RealBook Software

Version 4.01 - Mac

Operation Guide For
RealBook Volume 1,
RealBook Volume 2,
Great Jazz Solos, and
Charlie Parker Fakebook

© 2009 www.RealBookSoftware.com 
 
Table Of Contents
01. Launch the Program
02. Menus, Shortcuts, Buttons,
03. Plugins/Stand Alones
04. Printing
05. Zoom
06. “Go To” Menu, Songlist View
07. Column Sort, Mark Songs, Chart View, User Links
08. Chart View
09. Chart View (cont.) / LaptopView
10. LaptopView
11. Audio Menu
12. Audio Menu (cont.)
13. Audio Setup
14. Find Menu
15. Find Markers
16. The Randomizer
17. Sort Menu
18. Setup Menu
19. Setup Menu (cont.) / Erase Buttons
20. Other Software, Help Menu, Support
21. Help Menu (cont.) Activate, Quit, Subscribe, Visit Website, About
22. Data Entry and Editing
23. Tooltips
24. Tooltips (cont.)
25. Also…
See the Instaallation and Acttivation Guide for instrructionss on
installing and
d activating the
e softwaare.
e experiencin
If you are ng difficulties
s refer to the
e Troublesho
ooting sectio
on of that Gu
uide.

Launch the progra

am
Go to the Applications folder.

nd open the program’s folder.

Locate an

Double click
c the pro
ogram’s ap
pp file to lau
unch.

To save time in the

e future, you
u may wantt to create an alias on the deskto
op.

To do th
his, select th
he program
m’s app and use the Co
ommand+L
L key

You cann also go to the Finderr menu and select “Ma

ake Alias” once the program’s app
p is
selected
d.

An alias will be created in the program’s folder.

You can
n then drag the alias to
o the deskto
op for quickker launchin
ng in the futture.
Menu
us, Key shorrtcuts, and Buttons
B s
You can do
d things in th
he program byy using drop down
d menus,, key shortcutts and buttonss.

A word ab
bout the Menu
us.

he menu optio
Most of th ons belong to the program.

e however a couple
There are c of Macc menus here also.

hy there are tw
That is wh wo help menu
u options.

The first one is for the

e program.

ond one (at fa

The seco ar right) is the
e native Mac help
h menu.

You also have the nativ

ve Program/F
Finder menu at
a far left.

The first dedicated

d ‘Pro
ogram’ menu is the File Me
enu.
Stand
d Alone
e or Plu
ugin Mo
odules
ware is release
Our softw ed in two form
mats.
Stand Alone annd plugins.
The Stand ons operate independentlyy of one anoth
d Alone versio her.

That means that you’ll actually have e several distinct programss installed.
This is forr people who want to keep their materia als in separate e collections.
This is alsso good for ma anaging the ‘ffootprint’ size of the installa
ation since ea
ach plugin will expand the size of
the originaal installation.

The first command,

c “Ma
aterials” is priimarily used to import plugin modules th
hat you have purchased
p fro
om us.

The basicc requirement is that you are installing plugins

p into the RealBook Volume
V 1 softtware.

he other programs allow fo

None of th or plugins.

Regardlesss of which pllugin you purcchase, you will

w start with th
he “Import Ne
ew Plugins” co
ommand.

gin has a seco

Each plug ond step for im
mporting the media files.

maller plugins
For the sm s, you’ll use th
he Unpack co
ommand to insstall the mediia files.
The plugin ation, so refer to those for specific instructions for the
ns come with their own guide for Installa
particular plugin you pu
urchased.

The rema aining command “Update Existing

E de.
Set” iss used for audio updates that we occassionally provid
These upd dates are pottentially used to provide altternate audio examples, re
eplace existing audios, or import
entire setss of fresh aud
dios.

a bottom is a text reminder to set your “browser”

The line at “ ndow setting to display all files
win f types when
he plugins on your system. This is not actually
locating th a a men
nu command..
Printiing
There are
e three “panes
s” allotted for each chart.

This means
n that three pages can be displayed pe
er “song.”

gs are just on
Most song ne page. (See Chart view)

Use the appropriate

a “P
Pane” selectio
on to print the actual page(s) you are wa
anting.

