TablEdit Users Say:
"For the serious student of any stringed instrument, TablEdit should be purchased within the first weeks of instruction. It will avoid much of the cost of tablature books and will magnify the value of the tablatures that are purchased. I can’t say enough about the value TablEdit brings to the enjoyment of my music."
Richard Roberts - Texas, USA
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| TablEdit creates great looking ASCII tabs like the one shown below:
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| To use this feature, select {File}{Export}>ASCII... The options contained in the resulting dialog box allow you to customize the look of your ASCII tab:
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| The "Page Width" setting determines the number of characters in each line of tab. 80 is the default value, although you may want to use another value (such as 72) to avoid word wrapping in a text editor.
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| The "Time Width" setting allows you to set the number of characters per beat in a measure. A setting of eight or four produces nice, legible tabs.
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| The "Variable 1" option allows an export in which the time width allotted is based on the values of the existing notes. A code displayed above the tablature (see explanation below) indicates the value of the notes on the first three strings. A similar code, displayed beneath the tablature, indicates the value for the bass notes. The letter codes used are as follows: w = whole note; h = 1/2 note; q = 1/4 note; e = 1/8th note; s = 1/16th note; t = 1/32nd note. This file format is of interest only for communicating with musicians using platforms other than Windows 95/98.
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| The "Variable 2" option is identical to the "Variable 1" option except that the letter codes indicating the note values are omitted.
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| From Measure - To Measure
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| These two settings allow you to determine which portion of the file should be exported by selecting the first and last measures for the export operation.
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| Selecting the "Trace Reading List" check box exports the Reading Guides defined in the Reading List. If there is no reading list, then no guides are included in your ASCII tablature.
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| If the "Append to file" option is selected, the text will be added at the end of the existing file. Otherwise, the existing file will be overwritten.
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| Click on [File] to select the disk and folder that the exported file should be saved to. [OK] will remain greyed out until you've entered a name for your ASCII file.
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| TablEdit determines the format of destination file according to the extension of this file:
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| - .htm -> HTML format, like a web page,
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| - .rtf -> Rich Text Format, useable by any word processor (WordPad, MS Word etc...).
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| Display File when conversion is completed
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| If this option is selected, the destination file will be opened with the default application according to the file extension.
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| The [>>] button gives you access to extra options:
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| - "Solid Lines" has effect only for HTML or RTF export. It makes it possible to obtain a grid of tablature of more elaborate aspect.
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| - "Bold Numbers" has effect only for HTML or RTF export. The notes will be assigned the "Bold" attribute in order to emphasize them in the tablature.
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| - "Tuning" makes it possible to display the tuning at the beginning of the first line or at the beginning of "All the Lines".
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| - "Beat Symbol" allows you to choose the character which marks beats.
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| For example, with the all the extra options selected, one obtains the following result:
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| [Cancel] closes the dialog without carrying out the export operation.
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| Notes: To properly display ASCII tablature in most word processors, you have to use a monospaced font such as "Courier". Otherwise the lines of tablature will skew and the notes won't line up properly with the timing marks or even with each other.
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| The TablEdit demo version will only export the first 16 measures of your tablature.
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| Normally TablEdit exports only the active module. If you wish to export multiple modules to an ASCII tablature file, first select the modules to be exported in {Options}>Multitrack. The resulting text file cannot, of course, be re-imported.
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