Learn about the PlayList


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  Step 1:  Check Out the Controls

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The PlayList component has four controls: Open button (which opens music sources), Save button (which stores the songs in the PlayList window as a playlist you can use again later), Clear button (which clears the PlayList window, and the Separated/Integrated view button (which detaches the PlayList component from the Play component (and enlarges it) or shrinks the PlayList component and integrates it with the Player).
  Step 2:  Separate the PlayList

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Assuming you've been following directions carefully, you should have one track visible in the PlayList window. Click the Separate button (the right-pointing arrowhead) to separate and enlarge the component. You should see the full name of the song, as well as the artist's name, under the Current Tracks heading. You can double click the song in this view to start it playing. You can also drag and drop songs into this view to add them to the current playlist.
  Step 3:  Save a Playlist

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To see what playlists are all about, save this song as a playlist. To do this, click Save. When the Save Playlist dialog box appears, enter a name for your new list, FirstList perhaps. Click Save to save the playlist for some other time.
  Step 4:  Clear the Playlist

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Click Clear to clear all songs from the playlist.
  Step 5:  Find the Playlist

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Click Load. MusicMatch Jukebox displays the Open Music dialog box, which allows you to specify which type of files you want to play. You can choose Tracks, Playlists, or CD Player. For now, click Playlists. This displays all the playlists you have stored in the Playlists folder. Find FirstList in the Playlists pane.
  Step 6:  Play the Playlist

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Click FirstList to select this list. Note the Clear current playlist option at the bottom of this window. When it is selected, Jukebox clears any songs in the PlayList window before copying additional music into the window. To actually play the contents of the playlist, click Play.
  Step 7:  Reintegrate the PlayList

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Now that this quick tour of the PlayList component is complete, you should put things back the way you found them. Click the Integrated View button (the left-pointing arrowhead among the PlayList controls), to put the Player and the PlayList back together again.