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Open an Existing Song Book

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Application Menu

Instructions

 

1.Select Open from the Application Menu.
2.You will see a standard windows file dialog.
3.Select locate and select the song book file you wish to open on your hard drive.
4.Click Open
5.You will see a "PLEASE WAIT" message in the status bar until the file is opened.
6.Depending on the size of your file it can take from 1-2 seconds to 1-2 minutes to open your song book.  PLEASE be patient if your song book has a very large number of songs!

Tip

You can also open a song book by double-clicking on it in My Computer or by using the Recently Opened Song Books list always shown in the Application Menu.

 

Notes

This software can open two different file formats.  The newer, more compact "sb" format and the legacy "psb" format.  Both formats are identical once the song book is opened.
The standard Open File Dialog is configured to filter the new sb" format by default, but you can also filter the "psb" format an open song books created in previous versions.
If you have song books in the legacy "psb" format, we recommend opening the song book and then saving it into the new "sb" format.