User manual

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The basics
On the Score Settings–Staff page
1. Click on a staff to make it the active staff.
2. On the Scores menu, select “Settings…” to open the
Score Settings dialog. Select the Staff page at the top to
open Main tab, showing the current settings for the active
staff.
You can also double-click to the left of a staff to make it active and bring
up the Score Settings dialog in one go (if this does not work, the option
“Double-click on staff flips between full score/part” in the Preferences
dialog (Scores–Editing page) may be activated – see “Displaying single
voices or the complete score” on page 494).
3. In the Clef/Key section, use the scroll bar on the left to
select one of the available clefs.
You will find out how to insert clef changes in the section “Inserting and
editing clefs, keys or time signatures” on page 522.
4. Click Apply.
Ö You can select another staff in the score and make
settings for it without having to close the Score Settings
dialog first.
In a split system
If you have a split system (see “Split (piano) staves” on
page 521 and “Strategies: How many voices do I need?”
on page 535) you can of course set different clefs for the
upper and lower staff.
1. Open the Score Settings–Staff page.
2. Select a clef for the upper staff.
3. Activate the “Lower Staff” checkbox.
4. Set a clef for the lower staff.
Using Auto Clef
Auto Clef activated on the Score Settings–Staff page.
On the Score Settings–Staff page you will also find the
option Auto Clef. If this is activated, the program will auto-
matically select a treble clef or a bass clef for the staff, de-
pending on the range of the notes in the part.
Editing the key
Therefore, when you want to edit the key, decide if you
want the key change to apply to the entire project, or if you
want to use different keys on different staves:
• If the key set at the beginning of the track is to be used
on all staves, and if any subsequent key changes are also
valid for all staves, then leave the option “Key Changes for
the entire Project” activated.
• If you want to use different keys on different staves,
make sure that the option “Key Changes for the entire
Project” is deactivated.
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On the Score Settings–Project page, on the Notation
Style subpage (Keys category) you will find the option
“Key Changes for the entire Project”. When this op-
tion is activated, all changes made to the key will al-
ways affect every staff in the project, so that it is not
possible to define different keys for different staves
(other than the relative display transpositions for
transposing instruments as set up in their respective
Staff Settings).
Also from the Staff settings dialog, any staff (e.g. a
drum staff) can be set to not show key signatures.