Bulk import and review

When you import several files at once — up to 40 — Page Turner checks each file against the built-in composer catalogue as part of the import. If at least one file is recognized as a specific catalogued work, a Review imports sheet opens after the import finishes; if none is — common for works outside the catalogue — the batch imports without a review, as described in When the review does not open. Every score is already in My Library with its detected title and composer applied; the review is where you correct detection mistakes and decide what to do with scores that match something you already have. How to select the files themselves is covered in Import files and folders.

Review the batch

1. The Review imports header counts the batch for you: 40 scores just imported · 3 reviewed.
2. Select a score in the list. On iPad the list and the score's details sit side by side; on iPhone the score opens on its own screen — return with the Imports back button.
3. Check the first-page preview against the detected title and composer. Correct any field directly in the properties form below — the same fields as Score metadata.
4. Mark the score checked with Validate next to the preview, or tap the circle beside its row in the list.
5. If the remaining entries look right, Validate all marks the rest in one step.
6. Select Done to close the review, or Cancel — beside it in the header — to close it without applying your Attach as version choices.

Done also applies any Attach as version choices you left in place (next section). Cancel, or swiping the sheet down, closes the review without attaching anything: every import stays in My Library as its own score. Either way, nothing you imported is removed — the review never undoes the import itself.

Note Titles and composers are detected from the filenames, on the device. A batch of descriptive filenames needs little correction; a batch of scan001.pdf-style names needs its titles typed in here.

When an import matches a score you already have

A row marked Version? was detected as the same work as a score already in your library. Its detail view shows a panel starting with Looks like a new version of and two choices:

• Attach as version — the default. The import is filed under the existing score instead of appearing as a duplicate row.
• Keep separate — the import stays as its own score. You can still merge the two later from the library.

The choice is applied when you tap Done, not when you tap the button. Page Turner only proposes an attach on a strong match — the same catalogue number, or a near-identical title and composer — so a weak resemblance imports as a separate score rather than being folded in silently.

Catalogue matches

A row marked Catalog was recognized as a specific work in the built-in composer catalogue, and its detail view shows a Matched to the catalog line above the Validate button. The match fills in metadata — title, composer, catalogue number, key — from the catalogue entry; it does not mean you already own a copy.

Limit Catalogue matching contacts the Page Turner server during the import, one lookup per file. Without an internet connection the batch still imports normally — with filename-detected metadata only, and no review sheet.

When the review does not open

Two kinds of batch skip the review and import as-is through the progress sheet, with filename-detected metadata:

• a batch of up to 40 files in which no file was recognized in the catalogue;
• a drop of more than 40 files, which is too large for the per-file catalogue lookup.

The scores still land in My Library the same way. Afterward:

• If some scores ended up without a composer, Page Turner offers an organization review covering just those scores.
• Correct individual entries with Score metadata.

After the review

• Use Organize scores to Merge, Concatenate, Merge as movements, or Link as set related entries.
• Use Collections for rehearsal, programme, or teaching sets.
• If a file failed to import or convert, see Import and conversion troubleshooting.