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Working with symbols
Why three layers?
There are several reasons for this division into layers:
• Many of the symbols that are in the layout layer can be stretched
to span over several staves, or for other reasons make more
sense to think of as belonging to a certain group of tracks.
• The layout layer is only one part of the bigger concept of lay-
outs. Layouts allow you to easily extract parts from a full score
and perform automatic formatting. This is described in the
chapter “Working with layouts” on page 594.
• Typically, you want to display some symbols – repeat bar
lines, endings, score titles etc. – for all layouts in a score. To
achieve this, insert them on the project layer.
Which symbols are part of which layer is described in the
section “The available symbols” on page 559 and onwards.
The symbol Inspector
To display the symbol Inspector, click the Show Symbols
button on the toolbar.
Customizing the symbol Inspector
You can customize the appearance of the symbol Inspec-
tor by showing/hiding tabs and by specifying their order in
the Inspector.
Showing/Hiding symbol Inspector tabs
If you right-click on any tab in the Inspector, a context menu
will appear. On this menu, you can directly check (show) or
uncheck (hide) elements of the Inspector as desired.
You can also select different preset configurations from
the lower half of the menu. To display all Symbol Inspector
tabs, select “Show All”.
The symbol Inspector Setup dialog
If you right-click on any closed tab in the symbol Inspector
and select “Setup…” from the context menu, a dialog ap-
pears. In this dialog you can configure where the separate
tabs should be placed in the Inspector and save/recall dif-
ferent configurations of the Inspector.
The Setup dialog for the symbol Inspector.
The dialog is divided into two columns. The left column
displays the currently visible tabs in the Inspector, and the
right column displays the currently hidden tabs.
• You can change the current show/hide status by select-
ing items in one column and using the arrow buttons in the
middle of the dialog to move them to the other column.
The changes are reflected directly in the editor.
• You can change the order of the (visible) tabs in the
symbol Inspector with the “Move Up” and “Move Down”
buttons.
The changes are reflected directly in the Score editor. To revert back to
the default Inspector settings, right-click on one of the tabs and select
“Default” from the context menu.
A “customized” Inspector