Editor de presentaciones

Quick start

1. From the presentations library, click Edit on a deck (/presentations/[id]) — or open a deck created from sermon speech. You can also open this editor from present mode via toolbar Edit (modal overlay).
2. Review the header bar: back link, title, save status (Saving… / Saved), and Present.
3. Use the slide filmstrip (left on desktop) to select slides; click Add slide at the bottom. On a phone, tap Slides in the bottom bar.
4. Edit content on the canvas in the center — click elements to select them.
5. Add Speaker notes in the panel below the canvas (desktop) or the Notes tab (phone).
6. Click Present when you are ready to preview live.

You should see auto-save update to Saved after edits.

Deep dive

Editor layout

The editor is divided into regions:

Region	Purpose
Header bar	Navigation, title, undo/redo, save status, Present, Add to service
Insert bar	Quick actions to add content and backgrounds (see Insert content)
Slide filmstrip	Thumbnails, reordering, variants
Canvas	WYSIWYG slide preview and editing
Speaker notes	Presenter-only notes below the canvas
Elements panel	Layer list for the active slide
Styling panel	Properties for the selected element(s)
Theme panel	Preview and apply themes (see Themes, backgrounds, and audio)

On large screens, the filmstrip and side panels are always visible. On a phone, the canvas fills the space under a single-row header. Use the bottom bar — Slides, Insert, and Notes — to open those tools as sheets. Tap an element on the canvas to open the Styling drawer. Present, copy, paste, style, theme, and settings are in the header ⋮ menu.

Use the contextual ? in the header for a short summary and link to this article.

Header bar

Control	Purpose
Back to presentations	Return to the library
Back to service	Return to the service builder when you opened this deck from a service
Back to Workspace	Return to the service workspace when you opened this deck from a workspace
Presentation title	Rename the deck (auto-saves on blur)
Undo / Redo	Step through slide and element history
Copy / Paste	Duplicate or move selected elements
Copy style / Paste style	Copy formatting between elements
Delete	Remove the selected element
Change theme	Open the theme panel
Settings	Screen shape, screen layout, and canvas options
Present	Open presentation present mode
Add to service	Append this deck to a service order

Saving… and Saved appear in the header while changes sync. Save failed means the last save did not complete — check your connection and try editing again.

On a phone, Undo / Redo stay in the header. Present, Copy, Paste, style actions, Change theme, Settings, and Add to service are in the header ⋮ menu.

Panel toggles (desktop)

On wide screens, icon toggles in the header show or hide:

• Slides — filmstrip sidebar
• Elements — layer list
• Styling — properties panel
• Animations — play order for the active slide

Collapse a panel with the minimize control in its header to reclaim space.

Insert bar

The insert bar sits above the canvas on large screens. On a phone, tap Insert in the bottom bar to open the same actions in a sheet. It includes background and audio controls plus buttons to add text, images, media (including YouTube), shapes, and library content.

For full details on each insert action, see Insert content. Worship decks also show Edit song — see Worship songs.

YouTube

Use YouTube on the insert bar to embed a video or playlist by URL. You can also drop a YouTube link from another browser tab onto the canvas.

After insert, use the Styling panel for start/end times (single videos), loop, and playback rate. Each slide allows only one video element — uploaded or YouTube.

WorshipDeck checks whether the video allows embedding when you insert it. Some videos still may not play on display screens, and owners can change privacy or embed settings later. For details, see YouTube in Insert content.

Slide filmstrip

The Slides panel lists every main slide as a thumbnail with its number.

Add slide creates a new main slide at the end.

Click a thumbnail to switch the canvas to that slide. Drag thumbnails to reorder main slides.

Open the ⋮ Slide actions menu on any thumbnail for:

Action	Purpose
Duplicate	Copy the slide
Duplicate block	Copy the slide and its variants
Insert slide	Add a new slide after this one
Hide slide / Show slide	Skip hidden slides during present mode
Copy / Cut / Paste	Clipboard operations
Delete slide	Remove the slide (and its variants)

The presentation must keep at least one slide.

