Pro7 Chord Editor for Windows 0.2 (early build)

The second early build of the new chord editor, for Windows.

It puts chords on the songs of a ProPresenter library, so that ProPresenter shows them on a stage screen. A song is shown as a sheet of its slides, with the chords in bubbles over the words, to be put on, moved and taken off with the mouse and the keys; or as ChordPro text, to be typed in. Chords can go where there are no words too: on an intro's line of chords, and on a blank slide.

It knows a song that the first Windows editor saved (0.9.5 and before, further down this page) by what that editor left in the file: chords written so that ProPresenter shows them twice, and sometimes the wrong key. Such a song is marked in the list, and offers to be put right. And a new song can be made from a ChordPro file.

A personal hobby project, not a product. Nobody supports it and nothing is promised. It changes the files of your ProPresenter library. It has nothing to do with Renewed Vision, the makers of ProPresenter.

New since 0.1.0

• One of the key's seven chords can be dragged from the strip across the top of the sheet onto a word.
• The window's title says which version it is: "Pro7 Chord Editor [0.2]".

The ways to put a chord on

On the chord sheet (Ctrl+1). There is one place the next chord goes to, the spot. It follows the pointer, and the arrow keys move it too.

• Point and press 1 to 7: the key's own chord for that number goes on where the pointer is. The strip across the top of the sheet shows which seven they are.
• Click one of the seven in the strip: it goes on the spot.
• Drag one of the seven from the strip onto a word.
• Press a letter, A to G, or click a word: a small box opens to type any chord in, and offers what the chord might be going to be. Enter keeps it. Tab keeps it and goes on to the next word. A click on another word keeps it and starts the next one there. Esc throws it away.
• Drag a chord to another word, on any slide. With Ctrl held, it is copied.
• Delete takes off the chord at the spot.
• Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V put a line's chords on another line, word for word. Shift+Ctrl+C copies those of a whole group.
• Ctrl+Z undoes, and Ctrl+Y puts back.

As ChordPro text (Ctrl+2): chords are typed in square brackets among the words, as in [G]Amazing [C]grace. Only the chords can be changed there; the words are the slides'.

In the song's header: the key its chords are written in, and the key ProPresenter is to show them in.

Before you use it

• Keep a backup of your ProPresenter library.
• Quit ProPresenter first. Nothing is saved while ProPresenter is running.
• Try it on a copy first: copy one folder out of ProPresenter's Libraries to somewhere else, and open the copy with Choose Folder.

Every change is saved as it is made; there is no Save. Before the app first changes a song's file it keeps a copy of the file as it was. The copies are under Earlier Versions, in a song's header, and in Settings under Backups.

Starting it the first time

The zip has one file in it, Pro7ChordEditor.exe, and a read-me. Take the file out of the zip and put it where you like. Nothing is installed, and nothing else is needed.

This build is not signed, so Windows cannot say who made it. The first time it is started Windows may stop it and say "Windows protected your PC". To go on:

1. Click "More info".
2. Click "Run anyway".

After that it starts like any other program. The first start takes some seconds before its window comes. Do this only for something whose maker you have reason to trust; what this app is made from is in this repository. The same steps are in the read-me inside the zip.

If it finds no library

It reads songs that are kept as .pro files, in the Libraries folder of ProPresenter's own folder, which is in Documents unless it was moved. A copy of ProPresenter that keeps its songs otherwise has none for it to find. Any folder of .pro files can be opened with Choose Folder.

Not yet tried

• It has been tried by hand only briefly, on one PC.
• Dragging one of the seven from the strip onto a word had been done only by the app's own tests when this build was made, and by no hand on Windows yet.
• A song made from a ChordPro file (File, New Song from ChordPro File) has not yet been opened in ProPresenter. Until it has, make one only to try it, and look at it in ProPresenter before it is wanted.

Not in it yet

• An icon.

What it needs

Windows 10 or 11, on a 64-bit PC. It has been run on Windows 11, on one PC, and nowhere else yet.

Pro7ChordEditor-windows-0.2.zip, sha256 0a6da39d56b0a43f11514d8d3c3c8318f23b7592a118871513118d8d70e5d4ba

There is an early build of the new editor for the Mac on this page too. The Windows editor further down, 0.9.5, is the first one and another program, which this is to replace.

Pro7 Chord Editor for the Mac 0.2 (early build)

The second early build of the new chord editor, for the Mac.

It puts chords on the songs of a ProPresenter library, so that ProPresenter shows them on a stage screen. A song is shown as a sheet of its slides, with the chords in bubbles over the words, to be put on, moved and taken off with the mouse and the keys; or as ChordPro text, to be typed in. Chords can go where there are no words too: on an intro's line of chords, and on a blank slide.

A personal hobby project, not a product. Nobody supports it and nothing is promised. It changes the files of your ProPresenter library. It has nothing to do with Renewed Vision, the makers of ProPresenter.

New since 0.1

• One of the key's seven chords can be dragged from the strip across the top of the sheet onto a word.
• The window's title says which version it is: "Pro7 Chord Editor [0.2]".

