# 3.3. Adding songs to a collection (how to use `AutoAdd`)

There are some different ways to add a song to a collection.

First of all in each method, you must have selected the collection you want to add songs to in the `Collection Manager`. Then you can press on the 'Add' button to add a song, there will appear an open file dialog so that you can choose which song to add.

The other methods to add a song depend on the state of the AutoAdd option.

If `AutoAdd` is active, when you open a song (using `File | Open ...` or Drag&:Drop) it (they) will be added to the active collection without user intervention . If `AutoAdd` is not active, when you open a song the Temporary Collection will be activated and cleared, and the opened songs will be added to it.