Sometimes there are more than 3 pages for a particular song

.
e indicated on
These are ntinued)” in the song titlle.
o the songliist with “(con

n “batch print” function in the program.

There is no

Each page of each cha

art must be se
elected separrately for printting.

Printout size is a function of your printer settings / driver, not the RealBookk Software.

You may need to shrink the size of the printed pa

age in order to
o have everytthing make it onto the page.

ed to make this adjustmentt in the print settings / page

You’ll nee e setup windo pecific printer.
ow for your sp
Zoom
m
You can enlarge and re
educe the sizze of the display on the scrreen.

The key shortcuts

s are especially
e suited for this.

You can also

a change the display byy clicking the zoom
z buttonss in the lower left hand corn
ner of the scrreen.

Clicking on
o the Size ind
dicator at far left will toggle
e between two
o zoom levelss.

You can also

a type in th
he zoom level.

Zoom % options
o - 25, 50,
5 75,100,15
50, 200, 300, 400.

ators telling you if you are in Browse or Find Mode.

Next to the Zoom contrrols are indica

Browse mode
m is where
e you will be 99.9%
9 of the time.
t
The “Find” mode appea
ars when you are doing a search
s using the
t command
ds available frrom the Find Menu.

The Laptoop view scree

en is automatically enlarged
d to 150% in order
o to fill an
nd center the screen for the
e best
viewing. See
S also “Lap ptop View”.

150% may be too large

er for your scrreen.

You can change

c the De
efault zoom le o the Setup page.
evel for the Laptop View on

wn to the botto
Scroll dow om half of the
e page and yo
ou’ll see this.

he number displayed and you’ll

Click on th y have three zoom levvels available in a drop down menu.
75%,100% %,150%

he zoom level that best suits your scree

Choose th en size.

Test this by
b using the Laptop
L View menu command in the Go
o To Menu.
The Go
G To Menu
M
This menu command allows you to navigate thro
ough the main
n pages of the
e program.

1.The “S
Songlist” command
c
This allow
ws you to view
w and scroll th
hrough a list of
o all the song
gs contained in the collectio
on.

This will be
b your main “control
“ pane
el.”

It containss specific son

ng informationn that you can
n use to sort and
a find by a variety of crite
eria.
Song Title,
C
Composer,
M
Musical Style,
K Signature,
Key
Transposition (C,( Bb, Eb, Bass Clef)
Tempo,
R
Recording Artist (Primary an
nd Alternate)

There aree also numeroous buttons lo

ocated on the page that willl help you to operate the program witho
out
having to use the Dropp Down menus at the top of
o the screen.
Sort (up or dowwn),
M
Mark Song,
C
Chart View,
C
Create Links fo
or User Audio
o,
Play Audio exa amples,
Show All Song gs,
Zoom (enlarge e or reduce)
Here are the
t features you
y can activa
ate from this Songlist
S View
w using butto
ons.

he list by any
a. Sort th y of the colum
mn categorie
es

Sort up orr down alphab

betically (or numbers for Tempo) by cliccking on the sort
s arrows.

Each colummn header con ntains up and down buttonss to use for so
orting.
Mark, (none/marked d)
Title
Compo oser
Style
Key
Transp position (C, Bb,
B Eb, Bass Clef)
C
Tempo o
Primarry Recording Audio Artist
Alternaate Recording g Audio Artistt

mark) specific
b. Tag (m c songs
To mark a song or multiple songs, simply
s click th
he box located
d at the far lefft of the scree
en next to the
selected song.
s This willl place a blacck circle into the
t box.

This is useful for creating a list of “fa

avorites.”
o reduce the number of so
Use this to ongs that are displayed. (Seee Find Markers Menu)
Use Sort Button to sortt marked song gs. (See also- Find
F Markers Menu)

c. Chart View
V Button

his button willl take you to the

Clicking th t page conttaining the ch
hart(s).

d. User Audio
A Linking
g Buttons

These butttons, located d just to the lefft of the Chart button, will allow
a you to link to other file
es on your syystem.
Even thou ugh the featurre indicates linking to audio o, you can usse this to link to
t any file typpe. You mightt use
this to linkk to MIDI files
s, Band In A Box
B Files, Texxt files (maybe e your analyssis notes), Sprread sheets,
anything youy think is im mportant.

