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336 Chapter 15 Score Editor
• Stem direction, tie direction, and beaming, independent of the settings in the Score
Style being used.
• Display as an Independent Note, which excludes the note from the measure’s overall
rhythmic calculation.
• Horizontal graphic offset from the default position.
• Change of accidental distance.
• Change of note size, and form of the note head.
General Appearance
View Menu
You can activate and deactivate the following display options by selecting the
corresponding menu entries. Activation is indicated by a check mark:
Colors
The entries in this menu set the color mode for the active score window. These settings
have priority over all other color settings.
• Normal or Individual means that colors are assigned according to the color settings in
Score Styles and Note Attributes. As long as these settings haven’t been changed in
new songs, this will result in a regular black and white printout—and black notes on
a yellow background onscreen.
• Show Pitch applies colors in accordance with note pitches. The colors of notes can be
edited in the Layout > Colors window. You can also determine whether notes with
accidentals have the same color as those without accidentals, or if each note in the
chromatic scale will have its own color, in this window.
• Show Velocity applies eight different colors in accordance with MIDI velocity. These
colors can also be edited in Layout > Colors.
• Show Voice Assignment assigns different colors to different Voices. This only makes
sense in Score Styles that contain more than one Voice. This mode employs the
colors of the user palette, which can also be found and edited in Layout > Colors.
• Force Black & White does exactly that. This mode is useful when color options have
been used in Score Styles or have been assigned to notes using Note Attributes, but
you want to print a regular black and white score, and return to the colored display.
Page Edit
Note: A quicker way of changing between Linear and Page Edit view is to click on the
button in the upper left corner, or use the corresponding key command.
You should use linear view for editing, as screen redraws are much faster, especially on
slower computers. Page view should only be used for layout work, in preparation for
printout.