{"id":89589,"date":"2025-10-15T11:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T10:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-export-agendas-to-projection-software\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:32:34","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-export-agendas-to-projection-software","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/running-events\/how-do-i-export-agendas-to-projection-software\/","title":{"rendered":"How to export agendas to projection software?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ChurchTools supports the export of agendas to <span style=\"background-color: #f2f4f6;\">the presentation software<\/span> <strong>Songbeamer<\/strong>, <strong>ProPresenter 5, 6, and 7, and <\/strong><strong> OpenSong<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the software, you have the option to export song files, add the selected arrangement to the file names, or add song categories as subfolders.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements for Export<\/h2>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The appropriate projection software has been installed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The songs are <span style=\"background-color: #f2f4f6;\">set up <\/span>in both ChurchTools and the <span style=\"background-color: #f2f4f6;\">projection software <\/span>and have exactly the same title.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Export the agenda for the projection software  <\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, open the relevant Agenda and click &#8221; <em>Export for presentation software<\/em>&#8221; in the menu on the left.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.23.47.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.23.47.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Exporting Agendas for Presentation Software\" class=\"wp-image-41239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.23.47.png 666w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.23.47-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.23.47-360x163.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, select the <em>desired software<\/em> (1) from the drop-down menu. Finally, click <em>Export<\/em> (2). <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.15.00.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.15.00.png\" alt=\"Screenshot: Exporting a Detailed Agenda for Presentation Software\" class=\"wp-image-41237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.15.00.png 415w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.15.00-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CleanShot-2025-10-15-at-12.15.00-360x265.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Export Options<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before exporting, you can select various <em>export options<\/em>. These vary depending on the presentation software you\u2019ve selected. You can <em>choose to export song files<\/em>, <em>append the selected arrangement to the filenames<\/em>, or <em>add song categories as subfolders<\/em>. You select these options using checkboxes directly during the export process.   <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Export Song Files<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you select this option, the exported Agenda file will also include all the song files stored in the arrangements. This means you no longer need to store them on the presentation computer. This requires that the corresponding song files be stored in the songs.  <\/p>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Hinweis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">This process also exports SongBeamer&#8217;s (.sng) and ProPresenter&#8217;s (.pro) proprietary file formats. PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, images, etc., are <em>not <\/em>transferred <em>to <\/em>SongBeamer. <\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien.png\" alt=\"Screenshot files in a song's arrangement  \" class=\"wp-image-41241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien.png 1076w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien-1024x446.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien-768x335.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Events_Songs_Song_Dateien-360x157.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-74648fa9a9506de5179716347194bc98 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1ccdadb1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#e7c000;border-left-width:0.5rem;color:#3f3400;background-color:#ffe5644d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Important<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">This process is strictly an export and <strong>not<\/strong> a synchronization. If the files exist in both ChurchTools and SongBeamer, the SongBeamer file will <strong>always<\/strong> take precedence.   <br><br>So if someone updates the file in ChurchTools (e.g., the worship leader), the SongBeamer file will be used and <strong>not<\/strong> overwritten.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible error messages<\/h2>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) A song does not appear after export<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First, you should check that the songs have exactly the same titles. Be careful not to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">switch tracks<\/span>by accident! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>SongBeamer<\/strong>, the following applies: <br\/>Songs must <em>not<\/em> be located in subfolders; instead, they must follow the <strong>default path<\/strong>:<br\/>Correct: &#8220;&#8230;Documents\/SongBeamer\/Songs&#8221;<br\/>Incorrect: &#8220;&#8230;Documents\/EFG-Freihausen\/SongBeamer\/Songs&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For <strong>ProPresenter 7<\/strong>, see: <br\/>Unfortunately, importing songs into ProPresenter 7 currently does not work if the song file is not included in the Agenda file but is linked to a file in your local song library on your computer. We\u2019re working on making this process more user-friendly. As a workaround, however, you can embed the song files directly into the Agenda files. To do this, upload the ProPresenter song file from your local library into the song arrangement in ChurchTools. Once that\u2019s done, when exporting the Agenda, enable the <em>\u201cExport Song Files\u201d<\/em> option.    <br\/><br\/><figure>If this option is enabled and a song file has been uploaded to the arrangement, it will be embedded in the ProPresenter export file, and ProPresenter 7 will be able to load it. One advantage of this method is that presenters don\u2019t need to have the song files in their library, so you can simply share the Agenda file, and it should work on any device that\u2019s used. <\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) The export file is not being downloaded<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disable the pop-up blocker in your browser.<\/p>\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79a8db7e wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-module\/songs\/0-songs\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7441\">Songs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/de\/help\/churchtools-modules\/events-planen\/40-eventplanung-mit-churchtools\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7130\">Event planning with ChurchTools<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChurchTools supports the export of agendas to the presentation software Songbeamer, ProPresenter 5, 6, and 7, and OpenSong. Depending on the software, you have the option to export song files, add the selected arrangement to the file names, or add song categories as subfolders. Requirements for Export Export the agenda for the projection software First, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[434],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[224],"class_list":["post-89589","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-running-events","knowledge_base-churchtools-modules"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-08","word_count":443,"total_views":"2","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Victoria Weidemann","author_nicename":"vweidemann","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/vweidemann\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Running Events","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/running-events\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Modules","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/","term_slug":"churchtools-modules"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["churchtools-modules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89589"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89601,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/89589\/revisions\/89601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=89589"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=89589"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=89589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}