Managing External Folders

SlideGen contains the ability to Import an XML File containing a collection of songs. During import, these songs are placed into a new folder in the Song Catalogue, as specified in that particular XML File.

The External Folders tab on the main window contains a list of XML Files that SlideGen officially publishes or makes available to SlideGen users. Click on the External Folders tab to view this list:

SlideGen makes it easy to import these official collections of songs, by providing an "Install" button for each collection (this button will say "Download" if the file has not yet been downloaded). At the time of writing, this list contains three External Folders available for download and import. Additional folders will become available in this list as and when they are released (SlideGen will automatically check if there are any new folders available, each time it starts up).

A Collection of Public Domain Hymns - this is a generic collection of public domain hymns, published by SlideGen, and may be freely used by you for any purpose. A song in the "public domain" is one where the authors died long enough ago that all copyrights have expired.
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal - the Seventh-day Adventist Church in its "South Pacific Division" (includes Australia, New Zealand and various pacific island nations) have allowed SlideGen to redistribute an XML File that it has produced. This file contains a listing of all 695 hymns in the hymnal, and includes the lyrics for all public domain hymns, and those hymns covered by CCLI. Access to this file is restricted - for legal reasons, the file is only available to Seventh-day Adventist churches and affiliated entites, and only within the South Pacific Division. You will only be able to install this file if you qualify, based on the answers to questions asked during installation. You can review or re-answer these questions by clicking on the "Set Entity / Region" button if you do not currently have the hymnal installed. For more information about the hymnal, click here.
Piano Praise - Volume 1 - a collection of lyrics to accompany the tracks available in the Piano Praise album - see the website pianopraise.com.au. The audio tracks themselves can be purchased and downloaded directly from the Audio Collections tab.

Once you have installed any of the above folders, you can then go to the Audio Collections tab and download audio tracks that match the public domain lyrics contained in the above folders. It is recommended that you install at least one of the above folders before downloading any audio tracks.