User Guide

Chapter 4: The Main Screen
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Chapter 4: The Main Screen
Main Screen Overview
The main screen gives direct access to the major features and program settings of Band-in-a-Box for ease and
convenience during a session.
There are five different areas on the main screen.
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1. The Status Bar is used to show program running status messages and path names of the currently loaded song.
2. The Synth Window is the area between the Menu Bar and the Piano Keyboard where Instruments patches are
set and levels are adjusted. It also includes buttons for adding harmonies to the Melody, Thru, or Soloist parts.
3. The Tool Bar area under the Piano Keyboard has buttons for direct access to important program features and
menus. Hold the mouse cursor on any button to see a pop-up hint that describes its function.
4. The Title Window shares the Tool Bar area. In addition to the song title, it includes all the other settings for
the song such as its Key Signature, Tempo, and Chorus settings.
5. The Chordsheet Area occupies the lower part of the screen. Chord changes for the song are typed into the
numbered bars (cells) in the sheet. Part markers (a, b, c, etc.) are entered here to switch between Band-in-a-Box
substyles.
To resize the window, just use the sizing control at the bottom-right corner of the window.
Hold down the mouse button while you drag the sizing control.
This allows you to have Band-in-a-Box open as a small window on screen with other programs, and you still see a
full chordsheet. The screen size is remembered between sessions.
Personalizing the Main Screen
Macintosh themes are supported.
You can choose different colors for the Chordsheet area of the screen, and you can also choose to use larger fonts
for the chord display. These two settings are found in the Preferences 2 dialog.
Support for larger screen sizes allows the program to fill the entire screen. There are also options to restrict the
screen size to a certain size. To force the screen size to a certain size, use the Preferences “Limit Screen size to”
item.