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The basics
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• How to open the Score Editor.
• How to switch between Page Mode and Edit Mode.
• How to set up the page size and margins.
• How to hide and show the symbol Inspector, the toolbar and
the extended toolbar.
• How to set up the ruler.
• How to set a zoom factor.
• How to make initial settings for key, clef and time signature.
Preparations
1. In the Project window, create a MIDI track for each in-
strument.
You can prepare a piano (split) staff from a single track, i.e. there’s no
need to create one track for the bass clef and one for the treble clef.
2. Name each track after the instrument.
This name can later be used in the score if you like.
3. Record into the tracks or create empty parts on all
tracks.
You can make very long parts that cover the entire project, or you can
start out with shorter parts to begin with. If you choose the latter option,
you can always go back later and add new parts or copy existing parts.
Opening the Score Editor
Editing one or several parts
To open one or several parts in the Score Editor, select
the parts (on the same or on different tracks) and select
“Open Score Editor” from the MIDI menu or “Open Selec-
tion” from the Scores menu. The default key command for
this is [Ctrl]/[Command]-[R].
• You can also select the Score Editor as your default ed-
itor, allowing you to open it by double-clicking parts.
This is done with the Default Edit Action pop-up menu in the Preferences
dialog (Event Display–MIDI page).
Editing whole tracks
When preparing a score for printing, you probably want to
open whole MIDI tracks in the Score Editor. To do this, se-
lect the track(s) in the track list and make sure no parts are
selected – then open the Score Editor as described above.
Editing parts on different tracks
If you have selected parts on two or more tracks (or sev-
eral entire tracks – no parts) and open the Score Editor,
you will get one staff for each track (although you can split
a staff in two, e.g. when scoring for piano). Think of the
Project window as an overview of your entire score and
the tracks as representing one instrument each.
Editing predefined combinations of tracks
In the section “Layout operations” on page 595, you will
find out how to open the Score Editor for a certain combi-
nation of tracks that you edited before.
Quickly switching between display of parts or
tracks
When the option “Double-click on staff flips between full
score/part” is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores-
Editing page), double-clicking on the blue rectangle to the
left of a staff will switch between display of either the
whole score or the current voice.
The project cursor
The project cursor appears as a vertical line across the
staff. When you open the Score Editor, the view is auto-
matically scrolled so that the project cursor is visible in the
window. This means you don’t always see the beginning
of the edited part when you first open the Score Editor.
• Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and [Shift] and click anywhere
in the score to move the project cursor there.
This is handy when the project cursor isn’t visible. This is not possible if
Keyboard Input mode is activated, see “Entering notes using the compu-
ter keyboard” on page 515.