Copying into a new song

[theodop]

i'm working on a Mac laptop, so i can't drag my finger. if i drag across the whole song, i can then copy it. When i select a larger blank song, pasting has no effect.

theodop
Pete Theodore

[pdxdjazz]

i'm working on a Mac laptop, so i can't drag my finger. if i drag across the whole song, i can then copy it. When i select a larger blank song, pasting has no effect.

theodop
Pete Theodore

Hi Pete.

This is all I know: (I’m not a Mac user)
https://technimo.helpshift.com/a/ire...847&l=en&p=mac

In OSX look under: Help/Tutorials and Help/Help & Support for more.

Perhaps others (Mac users) will add to the discussion.

If your "work in progress" chart was posted here, perhaps I could be of more specific help.
A big, full-page chart using 4-space measures will NOT automatically condense if copied into a template using 2-space bars.
You must manually condense it one bar at a time by deleting individual spaces.

I'm moving this thread to the Mac forum
)BOB

[dflat]

i'm working on a Mac laptop, so i can't drag my finger. if i drag across the whole song, i can then copy it. When i select a larger blank song, pasting has no effect.

Hello, there are two things I can suggest.
1 make sure you are in edit mode for the song you want to copy from, (not in song view where, if you drag your mouse over the measures, it will be selecting a loop).
2 in the blank song, click on a space before you paste (cmd-V). If you notice in the editor palette, the focus is in the chord field (it is highlighted) as if you are going to type (or select from the dropdown menu) a letter for the first chord, like F or C. By clicking into the chart you bring focus to the chart area, so your paste should then work. If it does not work the first time, try another click into another space.
Does this information help?

[theodop]

The paste worked, but, even though i chose 96 measures, it only entered the measures in the original song. i could not enter more chords.
i think i will just print out the chords and reenter them manually into a larger matrix of measures.

Thanks

[pdxdjazz]

Hi Pete.

This info may be useful
PLAYER CHARTS vs. READER CHARTS
https://www.irealb.com/forums/showth...5854#post25854
)BOB

[dflat]

The paste worked, but, even though i chose 96 measures, it only entered the measures in the original song. i could not enter more chords...

The paste would adhere to the placement of the barlines in the original. When you copy, it remembers where the barlines are and spacing (in other words the barline placement are copied also, not just the chords).
So if you are trying to reduce the size of each measure, use this information:
https://technimo.helpshift.com/a/ire...-bar-size&l=en
where you would have to reduce the spacing between the measures. Also use the small Font size to fit in better.
If you do this from the beginning of your song (or the beginning of your paste) then you will see space available at the end as the measures are condensed.