This page explains how to share your set-lists with bandmates and export or print your sets for live performances.

Printing and PDF Export

If you prefer a physical songbook on stage or need a unified PDF document for your bandmates, you can print or export your entire set-list at once. Printing via a set-list unlocks advanced layout options that are not available when printing individual songs:

• Strict Page Breaks: You can enforce that every song in your set-list automatically starts on a fresh page. This eliminates the need to manually insert {new_page} tags into each song’s source text.
• Automatic Table of Contents: smartChord can automatically generate a dynamic index page (Table of Contents) at the beginning of your document, complete with page numbers for easy navigation.
• As-Is Transposition: Songs are exported or printed exactly as they are currently configured in your set-list. If you have transposed a song or added a specific Capo setting for this particular set, the printed version will automatically reflect these changes.
• Image Support: If your songs contain attached or embedded images, they will be seamlessly integrated into the final PDF or printout.

How to print or export your Set-list:

1. Open the Set-lists feature and select the desired list.
2. Choose Export from the Folder menu.
3. Configure your layout preferences in the print dialog (e.g., enabling chord diagrams, page breaks, or the table of contents) and send it to your printer or save it as a PDF file.

Please note, that you can define a custom export folder.

Pro-Tip: Dedicated Print Appearance

You don’t need to change your screen settings just for printing. In the global Appearance / Design settings, you can define a dedicated color scheme and layout explicitly for printing. This allows you to use a dark, high-contrast theme on your tablet during rehearsal, while ensuring that the PDF export automatically uses a clean, ink-saving black-and-white layout. Custom text highlights (like a colored chorus) will be preserved according to your print style.

Format options

HTML

Export as HTML creates an HTML file. This can be used to open it in a browser or save it as a file to share. A browser offers various possibilities:

• View the set list with all the songs
• Print (some browsers allow to set margins)
• Create a PDF file

Text

Export as Text creates plain text. It can be used to share it e.g. with your agency or audience or to copy it into the clipboard.

Internal

Export as Internal can be used to share the whole set list with somebody (including songs, images and PDFs). Internal means the format, smartChord uses to save a set list externally which can be used to import the set list again. The file is a zip file with the file extension ‘.scstl‘. After the export is done, a dialog comes up and shows you the location of the file. You can open the file explorer to share that file.

Please note: Depending on the format, other apps are selected to view the result. For HTML this is usually at least a browser application and for text a mail app.

Color scheme option

The Songbook allows to define three different color sets. You can apply one of these sets for the export.

Content options

• Option to include the whole songs, just the lyrics or nothing
  • Set List: Does create a set list e.g. for your agency
  • Songs: Exports all entries of the set list. The songs are added with chords, lyrics, TABs, comments. What is part of your export depends on the settings in the songbook.
  • Just lyrics: Adds all entries of the set list to the export. In opposite to Songs, just the lyrics are added (lyrics mode)
    
• Option to include the table of contents
• Option to include information like name, location, date or notes
• Option to include the notes of the entries of the set list. If the option ‘Only table of contents’ is chosen, the names of the Note entries are added to the table of contents, but just if you have changed it’s name.
• Option to number the set list entries
• Option to start each set list entry with a new page

Import

The import is available in the toolbar of the Table of contents. It allows you to import an exported set list in the Internal format. Use the file lookup to find and select the set list file.

The Import files screen shows the content of the set list. The Show button opens the set list in the set list tool. The Import… button imports the set list. You need to check the Overwrite on import checkbox if you have already a setl list with the same name. If you have checked the Import songs along with PDF and image files checkbox, the

• PDF files and image files are saved in the set list folder /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/de.smartchord.droid/files/setlist (where ‘0’ can differ on your device)
• The songs are listed in the Song import screen, where you can choose which songs you want to import

Print

Set lists can be printed to view all the information and songs. PDFs and images are not part of the printout. You can also use this print feature to download the printout as PDF file and share it with your friends, bandmates or students.

Print with margin

The printout uses all the space on the page to fit the songs to the maximum size. It is printed without margins. This is perfect for putting your printouts in clear sleeves. But if you want to file your printouts, a margin can be helpful. To get the printout with margins, we recommend this:

1. Use the Download PDF button and send the PDF to your PC e.g. via mail
2. Open the PDF on the PC with a program that allows you to define margins when printing a PDF. Thunderbird and Firefox both do this.

Share

There are multiple possibilities to share a a set list or multiple at once.

• You can print the set list, download a PDF file in the print preview and share this PDF file
• You can export the set list as text or HTML and share this
• You can synchronize the set list with a folder in your cloud and share the folder with your friends or bandmates
• You can use the share feature

Share feature

Share your set lists with the smartChords share feature. It’s the same for all kinds of items like exercises or songs. Please see our video on how to share: