Instructions

These are the instructions for the Universalis application. See additional instructions for Catholic Calendar.

Universalis has two screens: the calendar screen and the text screen.

To get from the text screen to the calendar screen: Tap the button at the top left of the screen. (On the iPad, the calendar screen floats on top of the text screen; on the smaller devices, the calendar screen replaces the text screen).

To get from the calendar screen to the text screen: Tap the button at the top left of the screen, or tap on the date whose text you want to view. (On the iPad, you can also tap anywhere outside the calendar area).

Using the calendar screen

To go to any date you want: Tap the button at the top right to open Apple's date picker. (On the iPad, the date picker is always visible).

To return the calendar to today's date: Tap on the star at the bottom left.

To use a different local calendar: Tap on the cogwheel at the bottom right.

Using the text screen

To choose the Hour you want to view, tap on the tool at the top right-hand corner.

To make the text larger, double-tap in the centre of the screen.

• To make the text smaller again, carry on double-tapping.
• You can also use the same "pinch-zoom" technique that works when you are viewing web pages.
• You can change the font as well: see "Extra tools: Fonts", below.

You can view the text page by page, or as a single scrolling page. To switch from one mode to the other, see "Extra tools: Settings", below.

When viewing text page by page:

• To go to the next page: Tap in the right margin, or flick your finger across the screen from right to left.
• To go to the previous page: Tap in the left margin, or flick your finger across the screen from left to right.

Extra tools

To see the extra tools, tap in the middle of the screen. The tools will appear across the top of the screen.

Settings lets you choose the following:

• The translation of the Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours.
• The translation of the psalms and readings at Mass.
• Whether to view the Greek text of the Gospel at Mass.
• Whether to view the text page by page or as a single scrolling page.
• Whether to create an events calendar called "Universalis Automatic" so that you can see the saint of each day as an event in the calendar on your device. For more information, see Universalis Automatic calendar. This requires iOS 5.0 or above.
• The Settings tool also lets you set up and control the automated email service. You'll see the "Set up daily emails" button at the very bottom of the tool.

Information tells you about the Universalis program.

Print prints the current page. For this to work, you need to have your system set up to allow printing from your device. At the time of writing, very few systems are set up like this (it requires special software on your computer, or one of a very limited range of printers) but this may change in the future.

Fonts lets you choose the font you want to use for display.

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