User manual

Changing the size of individual staves
You can change the size of individual staves independently of other staves and your layout
settings. For example, piano accompaniment parts often include the solo line of the instrument
the piano is accompanying on a smaller staff.
A piano part with smaller viola staff above
You can change the size of individual staves to a set scale size, expressed as a percentage of the
normal staff size in the layout, or set a custom scale.
TIP
If you want to change the staff size to represent an alternative version of a passage, you can
instead add an ossia staff, which you can show for specic regions.
PROCEDURE
1. Select an item on the staff whose size you want to change.
NOTE
You can only change the size of a single staff at a time.
2. Change the staff size in any of the following ways:
● Choose Edit > Staff Size > 60%.
● Choose Edit > Staff Size > 75%.
● Choose Edit > Staff Size > 100%.
● Choose Edit > Staff Size > Custom Staff Size.
TIP
You can also choose these options from the context menu.
3. Optional: If you choose Custom Staff Size, you must set the staff size using the Custom
Staff Size dialog that opens.
RESULT
The size of the selected staff is changed. This also works in combination with the other ways of
changing the staff size, such as changing the size of all staves in the layout or changing the size
of staves from a specic point.
Staves
Staff size
680