The Library
The Library, located on the center left of ProPresenter, contains all of your documents used in ProPresenter. This includes songs, Bible passages, sermons, presentations, announcements loops, etc. You can Categorize Documents to tell them apart, however (with a few small exceptions) all Documents are treated the same by ProPresenter.
The terms “file”, “presentation”, and “document” can be used interchangeably to mean anything in your library.
The Library is composed of two main pieces: the search bar and the documents list.
The search bar allows you to search your Library for any keyword or phrase. Search results are shown with a ranking to help you identify the most likely result. In the image below, “joy” is the keyword. As you can see, it ranks “Joy to the World” as the most likely result. You can click where it says Sort by Search Rank to change the order of the results as well based on Title, Category, Last Used Date, or Search Rank.
To the right of the search field is an option menu.
Selecting a Filter allows you to change which documents are shown in your library. If you make use of Categories, this may be a feature you find helpful. When you select a category, for example, “Hymns”, only documents with that category would be shown in the Library.
Unchecking the Show detailed rows will remove the category shown below the document name, reducing the amount of space each document name takes up on screen in the Library.
Include SongSelect results in search will show SongSelect results at the bottom of your library if you are logged into SongSelect. Searching with this option enabled gives you quicker access to SongSelect. The image below shows what this looks like.
On the Windows version of ProPresenter 6 there is an additional feature called Include Contents in search which will allow you to enable or disable searching within the song text itself in addition to searching the song titles.
The document list shows the song name, category, and the last used date. SongSelect results in the Library will show the author information instead of the category.
Right-clicking on documents in your library will bring up a menu with a number of options.
The first will open the file in your library folder outside of ProPresenter. It’s Reveal in Finder for Mac users and Open File Location for Windows users.
Export ProPresenter Bundle will generate a .pro6x file in the destination that you select. A ProPresenter Bundle includes the document and any media in the selected file. You can use this option on one or more files at the same time.
Export Slides as Images will give you a few options for how you want to export the slides. You can export as JPEGs with the background or PNGs without the background. You can also choose to include or ignore background media with your image export. The PNG option removes the background color and gives you a transparent image with just text on slides that don’t include media.
Rename lets you rename the file. You can also click twice (slowly) on the file name to rename it.
Category is allows you to select the current category for a document. You can also create a new category. Categories exist as long as at least one document in the library uses a certain category.
Resize will let you change the resolution of one or more files.
Select an Arrangement gives you a list of all the available arrangements for a song. You can use the Master arrangement in the library or you can select a custom arrangement to use as your “default” within the library.
Reflow Document opens the Reflow Editor.
Duplicate and Delete do exactly that. Deleted files will be sent to your trash bin on your computer. If you delete a file by accident you can restore it from the trash.