THE UNITED METHODIST HYMNAL
Presentation Edition
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BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
1. Open Microsoft (R) PowerPoint (R) or a comparable presentation program.
2. Select "Blank Presentation" and click OK.
3. Click "Cancel" on the "New Slide" dialog box.
4. Put the CD in your CD-ROM drive.
5. Select "File/Open."
6. In the "Look in" box, select the letter that represents your CD-ROM drive (D: for example).
7. Select "The United Methodist Hymnal" and click "Open."
8a. If you want a hymn with a pictorial background, select "Hymns by Title" and click "Open.
8b. If you want hymns with a Cross and Flame background, select "Hymns by Number" and click "Open.
8c. If you want orders of worship for Holy Communion, Baptism, or general use, select "General Services" and click "Open."
8d. If you want other general services (marriage, funeral, morning and evening prayer), affirmations of faith, prayers of confession, and so forth, select "Other General Services and Acts of Worship" and click "Open."
8e. If you want a psalm, select "Psalter" and click "Open."
9. Select the title or number of the hymn, service, act of worship, or psalm you want, and click "Open."
10. Select "View/Slide Show" to begin the presentation (press the Spacebar to advance slides or the Escape key to halt presentation).
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IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE BACKGROUNDS OF THE SLIDES
1a. Right-click on the background portion of any slide (not on the text portion).
	OR
1b. Select "Format" from the menu bar.
2. Select "Background."
3. Click on the triangle below the picture, then select "Fill Effects."
4. If not already selected, select the "Picture" tab.
5. Click "Select Picture."
6. Navigate to the drive, folder, and file desired; select the picture file and click "Open." (NOTE: All the pictures used in this edition, including several versions of the Cross and Flame, are on the same CD as the hymn slides in the "Backgrounds" directory. These picture files carry a .jpg file extension.)
7a. If you want the picture only on the current slide, click "Apply."
	OR
7b. If you want the picture on all slides in the presentation, click "Apply to All."
8. If you like the new background, select "File/Save As" and select the drive and folder in which to save the file. (NOTE: You will not be able to save it on the original CD.) You may keep the file's existing name, or give it a new name. Click "Save."
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MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
* 386 processor
* Windows 3.1
* Microsoft PowerPoint 1.0
* Projection capability or printer to print overhead transparencies
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(C) 2002 The United Methodist Publishing House
