OnSong supports importing a variety of file formats, but works best with plain, text-based chord charts. However, if you've imported a word processing file such as
Microsoft Word,
Rich Text Formatting (RTF), or
Adobe PDF, the file will display "as-is". This means you will not be able to
change formatting,
transpose/capo,
project lyrics, or perform other advanced options. If this is the case, it's likely that the songs you've imported did not transfer as plain text files and would need to be converted into the
OnSong file format.
To do this, you need to open each song and extract the text. While this is built into OnSong, the process happens one song at a time since you will need to make adjustments after the text is extracted. To do this, view the song that is not in a text-based format and then tap on the pencil icon in the
Menubar to open the
Song Editor. Before tapping on the text area, locate the
Conversion Toolbar at the bottom of the screen. Here you can locate the
Extract Text button in the lower left if the imported file format is supported. Tap on the
Extract Text button to have OnSong extract the text from the file. If the file does not contain digital text, OnSong may have to submit the file to be converted using optical character recognition or OCR. This has a computer "read" the file. The text of the file should then be inserted into the text area of the song editor.
Again, you will need to modify this file for best results. OnSong cannot know how the file was authored, or the quality its content. Because of this, OnSong cannot convert the file into the
OnSong or
ChordPro file formats for you. You will likely need to make adjustments to chord positions and remove characters that could prevent
Chord Detection.