User Manual

QUICKSCRIBE EDITOR
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If both On “Track-1” Only and On Single Part Only
are checked, then the text box will appear only
when Track-1 is the only track showing.
Making titles, headers and footers
Titles, headers, and footers are inserted in the
manner described in “Inserting text” on page 481.
Just choose the appropriate Display attribute in the
Tex t me nu .
If the Title page only and Body pages only menu
items are grayed out, check the First page is title
page option in the Score options command located
in the notation view mini-menu. For more
information about this option, see “Creating a title
page” on page 465.
Making page numbers
Page numbers are inserted using the Page Number
tool (Figure 43-12 on page 471). Using this tool,
insert them in the same manner as described in
“Inserting text” on page 481. The page number
automatically appears in the text box. Be sure to
choose the appropriate Display attribute (Body
pages only or Both title & body pages). See
“Choosing where to display text” on page 481 for
more information.
Displaying the current date
The current date can be inserted using the Date
tool (Figure 43-12 on page 471). Using this tool,
insert the date in the same manner as described in
“Inserting text” on page 481. The current date (as
specified by your computer) automatically appears
in the text box. Be sure to choose the appropriate
Display attribute (Body pages only or Both title &
body pages).
Selecting text
To select an entire block of text, click it once with
the Pointer tool. Handles appear to indicate that it
is selected.
To select individual words within a text box:
1 Double-click the text box with the Pointer tool,
or click once on it with the Text tool.
2 Select the desired text by dragging over it.
To select multiple text boxes, hold the Shift key
while clicking on each text box, or make a lasso
selection with the Pointer tool.
After text is selected, it can be cut, copied, or
deleted. You can also change the font, style, and
other attributes of the text.
Moving page text
Page text objects can be dragged freely within the
QuickScribe score; hold the Shift key to constrain
the drag horizontally or vertically, as described in
“Shift-drag to constrain” on page 319.
The arrow keys can also be used to nudge the
selected page text object up, down, left, or right.