Clicking on
o the button will
w open up a browser. Use
e this to navig
gate to whatevver file you are
e wanting to liink to.

To play orr launch the liinked file, you

u’ll have to usse the Audio menu
m comma
ands.

ed file is move
If the linke ed or deleted, then the linkk is no longer active and would
w have to be re-linked.

e the Audio Menu

(Also See M a well as the Setup Page section)
section as
2. Chartt View
The next item on the Go To menu is the Chart command.
c Thiis takes you to
t the Chart view.

There are 3 “panes” for each page in the chart view. This will allow you to display
d up to 3 pages per song.

ngs are only one page an

Most son nd will appea
ar this way.

wo pages.
Here is a song with tw

And finally, a three pa

age song.
The Charrt View also has buttons th
hat duplicate the functions found on the songlist page
e.

u your computer’s scroll bar to move up or down on

You can use o the page, but
b there are also
a up and down
arrows tha
at do the sam
me thing. (Usu
ually the curso
or is closer to the buttons than
t the edge
e of the screen.)

The Left Right Arrowss will move yo

ou to the next or previous song.
s

wn the left sid

Dow de of each “pa
ane” are links to the websitte.

hese links and a web brow

Clicck on one of th wser opens to
o the site.

3. Lapto
op View Me
enu Comm
mand
A very coool feature intrroduced in version 4.01.
This allow
ws you to turn your laptop sideways to vie ew the chartss to be displayyed at about th
he same size as an
actual pagge (depending g on your scrreen size of co
ourse).

This also makes it far easier

e to place your laptop
p on a music stand
s or on yo
our piano.

That also means giggin

ng with the Re
ealBook Softw ms just got easier.
ware program

You aren’t limited to using this on a la

aptop. You ca
an also do thiss with your de
esktop monitor as well if you care
to a monittor on its side
e or even usin
ng a dual mon nitor setup.

e two viewing options for ussing your lapttop. You can choose either Left or Right depending on
There are
where the
e various conn
nections are for
f your particcular model.

To use the e or trackball 90° (clockwisse or counterr

e buttons on the page you’ll need to turrn your mouse
clockwise
e, depending on
o your left orr right Laptop
p View choice), however the indicated ke eystroke shorrtcuts
are recom
mmended for moving
m betweeen pages an nd/or songs.
Laptop Vie
ew

Song related
r inform
mation is still
display yed.
Title, Composer,
C Styyle, Key,
Transp position, Temppo, Primary and
a
Alternaate Recordingg Artist.

Navigaation
The greeen arrow keyys at the top Left
hand corner
c aptop on its side)
(with la
will mo
ove to the nexxt or previous
songs.

The Le eft and Right arrows

a (with laptop
on its side)
s will move you betwee en the
3 panees for songs spanning multtiple
pages.

There is a “next
“ page” th
humbnail so thhat you can teell at a glance
e if there is an
nother page.
A small image of a chart appearss if there is a next page.
Otherwise the yellow backkground will show
s through..

You can set the default

d Laptopp View Zoom Level on the Setup Page to
ain the best vie
obta ewing size for your laptop.. (see Setup Page).
P

Audio
s with the aud
The Light Blue Buttons dio artist name
e will launch the
t audio.

There is another
a option
n that is availa
able from the “Go To” men
nu.
The Setup command willw take you to t the “Setup Page”.

There is also
a a dedicatted Setup Me enu command d.
More on this in up aheaad since this is a duplicate
e menu comm
mand.
The Audio Menu
e two types off media files associated witth the program
There are m.

“Factory”” - We have provided the main

m media filees and linkedd them for you
u.
“User” - You
Y can also choose
c other files to link th
hat can be lau
unched from within
w the pro
ogram.

Factory Audios can be launched

u using buttons on the
t Songlist page,
p Chart View,
V and Laptop
View (There are indicatorss on the butto
ons to show when
w an audio
o file is presen
nt).

You can also

a play audiios by using the wn menus or the indicated Keystroke shortcuts.
t drop dow

If you would
u like to link
k additional file
es you can usse the User menu
m commannds.
There aree also buttons
s for doing thiss on the Setu
up Page. (seee Setup Menu
u).

e Audio 3 (or 4) User Com

Select the mmand. Now select
s the opttion to Link To A File.

