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Working with text
Editing the text
If you made a mistake when typing or for some other rea-
son want to change text, double-click on a text block with
the Object Selection tool, edit the text and press [Return]
to close it.
• It is also possible to replace all occurrences of a certain
word in the score, without having to edit the texts manu
-
ally, see “Find and replace” on page 652.
Selecting font, size, and style for the text
1. Select the text that you want to make settings for.
If nothing is selected, the settings you make are the “default settings”.
The next time you insert text, these settings are used.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog and select the Text
page.
3. Select a font from the Font pop-up menu.
How many and which fonts appear depends on what typefaces you have
installed on your computer.
4. Select a text size from the Size pop-up menu (or enter
one manually in the text field).
5. You can also add one or several font options using the
checkboxes and pop-up menus.
Most of the options are common text style variations such as bold, italic,
underline, etc. But there are also a few special style options:
6. Click Apply to apply the settings to the selected text.
Note that you can select other text blocks while the dialog remains open –
the dialog is updated to reflect the settings of the currently selected text.
7. When you are done, close the Score Settings dialog.
Text attribute sets
A text attribute set can be seen as a “preset” containing all
font, size, and style settings. By creating text attribute sets
for the settings you use most often, you can save a lot of
time.
Creating a text attribute set
1. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page
and select the Text Settings subpage.
2. Open the Attribute Sets tab.
3. On the Font Set pop-up menu, select the “Empty” set.
4. Select a font, specify a size, and add style options us-
ing the checkboxes.
The options are the same as when you make text settings on the Text
page in the Score Settings dialog (see above).
5. Click in the text field of the Font Set pop-up menu and
enter a name for the new text attribute set.
6. Click Store to store the new text attribute set.
Using text attribute sets
To apply the settings in the text attribute set to one or
several text blocks, select them, select the set from the
Font Set pop-up menu on the Text page in the Score Set-
tings dialog and click Apply. You can also apply a text at-
tribute set to a text block directly in the score by right-
clicking it and selecting the set from the context menu.
• If you select a text attribute set on the Text page when
no text is selected in the score, the settings are used the
next time you insert some text.
Ö After you have selected a set for a text block, there is a
“link” between the text and the attribute set. Any changes to
the attribute set affects all texts that use it (see below). You
can still edit any text settings manually (on the Project–Text
Settings subpage) but then the “link” to the attribute set is
removed.
!
For regular text you should avoid the “Steinberg”
fonts. These are the fonts Cubase uses for all scor-
ing symbols, etc.
Option Description
Frame Allows you to put the text in a rectangular (“Box”) or oval
frame.
Melisma
options
These determine the appearance of the “melisma line”,
see
“About the melisma lines” on page 646.
Positioning Allows you to select which side of the text block (left or
right) is used for calculating its position. This has an effect
in situations where that text block is moved automatically
(as a result of an Auto Layout function, when you move bar
lines manually, etc.). If, for example, the text block appears
just in front of a note (to the left of it), it appears in a more
sensible position after the adjustment, if the “Right” option
is selected.
Alignment:
Left/Center/
Right
Allows you to specify the alignment of the text. These op-
tions are only valid for texts with more than one line.