Read First 

(Overview of this program)

  

 

Presentations

 

On the menu, click on Handouts and then click on Presentations.     This page will provide you with some ideas on presenting these counters to your audience. 

 

Note:  The "menu" (mentioned above)  is ONLY on the main program pages.   Information pages, like this one, do not have the full menu.  To get to the main program pages, close this window with the button above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handouts / Posters

 

On the menu, click on Handouts and then click on HandoutsYou can give these handouts to your audience at the end of the service.  It will provide them as summary of this issue and will tell them where to find the supporting documentation.  These posters are also ideal for hanging on the church bulletin board or on your office wall.  These handouts have been designed for the  standard 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper so they can be printed on any printer.  If you are planning on using them as posters, you might want to consider printing them in color.  In fact, you can even put these files on a disk and have your local copy center (or office supply store) print them out in color.   The quality of color laser is fantastic.  See my handout page for more information.

 

Note:  The "menu" (mentioned above)  is ONLY on the main program pages.   Information pages, like this one, do not have the full menu.  To get to the main program pages, close this window with the button above.

  

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

 

Small Groups

 

A laptop computer will work very well for small groups of people (like Bible studies, Sunday School classes, or small auditoriums). Laptops are lightweight, portable, and easy to use. Since most of these session will last only an hour, you wouldn’t even need to plug in the computer. The only thing you will need to do is make sure you disable the screen saver.

 

  

 

 

Large Groups

 

Many churches are now using projection screens (connected to a computer) as part of their worship service. This program will work great on these systems. Although some churches may use one of the counters all year long (to show the year long accumulation) most will only use it for only one hour long service.

 

Missionaries and traveling evangelists are the ones who will probably use the Counters on a regular basis. They will normally use the counters for individual services or weeklong conferences and revivals. If they are at a church that does not have a projection screen, they can always use a laptop. Of course, they would probably have to read the numbers a couple times during the service to let those in the back know how high the numbers have accumulated.

 

 

   

 

Display in the Back of the Church

 

Instead of using the counter in the actual service, some people put a laptop in the back of the church and let the people look at it before and after the service. You will probably want to have some type of sign indicating what the counter stands for and you will probably want to have some of the handouts next to it.

 

 

 

   

 

Starting Point Adjustment

 

Normally, you will start the counter at the beginning of the service and let it run until the end of the service. There are, however, times when you will want the counter to run for longer periods of time. Some churches want the counter to run the whole year to show how the numbers accumulate. Missionary conferences often last days or even weeks. In these situations it is impractical (or impossible) to leave the computer on the whole time. Therefore, I give you the ability to adjust the starting point.

 

The adjustment is self explanatory.  If the conference started yesterday, you would set the adjustment to "1day."  If the conference started 20 days ago, you would set the adjustment to "2 weeks" and "6 days." The sample on the right shows you what this option  looks like.

   Adjust the Starting Point? 

  

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

   

Including Photos with Your Counter

 

This option includes a "slide show" of photos with your counter.  This lets people know that these numbers actually represent real people.  There are about 500 photos for the Death Counters and 230 for the abortion counter.  Since this slide show is rather complex, it takes about 10 seconds for it to load when you first start it.  On older computers, you may need to copy the program from the CD to the hard drive of the computer that you are using.

 

  Include photos with your counter?   

   (this option takes over 10 seconds to load)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Closing the Window

 

To close the counter window, simply click on the X on the upper right corner of the screen.

 

 

 

 

Installation

 

This program is simple to use. Simply click on the desired counter and let it run. There is nothing to "install." You can either run the program directly off the CD or you can copy the files to your computer and run it from there. If you copy it to your hard drive, be sure to copy all of the files. This program has a few system files that do not show up on the regular setting of Window’s Explorer. If you press CTRL A (select All) it will copy all of the needed files.

 

 

 

 

 

Connecting to the Internet

 

This program is completely self contain so there is no need to be connected to the Internet.  If you get a message that keeps on popping up saying something like, "Not Connected to the Internet" try going to FILE on the menu and select the WORK OFF LINE option.

 

If your computer keeps on trying to connect to the Internet, it usually means that there is some type of program on your computer that wants to communicate with the Internet.  Unfortunately, this could mean that your computer might have a malicious program call "spyware."  Basically, these programs keep track on places you visit on the Internet and then send a message back to their host.  Unless a person has a "Firewall" installed on their computer, they may become infected with this type of program. 

 

There are several free programs that eliminate these spyware programs from your computer.  To get a copy of these programs, contact your Internet provider for suggestions or contact the company that provides your virus protection (such as Norton).  You can also go to Lavasoft to get a free copy of Ad-Aware

 

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/