The Visual Liturgy search browser lets you tag items like hymns and readings. These tagged items become a “short list”, for use in whatever way you want. Examples would be candidates for a hymn or carol service, or reading suggestions for a special service. The latest update also lets you export this list to a file.
To get started, open the search browser, for example by clicking the Browser button in the toolbar. Perform a search, then click on an item you want to tag so it is highlighted. Now press the spacebar to tag the item, or to untag an existing tagged item. Tagged items are shown with a tick symbol.
At any time, you can view your list of tagged items. To do so, click the Short list tab underneath the list. You can then either print the short list, or with the latest update, save it to a file. In either case, you first click the Print button. This opens the short list in a read-only window. You can set a title for the list, and show a second column of details if required.
When the list is as you want it, click Print… to open the print dialog, or Export to open a file save dialog. The default name for the list is itemlist.txt, and the default location is your My Documents folder (or just Documents on Windows Vista).
The exported file is plain text, which means you can import it into any other application that handles text. If you double-click the file, it will usually open in Notepad, where you can easily further edit the list, or copy it to the clipboard. Most word processors also have an Insert Text feature which lets you include the list in an existing document. In Word, hold down Alt and press I, then L to open the Insert File dialog, or use the toolbar.
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