Split long Bible verses after a given number of characters

This topic describes how to split Bible verses after a given number of characters.
It enables to limit the amount of text displayed on a slide, and makes sure that the text is well readable, even from far away.

See also
Display several Bible verses on the same slide

The screenshot below shows different Bible verses, one per slide, and illustrate how this can be useful:

Romans 8:25 : A relatively short verse

Romans 8:26 : A relatively long verse

You will notice that the long Bible verse (at the right) is displayed with a smaller font size.
This is because VideoPsalm automatically reduces the font size to fit the content into the slide.
However, you may prefer VideoPsalm to split long verses in two slides instead of reducing the font size.

To automatically split long Bible verses in two slides, proceed as follows:

1. Select the “Bibles” style level:

See also
- VideoPsalm cascading style levels
- Automatic style level switching

2. Make sure that the “Body style” is selected (it is the normal situation):

3. Select how many characters should be rendered on one slide, for example 150:

Romans 8:26 is now rendered on two slides:

Slide 1

Slide 2

Note
When you select "Maximum 150 characters", VideoPsalm will not split the verse at precisely the 150st character. Instead, it will find an optimal place where to split, around a punctuation mark or a white space, somewhere before the 150st character.

What to do when the second slide contains only a few words?
When a verse gets split, it can happen that the following slide contains only a few words (See slide 2 just higher up).
You can tell VideoPsalm to "fill-up" the remaining slide with the consecutive text:

4. Again, make sure that you have selected the "Bibles" style level and the "Body style".

5. Press the "Extend to next verses" button:

Now, VideoPsalm fills-in the second slide with the text from following verse:

Slide 2 without "Extend"

Slide 2 with "Extend"

6. Save your changes: