# Chapter 9. Final notes

# 9.1. Some tips and tricks

I will include some tips so that you can take fully advantage from all the features of KMid :

- `Opening files` I always keep a KDE desktop with a KFM window in my root midi directory, and KMid in this desktop (if playing a midi file) or sticky (if playing a karaoke file :-)). This way, when the active collection finishes, or I want to play some file, I just go to the KFM window, select the desired files and make Drag&Drop to the KMid's window.

  Suppose that you want to play some midi files, but don't want to add them to any collection, well, just turn off the `AutoAdd to Collection` option in the `Collections` menu, and open the files, they will be added to the Temporary Collection .

- `Another method to create a new Collection` Suppose that you have midi files A.mid , B.mid and C.mid . At first you only want to play the first midi file, so you unselect `AutoAdd` and open A.mid . You get then a Temporary Collection with only one midi file .

  Then you decide to play also B and C, and make a collection with all them, what do you do ?

  Easy, select `AutoAdd` and open B.mid and C.mid (by any of the multiple methods), they will be automatically added to the Temporary Collection, that will then have A.mid, B.mid and C.mid . At this point, you can open the `Organize Collections` dialog, select the Temporary Collection, and click on the `Copy` button, enter the name of the new collection, and you are done . You already have a new collection, which holds the A,B and C midi files, and that is not deleted when you close KMid.