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Working with symbols
The rulers
Unlike other editors, the Score Editor does not have a
meter/time position-based ruler. Instead, its rulers are
“graphical”, i.e. they indicate the actual x-y position of ob-
jects (with “zero” at the upper left corner).
• The current pointer position is indicated by thin lines in
the rulers.
• To hide the rulers, pull down the pop-up menu above
the scroll bar to the right and select “Off”.
This pop-up menu can also be shown by right-clicking in the ruler.
• To display the ruler again, pull down the same pop-up
menu and select one of the units (inches, centimeters or
points).
This setting will also affect the units used in the Position Info window
(see below).
The Position Info window
If you need to fine-tune the graphical positions of symbols
and other objects, you should use the Position Info win-
dow. This makes positioning easier in two ways:
• You get a numerical indication of the exact position of the
mouse pointer (and any object you are dragging).
• You can move objects or staves by typing in position values.
You display the Position Info window by clicking in the
ruler.
The window contains the following settings and values:
Dragging symbols across staves
If you drag a symbol across the staves, you will note how
the “active staff” indicator to the left follows the mouse
pointer. Use this as an indication, to make sure that sym-
bols end up in the correct staff.
• If you are editing several tracks at the same time, and
want to make sure that a symbol isn’t accidentally moved
to another track when you drag it vertically, click on the “L”
button on the extended toolbar.
When this is activated, you cannot move symbols across staves by drag-
ging.
Option Description
Measure in
Inch/cm/mm/pt
Click this label to change units for the Position Info win-
dow. This choice will also affect the units used in the rulers.
Abs/Rel. Pos Click this label to select whether X-Y position values
should be “absolute” (referring to the upper left corner of
the current page) or “relative” (referring to the upper left
corner of the active staff).
X, Y When a single object is selected, these values show the
horizontal and vertical position of this object.
When no objects or several objects are selected, these
values show the current horizontal and vertical position of
the pointer.
When a single object is selected, you can click on these
values and type in a new position for the object.
dX, dY When you are moving an object, these values indicate
the horizontal and vertical distance you have moved it.
You can click and type in values to move the object(s) by
the specified distances.
Sel. Staff If “Abs. Pos” is selected (see above), this value shows
the distance from the top of the score page to the top of
the active staff.
You can click and type in a value to move the active staff.
If “Rel. Pos” is selected, this value will always be 0, since
vertical positions are related to the top of the active staff!
To Prev Staff The distance between the active staff and the staff above
it. Clicking and typing in a value will move the active staff.
To Next Staff The distance between the active staff and the staff below
it. Clicking and typing in a value will move the staves be-
low the active staff.