02-03-2023, 08:23 AM
The normal way is to import the pdf with a matching .csv file that specifies the song name and what page(s) it uses.
The .csv file is just a text file in a specific format showing the field headings and then one line per song.
You need to import the .csv at the same time as the .pdf file; you can't import the .csv file against an already imported pdf.
If your pdf has bookmarks then you my be able to use these to populate a .csv (I've never used this feature).
Also Scirius(?) has some tools that may help.
Suggest you search the forum for .csv and/or read the manual (it is a difficult concept to work out how it works).
Look for examples of the first line and try a small .csv first to see how it works i.e. just try a few titles in your pdf.
When generating the .csv, make sure that you add a field specifying a unique collection that the songs go into; this lets you filter by this collection on the Songs page e.g. to delete them all so that you can refresh your pdf with a newer version.
Finally, if you are likely to replace the big pdf then you can't really use annotations; this is because they won't propagate to a newer pdf (unless the existing page ranges don't change).
If you want to use annotations then I suggest you use a pdf splitter and import the files as separate songs. This means that you can replace individual songs and maintain their annotations (it does assume that you can identify which pages are changed)
Note: I do this for a pdf that someone else modifies/maintains.
It's a long time since I used a .csv so I may have omitted something.
Geoff
The .csv file is just a text file in a specific format showing the field headings and then one line per song.
You need to import the .csv at the same time as the .pdf file; you can't import the .csv file against an already imported pdf.
If your pdf has bookmarks then you my be able to use these to populate a .csv (I've never used this feature).
Also Scirius(?) has some tools that may help.
Suggest you search the forum for .csv and/or read the manual (it is a difficult concept to work out how it works).
Look for examples of the first line and try a small .csv first to see how it works i.e. just try a few titles in your pdf.
When generating the .csv, make sure that you add a field specifying a unique collection that the songs go into; this lets you filter by this collection on the Songs page e.g. to delete them all so that you can refresh your pdf with a newer version.
Finally, if you are likely to replace the big pdf then you can't really use annotations; this is because they won't propagate to a newer pdf (unless the existing page ranges don't change).
If you want to use annotations then I suggest you use a pdf splitter and import the files as separate songs. This means that you can replace individual songs and maintain their annotations (it does assume that you can identify which pages are changed)
Note: I do this for a pdf that someone else modifies/maintains.
It's a long time since I used a .csv so I may have omitted something.
Geoff
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