On a phone, tap Slides in the bottom bar to open the slides drawer.

Content variants

Content variants are alternate layouts for the same slide — for example a second translation or a simplified version for a side screen.

Under a main slide, click Add variant to create variant A, B, C, and so on. Variants appear indented under their main slide in the filmstrip.

For a full guide to variants, multi-screen routing, and when to use them, see Content variants.

Screen layouts decide which variant each physical screen shows during present mode. See Screens and layouts for how variants map to outputs, and Live controls for switching variants while live.

Canvas

The canvas shows the active slide at the deck's screen shape (16:9, 9:16, or 4:3).

• Click an element to select it — the Styling panel opens with its properties.
• Shift-click or drag a marquee to select multiple elements.
• Double-click text to edit inline.
• Drag elements to reposition; resize with handles.
• Arrow keys nudge selected elements (hold Shift for larger steps).

When nothing is selected on a general deck, the styling panel shows Select something on the slide to edit it, or add text, an image, or a shape. On a worship deck, that empty selection instead shows the presentation-wide lyric fonts described under Styling panel.

Elements panel

The Elements panel lists every layer on the active slide, top to bottom.

• Click a layer to select it on the canvas.
• Drag layers to change stacking order.
• Use the eye icon to hide or show individual elements without deleting them.

Styling panel

When one or more elements are selected, the Styling panel shows position, text, colors, borders, and other properties. Changes apply immediately and auto-save.

The Animations section in Styling adds entrances and exits. The Animations panel (wide screens) sets the play order. See Slide animations.

For a library image, the Image section includes Animate this image when that option is available for your church. That turns the still into a short video. See Animate this image.

For worship decks with chords, a Chords section appears when chord styling is available.

Worship lyric fonts

On a worship deck, click empty canvas so nothing is selected. Styling then shows font sections for the outputs that exist in the deck. The same sections appear no matter which slide is active.

Section	When it appears
Main slide	The deck has main lyric slides
Lower third	The deck has a lower-third variant
Confidence screen	The deck has a confidence-screen variant
Chords	The song has chord data

Each lyric section is font only: family, size, line spacing, letter spacing, capitalization, and bold, italic, or underline. It does not include colors, alignment, or position. Chords keeps its own presentation-wide chord settings.

These fonts belong to the presentation, the same way a theme does. New slides and slides rebuilt with Apply in Edit song use them. They are not copied onto every text box.

Click a lyric text box when you want the normal styling panel for that box only. A font you set on the box wins over the section font and the theme. Color changes on a box stay with that box.

Each lyric section header has two icon buttons:

Button	What it does
Reset section to theme	Drops that section’s font so the theme default shows again. Other sections are unchanged. Boxes you styled by hand keep their fonts until you reset them.
Reset styled textboxes	Clears hand-styled fonts on text boxes for that section only, so the section font and theme apply. Text color on those boxes is kept.

On mobile, selecting an element opens the styling drawer automatically. With nothing selected, open Styling the same way to reach these sections.

Slide animations

Slide animations move elements onto and off the slide. They are separate from Animate this image, which replaces a still with a looping video.

One element

1. Select an element on the canvas.
2. In Styling, open Animations.
3. Click Add animation.
4. Select the new effect in the list. The line shows the type and either Automated or a click number, such as Click 1.
5. Set Start to Automated or Manual.
6. Set Type to Fade, Fly, Zoom, or Appear.
7. Set In or Out. For Fly, also choose Left, Right, Top, or Bottom.
8. Set Duration, Delay, and Easing. Appear is instant and has no Duration.
9. Click Preview to play that click on the canvas, or Remove to delete the effect.

Duration and Delay are in milliseconds. 500 is half a second. Easing is Linear, Ease out, or Ease in-out.

