During the service you keep the controls on your own device while the congregation only ever sees a clean display. To make this possible, Projection opens a separate "audience" window that stays in sync with your control screen in real time.
Open the audience window
- From Projection, open the projection for an upcoming service.
- In the top right, click Screen / Audience.
- A new window opens: drag it onto the projector or second screen, then make it fullscreen.
The audience window shows only what the congregation needs to see: lyrics, verses, section titles. No controls appear on it.
Note: this window syncs between two windows of the same browser, on the same computer. Open it from the button; do not copy its address elsewhere. For a hall screen on another machine, see the next section.
Everything you do on the control screen - changing slide, enlarging the text, switching theme, black screen - is mirrored on the audience window instantly.
The hall screen on another machine
The window above lives in the same browser as the console: it assumes the projector's computer is the operator's computer. Beyond a small room that is rarely true - the projector has its own mini-PC on the ceiling or behind the platform, and the console sits at the back.
There is a second path for this: the hall screen becomes reachable through a link.
- In the console, open the Broadcast menu, then Open the networked hall screen.
- A QR code appears, and the link copies with one click.
- On the projector's machine, open that link in a browser, then tap the screen (or press F11) to go fullscreen.
That's all. Nothing to install, no pairing, and no account to type on a machine that stays switched on unattended in a room open to the public.
This link only shows what the congregation sees
It receives neither the speaker's teleprompter nor the cues sent to the worship team. These are not hidden on screen: they are not sent to this screen at all. The stage return does receive them - they are two different links, with two different keys.
It controls nothing either: it cannot change slide, go to black, or open the church's song list. So the link can stay taped behind the projector, in plain sight.
If the network drops
The screen keeps the last slide and re-syncs on its own as soon as the link is back. It never goes black: a thirty-second outage would be seen by the whole congregation, a still slide by nobody.
Better still: when this screen is on the same network as the console, the two link up directly and an Internet outage does not even interrupt it. The local badge shows this in the console's screens panel. See Live console and tablet lectern.
When the console ends the session, this screen stops too: what stays on it is the church logo, while the room empties.
Good to know: both paths coexist. If the console really is the projector's machine, the audience window remains the simplest - it does not even depend on the network.
Drive from the keyboard
Keyboard navigation saves you from hunting for the mouse mid-service.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Right, Down, Space | Next slide |
| Left, Up | Previous slide |
| B | Black screen (hide / show) |
| F | Fullscreen |
| Ctrl + B | Open the Bible to project a verse |
| Esc | Leave fullscreen or close the open panel |
Dedicated page: every key, plus the shortcuts that jump to a verse or the chorus inside a song, are gathered in Keyboard shortcuts for projection.
Tip: the black screen (key B) is ideal for prayer moments or transitions: the congregation sees a dark screen while your list stays intact, ready to resume at the right spot.
Follow the flow
On the control screen several cues help you stay ahead:
- The slide list on the left shows the whole service in order; click to jump straight to a passage.
- The "Next" preview on the right shows the upcoming slide as a thumbnail, plus the following ones.
- Text size is set with the A- / A+ buttons; it applies to the audience window too.
- The counter at the bottom shows your position (for example 12 / 48).
The Grid / List button switches this column: real thumbnails to recognize each slide at a glance, or a compact list for a long flow. And the fullscreen button in the bar puts the whole control room in fullscreen (browser bars hidden), to drive without distraction.