PDF charts
A light reader for charts you didn't write yourself. Write on them on iPhone and iPad, with Apple Pencil or your finger.
Not every chart starts in Leganote. Import PDF… from the library's + menu keeps a PDF next to your charts, and PDFs in the library menu lists just those. Open one and tap Open PDF.
The bar along the bottom has the page arrows and page of pages, a strip of page thumbnails, a switch between one page and two side by side, and zoom.
Tap Annotate and a tool rail opens down the left: a pen, a highlighter and an eraser, five colours (white, yellow, red, blue, green) and a thin or thick line. Write with Apple Pencil on iPad, or with your finger. Tap Done when you're finished. Your marks are kept page by page with the PDF, in your iCloud Drive.
The Mac reads PDFs: they scroll as one long page, with a thumbnail sidebar, page arrows, zoom and Actual Size, and File ▸ Print… prints them. There's no drawing on the Mac. Marks made with the current iPhone and iPad version are saved for the screen they were drawn on, so the Mac can't place them yet and shows a short note instead.
This is a light reader, so you can keep the odd PDF next to your own charts. It doesn't do setlist page turns or foot pedals.
Related
- Import and exportBring charts in from ChordPro, MusicXML or PDF, and send them out as PDF or MusicXML.
- Free and ProWhat's free, what the one-time Pro unlock adds on iPhone and iPad, and how the Mac app fits in.
- Leganote on the MacA Mac app of its own: a sidebar, a sortable song table, a real menu bar and the shortcuts you'd expect.
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