How to create, organize and reuse Frames, the building blocks of every meeting.
Who this is for: anyone who builds services or meetings in FrameDecks.
On this page
- What a Frame is
- Create a Frame
- Name, group and order
- Select several Frames
- Frame settings
- Duplicate a Frame
- One Frame per question
- Templates
- Frame files: share a Frame with another PC
- The Frame menu at a glance
- Best practices
What a Frame is
A Frame is one screen or one step of your meeting, such as Welcome, Worship, Scripture Reading, Discussion or Closing. It holds the Content shown at that moment, and its own transition, timing and Teleprompter script.
Every Frame owns its Content. Two Frames never share a question, a scripture or a setting, so changing one Frame never changes another.
Create a Frame
| Way | How | Result |
|---|---|---|
| + Frame | Select + Frame above the Frames list | One blank Frame, after the selected Frame |
| Quick Start | ✨ Meeting → Quick Start… | A complete set of Frames for a Sunday Service, Bible Study, Youth Service, Conference and more |
| Library | The Library filter in the Frames list | Ready-made Frames you can add |
| From a template | ✨ Meeting → From your templates | A new Frame made from one of your templates |
| From Excel | Settings → Data / Backup → Meeting from Excel → Import a meeting from Excel… (or the website's Meeting Form, 6.11) | Every Frame in the workbook. See Service planning |
| From a file | ✨ Meeting → Import a Frame file… | A Frame exported from another PC |
After creating a Frame, add Content with + Content. See Content.
Name, group and order
- Rename: double-click the Frame's name, press F2, or type in Content Settings → Frame → Name. The name becomes a text box right in the list: Enter saves, Esc cancels, and clicking away saves. Double-clicking anywhere else on the Frame's row puts it on screen (Go Live).
- Group: Content Settings → Frame → Group, or ⋯ → Move to group…. Groups fold away in the list; use one group per service, such as Sunday 12 May or Romans · Week 5.
- Order: drag a Frame up or down, or use ⋯ → Move up / Move down. The order is the order of Frame ▶.
- Favourite: select the star on a Frame. The Favorites filter shows only starred Frames.
- Recent: the Recent filter shows what you worked on last.
- Search: type in Search Frames above the list, or press Ctrl+K to open the command palette and find any Frame, question or scripture. See Presentations.
Select several Frames
You can work on several Frames at once.
| To | Do this |
|---|---|
| Add a Frame to the selection | Ctrl+Click it |
| Select a run of Frames | Click the first, then Shift+Click the last |
| Select with the mouse | Drag a box from empty space in the list |
| Select every Frame | Ctrl+A |
| Delete the selected Frames | Delete or Backspace. The message offers Undo. You are asked to confirm only for 5 or more |
| Copy, cut, paste | Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V |
| Duplicate | Ctrl+D |
| Move them | Drag them up or down |
Right-click the selection for the same actions in a menu.
Frame settings
Select a Frame (and no Content) to see its settings in Content Settings.
Frame
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Name | Shown in the Frames list, on the phone remote and in the Teleprompter |
| Group | Which group the Frame belongs to |
| Favourite | Shows the Frame under Favorites |
| Template | Keeps the Frame as a template for making new Frames. Templates are skipped by Frame ▶ |
| Teleprompter script | What you plan to say on this Frame, up to 20,000 characters. Only you see it, in the Teleprompter (on the PC and the phone), never on screen. Called Leader notes before 6.7. See Presentations |
| Branding | Adds or removes your logo and Meeting Name badge in this Frame |
Buttons below: Duplicate…, Save as template and, when the Frame has questions, One Frame per question.
Timing
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Transition into this Frame | How the Frame appears: your profile's transition, or a specific one such as Cut, Fade, Cross Dissolve, Dip to Black, Slide Left / Right, Push, Zoom Fade, Soft Scale, Cinema Fade or Church Service Fade |
| Duration (ms) | How long the transition takes |
| Auto advance to the next Frame | Moves on by itself after After (seconds), but only while Auto is on in the command bar |
History
Created, Modified, Version, Creator, Duplicated from, Template and Parent Frame. Every change raises the Frame's version, so you can see what changed and when.
Duplicate a Frame
Open the Frame's ⋯ menu, or select it and press Ctrl+D.
| Option | What you get |
|---|---|
| Duplicate (or Duplicate & edit question when the Frame has questions) | An exact copy; with questions, the copy's question opens for editing |
| Duplicate (keep the question) | An exact copy, without opening the editor |
| Duplicate with options… | Choose what to copy: Content; layout (positions and sizes); branding; animations; transitions and auto advance; output routing |
| Duplicate as template | A copy saved as a template |
| Duplicate Content structure only | The same Content, but with empty question and scripture lists |
| Create variant | A copy linked to the original as its Parent Frame, for example a shorter version |
| Duplicate to group… | A copy placed straight into another group, such as next week's service |
Note: A duplicate is completely independent. Every Content and every question and scripture gets new IDs, and nothing is linked back to the original.
One Frame per question
Some leaders prefer each question on its own Frame, so Frame ▶ moves to the next question.
- Select a Frame with a Question list.
- Choose ⋯ → Make one Frame per question (or One Frame per question in Frame settings).
- New Frames, each with one question, appear right after it.
Make one Frame per verse does the same for a Scripture list.
Templates
A template is a Frame you keep for making new Frames, such as your standard Welcome or Closing.
- Make one: Save as template in Frame settings, or ⋯ → Duplicate as template.
- Use one: ✨ Meeting → From your templates → the template's name.
- Templates stay in the Frames list but are not part of the running order: Frame ▶ skips them and you cannot Go Live on a template.
Frame files: share a Frame with another PC
- Export: ⋯ → Export Frame file saves the Frame to your Downloads folder.
- Import: ✨ Meeting → Import a Frame file… on the other PC.
To share a whole meeting, export it to Excel instead: Settings → Data / Backup → Export this meeting (Excel).
The Frame menu at a glance
| Item | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Go Live | T |
| Duplicate / Duplicate & edit question | Ctrl+D |
| Duplicate (keep the question), with options, as template, structure only, Create variant, to group | — |
| Make one Frame per question / per verse | — |
| Rename | F2 |
| Move to group, Move up, Move down | — |
| Export Frame file | — |
| Delete Frame | — |
Best practices
- Name Frames for the volunteer, not for yourself: Scripture: Romans 8, not Frame 4.
- One group per service. It keeps Frame ▶ in the right order and makes the next service easy to copy.
- Keep a few templates for parts that never change, such as Welcome, Offering and Closing.
- Put private reminders in the Teleprompter script, not in on-screen text.
- Preview every Frame before the service by selecting it. The canvas shows PREVIEW until you Go Live.