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Working with layouts
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• What layouts are and what they contain.
• How to create layouts.
• How to use layouts for opening combinations of tracks.
• How to apply, load, save and delete layouts.
• How to import and export layouts.
• An example of how layouts can be used.
Background: Layouts
Layouts can be viewed as “presets” containing settings for
the layout layer: staff spacing, bar lines, layout symbols, etc.
When to use layouts
• You need to format the score differently when you print
the entire score and when you extract parts for single in-
struments (or groups of instruments). Layouts allow you to
keep different sets of “looks” for the same track or set of
tracks. You might for example have one layout for each
single instrument and one for the entire score.
• By selecting another layout on the Layout page of the
Score Settings dialog, you can switch to another combi
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nation of tracks without having to leave the Score Editor.
What makes up a layout?
A layout contains the following items and properties:
• The inserted Layout symbols (see “The available symbols” on
page 621).
• All settings on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog.
• The vertical spacing of the staves.
• Bar line spacing.
• Broken bar lines.
Ö Note that Project symbols (see “The available symbols”
on page 621), bar line types and bar number offsets are
part of the Project layer, and appear in all layouts.
How layouts are stored
Layouts are created automatically when you edit a single
track or a combination of tracks. They are an integral part
of the specific track combination, which means you do not
have to store them separately.
Creating a layout
Layouts are created automatically when you open a new
combination of tracks for editing.
Each track may have been edited before, individually or to-
gether with other tracks, it does not matter. What matters
is that you open precisely these tracks. For example, to
create a layout for a string quartet, select parts on the cor
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responding tracks and press [Ctrl]/[Command]-[R].
Opening a layout
The “Open Layout” command on the Scores menu opens
a dialog listing all available layouts for the Project.
• Select the desired layout in the list and click OK to open
the tracks contained in the layout in the Score Editor.
This is a quick way for opening several tracks in the Score Editor directly
from the Project window.
Layout operations
The Score Settings dialog contains a Layout page, where
you can make settings for the different layouts. To the left
of the dialog, all existing layouts in the project are listed
(this is the same list as in the Open Layout dialog, see
above). The layout currently used is highlighted in the list.
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The order of the tracks does not matter – you can re-
order them in the Project window without removing
the layout. However, the spacing of the staves in the
layout is related to the order of the tracks.