Browse to
o the file you wish
w to link to
o, select it and pen” button orr double click the desired file.
d click the “op

Be sure th
he “Store Only A Referencce to the file” box
b is checke
ed

Once you have linked a User File, a “link Present” indicator ap

ppears.

The Setup page also displays

d the file name as well
w as the ind
dicator.
Hover the
e cursor over the “indicatorr” and “Tooltip
ps” will tell you
u the file nam
me.

Use the Audio

A 3 (or 4))-User>Play command
c to launch
l the lin
nked file.
Use the Delete
D comma and to remove
e the link to th
he file. (see also Setup Page Menu).

A new fea
ature introduc
ced in the 4.01
1 version is th
he Audio Ran
ndomizer command.

andomly sele
This will ra ect songs from
m the “found set”
s of songs in the collection and play the correspon
nding
recording.

e a couple of ways
There are w ght benefit from this.
you mig

You can use

u it as a kind of “pop quizz” to test yourr recognition and familiarityy with jazz rep
pertoire and artists.

You can also

a use this feature
f oduce you to new songs th
to intro hat you might not have sele
ected on yourr own.

When you s command it will open you

u execute this ur default Med
dia player and
d play the reccording.

esponding cha
The corre ed in the program.
art is displaye

e feature as a pop quiz, then you mightt want to set your

To use the y Media Player to full sccreen mode so
s that
the RealB
Book Software e is hidden be
ehind the Meddia Player so the answer isn’t
s immediate ely shown to you.

There is another
a “rando
omize” comm
mand available
e from the find
d menu.

This will display

d the chart, but it won
n’t activate the
e audio.

(also see the Find men

nu section)
Audio Setup
S
Many Macc users prefer using QuickkTime for playying the Audio o files instead
d of iTunes.
You may want
w to set yo
our preferencces up this wa
ay also. If not then you mayy want to set your iTunes up
u so
that it won
n’t automatica ally copy the RealBook
R Tun
nes to your libbrary, causingg you to have
e two of each file.

a files are pro

All media oprietary, sp
pecifically na
amed, and inttended for us
se within the
e program on
nly.

Do not edit,
e alter, rename, or
o otherwis
se change any aspec
ct of these files.
Any attemmpt to do so will not only cau
use the progra am to not funcction properlyy but also consstitutes a brea
ach of
the license agreement.. You don’t wa ant to do thatt. Bad things happen
h then.

There aree instances whhere no recorrding is availa

able for a partticular song, in which case you’ll see a data
d
entry statiing “Recordin
ng Unavailabble” in the Audio Artist coluumn.

The progrram automatic cally determinnes the locatio

ons of the aud
dio files; howeever, if you ch
hanged the loccation
of the “Ma
aterials” folder then you'll need
n to changge the path to
o the audio file
es.

1. Make sure
s that yourr Default file path
p is correctt
a. Go to the Seetup Menu>S Setup Comm mand>
The deefault path is indicated there.

b. If the indicatted location doesn't

d match the actual location where your materia als file is located,
hen you'll nee
th ed to enter thee correct file path
p to the "M
Materials" folde
er. Follow the
e instructions just
unnderneath the e default foldeer field.

Hitting the rese

H et button will restore
r al installation default location in
the filepath setting to the origina
th
he Hard Drivee/Application/P Program folde er.

The defauult installation folder, where

e everything has
h been placced is indicate
ed in the Insta
allation and
Activation
n Guide for the e product you
u are installing
g.

Y may need
You d to modify this if your Insta
all Location do
oes not exacttly match.

e Blue Button will open the

Hitting the e Materials Fo
older if everyth
hing has been
n entered corrrectly.

If Bonus files
f were included with the
e product, the e Materials folder in a folde
ey will be located inside the er
named Bo onus Files.

ort is offered fo
No suppo or files requiring 3rd party software
s (Ban
nd In A Box, MIDI
M files, Vid
deos etc.).
The Find Menu
M
One of the cool feature
es of the prog
gram is the ab
bility to search
h and find by various criteria.
You sure can’t do that with a paper book.

You can search

s ng Title, Composer, Style, Transposition
by Son n, Key, and “OOther” to initia
ate a search for
miscellane
eous items no
ot otherwise covered
c suchh as Audio Arttist or tempo.

