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Showing vocal staff labels in uppercase/title case
You can show the staff labels on vocal staves in uppercase letters or in title case. Many European
publishers prefer vocal staves to have staff labels with capital letters, but this is not true of all
publishers.
PROCEDURE
1. In Engrave mode, choose Engrave > Engraving Options.
The Engraving Options dialog opens.
2. Click Staff Labels in the page list.
3. For Labels for vocal staves, choose one of the following options:
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Shown in uppercase
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Shown in title case
4. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
Staff labels on all vocal staves project-wide use either uppercase letters or title case.
Changing the length of staff labels project-wide
You can show full, abbreviated, or no instrument names in staff labels project-wide depending on
their context in each layout independently.
By default, full staff labels are shown on the rst system of each ow and abbreviated staff labels
are shown on subsequent systems in full score layouts. In part layouts, staff labels are not shown
on any systems.
PROCEDURE
1. In Setup mode, choose Setup > Layout Options.
The Layout Options dialog opens.
2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the length of
instrument names in staff labels in one of the following ways:
● Click Select All.
● Click Select All Full Score Layouts.
● Click Select All Part Layouts.
● Click Select All Custom Score Layouts.
● Ctrl/Cmd-click individual layouts.
●
Shift-click adjacent layouts.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the
dialog.
3. Click Staves and Systems in the page list.
4. In the Staff Labels section, select one of the following options from the Staff labels on
rst system menu:
●
Full
●
Abbreviated
●
None
5. Select one of the following options from the Staff labels on subsequent systems menu:
●
Full
Staff labels
Changing the length of staff labels project-wide
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