How To Put A Box Around Worship Lyrics In ProPresenter

It’s pretty trendy right now to put a white border or box around text. It’s no wonder that church media designers want to do the same for their worship lyrics.

**Update: ProPresenter now has a feature to make boxes easier than ever. Read more about it here – How To Use ProPresenter’s New Line Background Tool

Here are three common methods for adding a white box around your text in ProPresenter.

Method 1 – Using a rectangle

1. Create a new template or open an existing one
2. Add a new slide or duplicate an existing one in your template
3. Click the “Add Rectangle to Slide” button and draw out a rectangle around your desired text size
4. Drag the rectangle around so it snaps in the middle of your screen to align perfectly with your text box
5. Click on the “Object Properties” tab and turn off the “Fill Color”, change the “Line Color” to white and the “Line Width” to 10

Method 2 – Using the text box

1. Create a new template or open an existing one
2. Add a new slide or duplicate an existing one in your template
3. Select the text area
4. Click on the “Object Properties” tab and turn off the “Fill Color”, change the “Line Color” to white and the “Line Width” to 10

Method 3 – ProPresenter 6 Rectangle Template

1. Select the Template Group “Rectangle” and apply the “Title Slide” layout to your slides

Things to consider

The first issue I have with Method 2 is that if you resize your text box than you will also be resizing your border. Secondly if you add a shadow to your text than you will also be adding a shadow to your white border.

Method 3 works, but you will want to edit the template to fit your needs better. Out of the box it has it’s limitations.

Note: Use only one or two lines of text when using a white border around your worship lyrics. It looks too busy and crowded if you have three or more lines of text inside a box.

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