Start	When it plays
Automated	When the effect before it in the play order finishes, whether that effect was manual or automated. If nothing comes before it, it plays when the slide appears. It has no click number.
Manual	On a Next press while live. Choose Click 1 through Click 20. Every manual effect with the same number, on any element, starts together. Click 1 is the first Next, Click 2 the second, even when a number in between is unused.

The first effect you add plays with the slide. Another effect on the same element starts as Automated, so it waits until the one above it finishes. A manual fly-in on Click 1 and an automated fade-out after it still use one Next: the fade starts when the fly-in ends.

Several elements

1. Select the elements on the canvas.
2. In Styling, open Animations. The same Start, Type, In / Out, fly side, Duration, Delay, and Easing controls appear, plus Stagger.
3. For Manual, choose the Click number. Automated hides the click number.
4. Click Apply. The label changes to a check mark for a moment, then returns to Apply.

Apply writes that effect onto each selected element and replaces animations already on those elements. Order is top to bottom, then left to right. Select one element afterward to change its copy on its own.

• Manual — they share the click number. Stagger is the extra wait between their starts.
• Automated — each one starts when the one before it finishes, then waits the Stagger.

Preview plays that click. Remove clears animations on the selection.

Play order

The Animations panel lists every effect on the slide. Rows are grouped under With slide or Click 1, Click 2, and so on. An automated effect sits in the same group as the effect it follows. Drag a row to change the order. Click a row’s name to select that element. Each row has Automated or Manual, and a manual row also has its Click number. The empty panel says Add an entrance or exit to an element to build the play order.

Click Play from start in that panel to run the whole slide. Filmstrip thumbnails show the slide after entrances have finished and before exits begin.

On a phone, add and preview effects from the Styling drawer. The play-order panel is available on wide screens.

While Live, Next (→ or Space) plays the next click before it changes slides. Previous always moves to the previous slide. Starting the show resets clicks, so the first slide begins at its opening animations. Every output uses the same start time, so entrances and a countdown on that slide begin together. See Live controls.

Animate this image

Turn a still on the current slide into a short looping video without leaving the editor.

1. Select a library image on the canvas (it must already be saved in the media library).
2. In Styling, click Animate this image.
3. Choose Loop video (on by default) and Video length — 5 seconds or 10 seconds.
4. Stay on this slide. Generation can take a few minutes. Do not leave the page until the video is ready.
5. When the job finishes, the image on the slide is replaced with the video.

If this image already has an animated video, you can Use existing video on the slide or Regenerate a new clip. Animating uses account credit only — not the monthly AI allowance. If credit is empty, add credit in Billing first.

Each slide can have only one video. Animate is blocked when another video (uploaded or YouTube) is already on the slide.

The generated video is also saved in the media library. You can animate from Media instead if you only need the file and do not want to wait on the slide.

If Media AI auto-analyze is on, WorshipDeck analyzes the still image and copies those tags onto the new video. See Media AI analysis.

Speaker notes

The Speaker notes panel is for presenters only — the audience never sees this content. On large screens it sits below the canvas. On a phone, tap Notes in the bottom bar.

• Notes are per slide (including variants).
• On desktop, drag the top edge to resize the panel, and click the chevron to minimize or expand.
• Click Ask Ezra to draft notes with AI — see Ezra in the editor.

Speaker notes also open in a separate presenter view during live operation.

Settings and canvas options

Click Settings in the header to open Slide settings:

Option	Purpose
Screen layout	Assign a multi-screen template (or Church default) — see Screen layouts
Screen shape	Wide (16:9), Vertical (9:16), or Classic (4:3)
Show grid	Overlay alignment grid on the canvas
Snap to grid	Snap elements to the grid while dragging
Snap to element	Snap to nearby element edges (mutually exclusive with snap to grid)

Save status and edit locking

WorshipDeck auto-saves as you edit. You do not need a manual save button.

