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Working with symbols
The User Symbols editor – tools and functions
The toolbar contains the following tools and settings, from
left to right:
The Note Linked pop-up menu lets you create symbols
linked to note positions. This affects the whole symbol, not
a selected graphic object:
The Functions pop-up menu contains the following items
(some of these can also be accessed on the context menu
for the User Symbols tab):
Tool Description
Arrow Use this to select objects – press [Shift] to select more
than one. Click and drag to move objects – press [Ctrl]/
[Command] to drag vertically or horizontally only or press
[Alt]/[Option] to copy.
To delete an object, select it and press [Backspace] or
[Delete].
Line Draws a straight line.
Rectangle Creates a rectangle. You can fill this with the Fill button if
needed.
Polygon Creates a polygon – click where each corner of the poly-
gon should be and close the figure by clicking outside the
drawing area.
Circle Creates a circle. You can fill this with the Fill button if
needed.
Ellipse Creates an ellipse. You can fill this with the Fill button if
needed.
Arc Creates an arc.
Text Allows you to insert text objects. Clicking with this tool in
the drawing area opens a dialog where you enter the text,
specify font, style, etc. You can double-click on a text ob
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ject you have inserted to change its text or settings.
Symbol Clicking with this tool brings up a dialog where you can
select any of the existing score symbols and incorporate
this (at the desired font size) into your own symbol.
Set Color of
Frame
When this is selected, the Color pop-up menu is used to
select the color for the object frame.
Set Color of
Fill
When this is selected, the Color pop-up menu is used to
select the fill color for objects (if Fill is selected)
Fill Click this if you want the object to be filled – you can then
select a Fill Color for it from the Color pop-up menu.
Don’t Fill Click this if you do not want the object to be filled.
Color pop-up
menu
Selects Frame or Fill Color for objects. The “Select Col-
ors…” menu item brings up a standard color dialog.
Line Width Allows you to change the line width used for the selected
object.
Menu item Description
Not Linked The symbol is not linked to notes.
Linked/Left The symbol is linked to a note, appearing to the left of
the note.
Linked/Center The symbol is linked and centered to a note.
Linked/Behind The symbol is linked to a note, appearing to the right
of the note.
Menu item Description
New Symbol Adds a new empty symbol to the tab (and to the sym-
bol list to the left in the editor).
Delete Symbol Deletes the current symbol from the tab.
Export User
Symbols…
Allows you to save the current tab with all available
symbols as a separate file on disk.
Import User
Symbols…
Loads settings for a complete tab from disk. Note that
this replaces the current settings.
Export/Import
Symbol…
Lets you save or load individual symbols to/from disk.
Importing a symbol replaces the current symbol on the
tab.
Delete Deletes the selected object(s).
Select All Selects all objects in the current symbol.
Transform – Scale
Symbol
Lets you scale (resize) the selected object by specify-
ing a percentage.
Transform – Mirror
horizontal/vertical
Mirrors the selected object along the horizontal or ver-
tical axis.
Transform –
Flip ±90
Rotates the selected object by + or – 90 degrees.
Draw – Group Groups the selected objects so that they are treated
as one.
Draw – Ungroup Ungroups the selected group.
Draw – Bring To
Front/Send To
Back
These items let you arrange the objects by moving
them to the front or the back.
Align – Left/Right/
Top/Bottom/Cen
-
ter Vertically/Cen-
ter Horizontally
Aligns the selected objects to each other.
Display Sets the zoom factor for the drawing area.