Annotations

Sometimes chords and lyrics are not enough to communicate how to play a song. In that case, the annotations menu can help. Tap on the additions icon in the menubar to access the annotations tab. Annotations are notes or drawings that can be placed on the chord chart. OnSong includes the following annotation options in this menu:

Annotation Library

Use the context menu on annotations to place them into your annotations library. You can then open the library to add those saved annotations to other documents.

Clip

Clips let you import pictures or create graphics, crop them to place on your chord charts and sheet music.

Drawing

The drawing annotation lets you draw on the page using a pen or highlighter.

Sticky Note

The sticky note annotation allows you to place colored, square notes on the page.

Text

The text annotation lets you break out of the sticky note box and just type on the page.

Clear All

Tapping on this option will remove all annotations from the song page. You are prompted before this takes place since it is not reversible.

Lock All Annotations

This switch can be enabled to prevent annotations from taking any manipulation gestures.

Edit All Annotations

This switch appears only when annotations on your chart have an action assigned, or when any annotation is hidden. Turn it on to make those annotations visible and editable.

Show Annotations and Drawings

This switch in the toolbar allows annotations and drawings to be turned off temporarily without removing them. If you add an annotation while this switch is off, it is turned back on so you can see what you’re adding.