If you modify the file by merging another file into it, the annotations are not deleted, but note that MobileSheets does not track annotations per file - it tracks them per page in the song (in order to support the page order which can repeat pages multiple times with different annotations on each instance of a page). If you just add a new file and the page order is adjusted for that file, the annotations should still be preserved. Things only get messy when you save as a new PDF and flatten the page order. I would not advise users do this if they have existing annotations they want to preserve unless they first embed those annotations in the underlying PDF. Right now, if a file is inserted, it's actually placed at the end of the PDF, but the page order is updated to place that page earlier. MobileSheets should properly account for these kinds of changes as far as annotations go, and should move all the annotations as needed to make space for the new file.
As far as your second question, if the annotations are in the PDF itself, sure, you can certainly do that. If they are managed by MobileSheets, then no, you'd have to embed them first. Merging songs involves a lot more than just merging the files they use or the annotations on their pages. If I support a feature like that, it's going to have to support merging absolutely everything, as I think that's what users would expect.
BRX - the original will be overwritten as soon as you save the changes in the song editor. Nothing is permanent until you save the changes in the song editor - any changes made in the page order UI can be discarded if needed.
The intent of this feature is not to allow users to modify an existing PDF in the page ordering UI and then save that PDF as a new PDF somewhere else on the device. That's kind of the point of the export feature, but if users absolutely want this, it's something I can look into supporting, but the problem is that people would probably also still expect all of the same supported features as the export, namely that annotations will be exported, as well as the cropping, rotation, etc. So I really don't want to have to duplicate that functionality in multiple places if possible. The intent is just to allow users to be able to edit their existing PDFs in more ways. I'm certainly open to feedback though if most users are wanting certain capabilities.
Mike
As far as your second question, if the annotations are in the PDF itself, sure, you can certainly do that. If they are managed by MobileSheets, then no, you'd have to embed them first. Merging songs involves a lot more than just merging the files they use or the annotations on their pages. If I support a feature like that, it's going to have to support merging absolutely everything, as I think that's what users would expect.
BRX - the original will be overwritten as soon as you save the changes in the song editor. Nothing is permanent until you save the changes in the song editor - any changes made in the page order UI can be discarded if needed.
The intent of this feature is not to allow users to modify an existing PDF in the page ordering UI and then save that PDF as a new PDF somewhere else on the device. That's kind of the point of the export feature, but if users absolutely want this, it's something I can look into supporting, but the problem is that people would probably also still expect all of the same supported features as the export, namely that annotations will be exported, as well as the cropping, rotation, etc. So I really don't want to have to duplicate that functionality in multiple places if possible. The intent is just to allow users to be able to edit their existing PDFs in more ways. I'm certainly open to feedback though if most users are wanting certain capabilities.
Mike