EDITING SONGS
Highlighting & PDF Drawings
The Songs app offers a number of annotation tools. Portions of the text in both native Songs documents and PDF documents can be highlighted. You may also add drawings and handwritten annotations to PDF documents.
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When an annotated PDF document is tranformed into the native Songs format its annotations/drawings are discarded. |
Highlighting Text
(Native Songs documents)
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Tap/Click on the pencil tip icon in the docked toolbar to access the highlighting tools. |
If the docked toolbar is not visible tap/click on the three dots in the right corner of the bottom toolbar.
The bottom toolbar will change:
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Tap/Click on the pencil tip icon in the bottom toolbar to enable the highlighting mode. |
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Select the desired text area. |
The text will be highlighted after a brief delay (specify the delay in the Songs app’s settings/preferences):
Additional passages may be highlighted.
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Tap/Click on the pencil tip icon to disable the highlighting mode. |
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Tap/Click on the pencil eraser icon to remove the added markings. |
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Select the desired text area. |
The markings will be removed after a brief delay.
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Tap/Click on the pencil eraser icon to disable the eraser when done.
The format of highlighted text sections can be changed in the Songs app’s preferences/settings:
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Settings > Song Editor > Marker Action
Highlighting Text & Drawing Annotations
(PDF Documents)
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Tap/Click on the pen tip icon in the docked toolbar to access the annotation tools in the bottom toolbar. |
If the docked toolbar is not visible tap/click on the three dots in the right corner of the bottom toolbar.
The icons of the bottom toolbar will change:
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Tap/Click on the icon to the left of the bottom toolbar and select an annotation type in the pop-up menu. |
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Select 'Pencil' to add handwritten notes.
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Select 'Pen' to add drawings.
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Select 'Ellipsis' to draw outlines to be auto-converted into ellipses.
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Select 'Marker' to highlight areas.
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Tap/Click on the pencil tip icon in the bottom toolbar to activate the annotation mode. |
The position of the PDF document will lock in place whenever the annotation mode is active.
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To scroll to a different position deactivate the annotation mode by tapping/clicking on the pencil tip in the bottom toolbar.
Change the annotation type as needed while you add drawings to the PDF document:
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You may tap/click on the colored dot in the center of the bottom toolbar to specify a color for a new annotation. |
A color picker will appear to allow you to select the desired color:
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Tap/Click on the pencil eraser icon and tap/click on an annotation to remove it. |