The ways to put a chord on

On the chord sheet (Command+1). There is one place the next chord goes to, the spot. It follows the pointer, and the arrow keys move it too.

• Point and press 1 to 7: the key's own chord for that number goes on where the pointer is. The strip across the top of the sheet shows which seven they are.
• Click one of the seven in the strip: it goes on the spot.
• Drag one of the seven from the strip onto a word.
• Press a letter, A to G, or click a word: a small box opens to type any chord in, and offers what the chord might be going to be. Return keeps it. Tab keeps it and goes on to the next word. A click on another word keeps it and starts the next one there. Esc throws it away.
• Drag a chord to another word, on any slide. With Option held, it is copied.
• Delete takes off the chord at the spot.
• Command+C and Command+V put a line's chords on another line, word for word. Shift+Command+C copies those of a whole group.
• Command+Z undoes, and Shift+Command+Z puts back.

As ChordPro text (Command+2): chords are typed in square brackets among the words, as in [G]Amazing [C]grace. Only the chords can be changed there; the words are the slides'.

In the song's header: the key its chords are written in, and the key ProPresenter is to show them in.

Before you use it

• Keep a backup of your ProPresenter library.
• Quit ProPresenter first. Nothing is saved while ProPresenter is running.
• Try it on a copy first: copy one folder out of ProPresenter's Libraries to somewhere else, and open the copy with Choose Folder.

Every change is saved as it is made; there is no Save. Before the app first changes a song's file it keeps a copy of the file as it was. The copies are under Earlier Versions, in a song's header, and in Settings under Backups.

Opening it the first time

This build is not signed with an Apple developer certificate, and Apple has not checked it. So macOS will not open it at a double-click. To open it:

1. Open the .dmg, drag Pro7 Chord Editor to Applications, and double-click it there. macOS says it could not verify the app. Close that message.
2. Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and scroll down to Security. It says Pro7 Chord Editor was blocked. Click Open Anyway, and say yes when it asks again.

After that it opens like any other app. Do this only for something whose maker you have reason to trust; what this app is made from is in this repository. The same steps are in the read-me inside the .dmg.

Not in it yet

• Finding and mending the songs that the first chord editor, the one for Windows, left wrong.
• Making a song from a ChordPro file.
• An icon.

What it needs

macOS 15 or later, on a Mac with Apple's own chip or Intel's. It has been run on macOS 26 with Apple's chip, and nowhere else yet.

Pro7ChordEditor-mac-0.2.dmg, sha256 5145c64eb1d6c0e920528e493f12a9a68c86dbb8ecebf984d6f16ec03bd74475

There is an early build of the new editor for Windows on this page too. The Windows editor further down, 0.9.5, is the first one and another program.

v0.9.5

What's changed

• some small fixes and quality of life improvements
• new build system, giving the users two options how to run the app

How to run ⚠️NEW⚠️

There are two zip files, FD (Framework Dependent) and SC (Self Contained). The difference between those two is their size and prerequisites to run them. But in both cases, you just need to download and extract your preferred zip file and then run the Pro7ChordEditor.exe file.

Framework Dependent build

The FD build is much smaller because it relies on an external runtime the user has to have installed. If you want to use this build (for example so that you don't have to download huge SC builds with every update of this or other programs) but don't have the runtime yet, you can install it easily from here.

Self Contained build

The SC build is larger because it contains the runtime and doesn't depend on things the user might not have installed. So this is the simpler option, you just run the file.

0.9.4.2

Bugfix for Issue #1.
Solves failure to load Pro7 libraries for default setups!

0.9.4.1

Updated app to block edits of MT documents. (To avoid legal/relationship issues with MT or RV)
This is a beta version. Please do NOT use this on your production machines.
You can use this on home/test/non-production or backup machines.
Even so, BACKUP your library files first!
Please report any issues in Issue section of this project.

Installation:
Make a new folder anywhere on your computer and extract files from Pro7ChordEditor.0.92.zip and then double-click Pro7ChordEditor.exe to run it.

When you get "Windows protected your PC" prompt:
Click More Info link and then Run anayway button.

0.9.4 - bugfix for saves crashing when no key selected

Removed build. Updating app to block edits of MT documents.
This is a beta version. Please do NOT use this on your production machines.
You can use this on home/test/non-production or backup machines.
Even so, BACKUP your library files first!
Please report any issues in Issue section of this project.

Installation:
Make a new folder anywhere on your computer and extract files from Pro7ChordEditor.0.92.zip and then double-click Pro7ChordEditor.exe to run it.

When you get "Windows protected your PC" prompt:
Click More Info link and then Run anayway button.

0.9.3

This is a beta version. Please do NOT use this on your production machines.
You can use this on home/test/non-production or backup machines.
Even so, BACKUP your library files first!
Please report any issues in Issue section of this project.

Installation:
Make a new folder anywhere on your computer and extract files from Pro7ChordEditor.0.92.zip and then double-click Pro7ChordEditor.exe to run it.

When you get "Windows protected your PC" prompt:
Click More Info link and then Run anayway button.