Notepad
When adding notes (annotations) to a document you also specify their position. Notes are automatically shown and hidden when the lyrics are auto-scrolled.
The following section explains how to add notes to native Song One documents. Learn how to add notes to PDF documents in the next section.
Add Notes (Native Song One Documents)
Place the cusor at the desired position and tap/click on the notepad icon of the docked toolbar. (If the docked toolbar is not visible tap/click on the three dots in the right corner of the bottom toolbar.)
A position marker is placed at the cursor location when you add the note to the lyrics. The position marker shows the number of the corresponding note field on the right:
Tap/Click on the note field to add the annotation text.
The note will automatically disappear when you go back to editing the lyrics. Show the note again by tapping/clicking on its position marker.
A note is automatically shown when the lyrics are auto-scrolled and the position marker scrolls into view. (See play mode to learn more.)
Move, delete or copy position markers like chord symbols. (See lyrics editor to learn more.)
Specify the color of the position markers in the song's theme. (See themes to learn more.)
You may add up to 50 notes per song.
You may add a weblink to a note ('http://...). The weblink will automatically open in Apple's Safari browser when the position marker of the note is tapped/clicked on.
Add Notes (PDF Documents)
Tap/Click on the notepad icon of the docked toolbar. (If the docked toolbar is not visible tap/click on the three dots in the right corner of the bottom toolbar.)
A note field will appear to the right:
Tap/Click on the note field to add the annotation text.
Add the note's position marker by tapping/clicking on a desired location of the PDF.
Tap/Click anywhere on the PDF to deselect the position marker and hide its note.
PDF documents: Whenever a position marker is added (or an existing position marker is re-selected) a small 'x' will appear. You may move the position marker in two steps:
Tap/Click on the 'x' . The postion marker will disappear without discarding the corresponding note.
Tap/Click on a new location in the PDF. The position marker will re-appear.
To completely remove the position marker and its note from the document:
Remove the note's text using the backspace key ('Delete') and swipe the empty note field to the right.
Tap/Click on the 'x' of the position marker.
A note is automatically shown when the lyrics are auto-scrolled and the position marker scrolls into view. (See play mode to learn more.)
You may add up to 50 notes per song.
Customize PDF Position Markers
You may specify the size of the position marker by tapping/clicking on the icon to the left of the bottom toolbar.
Tap/Click on any position marker of the PDF document (the small 'x' will appear).
Select the desired size in the pop-up menu.
All position markers of the current PDF document will be resized. (The size of position markers in other PDF documents of your song catalog will remain unchanged.)
You may specify the color of the position marker by tapping/clicking on the dot in the center of the bottom toolbar.
Tap/Click on any position marker of the PDF document (the small 'x' will appear).
Select the desired color in the color picker.
The color of all position markers of the current PDF document will be changed. (The color of position markers in other PDF documents of your song catalog will remain unchanged.)
List Of Notes
You may view a list of all the notes that you have added to a particular song.
The list can be accessed in the side panel of the song editor. (If the side panel is not visible tap/click on the vertical bar at the left side of the screen.)
Tap/Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the side panel and select 'Notepad' from the pop-up menu.
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