file in its original location and adds a reference to the deck. Keep that file available at the same path; use Unlink to remove the reference without deleting the original.
• Import from Canva opens your connected Canva presentation library. Choose PDF for click-through slides or MP4 to preserve Canva's timed animation, optionally select a page range, and import. Presenter downloads the export into the collection before creating the cue, so playback works offline. Connect the account first under Settings → Canva.
• PowerPoint offers direct .pptx playback or PDF conversion when you add or drop a presentation. See PowerPoint presentations for importing, previewing and presenting your slides.
• Dropping files directly onto a deck section copies and inserts supported media, including PowerPoint presentations. A .txt file opens in Lyrics Designer and is not inserted until you save and add the song.

For a portable deck that will move to another computer, copy media into the collection instead of linking it.

Add songs

For a complete move from another program, follow Migration to Presenter. It covers WorshipTools, ProPresenter, EasyWorship, OpenLP, SongBeamer, and what needs to be recreated manually.

• Use Lyrics → Create a new song for manual entry.
• Use Import songs to scan ProPresenter, EasyWorship, OpenLP/OpenLyrics, SongBeamer, ChordPro, CSV, or plain-text exports. Review duplicates and warnings before committing the import. Leave a detected duplicate on Skip unless replacement is deliberate: Replace existing overwrites that local song in place, has no Presenter undo, and can affect decks that reference it. Back up the song first.
• For SongSelect, open Settings → CCLI SongSelect, enable the Downloads watcher if desired, then download the *-lyrics.txt file from SongSelect in your browser. Presenter watches only the folders you configure and imports matching lyric files locally.

Drag a saved song or passage into the open deck. Use its edit action to open it in Lyrics Designer.

Add Bible passages

1. Open Bibles and enter a reference.
2. Choose a translation, then select Go.
3. Review the fetched text and drag it into the deck, or save it in Lyrics Designer for reuse.

Manage sources under Settings → Bibles. You can download the offered public-domain translations for offline use, import a translation you are licensed to use in USFM/USX format, configure a YouVersion API key, or paste text copied manually from bible.com.

Hub content

Select Hub in the Media filter row to browse cloud media. If you are signed out, it opens the Hub account panel. You can also open this panel through Connections → Hub. An ongoing Team subscription includes 50 GB of cloud storage per organisation. Once signed in, the account panel shows the selected organisation's storage usage and uploads in progress; use the refresh button to check again.

After a Hub song sync, cloud songs appear in Lyrics. With Team, event attachments downloaded by an auto-deck appear in Media; the Synced filter is shown only when matching Hub media exists. A free auto-deck still includes the plan, notes, and linked songs, but it does not download event or item files.

Media shows your local collection by default. With Team, select the Hub filter to search only your current organisation's cloud catalog, including files with a valid local copy. A cloud icon identifies an online-only file; a computer icon identifies a local copy. Choose Add to deck to use a Hub file. Presenter always downloads and validates an offline copy in the current collection before adding the local cue. If a valid local copy already exists, it is reused. With a collection open but no deck, Save offline copy saves the file for later. You do not need to import the whole service, and later cloud removal does not delete your local copy.

Files that cannot become a cue directly, such as PowerPoint originals in Hub, offer Save offline copy. To present that file, add the saved copy through Add media or .txt and choose how to import it, or use the PDF preview stored in Hub. See PowerPoint presentations.

In Hub, Keep in Hub preserves recurring files beyond the usual 30 days after a service ends. Up to 10 GB per organisation can be kept within its 50 GB media allowance. This is separate from saving a copy on the presentation computer; use both for a welcome movie needed every week.

If a song you edited locally has not appeared in Hub, save it first and use Connections → Hub → Sync songs with Hub. Event auto-deck creation and song-library sync are separate actions.

Presenter does not supply licensed song lyrics or copyrighted Bible translations. Import and share only content your organisation is permitted to use.