This will allow

a you to ze
ero in on specific items such as a song title, or groups
p of items likke song styless.
You could d then find eve
ery song thatt was a blues.. Or maybe evvery Miles Da avis composittion, etc.

To make matters even easier still, you

y can type in a portion off your search criteria.
nce, if you we
For instan ere looking forr John Coltran
ne songs, you
u could Use th
he “Find Com
mposer” comm
mand
then type in “Joh Co”.

After typin
ng in your sea
arch criteria hit the enter ke
ey (some sea
arch types req
quire you to hit it twice).

The progrram will displa

ay every song
g where John Coltrane wass listed as a composer.
c

The “Findd Style” Menu u utilizes a dro

op down men
nu so you don’t even need to
t type at all. Simply scroll down
to your se
election. Hit th
he enter key twice.
t

You can use

u the “Find d Other” com mmand to findd items such asa Audio Artissts. Click yourr cursor in the
e field
you wish to
t search thro
ough, type yo
our search term, hit enter tw
wice.

Use the “Show All Items” command to return to

t the original listing of son
ngs. (If the com
mmand is Gra
ayed
Out then every
e song is
s already show
wn).
Find Markers
M Command
C d
e to tag certain songs, you can do a sea
Using the Mark feature arch for only the songs you
u have tagged
d (and
exclude all
a others from
m being displayed). (See page
g 11 also for mo
ore on marking)

Here we’vve tagged a fe

ew songs. w select the Find Markers Command.
Now C

Only the marked

m s are shown. This is handyy for making lists of songs to play in a set.
songs

Use the Clear

C Markers
s command to
o remove all markers
m and return
r to the original
o songlist display.

Here is a “Power
“ d in circle indicator.
User”” tip. If you clicck in the markker field, it will automaticallyy insert a filled
If you hit the
t backspace key while th hat box is still selected, you can then type in anotherr key to displa ay a
different symbol.
s Whenn you sort, it willw display the e songs in ord der of the selected keystro okes.

eful when use

This is use ed with the Fin
nd and Sort commands.
c ou could use this to create a “set list” of sorts.
Yo

Finally, if you make an error in typin

ng or if no info
o is found thatt matches you
ur search you
u’ll see a popu
up…

If you happpened to enter a search in

nto the wrong n simply drag your previous typing into the
g field you can
correct fie
eld.
The Ra
andomize
er

Borrowed from the Mus

sicMaster Lib
brarian progra omizer is a very cool new addition.
am, the Rando

When you launch this command,

c e program will pick songs at random fro
the om the curren
ntly displayed
songlist.

elected “Show
If have se elect from all of the songs in the collecttion.
w All” then it se

wn the list to a more selective category by first using

You might also decide to narrow dow g the find command
omizer.
before using the Rando

Here are some

s examples of some id deas to try.
Only song
gs in the swing genre.
W
Wayne Shorter composition ns.
Only songs
s that youu have previoously marked.
Ballads.
All Bb transposeed songs.
Only songs in the Ke
ey of F
You get the idea.
i

This is a great
g tool for forcing
f yourse
elf to try song
gs you might not
n have othe t time to run
erwise taken the
through or even listen to.
t

If you havve used the Show All Songs comand th

hen it will brin
ng up songs frrom all transp
positions.

andy for forcin

That is ha ng yourself to play the song
g in unfamilarr ways.

The Randdomizer is nott available in Laptop

L View
w. You can how
wever use keystroke shorttcuts to Rando
omize
and then switch
s quickly
y into Laptop p View.

The last Find

F Menu co ommands help p you to navig
gate through the quentially via menu or keysstroke
t charts seq
shortcuts instead of arrrow buttons.

You can also

a jump to the very first song
s or the very
v last song in the set of songs.

You can use

u the keystrroke shortcutss to make the
ese selectionss quickly.
The Sort
S Menu
M
The Find command is s a very powe
erful function to
t be able to only
o display certain
c items.
You can also
a use the Sort
S comman nds to sort thee displayed data,
d even in “found”
“ subse
ets.