Only one editor can hold the edit lock per presentation at a time:

• If someone else is editing, you see Already being edited with options to Request access or Back to library.
• If another tab opens the same deck, you may see This item was opened in another tab and lose the active session.
• When another author requests access, you can Let them edit or Keep editing.

Edits do not save while you do not hold the edit lock.

Present and add to service

Action	Result
Present	Opens present mode for this deck only — see Presentation present mode
Add to service	Opens the service picker to append this deck to an order

Present mode is for rehearsal and live operation. Building slides stays in the editor — including when you open the editor from present via Edit (modal overlay with Done to return). When ?embed=1 is used (Quick Edit from present), Present and Add to service are hidden so you do not nest another present session inside the modal.

Related topics (separate articles)

This article covers the editor shell. Deeper workflows live in dedicated articles:

• Insert content — text, media, scripture, quotes, prayers, QR codes, countdowns
• Live controls — how Next steps through manual click numbers while live
• Media library — upload files and animate images from the library ⋮ menu
• Themes, backgrounds, and audio — themes, slide backgrounds, background video/audio
• Worship songs — song editor and chord arrangements
• Ezra in the editor — AI edits for slides, notes, media, styling, and deck settings

Tips

• Use Hide slide for backup slides you might not need on Sunday instead of deleting them.
• Add content variants before you configure multi-screen layouts — one main slide can feed different screens.
• Collapse the filmstrip while fine-tuning element positions on a busy slide.
• Rehearse with Present from the editor so you return to the same slide you were editing.
• Stay on the slide after Animate this image — leaving the page can drop the in-editor swap even if the video still finishes in the media library.
• Open Settings once per deck to confirm Screen layout matches your venue setup.
• Leave the opening look Automated so it plays with the slide, and set later points to Manual with Click 1, Click 2, and so on.
• Rehearse with Present and Start. Manual clicks run while Live.

[!tip] The insert bar includes background controls, but theme changes use Change theme in the header. See Themes, backgrounds, and audio for when to use each.

Troubleshooting

Save failed

• Check your network connection.
• Refresh the page — if someone else took the edit lock, use Request access or coordinate with your team.

Already being edited

• Another team member holds the lock. Click Request access and wait for them to grant it, or Back to library and try later.

Cannot edit or Ask Ezra is disabled

• You may be viewing without an active edit session. Refresh and confirm you are not blocked by the lock modal.

Styling panel is empty

• Select an element on the canvas, or add text, an image, or a shape first.

Animations panel is empty

• Select an element, then open Animations in Styling and click Add animation. Choose Fade, Fly, Zoom, or Appear, then In or Out.
• On a phone, that section is in the Styling drawer. The play-order panel opens from the header on a wide screen.

Next skips straight to the next slide

• Manual clicks play while the presentation is Live. Before Start, Next moves to the next slide.
• Set Start to Manual and choose a Click number. Automated effects play without an extra press: with the slide, or when the effect before them finishes.

Animate this image is missing or disabled

• The image must be saved to the media library first — unsaved or pasted-only images cannot be animated.
• Another video on this slide blocks animate. Remove that video, or use a different slide.
• Image animation may be off for your church. Ask an admin to check AI settings.

Animation is taking a long time or the page is locked

• Stay on the slide. A short clip often takes a few minutes. The editor stays locked so you do not lose the swap.
• If the job fails, you can leave the slide and try again. Check Billing if you see a credit message.

YouTube video will not play

• Confirm the video allows embedding (re-paste the URL if YouTube settings changed). See YouTube. For reliable Sunday playback, prefer an uploaded Video from the media library.

Cannot delete the last slide

• Every presentation needs at least one slide. Hide extra slides instead if you want a shorter deck.

Variants not showing on the right screen live

• Variants are assigned by Screen layout, not by the filmstrip alone. Review Screens and layouts and test in present mode before Sunday.

Slides drawer closes after selection (mobile)

• This is expected — picking a slide in the mobile drawer switches the canvas and closes the drawer so you can edit.