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Using the settings

Settings are accessed through the hamburger menu in the app.

From here, the settings used for display mode can be changed and adjusted.

  1. Number of columns: This changes the number of columns a song is split into. It has no effect on very short songs and is limited on small-screen devices.
  2. Display Chords: Set whether the chords are displayed above the lyrics, or in line.
  3. (Android) Use Chord Diagrams? Set whether chord diagrams are displayed with the playlist. Can affect available screen space and number of columns available.
  4. Text Size: Change the size of the text for chords and lyrics
  5. Tab Size: Set the size of font used for TABs
  6. (Windows Phone) Use Vibration? Set whether the phone vibrates when dragging and dropping songs to the playlist from the main menu
  7. Custom Colour/Chord colour: Set the colour used throughout the app and for highlighting chords and sections
  8. Use custom/alternate lyric colours? Set whether lyric sections will be displayed with a different colour to help distinguish them.
  9. Verse/Chorus/Bridge Colour: Set the lyric colour for the different sections
  10. (Windows) JAM/TAB previews: Shows how JAM and TAB songs will look using the selected settings

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