As previously mentione
ed, you can sort
s up or dowwn by simply clicking
c the arrrows at the to
op of each co
olumn.
You can also
a use the Sort
S menus or
o keystroke shortcuts
s to so
ort the inform
mation.

he “Find” crite
Most of th eria can also be
b used to sort.
You can sort
s by Song Title,
T Composser, Style, Ke
ey, Tempo, Trransposition, or
o Markers.
To sort byy Audio Artist,, you should use
u the arrow w buttons at th
he top of each
h column.

All sorts can

c be perform
med Low to High
H or High to
o Low.

y are working with sort categories that have empty fields, then th
NOTE: If you he low to high sorts will placce the
empty fields at the top. You’ll then ha
ave to scroll down
d past the
e “empty field” zone in order to get to the fields
with the sorted data in them.

If you click on the “Mennu” column heeader you’ll get a dialog bo

ox that will pe
erform the sam
me function as the
“sort arrowws” on the oth
her columns.

Click on your
y s direction button.
desired sort
The Setup Menu

The Setup
p Page menu command will open the Setup Page.

Here you’ll be able to perform

p some
e functions tha
at are only avvailable from this page.

The first function is the

e Default Mate
erials Folder setting.
s

Normally the program will ne this location for you.

w automaticcally determin

There maay be circumsttances wheree you want to move the ma

aterials folder to another lo
ocation in orde
er to
save spacce on the driv
ve where the program
p is insstalled.

d to tell the program where to find the fiiles.

If you movve the “Materrials” folder then you’ll need

ed to enter the
You’ll nee older’s new location and en
e EXACT file path to the fo nd your text string with a slash
character.

To be safee, enter every

y character ass an exact ma
atch, including ower case. Make sure there are
g upper and lo
no stray space
s charactters, etc.

You can test your entry

y by clicking the
t blue butto on to the left of
o the file path
h you just ente
ered or use th
he
Default Folder
F menu command
c (orr its keystroke
e shortcut).

If everythiing has been entered corre e Materials folder will open.

ectly then the

he reset butto
Clicking th on will return the
t Filepath setting
s to the location where the program
m is installed..
The next section shows the Song Title, Compose
er and Audio Artist Informa
ation from the
e Songlist Vie
ew.

You can click

c the Song art buttons to be taken to those
g List or Cha h pages.

You can also

a launch th
he available “ffactory” audio
o with the butttons to the lefft of the “Artisst” fields.

e User Audio
Next is the o settings and
d indicators.

Use the Link

L button to select files.
Use the Play
P button to launch them.
Use the Remove
R butto
ons to clear th he link.

ed file names appear in the

The Linke e white boxess.

The Erase Buttons

ou will have no
Typically yo o use for thesse buttons.
Their onlyy use might coome into playy when importting
plugins or updates and d somehow ended
e up with
duplicaated content.

WARNING
G: DO NOT Click
C on these
e unless it is critical
c that yo
ou do so.

ommands DO
These co O NOT have any
a UNDO fu
unction.

e three Erase commands.

There are

Erase The Selected Chart

C anently removves the chart whose name
– perma e is appearing
g in the title ab
bove.

Erase The Found Set – Used for removing group ps of songs, either
e freshly im
mported (and
d thus the onlyy ones
displaying
g) or those tha
at you have marked
m and “ffound” using the
t Find menu u.

Erase Alll – Permanently clears the entire databa

ase.

The
e last comman
nd is a defaultt setting for th el of the Lapto
he Zoom leve op
View
w.
The “O
Other Sofftware” Menu
M
This is a quick
q way to see
s what othe
er products arre available.

View Cataalog – This ta

akes you to th
he Fakebookss And More page
p on the website where you can see the
newest re
eleases.

ow – Click on the product you

Order No y wish to orrder and you’lll be taken to the online order pages.

Coming Soon
S – These
e take you to the pages tha
at show the products
p that are up and co
oming.

The He
elp Menu

The primaary source of help will be th

he manual(s) that accompany the progrram, howeverr you can also
o find
other help
pful advice an
nd tips on the RealBook Sooftware websiite on the Sup
pport/FAQ paage.

