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Staff settings
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• How to make staff settings.
• How to work with staff presets.
Staff settings
Below follows a run-through of all staff settings, more de-
tailed information about the ones already described and
references to other places in the manual for some options.
The Staff page has four tabs – here, the Main tab is selected.
Making settings
1. Open the Score Settings and select the Staff page.
2. With the dialog open, make the desired staff active.
Click anywhere in a staff to make it active, or use the up and down arrow
keys to step from staff to staff.
3. Select the desired tab and make all necessary settings.
The settings for regular staves are found on the Main and Options tab,
the Polyphonic tab contains settings for split systems and polyphonic
voices while the Tablature tab lets you set up tablature scores.
4. When you have made the desired settings, click Apply.
Ö If the “Apply closes Property Windows” option is acti-
vated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page),
clicking Apply also closes the dialog.
• To make settings for another staff, simply make it active
in the score (by clicking anywhere in the staff or by using
the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard).
However, please note that you need to click Apply before making an-
other staff active – otherwise your settings are lost!
Working with staff presets
Making staff settings for your scores can be time-consum-
ing. Staff presets allow you to reuse those settings when-
ever you work with a staff similar to one you have worked
on before. A staff preset contains all the settings from the
Staff page of the Score Settings dialog, except for the key.
• To store the current settings (including the settings on
the Options tab, see below) click the Store button in the
Presets section of the Staff page.
Enter a name for the preset in the name dialog that appears, and click OK.
The preset is now available on the Presets pop-up menu (in all projects).
• There are a number of staff presets available, set up to
suit various instruments, etc. The presets are accessed
from the Presets pop-up menu on the Staff page of the
Score Settings dialog or from the staff context menu,
opened by right-clicking on the blue rectangle to the left
of a staff.
Use them as they are, or as starting points for your own settings. Note
that this loads the settings in the preset into the dialog – to apply these
to a staff you must click the Apply button as usual. You can also apply
staff presets directly in the score – see below.
• To remove a preset, select it from the pop-up menu and
click the Remove button.
Applying a preset directly in the score
If you right-click on the blue rectangle to the left of a staff,
a context menu appears, listing all available presets. Se-
lect one to apply it to the staff.
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Staff settings can be saved in the track presets. For
more information, see the chapter
“Working with
track presets” on page 331.