Selecting the Help com

mmand from the t Help Men nu will open up a web brow
wser to this pa
age on the we
ebsite.
An interne
et connection is required fo
or this comma
and

Support

Most issues that might arise are covvered in these

e manuals. Su upport is offered for issuess that are not
e covered in th
otherwise he manuals oro on the webssite. If you do
on’t have the Manuals
M handdy then this popup
p
window “G
Get Guide” button will ope en up a web page
p where yoou can download the appro opriate manual.

onal helpful tiips and insigh

For additio ht see the Too
oltips section
n up ahead.
The Activ
vate Command

If you selected
e “run” ins
stead of registering
s at firstt then this com
mmand will re
e-launch the activation proccess
without haaving to resta
art the program
m.

The Emerrgency Quit command is another

a quit command,
c du
uplicating the “native” Quit commands on PC
and Mac as
a well as the
e Quit comma
and on the Fille Menu.

This can act

a as a safetyy switch to shut down the program
p witho
out causing da
amage to the database (wh
hich is
a risk with
h the Force Quit
Q command d on Macs annd Task Bar End
E Process on the PC).

The Visit Website com mmand is a re epeat of the Other

O Software Menu.
ake you straig
This will ta ght to the www.RealBookS Software.com/FakebooksAndMore.php web page wh
here
the latest product info is
i to be found
d.

The Subs scribe comma and will allow

w you to join th
he mailing listt to be kept cu
urrent with deevelopments.
This is useful for those
e who might have previously opted out and a wish to re ejoin. This com
mmand openss the
Join page e on the webssite

The Abou w display the product nam

ut command will me and versio
on along with
h registration info.
i
Data Entry
E and Editing
Most of the
h data in the program is fixed and not available for entry or editin
ng.
There aree a few exceptions.

From the Songlist view you can alte

er the Tempo or Style fieldss and either enter fresh da
ata or edit exissting
on.
informatio

c also edit the Key of the song in add

art View you can
In the Cha dition to tempo
o and style.

To enter or
o edit data, simply
s click in ether the Key or Tempo fiield and begin
n typing.

The Style section has a drop down menu with alll of the curren
nt styles alrea
ady defined.

In the Great Jazz Soloss program thiss is used to in

ndicate the insstrument the solo
was played on and not an indication of musical sttyle.

To add ne ew Styles to th
he list, hit the “Other” comm
mand at the bottom
b of the list. A
box will po
op up allowingg you to creatte a new stylee listing.

After creatting the entry, hit OK and it will be available in the drrop down list to be
selected. You
Y can now add this to yo our song’s infformation.
ToolTips
If you are not sure aboout the functio
on of a button or other item
ms in the progrram, then add
ditional inform
mation
can be obtained
b by pla
acing the curssor over the area and leaving it there forr a second or two.

p up and display useful information

A text boxx (called a Tooltip) will pop o ut the item in question.
abou

Here are some

s examples of what yo
ou will see.

he cursor over the Left/Right Arrows displays this too

Placing th oltip.

Here, the list of contrib

buting compossers was too long to fit inside the regula
ar data field.
he cursor over the data field reveals the full entry.
Placing th

Placing th
he cursor over the Play buttton will indica
ate the Song Name and Th
he Artist.

o is loaded (th
If no audio his mostly applies to audio
os for Slot 2) you’ll
y see thiss message.

hat you’ll see while hoverin

Here’s wh ng over the Usser Link butto
ons on the So
onglist view.

ed, the name

Once linke e of the linked file will show
w up in the Too
oltip.

e User Link on the Setup Page.

Here’s the P

Various Sort
S Button To
ooltips.
Style Data
a Field Tooltip
p.

Markers Tooltip.
T

Setup Page too

oltips:
The Blue Button for op
pening the Ma
aterials Folderr.

utton” tooltips.
“Erase Bu

Default Filepath Data Field.

F

et button for th
The Rese he Default file
epath.

The Show
w All Songs bu
utton.

The Chartt Button tooltip displays the

e Transpositio
on and Song Title.

The Song
g Title data fie
eld.
And Finally….

We are always coming out with new products to enhance and enrich your experience with Jazz.

1. Keep current with the latest developments by visiting the web page at
http://www.RealBookSoftware.com/FakebooksAndMore.php

2. Spread the word and encourage others

If you have enjoyed and benefitted from our products then please let others know about us so that they
might also receive the same benefit and enjoyment.

3. Also, send us your testimonials.

We love hearing from people who are interested in keeping Jazz alive and growing.

Let us know what products or enhancements you would like to see developed.
Send to blake@RealBookSoftware.com